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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Gavin MacLeod, Hal Buckley, Stuart Margolin, Harry Dean Stanton
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Kelly's Heroes |
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Kelly (Clint Eastwood) is a disgraced former officer stuck on the front lines of France in World War II. He stumbles across German intelligence that points the way to a large hoard of Nazi treasure and within moments he schemes to capture the loot for himself. Kelly assembles a ragtag team of soldiers from his squad, including his commander Big Joe (Telly Savalas) and others including a tank unit led by a Beatnik (Donald Sutherland as 'Oddball'), a greedy supply officer, and a marching band. This is a dangerous mission for Kelly and his band as they are bombed by Allied planes, blast through an enemy tank camp, and get caught in a mine field. Along the way Kelly and his heroes cut through the German army and advance the front which very much pleases the enthusiastic general (Carrol O'Connor) who labels this band of theives 'heroes'.
--P Cohen, Resident Scholar
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Kelly's heroes is the hard punching story of a group of Americans fighting a bitter war in NW europe against the Nazis, who stumble on the chance to steal (using their unique skills) a hoard of looted gold and escape from the war to Switzerland.
--kevin , Resident Scholar
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Set in WW2, Sgt. Kelly (Clint Eastwood) rounds up a colorful gang of soldiers, including a pre-hippie Sherman tank squad to pursuit a bank loaded with German gold behind enemy lines.
--BigJoe, Resident Scholar
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A platoon of American WWII soldiers feel like they've been getting the short end of the stick all war long, so they team up with a hustler and an "Odball" tank commander to go deep behind enemy lines and steal a heap of Nazi gold. Very funy, anti-heroic war movie from 1970, complete with tough sergeant, fast-talking business hustler, aggressive general, lots of tank action, and an anachronistic hippie tank commander.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Kelly's Heroes |
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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 - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW II
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- money/gems/treasure
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to destroy something
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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Resident Scholar Profiles
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 P Cohen
SCHOLARS: kevin
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