Loosely adapted from Steinbeck's tragic tale of two unlikely friends travelling from place to place during the 'great depression'. Malkovich is superb as the simpleton Lennie whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of a beautiful but bored, young woman into their lives.
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OF MICE AND MEN (1939)
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Set in 1930s California, this adaptation of Steinbeck's novel ‘Of Mice and Men' paints a bold, vivid picture of life in the depression era and tells the tragic tale of George and Lenny two itinerant farm hands searching for a safe haven from the cruelties of the world.
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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (2011)
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Set during the Great Depression, Jacob Janowski finds his promising career as a vetinary student shattered by family tragedy. Bereft and confused Jacob joins the Benzini Brothers circus as the vet for their animals and in particular the company’s elephant, Rosie. But it is the ringmaster’s wife that really holds the young Jacob’s attention, and it is this mutual attraction that forms the heart of the story. Based on Sara Gruen’s best selling novel, ‘Water for Elephants’ is a sumptuous but relati
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