Name That Movie!

[datsunaholic]

Narrow it down further, narrow it down to a movie I've seen.

43 pages and I've seen maybe 5 of the ones quoted?

I had to make a list of each movie quoted (though I'm not sure I've listed all of them)
Sorry, also had to tally the results since I was bored. Kind of who I am- Those that can't do, keep score.

First post by Bicycle Bill
1) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the quote was so obvious even folks that have never seen the movie probably know it) MajGenl.Meade
2) Unforgiven (I'm not entirely sure I've ever seen a John Wayne film, and I've only heard of it in passing) Lord Jim
3) Treasure of the Sierra Madre (never heard of it) Big RR
4) The Searchers (also never heard of it) Econoline
5) The Princess Bride (knew that one) MajGenl.Meade (2)
6) A Clockwork Orange (I've seen that one, but didn't recognize the quote) Big RR (2)
7) Casablanca (which I've never seen) Lord Jim (2)
8) Rocky Horror Picture Show (Also never seen it) BoSoxGal
9) Stand By Me (I've never seen the whole thing) Big RR (3)
10) Annie Hall (never heard of it) Lord Jim (3)
11) Madness of King George (never heard of it) Big RR (4)
12) Network (never seen it) Lord Jim (4)
13) The Wind and the Lion (never heard of it) Big RR (5)
14) Carrie (never seen it) Econoline (2)
15) Groundhog Day (seen that one) BoSoxGal (2) Note that BSG didn't actually state the movie name...
16) To Kill a Mockingbird (read the book, haven't seen the movie) Scooter
17) Anne of the Thousand Days (never heard of it) Big RR (6)
18) Blue Velvet (never heard of it) Fafhrd
19) It Happened One Night (haven't seen it) BoSoxGal (3)
20) LA Confidential (haven't seen it) Big RR (7)
21) Caligula (haven't seen it... well, not all of it) RayThom
22) Once Upon A Time In The West (haven't seen it) Lord Jim (5)
23) Das Boot (seen it) Big RR (8)
24) The Straight Story (never heard of it) Econoline (3)
25) Brazil (haven't seen it) MajGenl.Meade (3)
26) Psycho (haven't seen it, but the quote is pretty well known) dales
27) Kelly's Heros (never heard of it) Lord Jim (6)
28) The Gauntlet (haven't seen it) Big RR (9)
29) And Justice for All (never heard of it) Scooter (2)
30) Fame (haven't seen it) BoSoxGal (4)
31) A Fish Called Wanda (that's one of my favorites) kristina
32) The Princess Bride (second time it was quoted, and yes, it's a very quoteable movie) Bicycle Bill
33) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (I've probably seen it) Big RR (10)
34) Carnal Knowledge (haven't seen it) Lord Jim (7)
35) My Favorite Year (never heard of it) BoSoxGal (5)
36) Out of Africa (haven't seen it) Big RR (11)
37) A Passage To India (haven't seen it) dales (2)
38) The Ipcress File (never heard of it) Lord Jim (8)
39) Citizen Kane (never seen it) crackpot
40) My Name is Bruce (never heard of it, but now I have to see it) Big RR (12)
41) Superman (seen it) Bicycle Bill (2)
42) Silver Streak (haven't seen it) Lord Jim (9)
43) Serial Mom (haven't seen it) Big RR (13)
44) The Last Temptation of Christ (haven't seen it) MajGenl.Meade (4)
45) Fargo (haven't seen it) dales (3)
46) The Night of the Iguana (never heard of it) Lord Jim (10)
47) Apocalypse Now (another of my favorites) BoSoxGal (6)
48) Purple Rain (haven't seen it) Long Run
49) Say Anything (never heard of it) Big RR (14)
50) Interview With a Vampire (haven't seen it) BoSoxGal (7)
51) The Hunger Games (haven't seen it) MajGenl.Meade (5)
52) A Clockwork Orange (second time it's quoted) Lord Jim (11)
53) All the Kings Men (haven't seen it) Long Run (2)
54) True Grit (haven't seen either one) Big RR (15)
55) Apollo 13 (seen it) Scooter (3)
56) The Lion in Winter (never heard of it) Lord Jim (12)
57) The Ruling Class (never heard of it) dales (4)
58) Detour (never heard of it) Big RR (16)
59) The Natural (never saw it) Bicycle Bill (3)
60) The Pride of the Yankees (never heard of it) MajGenl.Meade (6)
61) Gettysburg (never saw it) Lord Jim (13)
62) Needful Things (never saw it) BoSoxGal (8)
63) History of the World Part 1 (one of the few Mel Brooks films I haven't seen) Scooter (4)
64) Nine to Five (haven't seen it) Lord Jim (14)
65) The Night of the Generals (never heard of it) Big RR (17)
66) Manhattan (haven't seen it) Scooter (5)
67) A Man for All Seasons (never heard of it) BoSoxGal (9)
68) Elizabeth (haven't seen it) MajGenl.Meade (7)
69) Braveheart (haven't seen it) dales (5)
70) if.... (never heard of it) Big RR (18)
71) Melancholia (never heard of it) BoSoxGal (10)
72) Silver Linings Playbook (haven't seen it) Scooter (6)
73) Postcards from the Edge (never heard of it) Big RR (19)
74) Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (one of my favorites) Bicycle Bill (4)
75) Gumball Rally (haven't seen it) dales (6)
76) Out of the Past (never heard of it) Lord Jim (15)
77) Die Hard With a Vengeance (haven't seen it) Big RR (20)
78) Brooklyn (haven't heard of it- the movie, not the borough) Scooter (7)
79) Moonstruck (haven't seen it) BoSoxGal (11)
80) Saving Grace (haven't seen it) Lord Jim (16)
81) The Great Outdoors (haven't seen it) crackpot (2)
82) Romeo Is Bleeding (never heard of it) Big RR (21)
83) The Man Who Fell To Earth (haven't seen it) Lord Jim (17)


