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Actors: Patrick Swayze, Powers Boothe, Jennifer Grey
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The US has not had to fight a war on its own soil for 150 years... until now. Set during the Cold War Era, Red Dawn explores the lives of eight teenagers (and at one time a shot down Air Force Colonel) that engage in guerrila warfare after their town has been invaded by Cuba and Russia.
--Trent Perkins, Resident Scholar
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When the Russians and the Cubans invade, Jed (Patrick Swayze) drives his Chevy pick up truck to the school picking up his brother Matt (Charlie Sheen), friend Robert (C. Thomas Howell), and other fellow students and moves them out of harms way. They proceed to Robert's Dad's gas station and load up on everything from food to guns and ammunition. Heading for the mountains, the all male crew sets up camp and plots out their strategy for survival.
Along with the battle scenes, there are some eerie scenes showing what a communist US would look like.
--Matt Mirmak, Resident Scholar
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This film is a war thriller set in the early 1980's about a small group of high school aged friends who escape the Soviet/communist invasion of the United States that starts World War III. They gather supplies and form a guerrila regime to attempt to defeat the invading armies. As the film proceeds, the morale of the characters begins to fade as they realize that they are facing a very powerful enemy.
--Paul, Resident Scholar
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In the mid-1980's an escalating chain of events leads to the dissolution of NATO and the invasion of the United States by forces of the USSR and its allies. During the invasion and occupation of their hometown, a group of teenagers, including a star quarterback and a student body president, escape into the Colorado Rockies. There they begin an ambitous guerrilla war against the Soviets. Taking the name of the football team, the Wolverines, the guerrillas attempt hold out long enough for Free America to rescue them. In the end, only two survive, the rest haven given their lives so that America "shall not perish from the Earth".
--Stephen May, Resident Scholar
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It is the 1980's and the cold war is still there. Sitting in class in high school students see Soviet paratoopers landing in the Invasion of the USA. Escaping the school where most are captured, some students escape into the mountains and start to wage gureilla warfare against the invaders in defense of their nation. They infict a heavy number of invader casualties, while losing most of their own in their epic struggle for freedom and survival.
--Adam O'Donnell, Resident Scholar
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A Cold War movie about a group of teenagers who take to the Rocky Mountains when a Soviet-led invasion takes over their hometown. They inflict serious casualties on the local garrison, and a determined general tries to hunt them down, wearing down on their unity. If you don't care about political or historical accuracy, you should enjoy it.
--Rob, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 45%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 35%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
- Civilian Resistance
Specific to
- near future war
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Specific kind of enemies?
- communism
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- air battles
- land battles
- nuclear/unconventional war
- mission to destroy something
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
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