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Actors: Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth, Maurice Evans, Guy Stockwell, Niall MacGinnis, James Farentino, Henry Wilcoxon, Johnny Jensen
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The War Lord |
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THE WAR LORD is an accurate account of life during the 11th century. THE WAR LORD really should be called 'THE LOVERS' after the play it is based on. I hope that first time viewers of this film can get past the lavish battles scenes and focus on the real storyline in this movie, the tortured love between two people.
--MonaK, Resident Scholar
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A Norman knight returns home from the Crusades to claim his father's land. He falls in love with a peasant girl and claims her on her wedding night, then keeps her. This leads to nothing good. Based on a play called "The Lovers," there are issues of love, loyalty, duty, and revenge. Maybe the best movie of the middle ages ever made. Certainly the most accurate production.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The War Lord |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- middle ages
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
- senior military
Age:
- 40's-50's
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
- Eastern European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 90%-100%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- Bulging muscles
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
- swimming on
- drowning
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
- hundreds
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing nude male butt
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- amphibious landings
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- crushed
- flamed
- stampeded
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
If this isn't a movie...
- Episode of TV show
Any profanity?
- None
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- play
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