Of Mice and Men (1992 film)
Of Mice and Men is a 1992 drama film based on John Steinbecks novella of the same name. Directed and produced by Gary Sinise, the film features Sinise as George Milton alongside John Malkovich as Lennie Small, Casey Siemaszko as Curley, John Terry as Slim, Ray Walston as Candy, Joe Morton as Crooks, and Sherilyn Fenn as Curleys wife. Horton Foote adapted the story for film.
During the Great Depression, the quickwitted George Milton Gary Sinise looks after his physically strong companion, Lennie Small John Malkovich, who is also mentally disabled. The two are fleeing from their previous employment as workmen in Weed, California. Other farmers chase them after Lennie was accused of attempted rape when he touched and held onto a young woman Moira Harris and her pretty red dress, prompted by his love of stroking soft things. George and Lennie escape, hop on board a train and obtain work passes from a new town. They board a Greyhound that brings them to Soledad, which is about two miles away from the ranch. While walking down the road to the ranch, George gets aggravated by Lennies incessant questioning about where they are going and then catches Lennie petting a dead mouse. Despite Lennies pleas to keep the dead mouse and his claims that he did not kill it, George takes it off him and throws it, causing Lennie to cry. George, showing sympathy, tries to explain to Lennie why he took the mouse away, due to his inability to control his strength. George tells him he will get him a puppy.Close to evening, George decides they should stay in the brush by a river, and go to the ranch the next morning. Finding out that they will have beans for the night, Lennie requests for ketchup, but George responds that they do not have any with them. Lennie, never understanding Georges response, again requests having beans with ketchup George gets agitated by this as a result, causing him to have a long speech about Lennies ungratefulness and childlike behavior. Lennie, puzzled and scared, decides to leave him alone and to find a cave on his own, but George stops him by saying that Aunt Clara would not like Lennie walking by himself, and indeed wants him to stay with George. Now nighttime, Lennie requests George to tell him about their American dream as he did numerous times and George reluctantly agrees. George describes how the two will one day have their o
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