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Actors: Cate Blanchett, Tommy Lee Jones, Val Kilmer, Eric Schweig
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Missing |
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Based on the Thomas Eidson novel, THE MISSING is a film directed by Ron Howard in 2003. Unfortunately, this movie, the best of Ron Howard so far, didn't do so well at the box-office.
When her daughter is kidnapped by a group of Apaches, Maggie Gilkeson asks her no-good father to help her save Lily. Maggie and Sam know that they have to catch up with the outlaws before they reach Mexico. If they don't, Lily and the other kidnapped women will be sold to the local brothels.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Missing |
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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
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Kind of western:
- hunting down outlaws
- rescue
Criminal enemy is...
- white slavery ring
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- red
Hair style
- long, straight (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- average build (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- clairvoyant
- can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
Desert?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- ranch
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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