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OF MICE AND MEN
CHARACTERS
SLIM
the leader of the workers, an authority on the ranch
CARLSON
a tough ranchhand, owning a gun
CURLEY
Boss' son, short, once a welterweight boxer
CURLEY'S WIFE
a tough ranchhand, owning a gun
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WHIT
a frivolous woman, who hates her present life
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CANDY
old man who sweeps the floor in the bunkhouse, he has lost one arm and he owns a very old dog
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AUNT CLARA
Lennie's deaa aunt, from his Auburn childhood
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MAIN CHARATERS
GEORGE MILTON
A ranch-hand, small an quick, on his way to a new job With his friend Lennie.
LENNIE SMALL
George's friend, a mentally retarded person, huge, dependent on and traveling With George.
THE FILM
They get work on a farm where the owner's daughter-in-law is a beautiful woman who causes the tragedy of the novel. Lennie's urge to cheat something softly, and lack of control of his own strength causes him to break the woman's neck. He is being pursued by a lightning job, led by the harsh farmer's son, Curley's wife, and George chooses to kill his friend rather than handing him to the mob.
HAS HAPPENED
The first adaptation was in 1939, two years after the publication of the novella, and starred Lon Chaney Jr. as Lennie, with Burgess Meredith as George, and was directed by Lewis Milestone. It was nominated for four Academy Awards.
A TV version, produced by David Susskind in 1968, starred George Segal as George, Nicol Williamson as Lennie, Will Geer as Candy, Moses Gunn as Crooks, and Don Gordon and Joey Heatherton as Curley and his wife.
A 1972 Iranian film, Topoli, directed by Reza Mirlohi was adapted from and dedicated to John Steinbeck and his story.
In 1981 a TV movie version was made, starring Randy Quaid as Lennie, and Robert Blake as George, and directed by Reza Badiyi.
Another theatrical film version was made in 1992, directed by Gary Sinise, who was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Sinise also played George in the film, and the role of Lennie was played by John Malkovich. For this adaptation, both men reprised their roles from the 1980 Steppenwolf Theatre Company production.
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THE BOOK
The book depicts the relationship between two hired workers in California during the difficult 1930s after the finals of 1929: the retired Lennie and his friend and "guardian" George.
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