To Kill a Mockingbird
Added 11/12/2009
Great movie, Gregory Peck at his best. Shows just how injust our system was at that time in history...and at times is still. Great story line, simple yet made interesting. Must have for old black & white, no sex, no profanity, good clean entertainment. Hollywood at it's best. They don't make them like this anymore, sad.
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a classic!
Added 10/26/2009
I had seen the movie MANY years before and decided to check out a copy of the book from our local library. What a good read! I was curious about the movie so bought it from Amazon. The movie is amazing and follows the book very closely. My husband had never seen the movie and was riveted by it. Gregory Peck captures Atticus' demeanor to a t!
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Wonderful
Added 10/6/2009
This movie was just as wonderful as I remembered it. Theres so many junk movies being churned out so it was a pleasure to watch a movie classic..with teachable moments..for our grandchildren who enjoyed it.
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Must See for Moral Truths
Added 9/29/2009
Harper Lee's novel, on which the screenplay for this film is based, is one of the very finest American novels. The film is as fine as the book. The storyline follows the lives of three children, playmates in an small fictional Alabama County seat town (Maycomb in Maycomb County) where Atticus Finch, an attorney and father of two of the children is working to defend a black man who is falsely accused of the rape of a white woman. The story deals with honor and dishonor, racism, hatred, bigotry and redeeming love. It treats with gentle irony and profound moral insight the legal, social and spiritual issues of cruel poverty and heroic moral courage when that poverty, together with stupidity and moral cowardice call for taking the right course even when there is no possibility of victory. It is a story of the triumph of decency and grace where both are out of keeping with old codes and evil assumptions. It is a call for courage and a call for courage.
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To Kill a Mockingbord
Added 9/15/2009
Finally--reading a classic I have long ignored. Not purposely, but simply because life got in the way--raising a family, working two jobs, dealing with setbacks and disappointment, trying always to rise above the roadblocks, to make it all worthwhile, and even have some fun, along the way. There were years when my passion for reading took a back seat to being a wife, a mom, a part of the work force that keeps society moving, money in the bank account. Reading never stopped, but time became a luxury I often had to steal for an occasional book. Today, when I might have three books going at once, plus all the internet information I can devour, bliss is mine. Now, as I read To Kill a Mockingbird, I'm beyond sad that this feast was denied me so long. Given the current, woeful state of the world, of national politics, reading this book has provided me a deeper well of comprehension of racial realities of which I was aware, certainly, which offended me, throughout my life. But this small jewel of a book has cracked my mind open in a way nothing else ever has, driving home again the immense power of books to reveal, to define reality clearly, in yet another light. I will be giving this book as gifts for a very long time.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Added 11/12/2009
Great movie, Gregory Peck at his best. Shows just how injust our system was at that time in history...and at times is still. Great story line, simple yet made interesting. Must have for old black & white, no sex, no profanity, good clean entertainment. Hollywood at it's best. They don't make them like this anymore, sad.
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a classic!
Added 10/26/2009
I had seen the movie MANY years before and decided to check out a copy of the book from our local library. What a good read! I was curious about the movie so bought it from Amazon. The movie is amazing and follows the book very closely. My husband had never seen the movie and was riveted by it. Gregory Peck captures Atticus' demeanor to a t!
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Wonderful
Added 10/6/2009
This movie was just as wonderful as I remembered it. Theres so many junk movies being churned out so it was a pleasure to watch a movie classic..with teachable moments..for our grandchildren who enjoyed it.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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