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Actors: Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, Daryl Hannah, Tom Waits
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about At Play in the Fields |
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Two couple-teams of Protestant missionaries -- the Hubens (Lithgow and Hannah) and the Quarriers (Quinn and Bates) --head for a mission deep in the Amazonian jungle whose Catholic founders were massacred by the local natives years before. Lewis Moon (Berenger), a half-white, half-Native American Indian pilot, is in the neighborhood with his Jewish buddy Wolf (Waits) on a free-lance mercenary job for power interests to scare the locals with a little bombing, but decides to "go native" in the jungle instead. Moon encounters young Andy Huben (Hannah) and the two become fascinated with each other, while Hazel Quarrier (Bates) gradually goes mad from the death of her son and the general hardships of the mission. Argentinian/Brazilian director Hector Babenco teamed with French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere to make this brave 1991 adaptation of Peter Matthiessen's stunning 1965 novel -- with gorgeous location shooting in the Brazilian Amazon. Though nearly everyone does earnest work, this 3-hour plus epic is only partially successful.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Wandering in wilderness
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- pilot, civilian
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
Jungles?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing full frontal--men
Is this movie based on a
- book
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