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Actors: Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Jenny Runacre
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The MacKintosh Man |
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Directed by John Huston in 1973. Mackintosh, one of the directors of the British secret services, suspects politician George Wheeler of being a communist agent. So he asks the free-lance spy Joseph Rearden to help him ensnare Wheeler. Joseph Rearden steals a diamond, gets caught and is sentenced to spend 20 years in jail. There, he's contacted by an organisation which agrees to help him escape in the company of Slade, a communist spy. The jailbreak is a success and Rearden wakes up in a mansion in Ireland.
Meanwhile, MacKintosh tells Wheeler that one of his agents has infiltrated the group who organised Slade's evasion. MacKintosh is hit by a car a few hours later and his daughter, Mrs. Smith, flies to Ireland to help Rearden who, exposed by Wheeler, managed to escape from the mansion he was locked in. MacKintosh and Mrs. Smith fly then to Malta where Wheeler intends to deliver Slade to the Soviets. There, Wheeler learns that MacKintosh had entrusted his lawyer with a letter taxing him with treason, a letter that should be opened only if MacKintosh dies.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The MacKintosh Man |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- finding a spy/saboteur
The terrorist enemy is...
- commies!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Ireland
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- run over
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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