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Actors: Peter O'Toole, Philippe Noiret, Sian Phillips
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Murphy's War |
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Murphy, a stranded Irish merchant seaman who is the sole survivor of a WWII German U-boat attack in foreign waters. Rescued by Louis, a French oil engineer, he is taken to a small village hospital and treated by Doctor Haiden. Despite the impending end of the war, Murphy is haunted by visions of the bloody attack on his boat and fellow sailors and will not rest until he has revenge. Therefore he learns to fly a sea-plane with the intention of bombing the submarine.
--David Proot, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Civilian Resistance
Specific to
- WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- civilian sailor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- blonde
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
Jungles?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- submarining
- drowning
Air?
Yes
Air:
- warplane
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- mission to destroy something
- mental battles
Unusual forms of death
- drowned
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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