Mockingbirds

I'm feeling a little crook. I made Nigella Lawson's lemon chicken. Recipe called for too much white wine for my liver to handle.
I've been watching "To Kill a Mockingbird". I think I've seen bits of it when I was growing up, but never sat down to watch it properly. Surprisingly good. The opening credits are beautiful and childlike.

The story takes place in a small southern town, and is seen through the eyes of two children. Their father is a lawyer, Atticus, who is asked to defend a black man named Tom Robinson who has been charged with rape.

A really excellent cast. Gregory Peck is Atticus, and is still as handsome as ever. A few little interesting notes about the film: I didn't know it was a very young Robert Duvall that played the character of Boo. Dill's character is also based on the young Truman Capote. Scout and Jem were played by two kids that hated each other's guts in real life. There is a scene in the film when Scout gets into a tyre so she can be rolled down the street. Jem was so angry at Scout on set, that when they were filming, he tries to kill her by pushing the tyre towards a truck. Hehehe. Crazy kids.

The film's reawakened the need to revist and watch the old classics again. I think I might try to hunt down a few Hitchcock flicks. On the top of the list are two films that left an impression on me when I was a kid, "Vertigo" and "The Birds".

Hmmm... I think I need to rest my stomach now.