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Night of the Iguana Movie Review

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Actors: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Night of the Iguana
   John Huston directed this adaptation of Tennessee Wiliams' play about the Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon and his misadventures with a quartet of women.
   Larry is a disgraced clergyman who's had trouble controlling his libido and now works as a guide for a low-rent travel company. Trouble ensues when he takes a busload of females from a Baptist women's college -- spinsters except for one teenaged temptress -- to Mexico. Charlotte, the sexpot (Lyon, in a role similar to the one she'd just played in Kubrick's Lolita), makes a play for Larry. This gets him into hot water with the girl's vindictive chaperone.
    To avoid getting fired, Larry commandeers the tour bus and brings his charges to a remote hotel, run by his old friend Maxine, a lusty widow. Shortly after arriving, two more guests show up: Hanna, an unmarried artist pushing 40, and her elderly grandfather. Although Hanna seems prudish, especially in contrast with Maxine and Charlotte, she and the roguish Larry begin a tentative relationship.

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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - romance (general)
Job/Profession/Poverty Story? Yes
Job: - religious figure

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - religious figure
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type - (woman) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
Misc setting - beach

Style
Movie makes you feel... - challenged
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - touching of personal anatomy
Check here if B&W Yes
Is this movie based on a - play
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