1) "I'll
be all around in the dark. I'll be ever'-where - wherever you can look.
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever
there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. I'll be in the way guys
yell when they're mad - I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry
an' they know supper's ready. An' when the people are eatin' the stuff
they raise, and livin' in the houses they build - I'll be there, too."
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Memorable quotes:
1)Figure:
How about a lift, mister?Driver: Can't you see that
sticker? [NO RIDERS ALLOWED - Instructions of Owner] Figure:
Sure, I see it. But a good guy don't pay no attention to what some heel makes
him stick on his truck. Driver: Well, scrunch down
on the running board 'til we get around the bend.
2)Tom:
Ain't you the preacher? Casy: Used to be. Not no
more. I lost the call. But boy, I sure used to have it. Oh, I used to get an irrigation
ditch so squirmin' full of repentant sinners I pretty near drowned half of 'em.
Not no more. I lost the spirit. I got nothin' to preach about no more, that's
all. I ain't so sure of things.
3)Grampa:
I ain't goin' to California. This is my country and I belong here. (He scoops
up and clutches a handful of dirt) This is my dirt. It's no good, but it's mine,
all mine. Tom: Either we got to tie him up and throw
him in the truck or somethin'. He can't stay here. Pa:
We can't tie him. Either we'll hurt him or he'll get so mad, he'll hurt hisself.
Reckon we could get him drunk? Tom: Ain't no whiskey,
is there? Ma Joad: Now wait, there's a half a bottle
of soothin' syrup here. Here. Used to put the children to sleep.
4)
Ma Joad: We're goin' to California, ain't we? All
right then, let's go to California...I never had my house pushed over before.
Never had my family stuck out on the road. Never had to lose everything I had
in life.
5)
Attendant Two: You and me got sense. Them Okies got
no sense and no feelings. They ain't human. A human being wouldn't live the way
they do. A human being couldn't stand to be so miserable. Attendant
One: Just don't know any better, I guess.
Review:Based
on the classic John Steinbeck novel, the film follows the painful displacement
of a family (The Joads) from the dust bowl of Oklahoma, and their escape
west to what they hope is a better future. Director John Ford, along
with the extraordinary photography of Gregg Toland (Citizen
Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives),
capture the bleakness, sorrow, and anger of the Great Depression like
no other film. Henry Fonda (Once
Upon a Time in the West) is brilliant in the lead role of the
honest and lonely Tom Joad. Jane Darwell gives an excellent performance
as the mother who tries to hold the dissolving family together as matters
go from bad to worse. Amazingly, I once read that the famous farewell
scene (see clip above) between Darwell and Fonda was shot in one take.
Grapes of Wrath was one of the first movies included in the National
Film Registry, and till this day it has lost none of its power as a
social document, a historical testimony, or as a work of cinematic art.
An absolute masterpiece, this film should be shown in every high school
American History class. -Review by Aaron Caldwell
