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Actors: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Timothy Carey, Ralph Meeker
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Paths of Glory |
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In the muddy, bloody trenches of France during the First World War in 1916, General Broulard orders subordinate General Mireau to take the German fortress known as the "Ant Hill" and promises a promotion for success. It's an impossible mission headed by field commander Colonel Dax (Douglas). After the French forces fall back with heavy losses, Mireau orders a court-martial of three fall guy soldiers for cowardice. An outraged Colonel Dax defends his men, but in vain, and they are sentenced to die by firing squad. Stanley Kubrick directed this dark and bitter 1957 indictment of war, ambition and hyperpatriotism.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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During WW I, some French soldiers refuse orders go embark on a suicidal attack. Three are chosen at "random" to be tried and executed for cowardace and mutiny. Kirk Douglas plays their commanding officer, a former lawyer, who is assigned the difficult task of defending them.
--A. Pearson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Paths of Glory |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW I
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- military on trial
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
- champion of justice
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
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- prison
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
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