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Actors: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Score |
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An expert thief is thinking about retiring and settling down with his girlfriend and managing a jazz club. However, a friend of his asks him to pull of one last heist. He wants him to steal a 30 million dollar sceptre from the Customs House. He relcutantly accepts and is given a partner to work with. However, this partner is looking to betray him and take the sceptre for himself.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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Robert Deniro is a thief, and his partner has a big score that will let him retire. But he has to use a young hot shot kid as a partner. The kid wants it all and uses him to get the goods and then sets him up to be the fall guy. But Deniro has been doing this for a long time and is not stupid. He manages to turn the tables on the kid.
--Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar
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This movie teams up three of the greatest actors (Robert Deniro, Marlon Brando, and Edward Norton)of each of their own generations. Robert Deniro plays a Canadian jazz club owner who has a second life of being a thief on the side. He has one rule that he maintains throughout his opposite life - never steal from your own hometown. Of course in the end he must decide if he should go against his own rules or not. Marlon Brando has a small role as Max, a man who sets up the connections for Deniro to go about his robberys. An accomplice to Max is played by Edward Norton who knows where a golden septor from the 14th century is hiddin. The septor is in a building where Norton works and pretends to be a down syndrome loner janitor. While watching the movie, I was reminded of older heist movies by the way things were played out in the film. This is a must see for any Deniro or Norton fan because of their fabulous actings through the movie.
--dino, Resident Scholar
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Great heist movie starring Robert De Niro as Nick Wells and Edward Norton as Jack, two theives working together to get a sceptor worth more than $30 million. Things are tense between the two and distrust forms as this is Nick's last heist before retiring.
--Brian Oliver, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Score |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- money/gems/treasure
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
- Armed robbery!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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