Grapes of Wrath

Directed by John Ford, a must see for movie lovers who want to see all the classics.

25: Tommy arrives home from prison, his mom asks, "Did they hurt you and make you mean mad?" "No." "They hurt you until you get meaner and meaner." Tommy tells his mom not to worry about it. His family and friends welcome him back, yet several believe he escaped rather than paroled. The banker arrives to warn them they can't be there after tomorrow. They have to leave their land. The birth of something new.

45: Tommy listens to a man talk about children starving to death and a doctor who won't report the truth. Tommy wonders if he and his family will experience the same truth and denial. Their truck arrives in New Mexico. Grandfather asks for bread and candy and seeing how poor and kind they are the cook and waitress help them. Now that I'm aware.

60: They push the truck up a road and notice a green, fertile California valley. Tommy asks about his grandmother and his mom tells him she died. She didn't mention it before because she was afraid they wouldn't be able to "get across...she'll get buried where it's nice and green...she'll get to lay her head in California after all." There's no going back now.

-45: Tommy's family settle into a work camp where the situation is grim. Tommy leaves the camp to get more info about what is going on. He learns from KC a group of workers are striking over wages and conditions. KC is later killed. Discovery.

-25: Tommy's family reach another friendlier work camp that seems fine; the kids enjoy the bathroom where they see a toilet for the first time. Later, Tommy is warned there's going to be an arranged fight to give police an excuse to shut down the camp. Eventually, Tommy has to leave his mom and the dialogue during this scene when Ma talks about "...living in the houses they build..." is heartbreaking because much of the story is about them trying to find a home. The final turning point.