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Classic Films

longship

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2. And BTW, Mockingbird is a flawless film.

Reply to Staph (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 02:15 PM

Nov 2015

One cannot get enough of it.

The first major casting of Robert Duvall. As Boo Radley. The final scene between Mary Badham and Duvall is a stunner. "Hey Boo?" It never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

When cinema can do such a thing, that is worth celebrating. That is storytelling at its best, whether it is in paper or celluloid. Or as in this case, both.

BTW, Robert Duvall does not speak a single word in To Kill a Mockingbird. Nevertheless, it rightfully launched his career.

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