Memphis Belle
1990 · 107 min · Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
It's May 1943 at a US Army Air Corps base in England. The four officers and six enlisted men of the Memphis Belle - a B-17 bomber so nicknamed for the girlfriend of its stern and stoic captain, Dennis Dearborn - will soon start their twenty-fifth mission, having completed their previous twenty-four successfully with nary an incident, while fewer and fewer other planes are coming back from their missions at all. If they complete their next mission successfully, they will be the first Army Air Corps B-17 Crew to complete their tour of duty. Visiting communications officer Lt. Col. Bruce Derringer wants to publicize and highly tout their accomplishment, even before it happens, as a long term good news campaign at a time when there is little good news to report. Derringer's plan is against the wishes of the base commander, Col. Craig Harriman, who would prefer to treat the ten as any of his other hard working men. The previous success of the Memphis Belle is despite the disparate natures of the ten men, whose personalities and backgrounds could not be more different. Each of the ten has a differing view of Derringer's publicity campaign as well as to the probable success or failure of what will be their last mission regardless, a dangerous one into enemy territory over the skies of Bremen, Germany.
Emotional fingerprint
Memphis Belle (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Tension35%
- Anxiety25%
- Empathy20%
- Excitement10%
- Relief10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Action, War. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Relief
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Relief | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 35 % | 27 % | 5 % | 8 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 43 % | 29 % | 5 % | 13 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Humor | 48 % | 21 % | 5 % | 19 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Humor | 49 % | 23 % | 6 % | 29 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Sadness | 51 % | 39 % | 8 % | 31 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Tension | 49 % | 45 % | 5 % | 20 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Humor | 41 % | 38 % | 1 % | 15 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Sadness | 40 % | 36 % | 3 % | 15 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Tension | 45 % | 43 % | 6 % | 9 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Tension | 51 % | 49 % | 9 % | 10 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Tension | 61 % | 56 % | 10 % | 29 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Sadness | 71 % | 64 % | 14 % | 48 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Tension | 76 % | 73 % | 19 % | 41 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Tension | 79 % | 79 % | 13 % | 34 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Tension | 84 % | 84 % | 10 % | 41 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Tension | 86 % | 85 % | 24 % | 39 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Tension | 85 % | 83 % | 28 % | 34 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 94′ | Tension | 88 % | 69 % | 36 % | 31 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 99′ | Relief | 90 % | 43 % | 63 % | 23 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 104′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Details
- Directed by
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Written by
- Monte Merrick
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1990
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Country
- United Kingdom, Japan, United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Tension
- Data updated
Where to watch
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