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Actors: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Room at the Top (1959) |
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ROOM AT THE TOP is a movie directed by Jack Clayton in 1959. Academy awards for Simone Signoret and the screenwriter Neil Paterson.
England, an industrial town. Laurence Harvey, is a young accountant coming from a poor neighborhood. Obsessed with the idea of joining the higher classes of the British society, he seduces Heather Sears, the daughter of the richest man in town. While Mom and Pop are not so happy with their daughter's new fiancé, Harvey is also secretly seeing Simone Signoret, an older married french woman, he has met at the local theatre. Simone Signoret falls madly in love with Harvey who soon has to battle the unspoken laws ruling social classes in England after WWII.
A PLACE IN THE SUN in the english mode.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Room at the Top (1959) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
- matchbreaker interference
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- govt employee
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- moving train
- theater
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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