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Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud
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THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK is a movie directed by Randall Wallace released in 1998. With a terrific cast, the film will please teenagers as well as amateurs of adventure movies.
Louis XIV, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is the young King of France. He is unemotional, cruel and hated by his subjects who are starving. D'Artagnan is chief of his musketeers and his mission is to protect the King's life.
In the meantime, Athos, Porthos and Aramis conspire against Louis XIV, deliver his twin brother from prison and try to replace the King with Philippe, the Man in the Iron Mask.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Man in the Iron Mask |
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 17th century
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- power struggle between good/bad govt factions
- preventing an assassination
- deposing an evil leader
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
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...
- caring
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
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:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Misc setting
- prison
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- hanging
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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