 _To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)_ (qv) is one of director  Cameron Crowe (qv)s all time favorite films and is prominently  featured in _Vanilla Sky (2001)_ (qv). Also, at the beginning of  _Almost Famous (2000)_ (qv), Crowes previous work, William Miller  and his mother are having a discussion about Atticus Finch, the  protagonist of "To Kill a Mockingbird."