'To Kill a Mocking Bird' Playing at Wincanton Film Society

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel was translated to film in 1962 by Horton Foote and the producer/director team of Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula.

Set in a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the story focuses on scrupulously honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch, magnificently embodied by Gregory Peck. Finch puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a black man accused of rape.

The trial and the events surrounding it are seen through the eyes of Finch's six-year-old daughter Scout (Mary Badham). While Robinson's trial gives the film its momentum, there are plenty of anecdotal occurrences before and after the court date: Scout's ever-strengthening bond with older brother Jem (Philip Alford), her friendship with precocious young Dill Harris (a character based on Lee's childhood chum Truman Capote and played by John Megna), her father's no-nonsense reactions to such life-and-death crises as a rampaging mad dog, and especially Scout's reactions to, and relationship with, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall in his movie debut), the reclusive "village idiot" who turns out to be her salvation when she is attacked by a venomous bigot. To Kill a Mockingbird won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Peck), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Art Direction.

Remember, ticket prices are just £5.00 on the door (£4.00 concession) or you can buy a season ticket from £27.00 per annum for ten films. Not bad eh?

We have a small refreshment area open from 7.00pm - 7.40pm where you can relax and chat about the films on our programme. Come and join us for a great evening with like-minded people who enjoy a good film and good company.

Support us and help us keep The Big Screen in Wincanton. You can download your member's application form from our website at www.wincantonfilm.co.uk. You can contact me with any questions you have at . We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 22nd November.

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