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Actors: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Christopher Walken, Ralph Meeker
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Anderson Tapes |
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Based on the Lawrence Sanders novel, THE ANDERSON TAPES is a movie directed by Sydney Lumet in 1971.
After a 10 years stay in prison, Duke has just been released. And now he's planning to rob the entire building he's living in now. While he's organizing this audacious burglary, every move he's making is filmed and recorded by the F.B.I. which is secretly watching Duke's future partners.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Anderson Tapes |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- white collar fraud/theft
Criminal enemy is...
- thief/con-artist
If this is a criminal POV story...
- white collar fraud/con man
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- prison
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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