The Bridge in the Jungle
The Bridge in the Jungle
| 01 January 1971 (USA)
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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

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Tedfoldol

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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ChicDragon

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

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Marva-nova

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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