The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath is a classic novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is frequently read in high school and college literature classes. A celebrated Hollywood film version, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, was made in 1940; however, the endings of the book and the movie differ greatly.

The Grapes of Wrath in The Gladiator
The Grapes of Wrath was refilmed in the late 21st century. Like nearly every other cultural art work, the film was a boring, unimaginative propaganda piece, extolling the virtues of communism and the evils of capitalism. Annarita Crosetti and Gianfranco Mazzilli saw this version to celebrate the end of finals. Neither enjoyed the film; Annarita preferred the novel.