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Actors: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Eiger Sanction |
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Clint Eastwood plays a spy who climbs a tall mountain to find another spy. He also beds a black lady named Jemima (this was a 70's movie).
--Stan, Resident Scholar
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THE EIGER SANCTION is a movie directed by Clint Eastwood in 1975.
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock is a teacher with a passion for paintings. In order to finance his expensive hobby, he works as a hitman for a governmental bureau. His last job is to discover the murderer of one of his colleagues amidst the members of an international climbing expedition. Everybody will have a hard time on the Eiger's north face.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Eiger Sanction |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 25%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 25%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- finding a spy/saboteur
- finding an assassin
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- climbing tall mountain
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Switzerland
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
- climbing with ropes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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