. >> ladies and gentlemen, gregory peck. >> never seems as fresh and wonderful, as good and evil as iteen through the eyes of a child. trying to capture that is remarkable and perhaps that is why one look and the last few years has been so warmly embraced by tens of millions of people. "to kill a mockingbird," winner of the pulitzer prize and just about every award a book can win and now happily "to kill a mockingbird" becomes a motion picture and its memorable characters become vividly alive. some people call him jane louise finch. but she insists on scout. and that's her brother, gym. just a boy until the day he learns there is evil in the world. and atticus finch, the father, whose devotion of justice places him and his children in jeopardy. and party to the defense, john robinson. >> excuse me. >> what kind of man are you? you got children of your own. >> atticus finch. >> this ring that belonged to your mother. you want to tell us what really happened? >> i got nothing to say. do nothing about it. you coward! >> gentlemen, i shall be brief but i would like to use the remaining tim

i was next to gregory peck. betty davis was behind me. i been going to that thing for many years. ♪ >> as for best film, all the talk has been about "the artist." >> everyone making oscar predictions, everybody seems to think it is a foregone conclusion. it does not sound like it will be the year of the american film. >> or maybe it will. "ware is steven spielberg's horse," and "hugo," and " midnight in paris." "the help" is another contender for best found. viola davis is nominated for best actress. >> you are watching bbc news. >> make sense of international news. bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key, strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los

i remember the first time i went and lauren oliver was here and gregory peck was here, sammy davis wasehind me. i've been going to that thing for many years. >> all the talk has been about the movie "the artist." >> everyone from this kid at harvard who has a program of predicting the oscars to all the people that are in what i call the blogosphere, everyone seems to think it is a foregone conclusion that the artist has won this. it doesn't sound like it will be the year of the american film. >> maybe it will. the americans are not out of the picture. some -- there is stephen spielberg's "war horse." there is the movie "hugo" and woody allen's romantic comedy, "midnight in paris." >> "the help" a story about racial contentions in mississippi is another trying for best movie. >> that brings today's show to a close. for all of us here at "bbc world news america" thank you for watching. have a good weekend. of internatg news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at u

i remember the first time i went and i was next to gregory peck and bette davis was behind me.ave been going to that thing for many years. >> as the best film, all the talk has been about the french movie "the artist." >> everyone has a program of predicting the oscars, all the people in be the blogs making predictions, it is a foregone conclusion that "the artist" will win. >> the americans are not out of the picture. some of the biggest names will be competing. stevens bill bert's "-- steven "warhorse," woody paris.""midnight in "the help" is also a contender. its star is up for best actress. >> >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" w

they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hall holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. >> ncoln hasn fa ben used almost from days of his assassination to sell products. we have lincoln logs. for a younger generation, the excellent adventure includes lincoln. he is just one of those figures if you're selling a product that's synonymous with integrity whether it's an automobile or insurance or a remedy for sleep deprivation. >> honest abe. >> absolutely. honest abe. everyone wants lincoln on their side. almost everyone can devise a rationale to justify that. we go on debating who he is, what he really believed, and how it influences our politics and our culture to this day. >> sreenivasan: and that story is not over. >> that story is far from over. we deliberately wanted an unfinished qualitybout this museum, about the story that we're telling here. because the one thing we know is the last word about lincoln will never be written, and the