Name That Movie!

[oldr_n_wsr]

Then I guess The Toxic Avenger and any of it's sequels are out....

[Lord Jim]

Not unless you can think of a Toxic Avenger movie with five major Hollywood stars...

[RayThom]

Lord of the Flies

[MajGenl.Meade]

The wesw Story?

[BoSoxGal]

Just to widen the pool of film nerds pissing up a wall - I recognized the quotes from Now, Voyager and Devil's Advocate - just didn't login in time to win.

This one I don't get.

[Big RR]

Jim--if you don't mind a hint, this is a film that gets a good amount of play on TV; I'd be surprised if a good number of people here hadn't seen it. This is not some obscure (or even less obscure) art house film, but a drama with a good amount of action.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Jim--if you don't mind another hint, this is a film that rarely is shown on TV these days; I'd be surprised if a good number of people haven't seen it. It isn't an obscure art house film but a drama.

I'm also surprised you didn't know that already. (Psst - what is it?)

[Big RR]

I guess you already know it Meade, to make those comments. Please, give us the benefit of your knowledge--don't play stupid and ask Jim what it is.

[Lord Jim]

Jim--if you don't mind a hint, this is a film that gets a good amount of play on TV; I'd be surprised if a good number of people here hadn't seen it. This is not some obscure (or even less obscure) art house film, but a drama with a good amount of action.

I don't mind that hint at all Big RR, (with the "five major Hollywood stars" clue, to be honest I was expecting wrong guesses like The Magnificent Seven or The Great Escape) and I'll add another clue:

A really lousy remake was made of the movie....

ETA:

...(Psst - what is it?)

With all due respect Gen'l, as much as I'm willing to try to give helpful clues, I'm not prepared to have the guy who mistook Sly Stallone for Al Pacino set the bar that has to be met for making this a fair contest...

[Guinevere]

You might also mention this movie was released before I was born.

[Lord Jim]

Well I might, if I knew your birth year...

It was released before Lady Kelly was born in 1971...(I believe you guys are fairly close in age... )

[dales]

You might also mention this movie was released before I was born.

So were the vast majority of decent films.

[Lord Jim]

BTW, I was six years old when the movie was released, and I didn't see it in a movie theater either...

[MajGenl.Meade]

I guess you already know it Meade, to make those comments. Please, give us the benefit of your knowledge--don't play stupid and ask Jim what it is.

That's not playing, buddy!

[Crackpot]

Yes you're right jim. Interesting side note listening to my backlogged WTF podcasts on June 30th he was talking about Horror movies and how he generally doesn't like the genre but he still took the time to list Ravenous as one of his favorites.

[Guinevere]

Well I might, if I knew your birth year...

It was released before Lady Kelly was born in 1971...(I believe you guys are fairly close in age... )

I'm a bit older.

But the point being, its an older movie, which seems to be a problem for many in this game.

[Lord Jim]

its an older movie, which seems to be a problem for many in this game.

Which is kind of difficult to understand, given how many old farts we have around here...

Maybe their memories are going....

[Long Run]

There are some older movies (pre-1975 or so) that have been widely seen in reruns, but they are almost too popular to quote (Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, etc.). However, there are many more good older movies that do not get rerun much at all, and are only seen by dedicated film watchers. I would say the current movie quoted is one of the latter, heard of it, but never have seen it or recall seeing it aired. In contrast, if a good movie is post-1975, then there is a much higher chance that, given the age range on this board, that some people will have actually seen it when it came out, or when it had its first rerun airing. I'd say keep quoting those older good movies since it will inspire a few of us to watch some of these classics or near-classics.

[Lord Jim]

Let's try a couple of longer quotes:

If you hadn't made a career out of being a drunk you might not have been a second-rate navigator in a fifth-rate outfit. And if you'd not stayed in your bunk to kill that last bottle, maybe you might have checked that engineer's report on the radio and we might not be here now. All right!

If you marched a hundred and six miles by the stars and your calculations were just one per cent out, you could pass the Eiffel Tower in daylight and never even see it.

[Lord Jim]

One more clue...

When you watch this movie you should have some cold beverages on hand; it will make you extremely thirsty...