Formal Analysis Broken City Scene 1
Curtis Caldwell
Broken City
Formal Analysis Scene 1
Dir Allen Hughes
Writer Brian Tucker
Editing Cindy Mollo
Dir of Photography Ben Seresin
Sound Design Keith Bilderbeck
Genre: Crime Thriller
Cast
Actor Character
Mark Wahlberg Private Eye William “Billy” Taggart
Russell Crowe Mayor Hostetler
Catherine Zeta-Jones Mayor’s Wife Cathleen Hostetler
Jeffrey Wright City Police Chief Carl Fairbanks
Setting, Obstacles, Relationships: A New York City Police Officer William Haggert is on
trial for murder. On his day in court, there are protesters outside the courthouse are
calling for him to be convicted of wrongful death. Because of a witness, he beats the
case, but is forced to resign from his job. His girlfriend was eyeing him sadly the whole
trial, but her face lit up when the non guilty result was read. The Mayor and Police Chief
don’t like the bad publicity and that’s when he becomes a private eye. With the
upcoming election for mayor, William is hired to find out who the Mayor’s wife is
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having an affair with. The Mayor offers him $50,000 for this Information.
Turns out his wife was not unfaithful, but the Mayor was trying to find out who had info
on him about accepting dirty money for political favors. So what finally was Haggert’s
big payday puts him right back in the middle of a murder.
Goal
Scene 1 ends with Billy Taggart wanting revenge for being used as pawn and being
deceived but in fear of his life as
Broken City
Formal Analysis Scene 1
Dir Allen Hughes
Writer Brian Tucker
Editing Cindy Mollo
Dir of Photography Ben Seresin
Sound Design Keith Bilderbeck
Genre: Crime Thriller
Cast
Actor Character
Mark Wahlberg Private Eye William “Billy” Taggart
Russell Crowe Mayor Hostetler
Catherine Zeta-Jones Mayor’s Wife Cathleen Hostetler
Jeffrey Wright City Police Chief Carl Fairbanks
Setting, Obstacles, Relationships: A New York City Police Officer William Haggert is on
trial for murder. On his day in court, there are protesters outside the courthouse are
calling for him to be convicted of wrongful death. Because of a witness, he beats the
case, but is forced to resign from his job. His girlfriend was eyeing him sadly the whole
trial, but her face lit up when the non guilty result was read. The Mayor and Police Chief
don’t like the bad publicity and that’s when he becomes a private eye. With the
upcoming election for mayor, William is hired to find out who the Mayor’s wife is
pg 2
having an affair with. The Mayor offers him $50,000 for this Information.
Turns out his wife was not unfaithful, but the Mayor was trying to find out who had info
on him about accepting dirty money for political favors. So what finally was Haggert’s
big payday puts him right back in the middle of a murder.
Goal
Scene 1 ends with Billy Taggart wanting revenge for being used as pawn and being
deceived but in fear of his life as