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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Alexis Arquette, Mark Boone Junior, Joe D'Angerio, Sherilyn Fenn, Moira Harris
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792854999
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0792854993
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-03-04
Running Time: 110
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1992-10-02
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Remake of John Steinbeck's classic novel. During the Depression an itinerant worker becomes frustrated by his duty to look after his mentally retarded cousin as the two travel around to look for work.System Requirements: Running Time 110 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â DRAMA Rating:Â NR UPC:Â 027616884268 Manufacturer No:Â 1004344
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Summary: Movies based off books can be amazing
Comment: I had no expectations of this movie. I had not read the story. The movie was a big surprise to me. It was funny and very well made. The actors were greatly chosen. The actors definetely led the movie in a great way. This film is a must as it is needed to be experience through high school. Of Mice & Men proves that movies based off books can be very good even if its classis literature.
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Summary: What on earth posessed them to cast JOHN MALKOVICH???!!!
Comment: Gary Sinise is great in everything he does--and if he'd teamed up with Brad Garrett, this could have been an excellent remake. John Malkovich is one of the most overrated actors ever! His Lennie is a travesty--his voice is a horrible nasal monotone, and he does NOT give the impression of being huge, which is one of Lennie's most striking characteristics. He also doesn't in any way have the almost otherworldly, loving and lovable quality which Lon Chaney showed simply through his facial expressions. Unfortunately, this is the version that will be shown in schools, not the stupendous version with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney, Jr.
Lon Chaney, Jr.--Now THERE was a Lennie! He was absolutely transcendant in the role.
Unfortunately, many don't want to see anything "old", or in black-and-white. What a shame that real masterpieces are undermined.
I saw a version with Randy Quaid, who gave an excellent performance--but Lon still takes the prize as the Lennie for All Seasons. I suppose next we'll see John Malkovich tackling Rhett Butler--and the critics will probably rave...
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Summary: Yep, this one
Comment: Make no mistake--the performances by Gary Sinise (he is the consummate George) and John Malkovich (he is the consummate Lennie) are what make this rendition of M & M the best. If you are a high school teacher who teaches the novel, I highly recommend this production to supplement the reading.
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Summary: Mice and Men Review
Comment: Gary Sinise and John play very convincing roles. Both work as day laborers who wander from town to town. Lenny is retarded but incredibly strong. Sinise serves as his protector. The movie takes place in the thirties at the height of the depression. The scene props used were very convincing. Excellent movie!!!
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Summary: A Beautiful Film!
Comment: I was really pleased with this version of the Steinbeck novel. Gary Sinese did a wonderful job directing this--I had no idea he was so talented. The screenplay by Horton Foote is deeply moving. All of the actors are first rate. Malkovich is quite impressive, never going too far over the line which would be easy to do in such a role. Sinese is very good, too, in a moving performance. (I'm running out of superlatives.) All of the supporting actors and the actress give fine performances.
The setting is really beautiful-- the sunny California farm area, which helps to balance the darkness of the tale. The happier details of their work life--reaping the barley and the horseshoe game, give some notion of the joy of life even while you feel the sense of impending tragedy building up. It's all done very well.
The story is not a happy one, as stories go, but there is so much beauty in the relationship between these two men, that it left me teary eyed but not depressed. This is definitely a film worth seeing. Good for kids, too, I think. (Don't mind the woman who objected to the curse words.)
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