Gregory Peck Atticus Finch, a Depression-era lawyer and widowed father, in a film adaptation of the Harper Lee novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". Released in 1962 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the Southern United States, this film and his role were Peck's favorites. In 2003, Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch was named the greatest film hero of the past 100 years by the American Film Institute. Peck served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1967, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute from 1967 to 1969, Chairman
My Father the Hero (1991 film) My Father the Hero (1991 film) My Father the Hero (original French title: "Mon père, ce héros") is a 1991 French film directed by Gérard Lauzier. An English language remake of the movie was made in 1994 . The name of the film comes from a famous poem by the French poet Victor Hugo, ""Mon père, ce héros"," published in 1859. The story introduces André (Gérard Depardieu), a Frenchman who is divorced from his wife. He takes his beautiful teenage daughter, Véronique (Marie Gillain), on vacation to a paradise island with him. She is desperate to appear as a woman