Name That Movie!

[BoSoxGal]

Jeff Bridges didn't play The Big Lebowski.

My bad!

That's what comes of watching the first five minutes of a movie and turning it off because it's vulgar crap

You have terrible taste in movies; The Big Lebowski is a classic comedy.

[Econoline]

That's what comes of watching the first five minutes of a movie and turning it off because it's vulgar crap

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man!

Here's the next quote:

H.M.: There is a natural order to this world, and those who try to upend it do not fare well. This movement will never survive; if you join them, you and your entire family will be shunned. At best, you will exist a pariah to be spat at and beaten—at worst, to be lynched or crucified. And for what? For what? No matter what you do it will never amount to anything more than a single drop in a limitless ocean.

A.E.: What is an ocean but a multitude of drops?

[edited to correct punctuation...which probably no one else would have noticed...]

[MajGenl.Meade]

You have terrible taste in movies; The Big Lebowski is a classic comedy.

But I like Fargo......

... is it Fargo?

(I know it isn't)

[RayThom]

How about... "Eye In The Sky?"

[Econoline]

Were those two guesses? No and no.

[oldr_n_wsr]

This one has to be:
Das Boot

What else is in the ocean (besides a bunch of drops) but Das Boot?

[Econoline]

No, and it's not Titanic, either.

Another quote:

My dearest Sixsmith, I shot myself through the roof of my mouth this morning with Vivian Ayrs' Luger. A true suicide is a paced, disciplined certainty. People pontificate suicide is a coward's act. Couldn't be further from the truth. Suicide takes tremendous courage. Don't let them say I killed myself for love. Had my infatuations, but we both know in our hearts who is the sole love of my short, bright life.

[MajGenl.Meade]

"Little House on the Prairie: The Movie"?

[Econoline]

No. I was going to use different quotes as the only clues, figuring that SOMEBODY besides me must have seen this movie...but I will say that it has several well-known stars in multiple roles. If that's not enough, the next clue will be another quote.

[oldr_n_wsr]

M*A*S*H?
(only for the suicide theme)

But I doubt it.

[MajGenl.Meade]

I might have to take a look at this movie. So that two of us will have seen it.

I haven't seen "Bodies, Rest and Motion".

There are others... given enough time I'll probably type the correct answer one day

[Econoline]

No and no and...

Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the Theory of Relativity and Principles of Uncertainty: phenomena that determine the course of our lives. Yesterday, my life was headed in one direction. Today, it is headed in another. Yesterday I believed that I would never have done what I did today. These forces that often remake time and space, that can shape and alter who we imagine ourselves to be, begin long before we are born and continue after we perish. Our lives and our choices, like quantum trajectories, are understood moment to moment. At each point of intersection, each encounter suggests a new potential direction.

[Big RR]

I saw the movie econo, but I am waiting my 24 hours before responding. Actually, I liked it a lot.

[Lord Jim]

I haven't seen it, though after looking it up it definitely looks intriguing, and I've put it on my list...

[BoSoxGal]

I haven't seen it, though after looking up it definitely looks intriguing, and I've put it on my list...

Ditto! (Minus the awkward phrasing, of course. )

[MajGenl.Meade]

Also I have not seen "The Unbearable Lightness of Like Water for Chocolate"
Is it that?

[Econoline]

Two more NOs for Meade.

Here are the final three quotes I had planned to use: now there's one for each of the six interlocking plots/timelines.

4.

While my extensive experience as an editor has led me to a disdain for flashbacks and flash forwards and all such tricksy gimmicks I believe that if you, dear Reader, can extend your patience for just a moment, you will find that there is a Method to this tale of Madness.

5.

A.:On behalf of my Ministry and the future of Unanimity, I want to thank you for the final interview. Remember, this isn't an interrogation or trial. Your version of the truth is all that matters.

S.: Truth is singular. Its "versions" are mistruths.

6.

Oh, lonesome night. And babbits bawling, the wind biting the bone. Wind like this... full of voices. Ancestry howling at you, yibbering stories, all voices tied up into one. One voice differing. One voice, whispering out there, spying from the dark. The fangy devil, Old Georgie hisself. Mm. Now your ear up close, and I'll yarn you about the first time we met, eye to eye.

Go ahead, Big RR, whenever you're ready. I'm having so much fun with this, I think I'll go back and watch the movie again.

[Big RR]

econo--I just saw the movie is showing up on cable--Showtime I think for those who have it.

It is Cloud Atlas (hope the image posting works:



If not, this links to a poster

https://www.cinematerial.com/movies/clo ... p/ergmp2az

it's a thinking type of sci fi movie, well worth the watch.

[oldr_n_wsr]

I've never heard of Cloud Atlas.

I think I get Showtime.
Haven't a clue what channel(s?) it is.

[MajGenl.Meade]

If you get Showtime, you're paying for Premium Cable service