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Actors: Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Dick Martin, Dom DeLuise, Eric Fleming, Paul Lynde
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Glass Bottom Boat |
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Widow Jennifer Nelson works in public relations, conducting tours of a space research facility. She also poses as a mermaid in the waters of Catalina Island for her father's glass bottom tour boat. When an angler hooks her costume tail, she scolds him vigorously, then finds out he's her new employer, Bruce Templeton. Contrite, she consents to write his biography - an assignment he invents just to get to know her better, and playfully code-names "Project Venus."
Bruce lands a lucrative air force contract for "GISMO," a space gravity simulator. The press wants details. So do spies. Classified information leaks from the plant. Jen's tendencies to burn papers (as per restricted area regulations,) talk on a shortwave radio (to her dad,) and phone a mysterious Vladimir (her dog,) make her the prime suspect of security man Homer Cripps, the visiting General Bleecker, and Bruce's partner Zack. She also happens to visit Bruce's home the day he shows Agent Hill of the CIA his voice-activated safe containing a copy of the plans. None of them notice that Julius Pritter, installing a sound system for Bruce's upcoming party, slyly takes photographs of Bruce's "Project Venus" scribbles, thinking them important. He delivers them to men with Russian accents. Bruce is too in love with Jen to suspect her for long. He shows her around his high-tech home, takes her for a wild ride on his speedboat, and meets her dad.
On the night of Bruce's party, Homer disguises himself as a woman. Julius bugs the canapes. A Man from U.N.C.L.E. is amid the guests. Jen overhears Bruce scoffing at Agent Hill for believing she has the brains to be a spy. Hurt, furious, and thinking Bruce does not love her, she retaliates by making prank phonecalls with false intel on his monitored lines. She flirts with both Bleecker and Zack, setting them up for a surprise date with each other. But her vengeful fun ends when the real spy slips top-secret information into her purse, and she finds herself at gunpoint. Can she escape and be vindicated?
--vjm, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Glass Bottom Boat |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- workplace romance
Kind of comedy
- bungling spies
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
Misc setting
- beach
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Folk music
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