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Actors: Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Neville Brand, Ed Flanders, Moses Gunn, Tom Atkins, Joe Spinell
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Ninth Configuration |
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THE NINTH CONFIGURATION is a film written, produced and directed by William Peter Blatty in 1980.
Somewhere on the northeast coast of the U.S.A., there is a strange castle where soldiers who've been active in Vietnam are treated for mental disorders. Col. Vincent Kane has just been named new commanding officer of this castle. Kane is a psychiatrist who'll try soft psychological methods with the patients. One of the most affected men is Capt. Billy Cutshaw, is an astronaut who has refused to go to the moon at the last minute.
Col. Vincent Kane suffers from recurring nightmares and is actually not a psychiatrist after all. He's in fact "Killer Kane", a bloodthirsty marine suffering from a nervous breakdown. While in Vietnam, he was assigned by mistake to this castle. Kane has forgotten his real identity, is persuaded to be a psychiatrist and wants to help people around him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Ninth Configuration |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- conduct in war
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- mental illness
Kind of conflict:
- war, Vietnam
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) muscular
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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