Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Name: Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Genre: Biography, History, Documentary, News
Released: May 13, 2011
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 64

2011

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Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

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First Run Features | Release Date: May 13, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved bestseller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th Century. Nearly one million copies are sold each year and the novel has been translated into more than forty languages worldwide. The film version, starring Gregory Peck asFifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved bestseller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th Century. Nearly one million copies are sold each year and the novel has been translated into more than forty languages worldwide. The film version, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, won a trio of Academy Awards, and the U.S. Postal Service's new stamp honoring Peck depicts him wearing glasses, as Finch. Behind it all was a young Southern girl named Nelle Harper Lee, who once said that she wanted to be South Alabama's Jane Austen. Hey, Boo explores Lee's life and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding her, including why she never published again. Containing never-before-seen photos and letters and an exclusive interview with Lee’s sister, Alice Finch Lee, the film also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes it inspired after publication. (First Run Features)… Expand

Director: Mary Murphy

Genre(s): Biography, History, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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