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2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Harper Lee
disc 1. To kill a mockingbird -- disc 2. To kill a mockingbird : bonus features
In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962
Special features include: Disc 1: Academy Award Best Actor acceptance speech (10 min.); American Film Institute Life Achievement Award (Gregory Peck's remarks) (2 min.); excerpt from tribute to Gregory Peck (Cecilia Peck's remarks) (10 min.); Scout remembers (actress Mary Badham shares her experiences working with Gregory Peck) (12 min.); optional feature commentary with director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan Pakula; theatrical trailer; 100 years of Universal : restoring the classics (10 min.). Disc 2: A conversation with Gregory Peck (documentary) (1999) (98 min.); Fearful symmetry : the making of To kill a mockingbird (documentary) (1998) (91 min.)
Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Aaron Stell ; music, Elmer Bernstein
Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox, James Anderson, Alice Ghostley, Robert Duvall, William Windom, Crahan Denton, Richard Hale, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD; NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 (English) or 2.0 mono (English, French)
English and French soundtracks, with optional French and Spanish subtitles and English SDH
Academy award, 1963: Best actor (Peck); Best art direction/set decoration; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium
National Film Registry selection, 1995