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The children seem so believable because the children were not actors and weren't instructed about what to do beyond the main actions their characters take. They were encouraged to act like kids and do what seemed natural in the moment.

Scout is based on Harper Lee herself as a child, and Dill is based on their next-door neighbor TRUMAN CAPOTE! It's amazing that both grew up to be great writers.

I also hate the scene where the rabid dog is shot, but, as someone who has worked in a veterinary hospital, I can tell you that rabies is fatal once symptoms occur. Even today, if someone is bitten by a wild animal or an unvaccinated pet, they will start a series of rabies shots to prevent the disease from manifesting; if symptoms start, there is no treatment or cure. The rabid dog symbolizes the rabid racial hatred the trial causes in the town.

The case was lost the moment Tom Robinson said he felt sorry for Mayella. At that time in history and particularly in the South, blacks were seen as inferior to whites, so it was considered "uppity" for a black person to say they felt sorry for a white person because that implies the white person is inferior in some way. The tragedy is that Atticus had effectively proven Tom innocent, but the jury convicted Tom simply to punish him for thinking Mayella was inferior to him in any way. Also, the fact that the kids are up in the balcony which was segregated shows they haven't been raised to be racist and see nothing wrong with being with the black citizens. The scene where Atticus has lost the case but the black citizens all stand in respect for him, knowing he fought so hard to save Tom, is, to me, one of the most powerful scenes on film.

one of my favorite films of all time ♥️ so glad you reacted to this, what a rare treat!

The scene where Scout unknowingly dispersed the mob will forever be one of my favorite movie moments. People forget that a mob is made up of individuals. Once an individual is picked out and his humanity is called to the front, the power of the mob is gone.

Mockingbird…. Thank you for reacting to this movie. I cry every time I watch it.

Renewal was to keep down the population. In the past they used renewal as the death of the population but to the people it was an insentive. Sandman was a exterminator for to keep the population from escaping. The film was made in a mall in Dallas tx

Everybody's raving! I just discovered your channel. This movie hits very close to home. I am a "Marty" with little hope of ever finding my Clara. But life goes on and I make the most of what I do have. Great reaction. I'm looking forward to watching more.

Btw: the Secret Word for Tonight is - Balling. (When Wilfrid Brambell tried out for the film 200 Motels [starring RIngo] he allegedly objected to, amongst other things, being required to utter that particular bit of sex talk. No doubt he was tired of "acting straight", and the fact he was required to speak of balling chicks played a part).

Random thoughts: The "I fought the war" man is the same actor who played SIr Edward the double-agent in Morecambe & WIse's Intelligence Men. The "black cab" and "labourers' tent" scenes are now hard to disassociate from the opening scenes of The Rutles. That dialectical word grotty seems to have arisen simultaneously in the South-West and the North-East (consider the story of how Reg Presley came by his band-name). Swingball in pubs - in the '80s, on the Isle of Wight, I seem to recall. Whar's the short end of the "straw"? The jazz version of the title tune - hidden classic. (Phil Collins is one of the boys?) In the '60s there were crazy fans like that for all groups, even Freddie & The Dreamers...even The NIce (try their live radio 1 broadcast if you dis!)

Seriously, you need to read the book.

Literally, my experience in learning about this man's name went like this. "N-chooty? Oh, it's shooty. Wait, it's n-shooty?" I went right back to where I started!

Am I the only one in the world that loved this movie? Netflix should do a sequel.

I love this movie so much!!!❤

When I saw that you had reacted to this great film, I set aside the time needed to watch it start to finish. Thank you for highlighting the trivia; not everyone does that. Mockingbird, obviously.

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I haven't thought about that bit in decades. 🤣

When the movie came out, no major distributor wanted to distribute it, as Betsy Blair was blacklisted (it was still the MacCarthy era). They changed their mind when her husband, Gene Kelly, threatened to quit Hollywood - that was a loss they couldn't afford, since she was the No 1 musical star - so the movie found its way to the big audience...

