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Actors: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Robert Stack, Laraine Day, Robert Newton, Sidney Blackmer
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The High and the Mighty |
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This movie was directed by William A. Wellman in 1954 and earned six nominations for the Academy awards but only Dimitri Tiomkin earned the award in the Best Music category.
In the middle of the flight 420 journey between Honolulu and San Francisco, a mechanical problem occurs; the plane loses one of its four engines and the remaining tanks of fuel are perforated. The plane loses little by little altitude and John Sullivan and Dan Roman, pilot and co-pilot of the plane, announce to the passengers that the plane will have to land on sea, on the Pacific ocean.
Each passenger reacts in his own way and relives eventful episodes of his life but the crew manages to control everything. A few hours later, Dan Roman (Wayne) tries to persuade the pilot John Sullivan (Stack) to give up the idea of landing on the Pacific, with very little chances of survival for the passengers, and try to reach San Francisco and count on their luck to do so.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Disaster, big vehicle
Yes
Kind of vehicle:
- plane
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- pilot, civilian
Age:
- 40's-50's
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a deadline
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Hawaii
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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