In this, the third and latest movie version of John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men, screenplay written by Horton Foote and directed by Gary Sinese, the audience is introduced to a variety of underdogs who are faced with a variety of unfortunate We must first note that the title Of Mice and Men comes from a RobertBurns poem means the best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry. This themefollows the plot line through out the movie. The audience follows two men, George (Gary Sinese) and Lennie (JohnMalkovich), through a brief point in time in their lives during the Depression era. Lennie, aslow-witted man, continually gets into trouble and drags George, Lennies friend andgaurdian figure, along with him. Due to Lennies unintentionally harmful actions, he andGeorge are forced to travel the country to go-nowhere farm jobs. In this movie they windup at Tyler Ranch, near Soledad, California.Just as in all of the other towns George and Lennie had worked at, Lennie windsup in trouble at this one when he, not-purposely, kills Curleys wife, a beautiful flirt playedby Sherilyn Fenn. When the men of the ranch decide to go out and find Lennie to kill himfor his crime, George decides that it must be him who ends Lennies life. If he had notkilled Lennie, Lennie would have wound up in a mental institute, been killed by the otherworkers of the farm, or he would have lived, causing other lives, including Georges, to beput in danger from his unpredictability.The words And will there be rabbits, George?, said by Lennie, are delightful tothe audience when Geoge tells Lennie about their dream. They plan on living off of thefat of the land. What Lennies favorite thing to do is, is to listen to George tell him aboutwhat it will be like after they get money together to buy their dream. After the movie,these words wind up haunting the viewers because of the heart-wrenching end: Georgetells Lennie of their dream land, while he prepares a gun in order to shoot Le...
