4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 7, 2015

The Grapes of Wrath is in special company with a number of literary adaptations where film and source material are both so highly regarded and cultural significant. A few other names spring to mind such as Gone with the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire, and To Kill a Mockingbird. However,...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 7, 2015

The Grapes of Wrath is in special company with a number of literary adaptations where film and source material are both so highly regarded and cultural significant. A few other names spring to mind such as Gone with the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire, and To Kill a Mockingbird. However,...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 7, 2015

The Grapes of Wrath is in special company with a number of literary adaptations where film and source material are both so highly regarded and culturally significant. A few other names spring to mind such as Gone with the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire, and To Kill a Mockingbird. However,...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on June 26, 2015

The Grapes of Wrath starts in a darkened neverland. Director Ford and cinematographer Gregg Toland create a realer than real Oklahoma for protagonist Henry Fonda to journey across. The locations and sets aren’t as important as how Fonda (and the audience) experience it. It’s actually ra   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on April 30, 2015

Share This! “If there was a law they was workin’ with, maybe we could take it, but it ain’t the law.  They’re workin’ away our spirits, tryin’ to make us cringe and crawl, takin’ away our decency.” —— Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) A man walks along an empty Oklahoma highway. ...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on April 30, 2015

Share This! “If there was a law they was workin’ with, maybe we could take it, but it ain’t the law.  They’re workin’ away our spirits, tryin’ to make us cringe and crawl, takin’ away our decency.” —— Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) A man walks along an empty Oklahoma highway. ...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on April 4, 2014

The Grapes of Wrath  Directed by John Ford Written by Nunnally Johnson based on the novel by John Steinbeck 1940/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #145 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die I always forget just how great this movie is.  It is a...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 6, 2014

I must admit this film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda, surprised me in a positive way. This movie seemed like it could potentially be another Citizen Kane  (a movie so inflated with praised that it becomes a letdown when actually viewed). However, The Grapes of Wrath  in...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 6, 2014

I must admit this film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda, surprised me in a positive way. This movie seemed like it could potentially be another Citizen Kane  (a movie so inflated with praised that it becomes a letdown when actually viewed). However, The Grapes of Wrath  in...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on June 4, 2013

The Longest Day is a three-hour opus following all the events leading up to and in execution of D-Day. This 1962 docudrama has the distinction of being the most expensive black and white film made at the time (it would be ousted by Schindler’s List).  At a diffuse three-hours the...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on November 10, 2012

(Image via worldscinema.org) The favorite film: The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 drama based on the novel by John Steinbeck (adapted for the screen by Nunnally Johnson) and directed by John Ford The synopsis: Tom Joad is fresh off of a prison sentence for homicide when he returns to his...   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on March 28, 2010

From John Steinbeck’s great novel, The Grapes of Wrath is the American classic portrait of The Great Depression.  We follow the Joad family as they’re pushed out of their Oklahoma home and journey to California for a better future.  Out there, mythic jobs are promised where they’ll be picking peache   read more