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Actors: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, Michael Hordern, Olivia Hussey
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ivanhoe (1982) |
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A Saxon knight, disowned by his father for following King Richard into the crusades, returns home to claim his lady love and winds up in the middle of a war between Saxons and Normans and inadvertantly winning the heart of a Jewish girl being pursued by a Norman Templar. Meanwhile, Prince John is attempting to sieze the throne while Richard is away...
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Ivanhoe (1982) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- middle ages
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
- corrupt local officials
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Forest?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to rescue
- hand to hand
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
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