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Actors: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Captain Blood |
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Peter Blood, played by Errol Flynn, is a British doctor who gets caught up in the Monmouth's Rebellion in the 1680s. He happens to help the wrong side by treating the wounded, for which he is proclaimed a traitor and sentenced to slavery in Jamaica. He works at the plantation of the cruel Colonel Bishop and falls in love with his beautiful niece, Arabella (Olivia de Havilland). During a pirate attack Peter Blood manages to escape, and becomes a pirate himself, known as Captain Blood. Unlike other pirates, he abides by a strict moral code, proving that, although forced to be an outlaw, he remains a gentleman. Still unable to forget Arabella, he searches for her and finds her captured by another pirate; he fights for the young lady and frees her. Eventually, Captain Blood is pardoned by the new king of England and sent to fight the French fleet. After more sea battles, he is made a governor and united with Arabella.
--Laura Southcombe, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Captain Blood |
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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
Water adventure?
Yes
Water plotlets
- Pirate attack!
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- pirate
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Water?
Yes
Water:
- sail boat
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Kind of violence:
- swords
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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