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Actors: Patrick Dempsey, Kelly Preston, Ken Pogue, Alan C. Petersen
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Run |
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Law student Charlie Farrow (Dempsey) has a job delivering cars to their owners. While driving a Porsche from Los Angeles to Atlantic City, Charlie has car trouble and must make a stop. He goes into a bar where gambling is taking place in the back. Assuming that he is rich because of his car, Charlie is invited to join a poker game in progress and much to his surprise, he wins big time.
A very disgruntled Denny Halloran (Petersen) is a sore loser and picks a fight with the young Charlie. Charlie ducks as Denny lunges at him and Denny smashes his head into a table and dies. Charlie flees the bar in fear after he is told that the deceased man's father, Matt Halloran (Pogue) is a mobster. Word of his son's death reaches Matt Halloran and he puts a reward on Charlie's head. The police work for Halloran in this town, therefore they are no help to Charlie whatsoever. In desperation Charlie hides in the backseat of Karen Lander's (Preston) car, a woman who works at the bar where Halloran died. With nobody but Karen on his side, Charlie must run for his life as he figures out how to get out of the nightmare that his life has become.
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Run |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- hunted by killer/stalker
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- average (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
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?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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