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Actors: Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Ward Bond
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Drums Along the Mohawk |
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DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK is a Darryl F. Zanuck production directed by John Ford in 1939.
The year is 1776. Gil Martin and his wife get married in New-York and leave on the same day in order to reach the Mohawk valley where Gil has built a cabin in the woods. They are right at the Frontier and they unfortunately have to watch soon their possessions devastated by the Mohawk tribe which has become an ally of the Tories, the British resistance who are at war with the new confederation.
A few months later, Gil and Lana have been hired as farmers by Mrs. McKlennar whose farm hasn't been destroyed by the Indians. But soon, the Mohawks, under British officer Caldwell's command, attack again. The whole population of farmers must then seek refuge into the local fort which is besieged by the Mohawks. Gil Martin will try to get out of the fort at night and reach the confederation army before it's too late.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Drums Along the Mohawk |
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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 - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 18th century
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Civilian Resistance
Specific to
- US Revolutionary War
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- Good white men fighting wicked Indians
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- longhair/girliemon (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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