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===Film=== [[File:Of Mice And Men Poster.jpg|thumb|Poster for the 1939 film]]The [[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)|first film adaptation]] was released 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]].<ref name="Mice1939">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1939)|work=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031742/|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=October 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030200117/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031742/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was nominated for four [[Academy Awards]].<ref name="Mice1939" /> A [[Of Mice and Men (1968 film)|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 (actor)|Don Gordon]] and [[Joey Heatherton]] as Curley and his wife, respectively.<ref name="tcm">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1968)|work=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/470253/of-mice-and-men|access-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> In 1981, a [[Television movie|TV movie]] version was released, starring [[Randy Quaid]] as Lennie, and [[Robert Blake (actor)|Robert Blake]] as George, and directed by [[Reza Badiyi]].<ref name="Mice1981">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1981)|work=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082838/|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=February 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210014751/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082838/|url-status=live}}</ref> Another [[Of Mice and Men (1992 film)|theatrical film version]] was made in 1992, directed by [[Gary Sinise]], who was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] at [[Cannes]].<ref name="Mice1992">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1992)|work=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105046/|access-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref> Sinise played George, and the role of Lennie was played by [[John Malkovich]], both reprising their roles from the 1980 [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]] stage production.<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1992)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes / IGN Entertainment|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1040322-of_mice_and_men/|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=June 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619015855/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1040322-of_mice_and_men/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 1992 [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] film ''[[Soorya Manasam]]'' directed by [[Viji Thampi]] is also based on the novel.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.golpaani.com/Film/Details/SOORYA_MANASAM_2014_Malayalam | title=Sooryam Manasam | access-date=29 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529195643/http://www.golpaani.com/Film/Details/SOORYA_MANASAM_2014_Malayalam | archive-date=29 May 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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