To Kill A Mockingbird

The film tells the story of a young girls childhood in a racially divided town and how her father, a lawyer, defends an African-American man accused of rape, resulting in their family being attacked by the towns residents. To Kill A Mockingbird is a 1962 American English-language Crime Drama film starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Ruth White, Paul Fix, Brock Peters and Walter Smith. The movie is inspired from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Brentwood Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Alan J. Pakula. To Kill A Mockingbird is written by Harper Lee and Horton Foote and it is directed by Robert Mulligan. Universal Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. To Kill A Mockingbird was released on 20th December 1962 and takes a screen time of 129 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. To Kill A Mockingbird was made on a budget of $2 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Horton Foote. Cinematography was done by Russell Harlan and A.S.C. and editing by Aaron Stell and A.C.E. The music was composed by Elmer Bernstein. At the 1963 Oscar Awards It won 3 awards including: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gregory Peck), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White.