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Actors: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Thunderheart |
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Written by John Fusco and directed by Michael Apted, THUNDERHEART has been theatrically released in 1992.
Val Kilmer, a one-half Sioux FBI agent, is sent to a reservation to solve a murder. He will have to deal with Sam Shepard, the FBI local agent in charge of the case and with the rivalries between the different political Sioux factions.
Highly recommended.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Thunderheart |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- government investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- government investigator
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
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- funny heat-delusions
Prairie?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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