Scout, Jem, and Dill unexpectedly interrupt the confrontation. One evening before the trial, as Atticus sits in front of the local jail to safeguard Robinson, a lynch mob arrives. Atticus accepts the case, heightening tension in the town and causing Jem and Scout to experience schoolyard taunts. As a result, the children mature more quickly.Ītticus is appointed to defend Tom Robinson, an African-American accused of raping a Caucasian girl, Mayella Ewell. Atticus' work as a lawyer often exposes Scout and Jem to the town's racism, aggravated by poverty. Many of Atticus' clients are poor farmers who pay for his legal services in trade, often leaving him fresh produce, firewood, and so on. These include a broken pocket watch, an old spelling bee medal, a pocket knife, and two carved soap dolls resembling Jem and Scout.Ītticus, a lawyer, strongly believes all people deserve fair treatment, in turning the other cheek, and in defending what you believe. On different occasions, Jem has found small objects left inside a tree knothole on the Radley property. The children have never seen Boo, who rarely leaves the house. During the summer, Jem, Scout, and their friend Dill play games and often search for Arthur "Boo" Radley, an odd, reclusive neighbor who lives with his brother Nathan. Despite the family's modest means, the children enjoy a happy childhood, cared for by their widowed father, Atticus Finch, and the family's African-American housekeeper, Calpurnia. Young Scout and her pre-teen older brother Jem live in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the early 1930s. The film is narrated by the adult Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. The film was restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD in 2012, as part of the 100th anniversary of Universal Pictures. In 2020, the British Film Institute included it in their list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 15. In 2007, the film ranked twenty-fifth on the AFI's 10th anniversary list of the greatest American movies of all time.
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In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. In 1995, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture. It gained overwhelmingly positive reception from both the critics and the public a box-office success, it earned more than six times its budget. It marked the film debut of Robert Duvall, William Windom and Alice Ghostley. The film stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name. To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American legal drama film directed by Robert Mulligan.
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