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Actors: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Boxcar Bertha |
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Produced by Roger Corman, BOXCAR BERTHA is a film directed by Martin Scorsese in 1972.
During the depression era, a teenager, a syndicalist, a gambler and an harmonica player form a gang specializing in train robberies. They want to take revenge against John Carradine, the manager of the local railroad company who's taking advantage of the crisis by exploiting his employees.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Boxcar Bertha |
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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 - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- big business/rich guy
If this is a criminal POV story...
- Armed robbery!
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- long, straight (woman)
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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