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Actors: John Wayne, Patrick Wayne, Richard Boone, Christopher Mitchum, Maureen O'Hara, Bruce Cabot
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Big Jake |
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BIG JAKE is a film directed by George Sherman in 1971.
The McCandles ranch is attacked by Richard Boone and his gang. The young Jake McCandles is kidnapped and a dozen cowboys working in the ranch murdered. As the kidnappers are asking for a ransom of 1 million dollars, Martha McCandles asks her former husband Big Jake McCandles to come back home and help her. Big Jake, accompanied by two of his sons, heads to Mexico in order to save his grandson.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Big Jake |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- hunting down outlaws
- rescue
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- rancher
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
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
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Desert?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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