To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz

To Kill a Mockingbird: A Summary

• To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American legal drama film directed by Robert Mulligan.
• The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.
• The film stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout.
• The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture.
• In 1995, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
• In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century.
• In 2020, the British Film Institute included it in their list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 15.
• James Stewart declined the role of Atticus Finch.
• The producers had wanted to use Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama for the set, but instead, they made the backlot in Hollywood.
• The film received widespread critical acclaim and maintains a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
• In 1995, To Kill a Mockingbird was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
• Elmer Bernstein's score for To Kill a Mockingbird is regarded as one of the greatest film scores and has been recorded three times.