In a flashback, he describes how the local farmers were forced from their farms by the land deedholders, who knocked down their houses with tractors. It is deserted but they find neighbor Muley Graves, who is hiding out there. Tom remembers Casy as the preacher who baptized him, but Casy has "lost the spirit" and his faith. He comes upon Jim Casy, an itinerant man sitting under a tree by the roadside. Plot Īfter being released from prison, Tom Joad hitchhikes his way to his share-cropper parents' farm in Oklahoma. In 1989, it was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is widely considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. The motion picture details their arduous journey across the United States as they travel to California in search of work and opportunities for the family members, and features cinematography by Gregg Toland. The film tells the story of the Joads, an Oklahoma family of sharecroppers, who, after losing their farm to increased mechanization during the Great Depression in the 1930s, become migrant workers, and end up in California. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson and the executive producer was Darryl F. It was based on John Steinbeck's 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The Grapes of Wrath is a 1940 American drama film directed by John Ford.
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