Name That Movie!

[Lord Jim]

Maybe this is unfair, but I'm starting to get the impression that some people here are just being deliberately obtuse...



(And before you declare me the winner for having the title word in my answer Ray, let me point out that I'm not eligible for this round... )

[datsunaholic]

This is my favorite quote:



G: Hmm. Sounds like somebody's trying to dip their fingers in the Honey jar to me.

H: Gina, he's my boss.

G: You say that like you never heard of Monica Lewinsky.

[Long Run]

I splurged on baklava for lunch-dessert today, thinking of this one.

[RayThom]

Obtuse... do you mean everybody is purposely avoiding my clues? I'm equally disappointed and shocked.

OK, if this very last quote isn't enough to seal the deal I'm going to come up with some other movie just as bad tomorrow.

"Ellie Missiott: You, you need to call M.C. Hammer and let him know you're stealing his stuff. Ya'll two crazy people in here."

BTW, LJ... HONEY West was never a movie. Small screen only. So there!

[dales]

[datsunaholic]

OK, if this very last quote isn't enough to seal the deal I'm going to come up with some other movie just as bad tomorrow.

What, the sequel? Or its even worse SECOND sequel?

[Big RR]

HONEY West was never a movie. Small screen only. So there!

Maybe not, but it starred movie actress Ann Francis, and was the best thing she did after Forbidden Planet. they just don't make shows or movies like that anymore.

[RayThom]

Obviously I stumped everybody... or you're fucking with me because you know I'm slow on the uptake. By the way, the answer to the movie above was Jessica Alba's 2003 tour de force, "Honey."

OK, here's a new one -- just in time for the holidays.

"I wasn't sleeping, chief. It's just that I haven't been able to sleep these last few months. I forgot how. So I was just practicing."

[Big RR]

The holiday clue gave it away; it was also Pia Zadora's first film (and probably her "best" performance, although that isn't hard). It's a horrible movie I've seen many times.

[RayThom]

The holiday clue gave it away; it was also Pia Zadora's first film (and probably her "best" performance, although that isn't hard). It's a horrible movie I've seen many times.

Yeah, but... you have to show the title, not just allude to it. At this rate I'll be wallowing in "Name That Movie!" purgatory forever.

Help me... help...

[Big RR]

I prefer hints to give others a chance (and to stretch out your torment )--Edmund Gwenn would like this film, Ray Walston might not. and it is recognized as one of the worst (most schlocky) films ever made--my watching was as a kid--I think Zacherly (or is it Zacherle? the cool ghoul in any event) introduced it a few times.

[Big RR]

And when it comes to this film, one might say Edmund Gwenn literally slays or conquers Ray Walston. Hint Hint

[Bicycle Bill]

And when it comes to this film, one might say Edmund Gwenn literally slays or conquers Ray Walston. Hint Hint

I'll be a good guy and let you off your hook, Ray.



-"BB"-

[RayThom]

... I'll be a good guy and let you off your hook, Ray.

Bless you, BB. I was beginning to feel like the Flying Dutchman. I'm fine now. Thanks.

[Bicycle Bill]

Next quote:

When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children, in one way her life begins but in another way it stops.  You build a life of details.  You become a mother, a wife; and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move.  And when they leave they take your life of details with them.  And then you're expected move again, only you don't remember what moves you because no one has asked in so long.  Not even yourself.

-"BB"-

[Big RR]

Bill--a quick question, did you know that quote, or was it my brilliant hint?

I'd hate to think that I'm the only person here who say that dumb movie many times as a kid, but maybe I am. Just more evidence of a life well wasted.

[Bicycle Bill]

Bill--a quick question, did you know that quote, or was it my brilliant hint?

I'd hate to think that I'm the only person here who say that dumb movie many times as a kid, but maybe I am. Just more evidence of a life well wasted.

No, I've not seen the movie although maybe I should; it looks like it's so schlocky bad that it would be even funnier than it was meant to be.  It was the combination of clues, especially the Pia Zadora one, that gave it to me.  "What was so-and-so's first movie?" is a common enough question in a game of bar trivia, and Pia Zadora's debut role has turned up more than once (last film appearance questions show up with amazing frequency too).

And a quickie clue about my latest offering —
this one is considered a 'chick-flick' (AMC ranked it as one of the top ten classic examples of a chick flick of all time);
..... and yes, I did see it in a theater with someone I cared about back then.

-"BB"-

[Lord Jim]

I'd hate to think that I'm the only person here who say that dumb movie many times as a kid, but maybe I am. Just more evidence of a life well wasted.

Are you kidding?

It's a holiday classic; I watch it every year...

And the best part is the haunting and compelling opening music:



They don't make 'em like that any more...

[Big RR]

Thanks Jim, I was pretty sure you had seen it.

Bill--I recalled the Pia Zadora clue from some sort of trivia game as well.

As for your clue, it's a chick flick based on a chick book, and I think AMC has it right. Indeed, if the roles of husband and wife were reversed, and the husband experienced and did what the wife did, I'd bet that many of the women who loved this movie would hate it.

[Long Run]

Quote and clues = Bridges of Madison County