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Review Summaries
"Tom Long is staying with his aunt and uncle while his brother recovers from measles. Gwen and Alan Kitson live in a once grand mansion now broken up into flats and hemmed in by new buildings. Tom is intrigued to hear the grandfather clock strike thirteen at midnight. When he goes down to investigate he finds that the back door opens on to a beautiful garden. He turns to find the hallway expensively furnished in the Victorian style, and is startled when a maidservant walks through him. As soon as the door is closed, the furnishings fade away and the drab 1950s hall returns.
Night after night he returns to the garden where it is always a glorious summer day. He explores the maze, the long avenues and the walled orchard. He meets the lonely orphan Hattie Melbourne, who is ignored by her older boy cousins and spends her time climbing trees. They become friends and play together, although they argue about which of them is real and which the ghost. When Hattie hurts herself falling from a tree, the angry gardener who has always before ignored Tom blames him for the accident. Upset, Tom follows Hattie to her room, the same room he sleeps in, but later finds the house refuses to fade away and fears he is trapped in the past. He falls asleep holding Hattie's hand, and wakes in the present.
The next time he returns to the garden it is winter, and Hattie is no longer a child. Although they are reluctant to admit it, their time together is coming to an end. "
Maureen Evans, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 80%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- ghosts!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- English/British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- average (female)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
- 19th century
- 20th Century (1950-1970)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Misc settings
- mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Tone of movie
- upbeat
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
Is this movie based on a
- book
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