what are you doing here this Pulitzer
prize-winning novel became one of
history’s most inspiring films welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about to kill a mockingbird
let’s remember it was a sin to kill a
mockingbird
number 10 inspired by actual events
kicking off our trivia list is a factoid
about the origins of Harper Lee’s iconic
story the protagonist Atticus Finch was
modeled after the author’s father as he
was an attorney who once defended black
clients further inspiration came from
the 1931 scottsboro boys trial when nine
young black teens were found guilty of
raping two white women with little
evidence to support the verdict this
case should never have come to try and
the state has not produced one iota of
medical evidence at the crime Tom
Robinson is charged with ever took place
number nine
Alabama connection Harper Lee’s story
similarly takes place in 1930s Alabama
and centers on a rape charge against a
black man Lee penned the novel to
explore the racism she witnessed in her
childhood during those years she became
good friends with fellow author Truman
Capote who became the basis for the
Mockingbird character dill glad don’t
believe you and later wrote classics
like Breakfast at Tiffany’s however he
was perhaps best known for his true
crime novel in cold blood which Harper
Lee herself helped him research
extensively number 8 the reclusive
albino
the 1962 film version of the story
included Robert Duvall in his first
major movie role to prepare for his part
as the reclusive and misunderstood Boo
Radley Duvall avoided sunlight for six
weeks and dyed his hair blonde Bradley
was thought to be an albino since the
Sun hurt his eyes and he only ventured
out at night like all of the stories
characters boo was inspired by a boy Lee
knew in her youth lived in a dilapidated
house Dale I don’t want you playing
around that house over there there’s a
maniac lives there and he’s dangerous
number seven kids will be kids in the
film the role of Jem Finch went to
Philip Alford however he only auditioned
for the part to miss school pretty
ironic since the film became a classroom
staple during filming he developed a
close relationship with his on-screen
sister Mary Betim who played Scout the
two fought and played like real siblings
which came across during their scenes
together
number six town recreation the fictional
town of Macomb Alabama stood in for
Lee’s hometown of Monroeville in the
story but Maycomb existed mostly in a
studio backlot at a cost of two hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars the set
included over thirty buildings many of
which were bought relocated and recycled
from housing that was scheduled for
demolition to make way for a Los Angeles
freeway this realism helped the film
when an Oscar for best art direction
number five emotional trial Brock Peters
the actor who played black defendant Tom
Robinson got caught up in the emotion of
this poignant story while shooting the
testifying scene when he unexpectedly
began to cry Gregory Peck avoided
looking him in the eye so he wouldn’t
choke up himself
it was scenes like that which made this
pecks favorite project ever yes he
ranked it higher than his turn chasing
moby-dick tom did you rape Melly you’ll
I did not sir number for men of steel
even superheroes were touched by this
tale in the Superman comics it was
revealed that To Kill a Mockingbird was
Clark Kent’s favorite movie ironically
the American Film Institute chose
Atticus Finch as the 20th century’s
greatest movie hero and he didn’t need
tight suricate to do it just a strong
moral compass and the courage to pursue
justice get aside from that door mr.
Fitch Walter I think you ought to turn
right around and go back home
number three lack of Hollywood interest
Harper Lee’s novel 1 1961 s Pulitzer
Prize but film studios were uninterested
in buying the stories rights due to its
lack of action or romance thankfully
producer Alan J Pakula saw its merits
and persuaded director Robert Mulligan
that it would make a good film
Gregory Peck was convinced after just
one reading that the role of Atticus
Finch was an exceptional one and signed
on immediately I’ll take the case number
2 raising the creative bar one high
profile creative force to express his
admiration for 1962 s To Kill a
Mockingbird was Walt Disney it inspired
him to produce a film of similar caliber
instead of his family comedies like The
Parent Trap and the absent-minded
professor I’m not sure what we’ve got
here Charlie but if we’ve got what I
think we’ve got we’ve got something the
result was 1964 s beloved children’s
classic Mary Poppins
if compassion she’s answered I advices
with rosy cheeks and everything
number one inspirational speech to begin
with taking the top spot on our trivia
list is a behind the scenes factoid
about Gregory pecks nine minutes
summation speech by nailing the entire
thing in one take and giving an
impressive performance in the rest of
the film Peck won his only Oscar for
Best Actor but he never imagined he
would win over his friend Jack lemons
portrayal of an alcoholic in days of
wine and roses no idealist
to believe firmly in the integrity of
our courts and our jury system that’s no
ideal to me that is a living working
reality what’s your favorite Mockingbird
factoid oh I must be losing my memory
for more informative and entertaining
trivia videos be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
