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Actors: Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Harry Morgan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Snowball Express |
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In this Disney family film, New York accountant John Baxter dramatically quits his job when he inherits the Grand Imperial Hotel in Silver Hill, Colorado. With his wife Sue, son Richard, teenage daughter Chris and Stoutheart, their St. Bernard, he sets off for the Rockies with high hopes. Although the hotel turns out to be cobwebby and dilapidated, a "clapboard igloo" with guppies in the water and racoons in the oven, he decides to reopen it.
The local bank manager, Martin Ridgeway, refuses to give John a loan for the refurbishment. He repeats a previous offer to buy the place, to turn it into a home for boys (he says), but John is determined to stay. As he and Sue take a walk in the snowy hills which belong to the hotel, he has an inspiration: they will open a ski lodge, a surefire profit-maker. To impress a bank manager in a nearby resort John rashly claims he can ski, but on the slopes he displays only an uncanny ability to stay upright at speed which leads to a trail of destruction the local paper likens to an avalanche.
Ridgeway then changes his mind about the loan. Disregarding Sue's suspicions, John signs the papers and the ski lodge is opened. It is doing well, until a runaway steam engine ploughs through the dining room. Ridgeway gleefully prepares to foreclose, but John sees a way to make some money, by entering the Silver Hill Cross-Country Snowmobile Race and winning one of the generous prizes. The only trouble is, he has never driven a snowmobile before… and Martin Ridgeway is the reigning champion.
--Maureen Evans, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Snowball Express |
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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
Kind of sports story:
- skiing
Sports story?
Yes
Kind of comedy
- rural/urban moving to urban/rural
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- skiing off
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- None
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 5-10
Is this movie based on a
- book
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