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Actors: Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Kevin Bacon, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The River Wild |
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THE RIVER WILD is a film directed by Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential) in 1994.
Gail, Tom and their son Roarke are on holiday and about to start a rafting trip. A few hours later, they meet Wade and Terry who say to the family that they have lost their guide after a quarrel. Both men are in fact criminals on the run who soon take the family hostage and force Gail, an experienced rafter, to lead them through white water rapids. Tom manages to escape and follows from the top of the canyon the ride of the boat. Now Wade asks Gail to reach and pass The Gauntlet, two miles of waterfalls and violent rapids.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The River Wild |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- chased/chasing criminals
Terrain
- water
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- long, straight (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
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 (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- lifeboat
- river
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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