Poorly describe movies and guess what they are

[Ken Natton]

Kill Bill. Although I can't be sure since I haven't seen it.

Yes. Well done.

I did eat at Hershel's East Side Deli in the Reading Terminal Market in Phila. When I walked in the place all the women faked orgasms.

That place sounds like it’s worth a visit. How would I find it, say from Market Street East Station?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

That place sounds like it’s worth a visit. How would I find it, say from Market Street East Station?

Market Street East Station is at 11th and Market, Reading Terminal Market is officially at 12th and Market. You can either go 3,436,267 blocks west, or 1 block east. However, the address is misleading. If you are on the corner of 12th and Market, walk north past Filbert St., The market is on your right (east side of 12th St.) Inside you will find dozens of restaurants of all types along with butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers. It's something like a food court but much larger. Herschel's Deli is sort of in the middleish of it. They don't have seating as such, however, there is a public seating area right in front of it.

By the way, for anyone who hasn't been to the Reading Terminal Market, definitely go if you get a chance. If for some odd reason you don't eat there, at least go to listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar.

 

[Ken Natton]

So, you see, I have learned something worthwhile. The circumference of planet Earth is exactly 3,436,268 blocks.

Perhaps no-one cares, but for what it is worth, the films I was referring to in post #51 that nobody has guessed were Jack Lemmon (fruity guy, geddit?) in Days of Wine and Roses, and Jenny Agutter in Walkabout.

For the three as yet unguessed from post #187, here’s some further clues.

That corny final scene has been often referenced, including by The Simpsons.

The classic courtroom drama was written by the same guy that wrote the film from which Sharon Stone’s most infamous scene comes.

As is the one with dubious culinary methods which scene has begat a whole new term for the troublesome type of woman thus portayed.

 

[Math Is Hard]

A portrayal of how men think women are, rather than how women really are. And get this. It isn’t pornography.

So, men see us as assassins?

 

[Ken Natton]

So, men see us as assassins?

Oh dear, now I’m in trouble. I did say that I hadn’t actually seen the film. I suppose that what I was referring to is the impression I had from trailers and reports about it that I did see that the central female character displayed a very masculine type of aggression. But don’t worry, I’m not doubting that you could kick my head in any day of the week. My feeling is that the film is the product of and is targeted at male fantasy. That’s all.

This is all your fault Snyder. If you’d bothered to go and watch that film, I wouldn’t be in this mess.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

This is all your fault Snyder.

If I wanted to hear that kind of talk, I'd have married you.

 

[Ken Natton]

If I wanted to hear that kind of talk, I'd have married you.

Oh Jimmy. I have a vision of a little cottage in the Pennsylvanian countryside. Just you and me. Then I could blame you for all my shortcomings.

Hmmm! That’s a good one. The Pennsylvanian countryside. Big city culture clashes with a simpler, more ancient lifestyle. And a secret, spontaneous dance to a sixties classic.

 

[SpringCreek]

The remaining clue and hint.

3. British government employee's family motto. The theme song was garbage, but it had this pretty good line: "There's no point in living if you can't feel alive."

After watching the opening sequence of this movie, I realized that the line was cut from the song, although it is in the full version of the song. The line also figures prominently in the movie. Still, in all fairness, perhaps another clue is in order.

The movie is set in (in this order): Spain, London, Scotland, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, and Istanbul.

Here's the full version of the song. This is the band's own video. The video is not from the movie, just the song is. The name of the band is Garbage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7KxEerCYo

 

[Pythagorean]

They get the score but everbody dies.

 

[mege]

Oh Jimmy. I have a vision of a little cottage in the Pennsylvanian countryside. Just you and me. Then I could blame you for all my shortcomings.

Hmmm! That’s a good one. The Pennsylvanian countryside. Big city culture clashes with a simpler, more ancient lifestyle. And a secret, spontaneous dance to a sixties classic.

