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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
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"Unemployment is about to get even worse now that Citigroup has announced it will cut 52,000 jobs early next year. And falsely reported news of a killing in Santa Clara, California (the shooter was fired, not laid off) only adds to the bleak atmosphere surrounding the already upsetting job market. But while desperate times may lead to desperate measures, it’s vital for us to remember what we learned from the films of the 1930s, when the Great Depression caused a nearly 25% rate of unemployment (we’re currently at 6.5%). Hopeful stories of upward mobility and implausible solutions were popular at the time, though many of them had downsides or inspired the desire for unlikely prospects. Still, there was some guidance to be found buried within the fantasies of Hollywood, and SpoutBlog has compiled this handy list to help you make the right choices during your current or imminent joblessness.
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spx The Grapes of Wrath is on the following AFI lists:The Original Top 100 (#21)100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains (Tom Joad is the #12 hero)100 Most Inspiring Movies (#7)The Revised Top 100 (#23) The Grapes of Wrath was also my weekly Netflix rental. I read the book it's based on by John Steinbeck, oh, maybe ten or so years ago. I think I was in college, and I think it was during the summer of working for the Conference Management Services department at the University of Michigan, which, at the time anyway, ran the dormitories like hotels during the summer. It was a boring job, and a second job, and I had quite a bit of time to read, but it was a great summer after a lousy semester, and I had a job that wasn't too difficult and allowed me to read. I digress. I remember liking the book quite a bit, but I do ... "
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"Grapes of Wrath, a Depression-era saga based on John Steinbeck's award-winning novel of the same name, is a powerful classic from Hollywood's golden age, one of the four films that won John Ford an academy award for Best Director, and one of the best performances of Henry Fonda. It is all the more impressive considering it was made in 1940, only a few years removed from the grueling events it depicts. The movie follows the story of the Joad family, three generations of Oklahoma farmers who are driven to bankruptcy by the Great Depression and must pack up all their bags and head to California, enticed by a leaflet promising jobs there. Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), the eldest and most responsible for the Joad's children, has just returned from prison and comes home to find his family packing up. The rest of the story follows the adventures and tributions of the Joads, held together by Tom and his mother Ma Joad (Jane Darwell) as they journey to California with almost no money and arrive t ... "
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