OK, I've seen 11 out of 81 movies quoted (2 have been quoted twice, and I've seen both of those). Not much of a movie guy, I haven't been in a theater in almost 2 years. 26 of those movies I've never even heard of, and a lot of the ones I have I only know the title and no clue of the plot or cast.



(Edited because I shorted someone, corrected)

[Lord Jim]

Wow Datsun...

That's an impressive bit of research work...



I thought I was further behind Big RR than that...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Dales

But really....

2) Unforgiven (I'm not entirely sure I've ever seen a John Wayne film, and I've only heard of it in passing)

John Wayne?? He was long dead. Clint Eastwood, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Richard Harris and a bit of a tour de force by Jaimz Woolvett

Run (do not walk) to see this movie

[Long Run]

Thanks for that research. I was thinking that I had not heard or seen many more of the movies than I have actually seen or heard of. Still haven't heard of/seen a lot of the movies but those are in a smallish minority.

[Big RR]

First thing first--Jim is correct. Give that man a cee-gar. But is The Man Who Fell to Earth really a cult film? it wasn't a major release, but it did fairly well and got some critical acclaim. Then again, maybe anything with David Bowie in it is a cult film.

Datsun--great research. Thanks.

[Lord Jim]

Well, I'd certainly say she had marvelous judgment, Albert, if not particularly good taste.

Since this one is probably pretty obscure, I'll start out with a clue:



(I could have picked another TV show for a clue, but I thought that would make it too easy... )

In fact I'll give one more clue...

In addition to two actors best known for TV roles, the movie also has one very well known film actor...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Das Batman Forever

[Big RR]

Jim--if it's the movie I think it is, then it is obscure, but a lot of fun (I especially loved the end). But I can only think of one TV actor in it (and he's not in the show you depicted); since I can't guess, I'll check on line.

[Long Run]

Just added one to the never heard of category.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Another one I've seen (and a big fan of the original author) but again - don't remember a single line of dialogue (altho' in this case, monologue might be more accurate).

[Big RR]

Meade--think of the ending and it might spur your recollection of this line. That's how I recalled it.

[MajGenl.Meade]

First I had to look it up to see what movie it was. Then (of course) I knew the ending; it was a pun the original author detested.

[Lord Jim]

Big RR, I believe you've got it...

And yes, an actor from Green Acres was in it, (look at the cast list on IMDB) and that actor was also a producer of the movie and an uncredited screen writer for the flick...

[Guinevere]

OFFS, lets just call this the BigRR/LJ show.

I've seen more of the quoted movies than I thought, but I do not retain movie or TV dialogue. Just not my thing.

[MajGenl.Meade]

OFFS, lets just call this the BigRR/LJ show.

I've seen more of the quoted movies than I thought, but I do not retain movie or TV dialogue. Just not my thing.

[RayThom]

All this obfuscation can't obfuscate me.

Gene Autry and The Mounties

[MajGenl.Meade]

Not bad, Ray. A Cowboy and His Dog, King (played by 'Zoro')

[Lord Jim]

OFFS, lets just call this the BigRR/LJ show.

Now hold on there...

We adopted the "wait one turn" after you give a quote rule primarily to prevent this thread from becoming the "BigRR/LJ show"...(which wouldn't be much fun for anybody...myself and Big RR included)

And that combined with us both adopting informally the policy of not jumping up and giving an answer on a quote if we know it as soon as we see it, but instead waiting a few days to give others a shot, has worked pretty well to stop this from becoming just a two man back-and-forth...

The proof of this can be seen in the numbers:

Based on the fine work done by Datsun, we know that there have been 83 movie quotes given (not counting my latest one) and of those Big RR and I combined have answered less than half, (38)...

Lots of folks have multiple wins and have given multiple quotes...

Now we could probably open this up a little further, if we only applied the "wait one turn" rule to myself and Big RR...

I don't know how Big RR would feel about that, but I'm happy to go along with it...

ETA:

BTW, on my latest quote, there's a clue contained in Meade's response to Ray...

[Big RR]

I would be happy to do that as well. I'd also be willing extend our waiting before answering to a larger number of days, if that would make some happier. Indeed, I'd be happy to entertain any reasonable suggestions on how to make this more fun for those who wish to participate.

[Guinevere]

Frankly my dears, I don't give a damn.

(Seriously, that's not how my brain works, so no rule change would really help me. Enjoy. Both of your recall is impressive).