Oh, oh... that's For Richer or Poorer ;)

 

[Ken Natton]

Oh, oh... that's For Richer or Poorer ;)

Not the film I was thinking of, but I suppose your wink symbol means that you were not actually serious. Perhaps you are suggesting that my clue is too obvious?

Since making that post I have had a crisis that the film I was thinking of has already been mentioned, but I can't find it. I don't know if anyone else has tried it, but hunting back through this thread for specific references is not actually that easy! Anyway, I have a vague memory of a particular scene using a certain piece of music having been already mentioned, but that might actually be on a completely different thread!

 

[mege]

Not the film I was thinking of, but I suppose your wink symbol means that you were not actually serious. Perhaps you are suggesting that my clue is too obvious?

Since making that post I have had a crisis that the film I was thinking of has already been mentioned, but I can't find it. I don't know if anyone else has tried it, but hunting back through this thread for specific references is not actually that easy! Anyway, I have a vague memory of a particular scene using a certain piece of music having been already mentioned, but that might actually be on a completely different thread!

Oh, I didn't think you were actually presenting a clue so I was being a little obtuse.

 

[Ken Natton]

Oh, I didn't think you were actually presenting a clue so I was being a little obtuse.

Yes, my apologies. The first paragraph in my post #207 was just the continuation of my, I confess somewhat facetious exchange with Mr Snyder. The second paragraph...

The Pennsylvanian countryside. Big city culture clashes with a simpler, more ancient lifestyle. And a secret, spontaneous dance to a sixties classic.

...was intended to be a clue to another big Hollywood film of the not too distant past.

 

[DaveC426913]

The Pennsylvanian countryside. Big city culture clashes with a simpler, more ancient lifestyle. And a secret, spontaneous dance to a sixties classic.

...Don't know much about biology, but I do know that I love you...

Witness.

 

[Ken Natton]

...Don't know much about biology, but I do know that I love you...

Witness.

And I love you too DaveC for getting that. Yes that is exactly what I had in mind. I'm sure I remember somewhere discussion of the piece of music 'Raising the Barn' which was written for that film - perhaps it was on the thread about film music.

I don't suppose you have any thoughts on any of my other outstanding clues Dave C?

The corniest final scene ever? Ah, but everyone cried. He was spotless in white.
(That corny final scene has been often referenced, including by The Simpsons.)


A classic courtroom drama. But the verdict is not the end of it. Everyone in the cinema jumped.
(The classic courtroom drama was written by the same guy that wrote the film from which Sharon Stone’s most infamous scene comes.)


That's no way to cook game! Will he pay the ultimate price for his sexuality?
(As is the one with dubious culinary methods which scene has begat a whole new term for the troublesome type of woman thus portayed.)

 

[DaveC426913]

All right, another round of films that maybe no-one will get. These are all Hollywood films that were the centre of water cooler chat when they were released. But not a CGI graphic, not a special effect or a moment of 'action' between them.

It's always the children who suffer. He is thrown into the parenting deep end. She wins the case but finally puts the boy's interests first.

The corniest final scene ever? Ah, but everyone cried. He was spotless in white.

A classic courtroom drama. But the verdict is not the end of it. Everyone in the cinema jumped.

That's no way to cook game! Will he pay the ultimate price for his sexuality?

Alll the women gave a sardonic smile. All the men shifted uncomfortably. In a cafe, in public, she proved her point.

And I love you too DaveC for getting that. Yes that is exactly what I had in mind. I'm sure I remember somewhere discussion of the piece of music 'Raising the Barn' which was written for that film - perhaps it was on the thread about film music.

I don't suppose you have any thoughts on any of my other outstanding clues Dave C?

Most of these were gotten, were they not?

Kramer vs. Kramer
Field of Dreams
?
Eating Raoul? The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover?
When Harry Met Sally

 

[Ken Natton]

Most of these were gotten, were they not?