prize-winning novel became one of
history’s most inspiring films welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about to kill a mockingbird
let’s remember it was a sin to kill a
mockingbird
number 10 inspired by actual events
kicking off our trivia list is a factoid
about the origins of Harper Lee’s iconic
story the protagonist Atticus Finch was
modeled after the author’s father as he
was an attorney who once defended black
clients further inspiration came from
the 1931 scottsboro boys trial when nine
young black teens were found guilty of
raping two white women with little
evidence to support the verdict this
case should never have come to try and
the state has not produced one iota of
medical evidence at the crime Tom
Robinson is charged with ever took place
number nine
Alabama connection Harper Lee’s story
similarly takes place in 1930s Alabama
and centers on a rape charge against a
black man Lee penned the novel to
explore the racism she witnessed in her
childhood during those years she became
good friends with fellow author Truman
Capote who became the basis for the
Mockingbird character dill glad don’t
believe you and later wrote classics
like Breakfast at Tiffany’s however he
was perhaps best known for his true
crime novel in cold blood which Harper
Lee herself helped him research
extensively number 8 the reclusive
albino
the 1962 film version of the story
included Robert Duvall in his first
major movie role to prepare for his part
as the reclusive and misunderstood Boo
Radley Duvall avoided sunlight for six
weeks and dyed his hair blonde Bradley
was thought to be an albino since the
Sun hurt his eyes and he only ventured
out at night like all of the stories
characters boo was inspired by a boy Lee
knew in her youth lived in a dilapidated
house Dale I don’t want you playing
around that house over there there’s a
maniac lives there and he’s dangerous
number seven kids will be kids in the
film the role of Jem Finch went to
Philip Alford however he only auditioned
for the part to miss school pretty
ironic since the film became a classroom
staple during filming he developed a
close relationship with his on-screen
sister Mary Betim who played Scout the
two fought and played like real siblings
which came across during their scenes
together
number six town recreation the fictional
town of Macomb Alabama stood in for
Lee’s hometown of Monroeville in the
story but Maycomb existed mostly in a
studio backlot at a cost of two hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars the set
included over thirty buildings many of
which were bought relocated and recycled
from housing that was scheduled for
demolition to make way for a Los Angeles
freeway this realism helped the film
when an Oscar for best art direction
number five emotional trial Brock Peters
the actor who played black defendant Tom
Robinson got caught up in the emotion of
this poignant story while shooting the
testifying scene when he unexpectedly
began to cry Gregory Peck avoided
looking him in the eye so he wouldn’t
choke up himself
it was scenes like that which made this
pecks favorite project ever yes he
ranked it higher than his turn chasing
moby-dick tom did you rape Melly you’ll
I did not sir number for men of steel
even superheroes were touched by this
tale in the Superman comics it was
revealed that To Kill a Mockingbird was
Clark Kent’s favorite movie ironically
the American Film Institute chose
Atticus Finch as the 20th century’s
greatest movie hero and he didn’t need
tight suricate to do it just a strong
moral compass and the courage to pursue
justice get aside from that door mr.
Fitch Walter I think you ought to turn
right around and go back home
number three lack of Hollywood interest
Harper Lee’s novel 1 1961 s Pulitzer
Prize but film studios were uninterested
in buying the stories rights due to its
lack of action or romance thankfully
producer Alan J Pakula saw its merits
and persuaded director Robert Mulligan
that it would make a good film
Gregory Peck was convinced after just
one reading that the role of Atticus
Finch was an exceptional one and signed
on immediately I’ll take the case number
2 raising the creative bar one high
profile creative force to express his
admiration for 1962 s To Kill a
Mockingbird was Walt Disney it inspired
him to produce a film of similar caliber
instead of his family comedies like The
Parent Trap and the absent-minded
professor I’m not sure what we’ve got
here Charlie but if we’ve got what I
think we’ve got we’ve got something the
result was 1964 s beloved children’s
classic Mary Poppins
if compassion she’s answered I advices
with rosy cheeks and everything
number one inspirational speech to begin
with taking the top spot on our trivia
list is a behind the scenes factoid
about Gregory pecks nine minutes
summation speech by nailing the entire
thing in one take and giving an
impressive performance in the rest of
the film Peck won his only Oscar for
Best Actor but he never imagined he
would win over his friend Jack lemons
portrayal of an alcoholic in days of
wine and roses no idealist
to believe firmly in the integrity of
our courts and our jury system that’s no
ideal to me that is a living working
reality what’s your favorite Mockingbird
factoid oh I must be losing my memory
for more informative and entertaining
trivia videos be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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