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Actors: Elvis Presley, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore, Jack Kruschen
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Follow that Dream
Toby Kwimper, played by Elvis Presley, comes to Florida with his family. Elvis and the two younger "kids" have lived with father Kwimper, taken in as orphans. They try to make a go of it on a Florida beach. At first they are just homesteading, but then they note that it is a desirable sportfishing area. Soon they set up boats for rent and before they know it they are running a resort. But a social worker thinks the kids should be in school and a government agent feels they are homesteading illegally. And meanwhile gangsters move in and set up an illegal casino because the area is outside of anybody's taxing jurisdiction. Will Toby get to follow his dream of supporting his family?
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Analysis of Follow that Dream
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1960's-1970's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story? Yes
Job: - fisherman
Poverty story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - blue collar
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) average
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average build
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - encouraged
Any profanity? - None
If lots of song/dance... - lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Classic/oldies rock
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