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Actors: Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Leonard Whiting
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Royal Hunt of the Sun |
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Based on Peter Shaffer's play, THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN is a British movie directed by Irving Lerner in 1969.
Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer, is persuaded that there is a land of gold somewhere in Peru. King Carlos of Spain does't give him any more money for his next expedition but gives Pizarro two priests in charge of evangelizing the new territories. A few months later, Pizarro sails to South America with a little army.
After a long journey through deserts and mountains, Pizarro is finally given the opportunity to meet the Inca Atahualpa, the Son of the Sun. Atahualpa's army is soon slaughtered by the Spanish mercenaries and the Inca himself is made prisoner. Pizarro promises him liberty if he can fill a room with gold up to the ceiling. While people, from all parts of Peru, are bringing the precious metal, Pizarro and Atahualpa learn to respect each other.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Royal Hunt of the Sun |
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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 - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
Time/Era of Movie:
- middle ages
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- hunted by injuns
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- average build (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- religious figure
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Spain
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
Desert?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- thousands
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- play
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