DVD : To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition)

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- Wonderful
This is another wonderful story that is added to my DVD collection. The product came in a timely manner, and in excellent condtion.

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- Movie Making At It's Best
I viewed this movie on a 46" widscreeen Samsung LCD HDTV played on a Toshiba XA-2 HD DVD player that upscales to 1080p. The image quality of this movie is without a doubt the best black and white presentation I have seen for a non-HD movie. I sincerely wish all older movies looked and sounded as good as this one does. As others have so adeptly pointed out, To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic American movie made from a classic American novel. I can't think of any other movie that so completely captured the eloquence and ethos of a bygone era. If you already know and love this move, this presentation of it is unparalled. If you haven't seen it or if you haven't seen it in a long, long time, I assure you that are going to love it.

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- Michelle's Amazon review
Excellent affordable price for a classic movie that is 3 to 4 times as much cost every place else! Fast delivery! Amazon is the best!

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- Storytelling cannot get any better than this!
Without much knowledge of history behind the acclaimed author Truman Capote, I watched the film "Capote" sometime back, and was interested in knowing more about his childhood friend Harper Lee and the her Pulitzer prize willing novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" mentioned in the film. After reading the reviews, I realized that this novel is tagged as the book of the century in American literature by the critics and the fans. I bought the film with high expectations, and all my expectations were exceeded by this masterpiece. This movie and the history behind Harper Lees work touched me so deep, that I went to imdb (http://www.imdb.com) and gave it a perfect 10 rating. This is the only movie I have rated 10 so far, although I have given 9 to about dozen of movies. (http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=36767647)

Being an alien to American way of life and its discourse, I think I have uncovered one of the gems in modern American literature. Reasons, that I was drawn so much to this movie could be personal to me as well. The little girl who plays the lead role reminds me of my own little daughter, and the Atticus Finch's character in this movie, could be the role model of fatherhood for any given culture.

Rating:

- Tender, Touching Tale about Innocence Lost!
Having read the book twice and now watching the film, it's nice to see that the film has actually done justice to the book in that it's successful in bringing out the actual message of innocence lost and about the difference between right and wrong, good and evil as seen from the point of view of 3 children and specifically the little girl Scout. People tend to hate and seek to destroy that which they don't understand just because it scares them and the children learn at the end that the best way to overcome this fear is to face it head on and to seek to learn and understand rather than to judge and destroy. At the end, this is what Scout does as she befriends the feared Boo who saves her brother's life. We all naturally love to support the underdog and this film tells the story of Atticus fighting for justice and teaching his kids as he does so by his actions as well as his words.

This dvd has an excellent documentary about the film as well as good interviews with the cast and crew as they look back at their experiences while making the film. The picture quality is okay but not perfect and could do with another restoration job although the 2-channel mono sound quality is okay but a 5.1 surround option would have been much appreciated. Overall, this is a well-crafted film with excellent acting and an excellent screenplay.

Recommended.

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