Norman Jewison presents TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Cinema's Legacy) $6-$10 May 24, 2007

$10 General
$8 AFI, Skirball, Arclight, Union and Guild Members
$6 Students and Seniors

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Writer/director/producer Norman Jewison will present Robert Mulligan's TO KILL A
MOCKINGBIRD, a film Jewison credits with inspiring him.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
1962 35MM 129MIN
DIR Robert Mulligan SCR Horton Foote, based on the novel by Harper Lee
CAST Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Brock Peters



Seen through the eyes of Scout, a feisty six-year-old tomboy, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is an odyssey amid the fires of prejudice and injustice in 1932 Alabama. Presenting her tale first as a sweetly lulling reminiscence of events from her childhood, the narrator draws us in with stories of her daring neighborhood exploits with her brother Jem and their friend Dill. Peopled with eccentrics, the town of Maycomb finds itself the venue for the trial of Tom Robinson, a young black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Atticus Finch, Scout and Jem's widowed father and a man of deep principles, is appointed to defend Tom for whom a guilty verdict from an all-white jury is a foregone conclusion. Juxtaposed against the story of the trial is the children's hit-and-run relationship with Boo Radley, a shut-in who the children and Dill's Aunt Stephanie suspect is insane and who no one has seen in ages. Although hidden treasures, found in the knothole of a tree near the ramshackle Radley house, temper the children's judgment of Boo, their fear keeps them at a distance. Then, on their way home one night, the children are saved from an evil born of ignorance and hate in a way that changes their lives forever.



ABOUT NORMAN JEWISON

Norman Jewison has been a vibrant force in the motion picture community for four decades. The filmmaker has been nominated for seven Oscars (including three for Best Director) and his films have received 46 nominations and 12 Academy Awards. In 1999, Jewison received the prestigious Irving Thalberg Award from the Academy. His enormous resume includes the films MOONSTRUCK, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE CINCINNATI KID, A SOLDIER'S STORY and THE HURRICANE.

Jewison has been the recipient of many prestigious honors, including awards from the Directors Guild of America, the National Board of Review and the AFI AWARDS. A native of Canada, Jewison was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1982 and a member of the Order of Ontario in 1989. In 1992 he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor, and in 2004 was presented with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.

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