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Actors: Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, Mickey Shaughnessy, Wally Cox, Don Ameche
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Boatniks |
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Ensign Thomas Garland, U.S. Coast Guard (Morse), is assigned port duties at a busy California marina. He's not the brightest guy on the block, and unfortunately he's accident-prone as well. Kate (Powers) is a fine-looking boating instructor who's around to help him out of some of the jams he gets into. The main plot complication is a trio of crooks led by Harry Simmons (Silvers) who are also not terribly great intellects: they dropped the loot -- a bunch of jewels hidden in a picnic basket -- in the bottom of the bay and have to figure out how to retrieve it. (One of their ideas is a cute Japanese pearl diver, but they have a lot of trouble communicating with her.) This 1970 movie is one of the lesser-known live action Disney comedies: kind of simple and not very subtle, but decent fun. Keep an eye open not only for veteran comic actors Fell, Ameche, and Cox, but Al Lewis (most familiar as Grandpa on "The Munsters").
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Boatniks |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- navy soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Dumb?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- swimming on
- sail boat
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- None
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
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