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Actors: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hopscotch |
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HOPSCOTCH is a movie directed by Ronald Neame in 1980.
Walter Matthau is an excellent C.I.A. field agent but, after his last mission in Europe, his boss Ned Beatty blames him for not having arrested a K.G.B. agent. Matthau doesn't accept this unfair treatment, resigns from the C.I.A. and comes back to Glenda Jackson's home in Salzburg, Austria. All of a sudden, he decides to write his memoirs and sends the first chapter to Ned Beatty and to all the leading world spy agencies. Beatty is panicking and sends his men in order to arrest Matthau who's always a step ahead of his pursuers. A cat and mouse chase will follow as Matthau writes new chapters of his book. Recommended.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Hopscotch |
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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 - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- finding a spy/saboteur
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
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 color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Switzerland
- Germany
- England/UK
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
Island?
Yes
Island:
- Atlantic Ocean Island
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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