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Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Catch Me if You Can |
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After his parents divorce, Frank Abignale runs away and becomes a con artist. He poses as a copilot for Pan-Am Airlines and begins forging paychecks.
An FBI agent, Carl Handraddy, catches on to the con and begins tracking and chasing Frank. When Carl gets too close Frank ditches the airline and begins posing as a doctor. He meets a nurse and they get engaged.
Once again, when Carl gets too close, Frank ditches the doctor's coat and becomes a lawyer and goes to work for his fiance's father. Carl once again catches up to Frank.
Frank is forced to flee, leaving his love behind. He flees to France. Carl finally catches Frank in France and extradites him back to America.
After a short period in prison, Frank is freed under one condition. He must for the FBI in the fraud department with Carl. Frank eventually goes on to create some of the most effective forms of fraud detection and monitoring.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Catch Me if You Can |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal becomes sensitive
- white collar fraud/theft
Criminal enemy is...
- thief/con-artist
If this is a criminal POV story...
- white collar fraud/con man
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- California
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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