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In Dubious Battle is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936. The central figure of the story is an activist attempting to organize abused laborers in order to gain fair wages and working conditions.
In Dubious Battle is a 2016 drama film directed and produced by James Franco, loosely based on John Steinbeck's 1936 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Matt Rager. The film features an ensemble cast, consisting of Franco, Nat Wolff , Josh Hutcherson , Vincent D'Onofrio , Robert Duvall , Selena Gomez , Keegan Allen and Ed Harris .
In Dubious Battle: 1936: Set amid a strike organized on a California farm; adapted into a film of the same name: The Grapes of Wrath: 1939: Set during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression in Oklahoma and California; winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; adapted into a film of the same name: The Wayward Bus: 1947
In 2016, he played Eddie in In Dubious Battle alongside James Franco and Vincent D'Onofrio, [14] followed by Joel in Colossal with Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis. [21] In 2017, Stowell starred alongside Dominic Cooper as Hank in Stratton, a film following a British Special Boat Service commando who tracks down an international terrorist cell ...
The story is the first in which Steinbeck addressed the farm labor issue in California. These investigative efforts would inform several of his early novels, including In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939). [6] [7] The character of Root is likely based on young strike organizer and Dust Bowl migrant ...
To a God Unknown is a novel by John Steinbeck, first published in 1933. [1] The book was Steinbeck's second novel (after Cup of Gold).Steinbeck found To a God Unknown extremely difficult to write; taking him roughly five years to complete, the novel proved more time-consuming than either East of Eden or The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck's longest novels.
Haze teamed with James Franco on his directorial adaptation of John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle. The film also stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston and Sam Shepard. The film made its world premiere at the 2016 Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The ...
Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.. As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death.