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Actors: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cutthroat Island |
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CUTTHROAT ISLAND is a movie directed by Finnish born director Renny Harlin in 1995.
Morgan Adams, the daughter of a well-known pirate, wants to find the treasure her father has buried in a lost island of the Caribbeans. But her uncle Dawg Brown, who killed Morgan's father, wants the treasure too. Followed by Brown, Morgan and her crew are going to defy the elements and sail the Caribbean sea through a terrible storm. She'll finally find the island and the treasure hidden in a cave.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Cutthroat Island |
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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:
- 17th century
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- searching for treasure
Water adventure?
Yes
Water plotlets
- Pirate attack!
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- long, curly (woman)
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- The Caribbean
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- quicksand
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
- swimming on
- feeding sharks
Island?
Yes
Island:
- Caribbean Island
Misc setting
- prison
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Lot of special effects?
Yes
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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