Of Mice and Men (1992)

Director:

Gary Sinise

Writers (WGA):

John Steinbeck (novel)
Horton Foote (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 October 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

We have a dream. Someday, we'll have a little house and a couple of acres. A place to call home.

Plot:

Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.

Plot Keywords:

California | Dog Killed | Farm | Rural | Mentally Impaired

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Malkovich	...	Lennie Small
Gary Sinise	...	George Milton
Ray Walston	...	Candy
Casey Siemaszko	...	Curley
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Curley's Wife
John Terry	...	Slim
Richard Riehle	...	Carlson
Alexis Arquette	...	Whitt
Joe Morton	...	Crooks
Noble Willingham	...	The Boss
Joe D'Angerio	...	Jack
Tuck Milligan	...	Mike
David Steen	...	Tom
Moira Harris	...	Girl in Red Dress
Mark Boone Junior	...	Bus Driver

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some scenes of violence.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-12 (original rating) | France:U | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The girl in the red dress, running through the field at the beginning of the movie, was played by Moira Harris, the wife of director/star Gary Sinise.

Goofs:

Continuity: Curley's wife's position in the barn after she dies.

Quotes:

Slim: You travel around together?
George: Yeah.
Slim: There ain't many guys travel around together. I don't know why. Maybe everybody in the whole damn world's scared of each other.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Friends: The One with the Chick and the Duck (#3.21)" (1997)

Beautifully done!

How often are we forced to endure the uninsightful changes that are made to American classics in the process of turning them into feature films? The 1939 version of this movie is a prime example. It, very simply, was not the story that Steinbeck wrote. The changes that were made were too sweeping to be seen as anything other than some ego thinking that Steinbeck could be improved upon.

Now, anyone who is truly familiar with Steinbeck knows that this is just not true. Gary Sinise has proven this familiarity. I have rarely had the pleasure of watching a movie that stayed so completely true to the original text. Not only does this movie not add or subtract from the book, the characters themselves are almost exactly how I had pictured them when I read this story for the first time.

If you are looking for overblown sex and violence, for spectacular special effects, or for unbelievable demonstrations raw physical strength, move on. This movie will not interest you in the slightest. However, if you are looking for a story of true love and true courage, if you are looking for a movie whose beauty stems from a raw sense of humanity, then find yourself a quiet place, where you won't be interrupted and watch this. You won't be let down.