Kramer vs Kramer and When Harry Met Sally were correct. But Field of Dreams was not what I was thinking of and neither was The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover which film I recall no previous mention of on this thread and I am surprised but pleased to know had any impact at all in the US, since it was a satire on Britain under Mrs Thatcher. I did say that all five of those films I gave clues to were Hollywood films. The Cook… is a British film. The films I am thinking of that have not been guessed were all quite as prominent as Witness, Kramer vs Kramer and When Harry Met Sally.

The give away clues would be,

Richard Gere

Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges

Michael Douglas and Glenn Close

 

[Jimmy]

They seem so obvious now.

The corniest final scene ever? Ah, but everyone cried. He was spotless in white.
An officer and a Gentleman

A classic courtroom drama. But the verdict is not the end of it. Everyone in the cinema jumped.
Jagged Edge

That's no way to cook game! Will he pay the ultimate price for his sexuality?
Fatal attraction

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Old friends become bitter enemies. Will the former slave triumph over his enemy's machinations?

A young lady who cannot get into the habit finds love during turbulent times.

 

[zoobyshoe]

A young lady who cannot get into the habit finds love during turbulent times.

The Sound of Music?

 

[Ken Natton]

The corniest final scene ever? Ah, but everyone cried. He was spotless in white.
An officer and a Gentleman

A classic courtroom drama. But the verdict is not the end of it. Everyone in the cinema jumped.
Jagged Edge

That's no way to cook game! Will he pay the ultimate price for his sexuality?
Fatal attraction

Ah ha!. Many thanks Jimmy, you are of course 3 for 3.

Unfortunately, I cannot return the compmlement. I think zoobyshoe is probably dead right with The Sound of Music, but I can't identify the other one from your clue.

 

[Jimmy]

The Sound of Music?

Yes!

Ah ha!. Many thanks Jimmy, you are of course 3 for 3.

Well, I feel a bit dumb not being able to figure them out earlier. They were easy once the actors were named.

Unfortunately, I cannot return the compmlement. I think zoobyshoe is probably dead right with The Sound of Music, but I can't identify the other one from your clue.

Yes, it was poorly described.

The star later played a simian-hating astronaut in a late 60s Sci-Fi classic.

 

[Ken Natton]

Yes, it was poorly described.

That's the general idea!

The star later played a simian-hating astronaut in a late 60s Sci-Fi classic.

But, (after, I confess a little Wiki research) I believe I have it. Are we talking a certian chariot racing epic? I think we might be talking about Ben-Hur, staring Charlton Heston who later played Taylor in Planet of the Apes.

 

[Jimmy]

But, (after, I confess a little Wiki research) I believe I have it. Are we talking a certian chariot racing epic? I think we might be talking about Ben-Hur, staring Charlton Heston who later played Taylor in Planet of the Apes.

Exactly right! I was tempted to use the race as a clue but that seemed too easy.

A couple more:

Shady soldiers redeem themselves behind enemy lines.

A dashing pirate who was mostly dead all day.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

shady soldiers redeem themselves behind enemy lines.

lotr.

 

[MATLABdude]

Shady soldiers redeem themselves behind enemy lines.

A dashing pirate who was mostly dead all day.

Three Kings

No idea on the second, however.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Star-crossed lovers in Manhattan.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Anabasis in Manhattan.

 

[DaveC426913]

A dashing pirate who was mostly dead all day.

"I do not sink zat means what you sink it means"

Princess Bride

 

[Jimmy]

-shady soldiers redeem themselves behind enemy lines.

Three Kings

No idea on the second, however.

That was a very good guess, but not what I had in mind. It fits just as well though.

The film in question was set during WWII.

"I do not sink zat means what you sink it means"

Princess Bride

Yes!

 

[Jimmy]

Star-crossed lovers in Manhattan.

Moonstruck?

 

[lisab]

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover?

I saw that years ago! It was... !

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Moonstruck?

It might be a good fit, I can't say. I never saw it. It's not what I had in mind though. Who were the original star-crossed lovers?

 

[Jimmy]

It might be a good fit, I can't say. I never saw it. It's not what I had in mind though. Who were the original star-crossed lovers?

