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Attack Movie Review Summary

Actors: Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Peter van Eyck

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ATTACK is a movie produced and directed by Robert Aldrich in 1956. The picture won the Italian Film Critics award and was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 1956 Venice Film Festival.
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Lt. Joe Costa must deal with the cowardlyness of the company's Capt. Eddie Albert. When Albert's behaviour causes the death of most of the men of Costa's platoon, Costa won't let Albert get away with it.


The review of this Movie prepared by Daniel Staebler



Script Analysis of Attack

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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 40%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 10%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:    -   infantry soldier Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   White (American)

Setting

Europe    -   Yes European country:    -   France Misc setting    -   fort/military installation

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately messy visuals of dead Kind of violence:    -   land battles    -   guns Unusual forms of death    -   perforation--bullets Is this movie based on a    -   play

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