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Actors: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Wally Cassell, Jimmy Lloyd
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Story of G.I. Joe |
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This movie, based on the life of the war correspondent Ernie Pyle, was directed by William A. Wellman in 1945.
The film starts in Tunisia with the first confrontations between the American army and the German troops. The war correspondent Ernie Pyle will follow Company C, 18th Infantry and will send the following weeks the articles which will earn him the Pulitzer Prize. Ernie Pyle is interested as much in the terrible battles which take place in the desert.
After a first setback, the American army defeats the Germans and disembarks in Sicily, then in Italy. Company C, always accompanied by Ernie Pyle, walks through Italy in direction of Rome. The soldiers will be blocked a few days in front of a monastery built on a hill from where the German soldiers shoot at the American infantry. Finally, Ike Eisenhower, will finally decide to shell this architectural and historical jewel and to save, by doing so, a significant number of American soldiers.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Story of G.I. Joe |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 40's-50's
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
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
Desert?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Kind of violence:
- land battles
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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