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Actors: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Thunderheart
Written by John Fusco and directed by Michael Apted, THUNDERHEART has been theatrically released in 1992.

Val Kilmer, a one-half Sioux FBI agent, is sent to a reservation to solve a murder. He will have to deal with Sam Shepard, the FBI local agent in charge of the case and with the rivalries between the different political Sioux factions.

Highly recommended.


--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%



How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/Era of Movie: - 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery? Yes
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Kind of mystery? - police procedural

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - short/standard wavy (man)
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality - American Indian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - white/grey
Hair style - (man) very short/crewcut
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - American Indian

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Desert? Yes
Desert: - funny heat-delusions
Prairie? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel... - depressed/sad
How many deaths in film? - 3-4
Kind of violence: - guns
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Any profanity? - Some foul language
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