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Actors: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Ward Bond
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Johnny Guitar |
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JOHNNY GUITAR is a western directed by Nicholas Ray in 1954. This movie is one of the 10 best westerns ever presented.
Vienna has hired her former lover Sterling Hayden to protect her against the ranchers lead by Mercedes McCambridge. Vienna has built a saloon/casino in anticipation of the future arrival of the railroad in the country. Meanwhile the Dancing Kid decides to rob the local bank. Vienna is accused of being part of this scheme and must run away from the vigilantes who want to lynch her and the Dancing Kid gang.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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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:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- robbing bank
- fighting bad business/family
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/butch/lez (woman)
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- rancher
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Desert?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- river
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- hanging
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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