The Grapes of Wrath (Fox Studio Classics) (US Version) DVD Region 1

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 neighbor 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 plowed 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.

"It's gorgeous, jaw-dropping work, rivaling Toland's deep-focus artistry in CITIZEN KANE." - Tim, Purtell (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 04/09/2004

"As son Tom Joad, Henry Fonda gave the screen performance of his career." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 04/09/2004

"[T]he director's most artistic work..." - Kevin, Maher (Film Critic), Uncut, 05/01/2005

Ranked #17 in Uncut's Best DVDs Of 2005 -- "One of Ford's most beautiful films, and Fonda's performance is an essay in layered minimalism..." - Uncut Staff (Uncut Film Critic), Uncut, 01/01/2006

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Artist Name(s):	Fonda Henry Henry (Actor) | Charley Grapewin (Actor) | Eddie Quillan (Actor) | John Carradine (Actor) | John Qualen (Actor) | Jane Darwell (Actor) | Sy Bartlett (Actor) | Doris Bowden (Actor) | John Steinbeck | Nunnally Johnson 亨利方達 (Actor) | Charley Grapewin (Actor) | Eddie Quillan (Actor) | John Carradine (Actor) | John Qualen (Actor) | Jane Darwell (Actor) | Sy Bartlett (Actor) | Doris Bowden (Actor) | John Steinbeck | Nunnally Johnson 亨利方达 (Actor) | Charley Grapewin (Actor) | Eddie Quillan (Actor) | John Carradine (Actor) | John Qualen (Actor) | Jane Darwell (Actor) | Sy Bartlett (Actor) | Doris Bowden (Actor) | John Steinbeck | Nunnally Johnson ヘンリー・フォンダ (Actor) | Charley Grapewin (Actor) | Eddie Quillan (Actor) | John Carradine (Actor) | John Qualen (Actor) | Jane Darwell (Actor) | Sy Bartlett (Actor) | Doris Bowden (Actor) | Ｊｏｈｎ Ｓｔｅｉｎｂｅｃｋ | Nunnally Johnson Fonda Henry Henry (Actor) | Charley Grapewin (Actor) | Eddie Quillan (Actor) | John Carradine (Actor) | John Qualen (Actor) | Jane Darwell (Actor) | Sy Bartlett (Actor) | Doris Bowden (Actor) | John Steinbeck | Nunnally Johnson
Director:	John Ford John Ford John Ford John Ford John Ford
Producer:	O.Z. Whitehead O.Z. Whitehead O.Z. Whitehead O.Z. Whitehead O.Z. Whitehead
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Release Date:	2004-04-06
UPC Code:	024543103301
Language:	English, Spanish
Subtitles:	English, Spanish
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Black & White
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	90 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004364985

Director: John Ford

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Dyak Sude
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Stereo - English
Mono - English
Mono - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Joseph McBride - Film Scholar, Susan Shillinglaw - Film Scholar
Documentaries - 1. "Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker"
Outtakes
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
2. Movietone Newsreel Footage
3. "Studio Classics"
Restoration Comparison
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