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Actors: Kevin Bacon, Zachary David Cope, Conor O'Farrell, Kevin Dunn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Stir of Echoes |
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When he drunkenly challenges his eccentric sister-in-law to hypnotise him, Tom starts having visions and premonitions. These seem to be linked to the disappearance of a dim-witted girl who lived in the neighbourhood.
--Stephen Coombs, Resident Scholar
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After going under hypnosis by his sister-in-law, Kevin Bacon wakes up to new things and gets contacted by a young girl who provides with clues to what happened to her. With the aid of his son (Cope), he tries to piece together the murder mystery. This is a better film than "The Sixth Sense" which came out the same year as this.
--Brian Oliver, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Stir of Echoes |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- catching brutal killer/stalker
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 40%
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
- blue collar worker
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- clairvoyant
- can see into the future
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- (man) average
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
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 (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, small
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Northeast
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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