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Actors: Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, William Conrad, Abraham Sofaer
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Naked Jungle |
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A beautiful woman named Joanna has answered an ad to become the wife of Christopher Leiningen, a self-made coffee/cocoa plantation owner who has been in the jungles of South America since the age of 19. He's had no time, opportunity or appropriate female candidates to marry, but having accumulated enough wealth and fine things, he's now ready to share it with the perfect woman.
With her beauty and refinement, Joanna makes a definite impression on Leiningen, especially as she wears only a negligee to their first meeting! They are, after all, already married by proxy. But she seems too perfect and out of place in his primitive world, and he grows suspicious. He prods her about her past and discovers that she has been married before. The proud Leiningen refuses to have anything secondhand and decides to have the marriage annulled. But before he can send Joanna back to the States, he learns that "Marabunta," soldier ants that eat everything in their path, are headed toward his plantation.
As the killer ants trap Leiningen and Joanna together, it is Joanna's courage that wins Leiningen's admiration and ultimately his heart, but how can their newfound love survive the deadly Marabunta?
--Karen Law, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Naked Jungle |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- farmer
Lover is...
- not quite a crook, but doing something bad
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- bug
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
Jungles?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- lot of descript of crop raising
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
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