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Actors: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Great Train Robbery |
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Michael Crichton's novel “The Great Train Robbery” is easily transformed into an exciting movie, one that pulls no punches as it attacks readily the hypocrisies of Victorian England. It is the story of Edward Pierce (played by Sean Connery) of masterminds this daring crime/adventure. He dares to try to rob a moving train full of the Queen's gold!It is the story of how Pierce and his associates skillfully plan and then execute such an
undertaking with nary a sidetrack! It is a film full of excitement as this high stakes stickup has no plans to de-rail!
--Bill Hobbs, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Great Train Robbery |
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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:
- 19th century
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- Armed robbery!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- hanging
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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