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  • Title: Grapes of Wrath, The / Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker / Roosevelt Lauds Motion Pictures at Academy Fete
  • Summary: A poor family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
  • Director: John Ford
  • Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • Year: 1940
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  • Keywords: literary adaptation | Road Movie
  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: Biography John Ford, Boxcar Bertha, Canary Row, East of Eden, Lifeboat, Of Mice and Men, The Pearl
  • Language: English
  • Country: USA
  • Comments: Based on the novel by John Steinbeck. The DVD includes an audio commentary by scholars Joseph McBride and Susan Shillinglaw, the British prologue, the TV documentary "Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker," three 1934 newsreels reporting on droughts ("Worst Drought in Many Years Hits Middle West," "Drought Distress is Increasing in Mid-West," "Mid-West Drought Distress Becomes National Disaster"), out-takes from the newsreels, and the short film "Roosevelt Lauds Motion Pictures at Academy Fete." American Film Institute 100 American Films: #23 New York Times 1000 Films British Film Institute Top 250 Films (2012): #183
  • Collection: Drama
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