Great reaction and a very clean editing job. I think a lot of CZcamsrs avoid movies like this for copyright reasons. I've seen reactions to movies like The Blues Brothers and This Is Spinal Tap that have terrible editing. By the way, if you've never seen either of those movie, I would love to see your reactions to them.

i'm so happy you chose this film to watch. its a classic, probably the best of the genre. in past r&r movies the performers rarely had speaking roles, were basically guest stars in the film and even elvis always played fictional characters. you'll notice in this film the word "beatles," the band's name is never uttered. but the beatles were playing themselves. richard lester, the director was an american who previously had directed some shorts for the british comedy troupe "the goons." he later directed the beatles' 2nd film "help!" (1965) and in 1966 directed one of my favorite musical comedies "a funny thing happened on the way to the forum." a broadway musical comedy set in ancient rome. he's also known for directing the 2 BEST "musketeer" movies with "the three musketeers" in 1973 and 1974's sequel "the four musketeers." really fun big budget films with all star casts. thanks for the video.

Fred Astaire was a perfectionist.

That's a Harpo Marx face!

also, notice that norma goes completely insane when joe says that demille only wanted to rent her car. watch her face and you'll see that's when it happens.

you mentioned that the bed looks like a boat. that was THE BED used in the 1925 "phantom of the opera" starring lon chaney. it's part of hollywood history.

Just a little history, in the south in the USA there was never, ever a good day for someone Black being accused of doing anything by a white person and that includes just looking at a white woman. In the 1940s in the south he would never have a chance. Boo doesn't want to be in the limelight.

Atticus is their father. Filmed in 1962 and is set in the 1940s. I graduated from high school in 1964, in Texas, and the only time we could wear pants was for "Go Texan Day". In Jr hi and high school we had gym suits with short pants, but in elementary school you played kickball or whatever in dresses.

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There are people who critique the book and the movie because there’s no mention of systemic racism but the book and the movie are seen through the eyes of a white six year old girl.

Nearly every American reads To Kill a Mockingbird at some point in their education.

So fishy creatures have learned human behavior n language. Strategic plan? 4th of July seems like a good date.🎉😂

The set design won an academy award for Henry Bumstead. Well deserved

So I listened til the end but I can't remember the phrase you asked for... something like they're raving about Marty or something... I was 36 my husband was 34 when we married... for both of us it was our first marriage... I was a fat girl who was never on a date til I was in my 30s... Ron and I hit it off from the first day... we've been happily married for almost 28 years.... we met on a dating service and he said the very first night... "I might not have to go back on telepersonals ... I may have found what I'm looking for" I was like ... "what the hell were you looking for?"... I never was what someone was looking for... one time after we were married about 17 years my niece asked me how you stay happy in a marriage for the long haul. I told her it takes lots of hard work and picking the right guy etc. I came home and asked Ron the question... he said, "that's easy! You find cindy!" I've told these stories many many times and they rarely make me emotional but I was tearing up as I typed them here... I really love your take on movies marty... I watched 4 today... to kill a mockingbird... arsenic and old lace... bringing up baby... and marty... I LOVE the trivia you read ... much I knew but never all of it... the trivia I liked the best for Marty was the part about Gene Kelly... it makes me appreciate him more that he was married to someone who made a match for Ernest Borgnine... I hadn't seen Marty until a few years ago when a little lady I took care of watched it on TCM probably 4 or 5 years ago. You'll like charade and my fair lady with Audrey Hepburn or Noth by Northwest with Cary Grant... you said you watched Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn... I like the one with Harrison Ford better than the original...

Great film and wonderful preformances. One of my favorite Cary Grant comedies is 'Father Goose'. Hope you get a chance to view it.

