The Series
This is the fourth in a series of caches which replicate the hides
in Academy Award winning movies. This cache is actually a
geocache/letterbox hybrid. They differ mainly in that the geocache
description includes the coordinates of the location whereas
the letterbox clues only give verbal directions. (So please
bring your stamp and an ink pad if you have them.)
Synopsis
Harper Lee's semi-biographical novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird",won
the Pulitzer Prize in 1960 and has become a modern classic. The
movie through the use of a narrator preserved much of its literary
value. It's a story of two innocent, but inquisitive, children,
7-year-old Scout (Mary Badham) and 10-year old brother, Jem,
growing up in the South; it's also a story about the South, as well
as the nation, growing up for that matter. The children's lawyer
father, Atticus (Gregory Peck) is defending a black man against
false charges. The children become much more enmeshed in the case
than the father desires.
The Cache
A hiding place (rating 1,1) is the main means of communication
between the children and their backward, heliophobic neighbor Boo.
Ultimately the developing friendship saves their lives.
Academy Awards 1963
- Gregory Peck won the Oscar for Best Actor
- Oscar for Best Screenplay
- Oscar for Best Art Direction - Black and White
- Mary Badham was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, the
youngest person ever to be nominated for this award
- Also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best
Cinematography, and Best Music.
Hints: See the movie, read the book or refer to the
letterbox clues.