Farewell to Horton Foote, screenwriter of "Tender Mercies," "To Kill a Mockingbird"

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I'm a little late relaying this news, but I learned on Twitter earlier today that Horton Foote has died.

In screenplays for such movies as “Tender Mercies,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Trip to Bountiful,” and in plays like “The Young Man From Atlanta” and his nine-play cycle “The Orphans’ Home,” Mr. Foote depicted the way ordinary people shoulder the ordinary burdens of life, finding drama in the resilience by which they carry on in the face of change, economic hardship, disappointment, loss and death. His work earned him a Pulitzer Prize and two Academy Awards.


Which of those films has made an impression on you? And why? (I've only seen three of them.)