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Actors: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Bruce Cabot, Richard Jaeckel, Patric Knowles
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Chisum |
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CHISUM is a western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen in 1970.
John Chisum is a rancher who has created a little cattle empire in New Mexico. Now, there's a man in town, Lawrence Murphy, who badly wants to take Chisum's place. Murphy hires a bunch of bad guys whose mission is to provoke Chisum and force him to make a mistake. Fortunately, William-Billy the Kid-Bonney and Pat Garrett, at the beginning of their career, will help Chisum when the time of the inevitable confrontation between the two men comes.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Chisum |
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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 - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- fighting bad business/family
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- rancher
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...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Prairie?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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