To be honest, it's been years since I've seen it so I may be way off base. I'll have to think about it some more.

Edit: I keep thinking Romeo and Juliet, but that doesn't exactly fit given the Manhattan reference.

 

[DaveC426913]

Shady soldiers redeem themselves behind enemy lines.

Well, it's sure not Kelly's Heroes...

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

To be honest, it's been years since I've seen it so I may be way off base. I'll have to think about it some more.

Edit: I keep thinking Romeo and Juliet, but that doesn't exactly fit given the Manhattan reference.

The poor side of Manhattan.

 

[DaveC426913]

It might be a good fit, I can't say. I never saw it.

Moonstruck is awesome. Very funny. Nick Cage is great. Cher is absolutely radiant.

"Do you love im?"
"Aw mom, I love I am awful."
"Oh God. That's too bad."

The list of http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093565/quotes" from Moonstruck is as long as my arm (hand included!)

 

[Jimmy]

Well, it's sure not Kelly's Heroes...

Very similar though. :) It was released three years before Kelly's heroes. Donald Sutherland and Telly Savalas were in both.

Moonstruck is awesome. Very funny. Nick Cage is great. Cher is absolutely radiant.

"Do you love im?"
"Aw mom, I love I am awful."
"Oh God. That's too bad."

I remember that is was very good. I just added to my Netflix queue. :)

 

[DaveC426913]

Very similar though. :) It was released three years before Kelly's heroes. Donald Sutherland and Telly Savalas were in both.

Ah yes. Along with ten other equally filthy guys...

 

[Jimmy]

The poor side of Manhattan.

West Side Story?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

West Side Story?

That's what I had in mind.

 

[Jimmy]

That's what I had in mind.

I figured I would guess it eventually.

A suicide precipitates a reunion of college friends.

 

[lisab]

I figured I would guess it eventually.

A suicide precipitates a reunion of college friends.

The Big Chill.

Great soundtrack!

 

[Jimmy]

The Big Chill.

Great soundtrack!

Correct on both counts.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Describes at least three different movies. Guess all three:After an ascent to the top of the music charts his life ends in a plane crash.

 

[Jimmy]

Describes at least three different movies. Guess all three:

After an ascent to the top of the music charts his life ends in a plane crash.

The Buddy Holly Story
La Bamba
The Day the Music Died

Haven't seen the one about the Big Bopper yet.

 

[zoobyshoe]

The Buddy Holly Story
La Bamba
The Day the Music Died

Haven't seen the one about the Big Bopper yet.

Hmmm. I have never heard of "The Day the Music Died". I was thinking about a rather different, and much older, film biography. (Not Big Bopper).

 

[Jimmy]

Hmmm. I have never heard of "The Day the Music Died". I was thinking about a rather different, and much older, film biography. (Not Big Bopper).

I was afraid of that. There have been so many...

 

[Ken Natton]

See! That's what you get for sleeping. I knew West Side Story! But someone got there before me. Anyway, there appear to be two that I can answer.

Shady soldiers redeem themselves behind enemy lines.

I think you might be talking about The Dirty Dozen.

EDIT (six hours later!) Only just spotted that DaveC already got this one.

After an ascent to the top of the music charts his life ends in a plane crash.

I'm thinking the third one is The Glenn Miller Story with Jimmy Stewart.

I saw [The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover] years ago! It was...

...a very unusual film.

The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097108/

 

[zoobyshoe]

I'm thinking the third one is The Glenn Miller Story with Jimmy Stewart.

Correct! I figured if anyone got it, you would.

 

[Ken Natton]

Okay, I’m going to try a much more difficult one. I dare say many will say that they have never even heard of this film. It is not only not a Hollywood film, it is not even an English language film. However, it did get a great deal of attention when it was released, not least from the censors.

A very troubled young woman is in thrall to a successful businessman. Slowly but surely, she comes to dominate their relationship. But in her final victory, in her final taking possession of him, she also loses him, and her sanity.