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Actors: Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, James Drury, Warren Oates
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ride the High Country |
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RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY was directed by Sam Peckinpah in 2002.
Steve Judd is an aging ex-marshall who's just accepted the job to transport gold from a remote mining camp to the nearest bank. He's accompanied by his longtime friend Gil Westrum and by Heck Longtree, Gil's young partner. On their way to the mining camp, they stop at Joshua Knudsen's farm and meet there Joshua's daughter Kate who dreams of leaving the farm and marrying the miner Billy Hammond.
Kate decides to follow Judd and his friends and, soon, Heck Longtree flirts with her during the rest of the journey. Once in the camp, Kate marries Billy Hammond on the same night but is soon disgusted by the behaviour of her new husband and his four brothers. Steve Judd reluctantly accepts to bring her back to her father but, on their way back, has to face soon his own friend Gil who wants to keep the gold for himself and, above all, the Hammond brothers who want to recover Kate and, to do so, attack the small group on several occasions.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Ride the High Country |
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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:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- fighting bad business/family
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- cowboy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- gang
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Forest?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
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
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