What are some of the director's touches in the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird? Examples: a broken swing, a ramshackle house. Find other...

I decided to re-watch the movie again just to give you
some good examples.

• I thought the opening scene,
  with the slow pan of the gifts that the children had received from Boo, was a great
  touch.


• The decision to shoot in black-and-white (most
  films were in color at this point) was a good one, giving the picture an old-time
  feel.


• Scout fondling Atticus' pocket watch is right from
  the story.


• Jem's appearance in the collard patch followed
  the story nicely (although the vegetables looked more like
  cabbages).


• The tire swing was something that most
  Southern children had in their yards at the time.


• Scout's
  overalls and sleeveless "muscle man" t-shirt (ironically known as the "wife beater") is
  priceless.


• The homes--every single one built above ground
  on blocks or bricks--are entirely realistic. (Remember, there was only one home in
  Maycomb with a basement, owned by Misses Tutti and
  Frutti.)


• The tree
  house


• The incredibly old oak
  trees


• The Radley house does, indeed, look
  neglected.


• Miss Maudie is shown watering her precious
  flowers.


• The casting of Bob Ewell is totally authentic.
  The actor, James Anderson, apparently was a true Southern cracker and native Alabaman.
  Gregory Peck, who played Atticus, did not care for Anderson's racial views at
  all.


• Before entering the Radley's gate on their night
  excursion to get a glimpse of Boo, the kids repeatedly spit on the gate so it wouldn't
  creak--just like in the novel.


• I liked the scene where
  Scout beats up Walter Cunningham Jr. in the school yard--wearing a dress! I don't
  believe the book says so, but I pictured Scout in her overalls--not a
  dress.


• Scout sitting in Atticus' lap on the porch
  swing


• The well-trained dog who staggered up the street
  really looked mad.


• The old-style telephones and
  1920s/1930s cars


• The lynch mob scene is faithful to the
  novel and very moving.


• The groups of people passing the
  Finch house in wagons on the day of the trial


• The scenes
  of the trial are among the best in film history--realistic (you can sense the sweltering
  heat inside), powerful, faithful and riveting. The actors playing Bob, Mayella, Gilmer,
  Judge Taylor and Tom--and, of course, Peck's Atticus--are perfect in every
  way.


• Atticus' summation to the jury won Gregory Peck the
  Best Actor Oscar.


• The balcony scene where the black
  assemblage stands out of respect for Atticus is highly
  emotional.


• The horse-drawn carriages outside the school
  house on the night of the Halloween pageant


• Scout's ham
  costume


• The children's walk home following the Halloween
  pageant is both ominous and creepy.


• The attack by Bob
  Ewell is seen only through the diminished view of Scout within her costume--a wise
  directorial decision. 


• The long-anticipated appearance of
  Boo Radley is worth the wait. Boo is played by the famed actor, Robert Duvall, in his
  very first role. His ghostly appearance fits his description in the novel to a
  tee.


• The scene where Sheriff Tate decides that "Bob Ewell
  fell on his knife" is also excellent.