An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Introduction

This paper intends to discuss the move “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” The movie was made in 1962 and was provided with Academy Award for Short Film. The movie is essentially based over an American short story named as “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” written in 1891. The original piece war written by Ambrose Bierce; whereas, the movie was directed by Robert Enrico and produced by Marcel Ichac and Paul de Roubaix. The movie was also given awards at Cannes Film Festival. The purpose of this paper is to make the readers aware about different important aspects of the movie.

Discussion

About the Movie

The movie as described above is influenced or based around the story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Therefore, the basic setting, problems and goals to be achieved remain same for the movie. The movie is essentially set during the American Civil War. The movie tends to revolve around the characters of Peyton Farquhar, Farquhar's wife, the Northern Scout and the Sergeant. The setting of the movie is around the wartime of America Civil War. The problems discussed within the movie relates to the characters and their experiences within the time of American Civil War (Bierce, 2009).

Peyton Farquhar was essentially punished to death by hanging through Owl Creek Bridge. Protagonist seems to be binding the edge of the bridge in the initial stages of the story. However, as the story moves on, it was revealed that the scouts urged him to demolish the bridge and that was the time when he was caught for his act. The movie tends to revolve around the feelings of Peyton Farquhar and his relevance with the times of the American Civil War. The plot of the story completely revolves ...