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Actors: Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak, Jim Haynie
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Bridges of Madison County |
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THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY is a movie directed by Clint Eastwood in 1995. Mery Streep earned a nomination in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category.
The setting is Iowa in the mid-sixties. Meryl Streep has devoted her life to her family and lives the rough farmer life with her husband and her two children. Born in Italy, she's followed Jim Haynie after WWII and soon forgets the dreams she made when arriving to America.
Left alone as her family goes to Chicago for a bull show, she meets Clint Eastwood, a photographer working for National Geographic, who's preparing an article about the bridges of the county. Both will deeply fall in love during this four day period but, at the end of it, Meryl won't leave her family to follow him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Bridges of Madison County |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Italian
Woman/class/friends story?
- woman's story
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- American Midwest
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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