Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
7.4
“The untold story behind a great American novel.”
In this full-length documentary, Mary Murphy explores the enduring power, popularity & mystery that is Harper Lee. She interviews Oprah Winfrey, Wally Lamb Anna Quindlen, James McBride and others, and with rare cooperation from Harper Lee’s family and friends tells the story of a novel that became an American classic. In the newest edition of the film, Harper Lee from Mockingbird to Watchman, Murphy examines the rediscovered novel and its place alongside To Kill A Mockingbird.
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Cast
15 people
Bob Mayer
Self - Narrator / Voice of Truman Capote
James McBride
Himself
Jon Meacham
Himself
Jennifer Laird
Voice of Tay Hohoff
Also in
Heat of Madness
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
Christopher Seward
Voice of Reporter / Voice of Maurice Crain
Jane Beasley
Voice of Harper Lee
Donna Coney Island
Voice of Idabel Tompkins
Oprah Winfrey
Self
Known for
The Butler
A Wrinkle in Time
Richard Russo
Himself
Mary Badham
Self
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
This Property Is Condemned
Tom Brokaw
Self
Known for
Iverson
Rosanne Cash
Self
Also in
The Runaway Bunny
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978
Mary McDonagh Murphy Director · Rich White Cinematographer Christopher Seward Editor
United States release May 13, 2011 · Produced in United States
Production
Mary Murphy & Company
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 7, 2010
Premiere · Virginia Film Festival
United States · May 13, 2011
Limited theatrical · NYC and LA
United States · July 19, 2011
Physical · DVD
United States
August 4, 2013 · Digital
September 22, 2015 · Physical · DVD - second edition, new title
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