This was a low budget movie, but it won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and Ernest Borgnine won the award as Best Actor.

we used to watch this on tv in the mid-60s when i was young. as a kid it was the kids in the film that interested me and parts of the film appeared to resemble a horror movie. the parts about tom went completely over my head. of course today i understand and love the entire film AND the book. the book goes into a lot more detail. for instance the mean old lady on the porch was a morphine addict who grew up during the civil war and reconstruction of the south. gregory peck is one of my favorite actors. he has a commanding and comforting screen presence. 2 of my favorite peck films are hitchcock's 1945 suspense classic "spellbound" and elia kazan's 1947's "gentleman's agreement" about american post-war antisemitism. another GREAT film released a few years before "to kill a mockingbird" is 1959's "the diary of anne frank" directed by george stevens. thanks for the video.

Fun Fact: The whole movie was shot in L.A.

The Judge, sitting on the porch was portrayed by Paul Fix, who was the marshal, Micah Torrance, on the Rifleman, a western, broadcast from 1958-1963 - one of my childhood favorites. Nearly every kid in the 1950s wanted to be a cowboy!

Back in the 60's our head football coach would be a substitute in the off season. His classroom was the auditorium & he'd usually show films instead of classwork. Every few months he'd play "Laura" on the old time projectors. I suspect Coach Swan had a thing for Gene lol. A few times he showed real footage of the nazi death camps when they were liberated. That sent my 14 year old brain in a whole new direction....

"Leave her to heaven" made a huge impression on me when i saw it as a kid. The lake scene was unforgetable.

this is one of my favorite movies. I was probably right around Scouts age the first time I saw it and I mostly paid attention the the parts with the children. The rest of it was a bit over my head yet and the courtroom scene didn't hold my attention. As I got older and was better able to understand the bigger story beyond the children's parts, I fell in love with it all over again. The courtroom scenes are so well done and that whole monologue at the end is so well played. And my favorite line: "Stand up! Your Father's passin." The respect they all had for Atticus. They all knew he did his very best to defend Tom but I really don't think a jury of white men would have ever sided with a black man in the 1930s. It just wasn't going to happen. A great movie. Thanks for watching it and sharing it with us.

Mockingbird! This book is absolutely perfect. The movie is probably as close to a perfect adaptation as possible. The casting is exquisite. The children's reactions and line delivery is so natural and sweet. They didn't try to 'pretty up' the characters. No Hollywood beauties, just real talent. And I agree the movie score is beautiful. The solo pianist you hear is a young John Williams, the now famous film composer! My favorite scene is not in the movie. The nanny/maid takes the kids to church with her. The congregation is taking up a special offering to help Tom Robinsons family. Afterwards, the pastor announces "This isn't enough." Then he instructs the decons to shut the church doors and they pass the offering baskets around again! 😊 Also, having grown up in the Deep South, when Tom Robinson said he felt sorry for her I knew he had crossed the line. I was only a child when I saw this the first time, but I knew.

This was brillilant!!! Its so wonderful watching someone watch this cult classic for the first time. I watched this as a child when it came out, and I keep watching it every so often. It's a brilliant film.

Thanks so much for this one. A classic. "Mockingbird"

Mockingbird! One of my favorite books and movies. Every time I catch it on tv, no matter where in the film I tune in, I watch it til the end. Thank you for the trivia parts also. And as others have said, rabies in an any animal is not curable, and is a horrible way for the animal to die. Shooting the dog was first and foremost to protect the people and a close second to put the dog out of its misery. Once it had "started running" as the sherriff put it, it would have viciously attacked any animal or human it came in range of, spreading the disease. Get your animals vaccinated yearly, even if indoor pets. Even rodents, bats, and squirrels can carry and spread rabies (although rare in that small an animal).

Beautiful video. Thank you. Mockingbird

I almost forgot that the prosecuting attorney was played by actor William Windom. Reactors on CZcams may also know him from a very good episode of the original Star Trek entitled The Doomsday Machine. Even though he started on TV in 1949, Mockingbird was his first role in film.

I saw this when it came out and couldn’t scream because there were parents and others around. My best friend and I came back when no one we knew was there, we sat in the back, watched the movie and SCREAMED our heads off!!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