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The Bridge in the Jungle
Gale (Charles Robinson) is an idealistic and naive young hunter who ignores warnings that no one can survive for long in the jungles of Mexico except the native Indians. He tries to hunt crocodiles but becomes delirious, disoriented and nears death. Sleigh (John Huston) is a veteran hunter living among the natives who rescues Gale just in time. As he recovers in the Indian village, Gale listens to Sleigh's denunciation of the evils of modern society (ie. money, greed and oil). Later on, a former native of the village returns from the oil fields of Texas and presents his young brother with a pair of cowboy boots. Proudly wearing his new boots, the boy falls off the wooden bridge into the river and drowns as the boots, symbolic shackles of civilization, fill up with water and pull him beneath the surface. Sleigh and Gale observe the Indians as they recover the body and stage an elaborate funeral for the dead boy
| Release : | 1971 |
| Rating : | 4.9 |
| Studio : | |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | John Huston Charles Robinson Katy Jurado José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' Enrique Lucero |
| Genre : | Adventure |
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A Masterpiece!
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
