Zwei Drifter, einer ein sanfter, aber langsamer Riese, versuchen, während der Depression Geld zu verdienen, indem sie die Felder bearbeiten, damit sie ihre Träume erfüllen können.Zwei Drifter, einer ein sanfter, aber langsamer Riese, versuchen, während der Depression Geld zu verdienen, indem sie die Felder bearbeiten, damit sie ihre Träume erfüllen können.Zwei Drifter, einer ein sanfter, aber langsamer Riese, versuchen, während der Depression Geld zu verdienen, indem sie die Felder bearbeiten, damit sie ihre Träume erfüllen können.
- Auszeichnungen
- 1 Nominierung insgesamt
- Girl in Red Dress
- (as Moira Harris)
- Prostitute
- (Nicht genannt)
- Prostitute
- (Nicht genannt)
- Prostitute
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Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesThe girl in the red dress, running through the field at the beginning of the movie, was played by Moira Sinise, the wife of director/star Gary Sinise.
- PatzerAt various points in the movie, you can see Candy's clenched fist where there isn't supposed to be a hand.
- Zitate
George: Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They ain't got no family and they don't belong no place. They got nothin' to look ahead to...
Lennie: But not us George. Tell about us.
George: ...well, we ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody cares.
Lennie: But not us, George, because I... see, I got you to look after me, but you got me to look after you.
- VerbindungenEdited into Modern Classics Summarized: Of Mice and Men (2016)
When I read Steinbeck's book I was in awe of the author's powerful strokes of simplicity. Adapting the book into a screenplay can be formidable. Foote did it earlier with Harper Lee's novel "To kill a Mockingbird". He did it again in Beresford's "Tender Mercies". Some of the flashes of brilliance in the script are the opening sequence of the woman running scared into the camera, the opening and closing images of light falling on the dark insides of a train car, the empty bus ride that Steinbeck did not present. Director Gary Sinise and Foote made the adaptation of the novel on screen look easier by adding details just as scriptwriter Robert Bolt and director David Lean did the opposite by compressing the details with Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago". Both "Dr Zhivago" and "Of Mice and Men" are great examples of adapting literary works for the screen.
This is not to discount the contribution of Gary Sinise. Director Sinise and Actor Sinise were admirable. The former brought out the finest in the latter. This is Sinise's finest performance.
Malkovich is a talented actor--he commands attention. Whether a more restrained performance was called for or not is debatable.
Equally stunning is the film's music by Mark Isham--the man who grabbed my attention in "Never Cry Wolf", "Mrs Soffel" and "A Midnight Clear". Sinise was wise using the music effectively when required and not overdoing it to evoke pathos. The music doesn't sooth you, it nudges you to reflect on life.
The film is a great essay on loneliness. Most importantly, it is a great example of how a literary work ought to be adapted without changing the author's vision. Remarkably, the film added more to Steinbeck's work with the train ride and the bus ride. That's Foote!
- JuguAbraham
- 26. Mai 2005
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Offizieller Standort
- Sprache
- Auch bekannt als
- De hombres y ratoncitos. La fuerza bruta
- Drehorte
- Produktionsfirma
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Box Office
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 5.471.088 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 97.851 $
- 4. Okt. 1992
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 5.471.088 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 55 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1