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Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The African Queen |
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Prim and strait-laced Rose Sayer (Hepburn) assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer (Robert Morley), at a Christian mission in the Congo at the start of the First World War. The German army burns the village and the reverend dies from the shock and disappointment. Rose finds a crusty, gin-soaked, but obliging riverboat captain, Charlie Allnut (Bogart), who has been ferrying supplies to the various East African villages and who agrees to take her out of the jungle, even if it means battling the Germans. Their adventures on his old steamer, the African Queen, and eventual unlikely romance form the backbone of the story, based on a novel by C.S. Forester and adapted by director John Huston and novelist James Agee. Bogart won an Oscar for this highly memorable role, and Hepburn is terrific as well in this classic 1951 film. Watch for 27-year-old Theodore Bikel in his second feature film role as First Officer in the German Navy.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The African Queen |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Wandering in wilderness
Yes
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Black Africa
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- Snakes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
- river
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Is this movie based on a
- book
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