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Actors: Burgess Jenkins, James Black, Stacy Keach, Morgan Fairchild
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Unshackled |
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It's the 1970s and The Georgia State Penitentiary has yet to be integrated. The federal government mandates changes in the housing. Inmates Harold Morris (Jenkins), a poor white Southerner serving two life sentences, and Doc (Black), a black inamte, are the unwilling first inmates of different races to share a cell. The prison is administered by Warden Kelso (Keach) who is forced to integrate the facility. Morgan Fairhcild plays is the sassy prison nurse. As expected, the two main characters by being forced together are forced to change their opinion, especially as it applies to racial matters, and find they have more in common than they initially thought.
Based on the life story of Morris.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Unshackled |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminal becomes sensitive
- abuse in prison story
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Physique
- bulging muscles
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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