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Actors: John Wayne, Red Buttons, Elsa Martinelli, Kurt Muller, Bruce Cabot, Gerard Blain, Michele Girardon, Valentin de Vargas
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hatari |
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John Wayne (Sean Mercer) heads a business in Africa which captures wild animals to sell to zoos. The business was run by his friend who was killed by a rhinocerus and is now owned by the friend's daughter, Brandy (Michele Girardon). At the start of the movie a rhinocerus gores another of the hunters, the Indian (Bruce Cabot), and they must hire a new person. A zoo in Switzerland has sent a photographer to cover the capture of the animals it needs, but the group is surprised and unhappy when the photographer turns out to be a woman who they nickname Dallas (Elsa Martinelli). A woman a on wild animal hunts is sure to be a problem.
During the movie, the hunters chase and capture giraffes and other animals, Dallas adopts more than one baby elephant, Pockets (Red Buttons), a New York cab driver, devises a plan to capture hundreds of monkeys (a comic highlight), and the group must decide whether to again attempt to capture a rhino. A romance between Sean and Dallas begins repeatedly, but is always interrupted by a person or animal. The musical score by Henry Mancini is excellent.
--Joan Zuckerman, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Hatari |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- hunting for/by wild animal
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- bounty hunter
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- animal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Setting
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Black Africa
Prairie?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
- lots of descript of animal care
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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