The Academy Award winning screenplay was faithfully adapted by screenwriter Horton Foote from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee - who had written a semi-autobiographical account of her small-town Southern life (Monroeville, Alabama), her widower father/attorney Amasa Lee, and its setting of racial unrest.In another area of Metropolis, at the Museum of Natural History just before closing time, Luthor (wearing a wig disguise) and his gang entered to steal a chunk of green-glowing Kryptonite (originally found in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) identified by spectrum-vision in a display case, while well-dressed Kitty (wearing pearls) created a diversion street-side in a vehicle without brakes.The film""s opening itle credits included a studio disclaimer in an attempt to remain neutral and not take sides in its story of conflict between two societal classes - the rich land-owning planters and the poor, tenant cotton-picking farmers:In many parts of the South today, there exists an endless dispute between the rich land-owners, known as planters and the poor cotton pickers, known as tenants or ""peckerwoods"".At first, he dying Beth reassures her older sister Jo:I""m not afraid anymore! I""m learning that I don""t lose you, that you""ll be more to me than ever, and NOTHING can part us, though it seems to.She also inquires: "Shall I be imprisoned?" Howard indicates that she might not be released on bail by the Attorney General in a murder case:Howard: It depends on what the charge is.