The grapes of wrath

Author

John Ford

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, OSH)

Languages

In English or Spanish, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Zeffie Tilbury.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (129 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Following a prison term he served for manslaughter, Tom Joad returns to find his family homestead overwhelmed by weather--and the greed of the banking industry. Seeing vitrually no work potential on the horizon after the Oklahoma dust bowls, the entire family packs up and heads for the promised land--California. But the arduous trip and harsh living conditions they encounter offer little hope, and family unity proves as daunting a challenge as any other the Joads face.

Notes

Based on the novel by John Steinbeck.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.

Special features: Audio commentary by film historian Joseph McBride and Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw ; U.K. prologue ; Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century filmmaker as seen on Biography on the A&E Network ; restoration comparison ; original theatrical trailer ; still gallery ; Fox Movietonews: 1934: Worst Drought in Many Years Hits Middle West ; 1934: Drought Distress Is Increasing In the Midwest ; 1934: Midwest Drought Distress Becomes National Disaster ; 1934: Outtakes ; 1941: Roosevelt Lauds Motion Picture At Academy Fete.

Contents

• Side A. Feature
• Side B. Supplemental.