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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Pale Rider |
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Members of a small mining camp mine for gold in a small creek. They are constantly under attack from the henchmen of a greedy land barron who wants that land for himself. He tries everything to run them out, including wrecking their homes and damming up the creek, but most of the miners won't budge. A stranger, who turns out to be a preacher, rides into camp and helps them fend off the barron. When one of the miners is killed for no reason by 7 hired gunmen, the preacher takes off his collar, straps on his guns and goes looking for revenge. He kills the gunmen one by one and one of the miners kills the barron. Without another word the preacher rides off into the hills.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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This vintage western stars Clint Eatwood in his signature role of the "anonymous gunman". A gold mining camp in California is under threat from a neighbouring landowner, who with tacit support from local lawmakers, torments the miners. Help comes from unexpected quarters, when a preacher rides into town who is good with a gun.
--Biswa, 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 - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- prospecting/locating gold
- fighting bad business/family
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- religious figure
- cowboy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- white
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
- gang
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Setting
United States
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to destroy something
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
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