Harper Lee’s literary classic, To Kill a Mockingbird will be screened at The Picture House in Ballyclare this Saturday (September 29).
The 1962 American film directed by Robert Mulligan, stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout.
The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and was a box-office smash, earning more than six times its budget. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture.
In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century.
To Kill a Mockingbird explores racial prejudice and how we perceive our fellow humans, subjects that are just as relevant today as they were in the 1960s.
The classic tale covers three years, during which Scout and Jem undergo changes in their lives. They are innocent children, spending their days spying on Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley (Robert Duvall) about whom many rumours circulate.
Their widowed father, Atticus (Gregory Peck), is a lawyer and has strong beliefs that all people are to be treated fairly. Through their father’s work as a lawyer, Scout and Jem begin to learn of the racism and evil in their town which is aggravated by poverty.
It’s a movie which will take many back to young adulthood when the book was a staple on the school curriculum.
Doors open at 7:45 for an 8pm start. Tea and coffee will be served and popcorn is available to buy.