Atticus Finch trial "State of Alabama vs. Charles White, Alias," and Atticus Finch's defense of Tom Robinson in "To Kill a Mockingbird". In a letter to the author, Harper Lee herself noted the "obvious parallels" between the cases (Lee was 12 at the time of the Charles White trial) and between Atticus Finch and Foster Beck, though she also stated that she could not recall the trial, and that "To Kill a Mockingbird" was a work of fiction. Former President Barack Obama referenced Atticus Finch as an ideal American character. In addition Atticus was mentioned during one of Obama's speeches. In July
The Tree of Life (film) it at #132). In 2015, Bradshaw named the film one of the top 50 films of the decade so far by "The Guardian". The "Tree of Life" ranked seventh on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s "100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century" in August 2016. The list was compiled by polling 177 film critics from around the world. The Tree of Life (film) The Tree of Life is a 2011 American experimental epic drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick and featuring a cast of Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, and Tye Sheridan in