Beautiful Adaptation of Harper Lee's Beautiful Novel!

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2004)

One of the best of '62 with a masterful and charismatic performance by Gregory Peck. Great music and wonderful cast. Mary Badham as Scout was the youngest nominated for an Oscar until Tatum O'Neal 11 years later and she's perfect, as is Phillip Alford as Jem and John Megna as Dill (based on Truman Capote). In fact, this is the best film ever portraying pre-teen children in any time frame. Brock Peters, Frank Overton, and James Anderson also give definitive performance.
A 9 out of 10. Best performance = Gregory Peck. Great opening scene with music and wonderful debut by Robert Duvall as the haunting Boo Radley. It's too bad Ms. Lee didn't write more novels, but this one will stand the test of time and Hollywood didn't botch it, Thank God. If you don't like this one, you're dead or insane.