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Actors: Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Forrest Tucker, Mariette Hartley
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Barquero |
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Vicious, nearly psychotic Jack Remy (Oates) and his gang shoot up a Western town, killing its inhabitants, and streak for the border. All that stands between them and Mexico is the Rio Grande, fordable only by a rope ferry operated by Travis (Van Cleef), the ferryman or "barquero." By the time the gang makes it to the river, however, Travis and the locals have escaped to the far side, leaving both groups of characters on the wrong side of the river from where they want to be. Travis and his bizarre sidekick, the woodsman Mountain Phil (Tucker), don't really care about the townspeople, but the barquero is not about to let Remy burn his barge, so a war of nerves and attrition ensues. This 1970 American film, directed by longtime workhorse Gordon Douglas ("Them!" and several 1960s Sinatra cop movies are among his nearly 100 credits) and written by a team who did the "Branded" and "Wild, Wild West" TV series, clearly shows the influence of Sergio Leone's spaghetti Westerns, yet is a solid and underappreciated Western in its own right.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Barquero |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- hunting down outlaws
Water adventure?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
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
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Water?
Yes
Water:
- river
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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