Summary
An Oklahoma family driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Depressions
-- 1929
-- United States
-- Drama.
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Drama. Feature films. Social problem films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Beverly Hills, CA :20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,2012 |
| Edition | Blu-ray, Full screen. |
| Other Titles | Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th century filmmaker. Grapes of wrath. |
| Contributors |
Zanuck, Darryl Francis,
1902-1979, film producer. Johnson, Nunnally, screenwriter. Ford, John, 1894-1973, film director. Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, actor. Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967, actor. Carradine, John, actor. Grapewin, Charles, 1869-1956, actor. Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, composer. Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Grapes of wrath. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, presenter. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, production company. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Gregg Toland ; editor, Robert Simpson ; music, Alfred Newman. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English French Spanish In English, French, or Spanish; with optional French or Spanish subtitles; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck. Special features: Commentary by Joseph McBride (film scholar) and Susan Shillinglaw (John Steinbeck scholar); Fox Movie Channel presents Fox legacy with Tom Rothman; Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th century filmmaker (as seen on Biography on the A&E Network); Fox movietone news; theatrical trailer. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; region A; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; 50GB dual layer; AVC@30 Mbps; DTS-HD Master Audio mono (English, French); Dolby Digital mono (Spanish); requires Blu-ray Disc player. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, Best Director, 1941 Academy Award, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, 1941 |
| Description |
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |