To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Celebrating the 50th anniversery..On USA sat nite at 8pm eastern..minimum commercials. Have seen this movie 4-5 times over the years..If you haven't seen it catch it tonite...Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his performance as Atticus Finch the defense atty...One line of his from the trial is memorable,

And so, a quiet, humble, respectable Negro, who has had the unmitigated temerity to feel sorry for a white woman, has had to put his word against two white people.

Mary Badham who played Scout, his daughter, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was 10 years old..

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it's a fantastic book, and the movie was true to it. one of the few movies i know of that didn't significantly alter anything from the book. anyone who hasn't read it, i absolutely 100% recommend it.


and a bit of movie trivia-this was the first movie role (albeit with no lines) for the fabulous robert duvall.

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Originally Posted by Danzig

it's a fantastic book, and the movie was true to it. one of the few movies i know of that didn't significantly alter anything from the book. anyone who hasn't read it, i absolutely 100% recommend it.


and a bit of movie trivia-this was the first movie role (albeit with no lines) for the fabulous robert duvall.

Right on about the book/movie...not many movies measured up to the book..this one did..

Another movie i think came close to the book was The Exorcist...I remember reading the book and chills ran up my spine..i was spooked..lol...movie came pretty close...

My all time favorite book was the politcal thriller The Day of the Jackal..there were two movies made, both pretty bad...have read all of Frederick Forsyth's books...

Classic movie. Other Gregory Peck movie I really like from the same time period is "On The Beach."


Ocala Mike

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Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

Classic movie. Other Gregory Peck movie I really like from the same time period is "On The Beach."


Ocala Mike

Geez, didn't know you were that old...lol...Yes, my wife and I saw it at the theater and both left with a feeling of dread...like no hope...was filmed 3 years b4 Mockingbird......There was a remake of the Beach in 2000 with
Armand Assante...didn't see that one...

You ever see the tv movie, The Missiles of October...very good..

"William Devane gives a compelling performance as President John F. Kennedy in this dramatization of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Based partly on Kennedy's book Thirteen Days, the film recounts the 13 days in October 1962 that nearly led to nuclear war."...Martin Sheen as Bobby was very good...

I'm a senile citizen, big, you know that. I remember that show with Devane; biggest deal about it was how he captured the JFK look in it. Wasn't Ralph Bellamy also in that?


Ocala Mike

P.S. Alive and kicking at RP and leading at Del Mar. Got booted off at the Meadowlands tonight, though.


Ocala Mike