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Actors: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Elias Koteas, David Morse, Kelly Lynch, Lindsay Crouse
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Desperate Hours |
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DESPERATE HOURS is a Dino De Laurentiis production directed by Michael Cimino in 1990.
Helped by his lawyer Kelly Lynch, Mickey Rourke, a psychotic criminal, escapes from the court. With his brother Elias Koteas and David Morse, he shuts himself away into the Cornell mansion in order to wait for Kelly Lynch. For several hours, the kidnapped Cornell family will have to live with the presence of these three men.
Meanwhile, FBI officer Lindsay Crouse, who's always suspected Kelly Lynch to have helped Rourke's escape, waits for the lawyer to make her first mistake. She'll finally learn of Rourke's location and try to stop the criminals without endangering the Cornell's family.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Desperate Hours |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- rescuing from kidnappers
Escape/Rescue?
- escape/rescue from kidnapper(s)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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