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The Grapes Of Wrath (DVD, 2005)
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John Ford's memorable screen version of John Steinbeck's epic novel of the Great Depression--often regarded as the director's best film--stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. After having served a brief prison sentence for manslaughter, Joad arrives at his family's Oklahoma farm only to find it abandoned. Muley (John Qualen), a neighbour now nearly mad with grief, tells Tom of the drought that has transformed the farmland of Oklahoma into a desert and of the preying land agents who have ploughed under the shacks of the sharecroppers. Joined by former hellfire preacher Casy (John Carradine), Tom finds his extended family, including Pa (Charles Grapewin) and his indomitable Ma (Jane Darwell), packing their ramshackle truck to seek work in the fields of California. As the family treks across the country, their dissolution begins with the deaths of Tom's grandparents at close intervals. When they arrive in California, the Joads find only an abundance of poverty-stricken migrants like themselves and little in the way of potential work. Yet, ever resilient, they maintain their dignity, hoping for the best. Among the talented cast, Fonda does perhaps the best work of his career, as does Qualen in the film's most haunting sequence. Director of photography Gregg Toland captures the suffering and the weathered, luminous nobility of the Joads and the other uprooted, drifting families, creating striking images equal to the best work of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. In a stirring film that stands as a microcosm of the depression experience of millions, Ford gives poverty a human face in a way that was rare then and even rarer in the decades to follow as Hollywood films with a sense of class consciousness dwindled like a species nearing extinction.Product Identifiers
EAN5039036020275
eBay Product ID (ePID)44726892
Product Key Features
ActorJane Darwell, John Carradine, Henry Fonda
Film/TV TitleThe Grapes of Wrath
DirectorJohn Ford
Release Year2005
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesBlack & White
GenreDrama, General
Run Time129 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationThe adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of dirt-poor Dust Bowl migrants by 4-time Oscar-winning director John Ford starred Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, who opens the movie returning to his Oklahoma home after serving jail time for manslaughter. En route, Tom meets family friend Casey (John Carradine), a former preacher who warns Tom that dust storms, crop failures, and new agricultural methods have financially decimated the once prosperous Oklahoma farmland. Upon returning to his family farm, Tom is greeted by his mother (Oscar-winner Jane Darwell), who tells him that the family is packing up for the "promised land" of California. Warned that they shouldn't expect a warm welcome in California--they've already seen the caravan of dispirited farmers, heading back home after striking out at finding work--the Joads push on all the same. Their first stop is a wretched migrant camp, full of starving children and surrounded by armed guards. Further down the road, the Joads drive into an idyllic government camp, with clean lodging, indoor plumbing, and a self-governing clientele. When Tom ultimately bids goodbye to his mother, who asks him where he'll go, he delivers the film's most famous speech: "I'll be all around...Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat...Whenever there's a cop beating a guy, I'll be there...And when the people are eatin' the stuff they raise and livin' in the houses they build. I'll be there too."
Movie/TV TitleThe Grapes Of Wrath
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- 15 Dec, 2018
The fortunes of a displaced migrant farming family who didn’t get to share theAmerican Dream.
Powerful account of collapse of agriculture in 1930’s ? Oklahoma due to intensive agriculture, and mass-migration of small farmers and families from the dust bowl area created. Failure of state to support them during the tribulations of their long journeys, and the prejudice against them by the authorities and others in the areas they pass through. Finally saved by enlightened government collective farm opportunities provided in California, presumably under Rooseveltd’s New Deal. From a worthwhile book by Ernest Hemingway. A moving period-piece filmed in black and white, starring a very young Henry Fonda. Not spectacular entertainment for the masses, but sincere and moving.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 May, 2018
Close narrative to the book
This is a black and white from 1940 - but on DVD format. I read the book by John Steinbeck which is a good story and description of the depression in the Mid West circa 1930s. The film is a good précis of the book with most of it in the script which follows the book and conversations well and flows to make a good film. Read the book and the film is a good visual representation of the Joad family's quest. If you are a fan of the era then I'm sure you would enjoy the film on its own.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Apr, 2022
The Grapes of Wrath DVD
film of the very important book The Grapes of Wrath, based on true events in the Dust Bowl during the American DepressionVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Oct, 2019
good film will use again many thanks
this is in the 30s when times were rough real hard very good thank youVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jul, 2021
Good
Great filmVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 24 Sep, 2021
the grapes of wrath
great buy good entertainingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 May, 2019
Hrapes of wrath
A classic by a great wordsmithVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Mar, 2023
Epic
One of the greatsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Apr, 2022
Good, a classic tale
Good dvdVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 Jul, 2021
Amazing!!! Quick postage!
Excellent!!!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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