Poorly describe movies and guess what they are

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In summary: Good Morning, Vietnam3. Jarhead5. Men in Black6. Chinatown7. Training Day8. Inglourious Basterds10. Rocky
  • #106
3)A cowboy tells a movie [strike]producer[/strike] director who he must choose to play a leading role. Amnesiac has lesbian affair.

Hells said:
Mulholland drive?

Correct.
 
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  • #107
zoobyshoe said:
The mob in film. Guess by reference to memorable scenes:
1.) Movie producer sleeps with the horses
Godfather
zoobyshoe said:
2.) Thug wonders what's funny about him.
Analyze This

zoobyshoe said:
4.) Thug demonstrates his enthusiasm for baseball.
Untouchables

"EnTOOZiams!" :smile:

zoobyshoe said:
6.) Thug introduces his little friend
Scarface
 
  • #108
DaveC426913 said:
Analyze This

I would have gone with the famous Joe Pesci scene from Goodfellas instead. I have the same answers for the other three you picked and none of the rest.
 
  • #109
DaveC426913 said:
Godfather

Analyze This


Untouchables

"EnTOOZiams!" :smile:


Scarface
All correct except analyze this which SHappens correctly identified as Goodfellas.

3) Thugs celebrate when kid hold his tongue

is also Goodfellas, which may have confused things.



That leaves:

5.) Italian-American success brings gift of olive oil to Sicilian thug.

7.) Thug explains things French.
 
  • #110
zoobyshoe said:
5.) Italian-American success brings gift of olive oil to Sicilian thug.
Godfather part 2.
 
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  • #111
zoobyshoe said:
7.) Thug explains things French.

Pulp Fiction
 
  • #112
SpringCreek said:
1. Moron runs. Changes lives.

2. He slaps soldier. Then battles bulge.

3. Broken-hearted nightclub owner gets second chance at love. Chooses friendship instead.

4. Two old friends fight and fish a lot. More of same in sequel.

5. Lawyer's betrayed client gets education and tattoos in prison. Seeks revenge via dog poisoning, piano wire, boat mayhem, etc.

Only #3 left unanswered.

I gave one hint already: The Germans wore gray. She wore blue.

New hint: She walked into his gin joint.

Would it help if I said it was a beautiful friendship?
 
  • #113
Hmmm. Are we talking certain colourless residence in Northern Africa? Never seen that one either, but I've been to the city.
 
  • #114
SpringCreek said:
Only #3 left unanswered.

I gave one hint already: The Germans wore gray. She wore blue.

New hint: She walked into his gin joint.

Would it help if I said it was a beautiful friendship?
The colorless residence is Casablanca. I came here for the waters.
 
  • #115
Ken Natton said:
Hmmm. Are we talking certain colourless residence in Northern Africa? Never seen that one either, but I've been to the city.

That's the one! It's worth seeing.

Jimmy Snyder said:
The colorless residence is Casablanca. I came here for the waters.

Casablanca it is. You were misinformed about the waters. [All the non-Casablanca-seeing people won't get that one. :smile:]
 
  • #116
A woman of a certain reputation and a manservant? Frankly my dear, I'm driven by air currents.

Seen that one, but longer ago than I care to think.
 
  • #117
Jimmy Snyder said:
Godfather part 2.
SpringCreek said:
Pulp Fiction
Both correct.
 
  • #118
Bogart:

1.) Is given instructions on how to whistle.

2.) Loses his arm

3.) Has a lust for fruit.

4.) Has a lust for 'dust'.

5.) Describes a girl as having tried to sit on his lap while he was standing up.

6.) Is on a bird quest.

7.) Is king of a queen.
 
  • #119
6. Maltese Falcon
7. African Queen.
 
  • #120
DaveC426913 said:
6. Maltese Falcon
7. African Queen.
Yes!
 
  • #121
1.) Is given instructions on how to whistle.

To Have And Have Not
 
  • #122
TurtleMeister said:
1.) Is given instructions on how to whistle.
To Have And Have Not
Correct! And he has a hot teacher.
 
  • #123
zoobyshoe said:
4.) Has a lust for 'dust'.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
 
  • #124
SpringCreek said:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Yes, gold dust!
 
  • #125
Bogart.

Further clues

2.) Loses his arm (Obscure Bogart film. He plays a trucker.)

3.) Has a lust for fruit. (And a stain on his character.)

5.) Describes a girl as having tried to sit on his lap while he was standing up. (This film was big)
 
  • #126
zoobyshoe said:
Bogart.

Further clues

2.) Loses his arm (Obscure Bogart film. He plays a trucker.)

They Drive By Night
 
  • #127
TurtleMeister said:
They Drive By Night

Yes!
 
  • #128
A movie about a stone that is carried to America by the wrong person and given to a dead man.
 
  • #129
Jimmy Snyder said:
A movie about a stone that is carried to America by the wrong person and given to a dead man.

Titanic?
 
  • #130
TurtleMeister said:
Titanic?
That's what I had in mind.
 
  • #131
1) During WW2 an American army captain is killed by the same German POW he had prviously set free.

2) He likes to trim hedges.

3) Occam's razor
 
  • #132
TurtleMeister said:
2) He likes to trim hedges.
I'm thinkin' Edward Scissorhands.
 
  • #133
TurtleMeister said:
1) During WW2 an American army captain is killed by the same German POW he had prviously set free.

Saving Private Ryan
 
  • #134
zoobyshoe said:
I'm thinkin' Edward Scissorhands.
Correct.
SpringCreek said:
Saving Private Ryan
Correct.

Another clue for #3:

3) Occam's razor, Arecibo
 
  • #135
The idea of this trilogy is not to obtain the Mcguffin, but to destroy it.
 
  • #136
Jimmy Snyder said:
The idea of this trilogy is not to obtain the Mcguffin, but to destroy it.

Lord of the Rings?
 
  • #137
Math Is Hard said:
Lord of the Rings?
Yes.
 
  • #138
1. Farm boy saves sister from father.
2. Caretaker steals forest.
3. The Tempest in space.
4. Good movie about bad movies.
5. Boat trip down a river ends in a bang.
6. Meatloaf for dinner?
 
  • #139
6. Rocky Horror
 
  • #140
DaveC426913 said:
Them what pinched it. Done her in.
- Eliza Doolittle
That movie scene is one of the funniest ever made.
 

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