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Review Summaries
"One night, after a date with his girlfriend, a teacher, John Smith, has a car accident and slips into a coma. He wakes 5 years later to find his girlfriend married with a son. He also discovers that by touching a person's hand he can see into the future and the past.
After a long and trying stay in a special clinic, John returns home to live with his father.
One day, the local sherrif, Walt, visits John and asks for his help in catching a serial killer. John resists at first, but he eventually agrees to help.
With his 'magic touch', John discovers that the deputy is the killer, but before he and Walt can arrest him he kills himself. At a campaign rally, John touches the would-be Senator, Stillson, and sees him elected President and killing people by starting a war.
To stop Stillson, John retrieves a rifle and travels to the next speaking engagement. He breaks into the building and waits in the balcony.
When Stillson begins his speech, John takes a shot, but misses. Stillson's bodyguard shoots John, who falls from the balcony and dies.
Stillson isn't shot, but after using a baby for a human shield his political career is over and he eventually kills himself."
Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
"THE DEAD ZONE, based on the Stephen King novel, is a movie directed by David Cronenberg in 1983.
After a 5 years coma, Christopher Walken awakens with the ability to see the past and the future of people by touching their hands. His feelings towards Brooke Adams haven't changed and he has become a crippled.
He prefers to leave town as he discovers that his psychic experiments weaken him more and more. But his reputation follows him and he soon will have to solve a murder case. When he'll make the acquaintance of the politician Martin Sheen, he will find a way to stop his own sufferings by doing good deeds.
One of the three best adaptations of a Stephen King novel.
"
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 15% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 35% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Mental/Magical powers focus
Yes
kind of powers:
- future seer (scifi)
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- coping with special powers/seeking enlightenment
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- clairvoyant
- can see into the future
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- blonde
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- very skinny (man)
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (female)
How much in movie?
- 20%
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- very athletic
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Misc settings
- mansion
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
- fearful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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