Name That Movie!

[datsunaholic]

Pretty sure I've never seen whatever it is, but I haven't looked it up yet in hope someone starts lobbing fat pitch clues since that seems to be the only way I get any of these.

[Lord Jim]

You might want to try some non quote clues Econo...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Pretty sure I've never seen whatever it is, but I haven't looked it up yet in hope someone starts lobbing fat pitch clues since that seems to be the only way I get any of these.

It was a chick flick

[Crackpot]

[MajGenl.Meade]

Wrong kind of chick.

[Lord Jim]

I was pretty sure I had never seen it, so I looked it up...

I was right; I've never seen it...

When it came out, from the description it looked incredibly boring, so I've never bothered with it...

I'd bet there's probably not a single explosion, chase scene, or shootout in the whole damn thing...

[BoSoxGal]

Gorgeous film, fantastic soundtrack, terrific acting. Much is said in very few words.

[Joe Guy]

[RayThom]

What came first, the chick or...

[Lord Jim]

"Is that another chicken joke?"

[Econoline]

It won 3 Oscars, 2 of them for leading/supporting roles (one of whom was not allowed to watch this film at the time of its release—because of its explicit sexual content—and didn't actually see it until 16 years later). (The third one was for best original screenplay.)

And if that's not enough...

• She does not play the piano like we do, Nessie. [...] No, she is a strange creature. And her playing is strange, like a mood that passes into you. [...] Now, your playing is plain and true, and that is what I like. To have a sound creep inside you is not at all pleasant.

[Big RR]

I think it has something of a musical title, yet it is not a musical.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Gorgeous film, fantastic soundtrack, terrific acting. Much is said in very few words.

[BoSoxGal]

Best hint ever!

[Lord Jim]

Let's try it this way...

It won 3 Oscars, 2 of them for leading/supporting roles (one of whom was not allowed to watch this film at the time of its release—because of its explicit sexual content—and didn't actually see it until 16 years later). (The third one was for best original screenplay.)

And if that's not enough...

• She does not play the piano like we do, Nessie. [...] No, she is a strange creature. And her playing is strange, like a mood that passes into you. [...] Now, your playing is plain and true, and that is what I like. To have a sound creep inside you is not at all pleasant.

[BoSoxGal]

I know what it is and I didn't even have to look it up, but I don't want a turn right now.

[Econoline]

BSG — I'm thinking now that that's the decision I should have made...

• • [last lines]

    
    I teach piano now in Nelson. George has fashioned me a metal finger tip. I am quite the town freak, which satisfies! I am learning to speak. My sound is still so bad I am ashamed. I practice only when I am alone and it is dark.
    
    At night! I think of my piano in its ocean grave, and sometimes of myself floating above it. Down there everything is so still and silent that it lulls me to sleep. It is a weird lullaby and so it is; it is mine.

    • There is a silence where hath been no sound
      There is a silence where no sound may be
      In the cold grave, under the deep deep sea.
      

      [ — from "Silence" by Thomas Hood]

[ ~ THE END ~ ]

[CLOSING CREDITS]

ETA: Jim — anything with Harvey Keitel in it (not to mention sex between him and Holly Hunter) can never be described as "incredibly boring."

[Econoline]

I'll come up with another one later. I'll be sure to look for one with car chases and explosions.

[RayThom]

[BoSoxGal]

I'd forgotten how bad Holly Hunter's Scottish accent was in that film . . .