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Actors: Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig and Sam Wanamaker
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Guilty By Suspicion |
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Very nice movie. If you like Robert De Niro you should rent this one. Movie has some foul language, approx. 4-5 "F" words. May be unacceptable for some children. No nudity, minor violence, and a quest for justice.
From back of movie:
A witch hunt has begun. Not one of roving mobs prowling by torchlight. The hunters are politicians sitting before clicking cameras in HUAC hearing rooms. Hollywood is on trial. And David Merrill is asked to "Name names."
Robert De Niro and Annette Bening star in Guilty by Suspicion, a film of "Responding emotional impact" (Houston Post). Producer Irwin Winkler (Rocky, Raging Bull), in his screenwriting/directing debut, recreates Hollywood's "Blacklist Era." De Niro plays Merrill, a director pressured to testify against friends who are suspected communists. And Bening is Merrill's ex-wife, sharing the whirlpool of scandal drawing them together.
--Jessica W, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Guilty By Suspicion |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- liberal/lefty activism
- fighting government corruption
- fighting for free speech/press
- fighting discrim. (other than racial/gender)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
- (woman) fat
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- irritated
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (man) very skinny
- (woman) very skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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