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Actors: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lance Henriksen, Pat Hingle, Gary Sinise, Keith David
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Quick and the Dead |
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Sharon Stone is the daughter of an ex-sheriff who watched her father die unjustly. Now she seeks revenge on the man who put her father to death(Gene Hackman). To become close to her enemy she signs up for the gun competition he has planned.
--Becky Mann, Resident Scholar
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THE QUICK AND THE DEAD is a movie directed by Sam Raimi in 1995.
Sharon Stone arrives in a small town lost in the prairie with only one thought in mind: to get rid of Gene Hackman, a retired killer who literally owns the town. Hackman has organized a gunfighting competition between the fastest guns in the region and Sharon registers as soon as she's in town, hoping to defy the mean Gene.
Between two gunfights, flashbacks inform us that Sharon's Stone father, a U.S. Marshall, was killed in front of her daughter by Gene Hackman some 20 years before.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Quick and the Dead |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- hunting down outlaws
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- cowboy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- long, straight (woman)
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- hanging
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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