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Actors: Kirk Douglas, Richard Benedict
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) |
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Charles Tatum (Douglas) seems to be at the end of the line in a mediocre career as a newspaper reporter. He gets a job with a small New Mexico newspaper and is impatiently waiting for his big break. The break comes in the form of a new story with a strong human interest angle: a man (Benedict) is trapped in a mine. To ensure he makes the most of this, Tatum leads (and delays) rescue efforts while feeding the story to major newspapers, thus creating a media sensation rivaling any breaking-news circus seen in the past five years.
Directed by Billy Wilder.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- journalist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
How much in movie?
- 60%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a deadline
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
Style
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Check here if B&W
Yes
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