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After viewing the play, he "stood up and applauded" and "was trying to scream some sort of acknowledgement of my feelings. His drama class went to Guthrie Theater and observed three plays in two days, one being Of Mice and Men. The first experience Sinise had with Steinbeck's work came when Sinise attended Highland Park High School.

Robert (later Alexis) Arquette as Whitt.

Moira Harris as the Girl in the Red Dress.

The scene returns to George in the boxcar, heading South, sadly remembering his times working with Lennie. As George gets to the part where Lennie tends the rabbits, he shoots Lennie in the back of the head, sparing him from a cruel death at the hands of the mob. Curley leads a lynch mob but George finds Lennie first and calms him by retelling their dream. Candy finds Curley's wife dead and informs George. He runs to hide in the brush as George told him to do. Trying to keep her quiet, Lennie accidentally breaks her neck. She soon complains and then screams that he is pulling too hard. Learning of Lennie's love of petting soft things, she lets him stroke her hair.

OF MICE AND MEN SUMARU MOVIE

Curley's wife enters and admits her loneliness, confiding that her dreams of being a movie star were crushed. In the barn that evening, Lennie has accidentally killed his puppy and is greatly upset. Frustrated, she runs to the house in tears vowing to leave the ranch forever. Lennie talks about being lonely, and Curley's wife attempts to engage him in conversation. Concerned for his reputation, Curley reluctantly agrees to say his hand got caught in a machine. George fears for their jobs, but Slim gives Curley an ultimatum: if Curley tries to get George and Lennie fired, Slim will humiliate Curley by telling everyone how Curley's hand really got crushed. Prompted by George, Lennie crushes Curley's hand.

Curley viciously attacks Lennie for laughing, yelling at him to fight back. Just as it seems their dream is moving closer to fruition, Curley accuses Slim of keeping his wife company. Candy offers to pitch in with Lennie and George to buy their farm. After a hard day, George is proud of Lennie's work and gets him his puppy. George meets their work team, respected head man Slim, and Carlson, who suggests they shoot Candy's sick old dog and get one of his pups. Curley's attractive wife flirts with Lennie and George, and George instructs Lennie to avoid her. They befriend old one-handed ranch-hand Candy, but dislike the Boss' son, Curley, who hates people bigger than him. George lies to the boss saying Lennie is his cousin and was kicked in the head by a horse when he was a child. At Tyler Ranch, the Boss is suspicious of Lennie's mental condition. George says if Lennie should ever get in trouble, he is to hide in the brush and wait for him. George reluctantly agrees to tell Lennie again about their dream, describing how they will one day have their own piece of land where Lennie will tend their rabbits. They travel to work on Tyler ranch near Soledad. The movie opens with George reminiscing in a boxcar.ĭuring the Great Depression, quick-witted George Milton and physically strong but mentally disabled Lennie Small are fleeing their previous employment, where Lennie was accused of attempted rape after he held on to a young woman, prompted by his love of stroking soft things. After the film debuted in the United States on October 2, 1992, it received acclaim from critics.

Of Mice and Men took part in the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, where Sinise was nominated for the Palme d'Or award, given to the director of the best-featured film. The film explores themes of discrimination, loneliness, and the American Dream, as well as the desire for a place to call home. Its plot centers on George and the intellectually disabled Lennie, two farm workers who travel together and dream of one day owning their own land. Directed and produced by Gary Sinise, the film features Sinise as George Milton, alongside John Malkovich as Lennie Small, with Casey Siemaszko as Curley, John Terry as Slim, Ray Walston as Candy, Joe Morton as Crooks, and Sherilyn Fenn as Curley's wife. Of Mice and Men is a 1992 American period drama western film based on John Steinbeck's 1937 novella of the same name.