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Actors: Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, Kathy Bates
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The War At Home |
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Based on James Duffs play "Homefront", The War At Home stars Emilio Estevez as despondent Vietnam War veteran Jeremy Collier. The movie starts in 1972 in Texas. Jeremy's mother Maurine (Kathy Bates) is making preparations for Thanksgiving and father Bob (Martin Sheen)is going off to work. Bob wantsJeremy to get a job and do something more than take two college classes. The laconic tries to reconnect with a girlfriend he had before he left to fight, but is unable to reach her. Back at home, Jeremy has one of many flashbacks to the war; ducking gunfire crawling through the jungles of Vietnam. Every one tries talking to Jeremy, but no on can get through to him as he sinks deeper and deeper into an abyss. The day of Thanksgiving arrives and everyone is dressed for the occassion but Jeremy insists on wearing his Army uniform. By the nights end, everyone in the family explodes with emotion as Jeremy appears to fall off the deep end. Jeremy finally lets out what was hurting him for so long, telling his father his true inner feelings. A gripping, emotional drama on the scars of war.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The War At Home |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- conduct in war
Brain/Body not working?
- mental illness
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a
- play
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