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Actors: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, William Baldwin
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Raymond Avila (Andy Garcia) has just been transferred to the police department's Internal Affairs. His job is to investigate police corruption and/or abuse of authority. His attention his drawn to Dennis Peck (Richard Gere), who has an unusually high percentage of arrest/conviction rate. People around him also seem to die. His life style is also beyond what a cop's salary would pay. Just what does Peck have going? Avila and his partner Wallace (played by Laurie Metcalf) will find out, despite the fact they are making their own superiors nervous.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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INTERNAL AFFAIRS is a movie directed by Mike Figgis in 1990.
L.A. Andy Garcia is a new member of the internal affairs of the Los Angeles police. He will go after Richard Gere, the best policeman in town, who gives his protection to anyone asking for it and seems to spend more money than he should.
Richard Gere's best performance so far.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Internal Affairs |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- skinny (man)
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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