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Synopsis: In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-on the "courage never to submit or yield." Published in 1936, In Dubious Battle is considered the first major work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): James Franco
Production: Momentum Pictures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
R
Year:
2016
110 min
Website
256 Views


don't just sit here

and argue with each other.

I understand...

- We've got to fight!

- We can't win this thing!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Boys, hang on a second.

That's Jim!

They shot him!

He's dead.

He's dead.

He's dead.

Oh, Mac. Mac.

His name...

Was Macleod.

You all knew him as "Mac."

Mac! Mac!

He was one of you.

He fought,

and he fought for you.

And he never wanted anything

in return.

He gave his life for you.

And he gave his life

for a cause bigger than you.

For an idea.

The idea...

That guys like you,

and guys like me...

Deserve dignity,

and deserve respect,

and deserve a fair share

of what we make

with our bare hands.

Mac! Mac!

And those bastards...

They shot him.

Mac!

Mac! Mac!

They shot him...

For believing in something

bigger than himself.

And they shot him,

because now, they think...

That we'll all shrivel up

and go home

like a bunch of meek dogs.

But we ain't gonna do that.

- No. Are we pigs?

- No.

- Are we pigs?

- No!

It's up to you.

Do we give up?

No!

- Do we let them win?

- No!

Or do we stand here, and fight?

Fight!

Fight!

Fight! Fight! Fight...

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight...

Fight!

People think they want

wealth or power,

but that ain't it.

People just wanna know

their lives matter.

That they matter.

Having some control

over your own life.

That's worth fighting for,

no matter the cost.

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