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Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Clay Pigeons |
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Clay (Joaquin Phoenix) is a small-town boy in a Montana town. He's having an affair with a local married woman. The man finds out and commits suicide. Worried that he might be blamed, the two conspire and push the man's truck over a cliff where it blows up and the remains are not observable. The man was known as a drunk so no one thinks anything of it. Until a woman shows up dead floating in a lake. Funny thing, Clay happens to find her too. That's because he was having sex with her when the man's former wife comes in and finds them and shoots the girl. Once again, Clay didn't do it, but he helps cover it up. He dumped her body in the lake, but didn't weigh it down. Next he meets Lester (Vince Vaughn), who thinks he's doing Clay a favor and kills the wife. And others. And now Clay is being blamed. Clay must now extricate himself from this mess and prove who really did the killings before he skips town and before the killer decides to kill him to keep his mouth shut. Janeane Garofolo plays an FBI agent who comes to town to try to solve the killings.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Clay Pigeons |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Story partially from villain's perspective
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Misc. Plotlets
- victim dies just after sex
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Special suspect?
- lover
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
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)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- 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
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- businessman, small
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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