Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill A Mockingbird(2011)

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Synopsis

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 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.
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 …
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In Theaters

  • May 13, 2011

MPAA Rating

None

Genres

Documentary

Run Time

1 hour 22 minutes

Distributors

First Run Features

Box Office

$31,135

Director

CAST

Bob Mayer

Narrator

Jennifer Laird White

Tay Hohoff

Jane Beasley

Harper Lee

Christopher Seward

Reporter, Maurice Crain

Donna Coney Island

Idabel Tompkins