Award-winning film based mostly on ‘best book of all time’ is hailed a ‘true traditional’ | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

More than 60 years on from its launch, an award-winning film continues to be hailed by followers as a “true classic”, and it was additionally based mostly on a novel that’s broadly thought-about the “best book of all time”. The 1962 American authorized drama crime movie was directed by Robert Mulligan and starred Gregory Peck and Mary Badham.

The movie is, after all, based mostly on Harper Lee’s 1960 Pulitzer Prize–profitable novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The movie follows lawyer Atticus Finch in Depression-era Alabama, as he educates his youngsters in opposition to prejudice whereas defending a black man who’s falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. The movie’s synopsis reads: “Scout Finch (Badham), 6, and her older brother, Jem (Phillip Alford), live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill (John Megna) and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbour, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall).

“When Atticus (Peck), their widowed father and a revered lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) in opposition to fabricated rape prices, the trial and tangent occasions expose the youngsters to the evils of racism and stereotyping.”

The film had an overwhelmingly positive reception from both the critics and the public. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress.

It has amassed an incredible score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics’ consensus stating: “To Kill a Mockingbird is a textbook instance of a message film completed proper — sober-minded and earnest, however by no means letting its social conscience get in the way in which of gripping drama.”

One fan wrote: “A real traditional. Based on a beautiful novel. The appearing throughout the board is nice. A film that reminds us that justice would not at all times apply equally.”

Another said: “One of the uncommon films that lives as much as its distinctive literary mum or dad. Stunning performances by all, and completely masterful appearing and directing. This is a cinematic adaptation of a supremely highly effective guide, and it pulled off masterfully.”

Goodreads has compiled a list of the 100 books everyone should read at least once in their lifetime, and number one is a classic. Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird came out on top and received the most votes from readers, with just under 25,000.

The book has more than six million ratings on the platform and scores 4.46 out of five stars. Many have described it as the “biggest guide of all time”. In a Reddit thread titled similarly, “What is the best novel ever written?” many listed To Kill a Mockingbird.