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Actors: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Virginia McKenna, Jack Hawkins, Dan O'Herlihy, Orson Welles, Michael Wilding,
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Waterloo |
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Napoleon returns from the Isle of Elba, reclaims his Imperial throne, and leads his army into one last battle against Wellington. Terriffic re-staging of this momentus battle.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- deposing an evil leader
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
- Mercenaries
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
- sad
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Water?
Yes
City?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- thousands
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 ()
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- hand to hand
- guns
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
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