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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Wreck of the Mary Deare |
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A small salvage boat almost collides with a freighter during a storm. The captain of salvage boat (Charlton Heston) boards the apparently deserted freighter under difficult conditions. He is elated at what promises to be a lucrative salvage operation. This is short-lived however, as he discovers the half-crazed captain (Gary Cooper) still aboard. Due to worsening weather, he is stranded on the freighter. To his horror he discovers the captain intends to beach the ship on a reef. He tries to stop him, but is either convinced or indimidated into cooperating. The two men head for shore in a life boat and are rescued.
The second half of the film covers the inquest into the wreck. The motives of the troubled captain are gradually revealed. He emerges as a troubled, uncommunicative, but honest man, who is the victim of an unscrupulous owner.
--V. N. Dvornychenko, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Wreck of the Mary Deare |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Disaster, big vehicle
Yes
Kind of vehicle:
- boat
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- civilian sailor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Greek
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Water?
Yes
Water:
- lifeboat
- lost at sea
- scuba under
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- mental battles
- karate chop
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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