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Actors: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Raymond Barry, Peter Donat
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Deep End |
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THE DEEP END is a movie cowritten by David Siegel and Scott McGehee in 2001. The film won the Cinematography Award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
Lake Tahoe. Tilda Swinton, whose husband is a Navy Officer away from home, lives with her three children and her father-in-law in a house near the lake. She's worried about her 17 years old son Beau who's sexually involved with Josh Lucas a no-good Reno club owner. As Josh is secretly meeting Beau one night, he accidentally kills himself on the shore in front of Tilda's house. Tilda, persuaded that Beau is a murderer, hides the corpse by plunging it into Lake Tahoe. But, on the next day, Goran Visjnic contacts her and informs her that he and his partner Raymond Barry possess a video of Josh Lucas and Beau in bed and will give it to the police unless she pays $50,000 to them. Unfortunately, Tilda's father-in-law has an heart attack the same day and Tilda cannot raise the money. Goran gives her one more day without asking his partner who's not happy at all when he learns it.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Deep End |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Sexing?
- first sexual experience
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- California
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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