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Actors: Sam Neill, Isabella Rossellini, Helena Bonham Carter, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, James Earl Jones
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Plot
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- a King Arthur story
Coming of age
Yes
he'll/she'll become:
- ruler
- a [powerful magician/mental powers person
Romance
Yes
Romance Plotlets:
- two lovers separated by conflict/reuniting
Powerplays
Yes
Plotlets:
- struggle within govt/kingdom factions
- dealing/preventing/managing clash/war between world governments
- overthrowing bad govt (sci-fi)/claiming throne (fantasy)
Mental/Magical powers focus
Yes
kind of powers:
- clash between people with mental powers
War and Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- sword fights
- magical battles
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- mage/magician
Age:
- 40's-50's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can change shapes
- can talk to animals
- fire/lightning/weather cntrl
- clairvoyant
- can cast many different spells
- healing
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
- tougher
- introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality
- English/British
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- mage/magician
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- can change shapes
- can talk to animals
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- telekinesis
- teleportation
- can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- eccentric
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- skinny (female)
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- physically sick
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- general past
- during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Mountains?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Misc settings
- prison
- fort/castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- exotic aliens
- nasty human transformations
- exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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