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Actors: Steve Reeves, Fernando Rey, Christine Kaufmann, Barbara Carroll, Anne-Marie Baumann
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Last Days of Pompeii |
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Italian director Sergio Leone co-wrote and partly directed THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII in 1959.
The centurion Glaucus comes back home to Pompeii after having fought the barbarians for years. He finds out that his father has been killed by mysterious thieves who always leave a painted cross on the scene of their crimes. The governor Askinius tells him that a large number of wealthy roman citizens have already been killed and robbed by these criminals.
Glaucus will finally discover that the Christians are innocent of the crimes they are accused. The High Priest of the Isis cult and the governor's mistress are the ones who get richer while putting the blame on the Christians. Glaucus is arrested and condemned to be devoured by the lions with them. Right at this moment, it's the Vesuvius's turn to get mad. Will Pompeii be destroyed?
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Last Days of Pompeii |
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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:
- ancient rome
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- volcano
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- stolen goods organization
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- super strength
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- bulging muscles
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Misc setting
- prison
- cave
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- knives
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- eaten
- crushed
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- None
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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