Poorly describe movies and guess what they are

[TurtleMeister]

1.) Is given instructions on how to whistle.

To Have And Have Not

 

[zoobyshoe]

1.) Is given instructions on how to whistle.
To Have And Have Not

Correct! And he has a hot teacher.

 

[SpringCreek]

4.) Has a lust for 'dust'.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

 

[zoobyshoe]

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Yes, gold dust!

 

[zoobyshoe]

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)

 

[TurtleMeister]

Bogart.

Further clues

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

They Drive By Night

 

[zoobyshoe]

They Drive By Night

Yes!

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

A movie about a stone that is carried to America by the wrong person and given to a dead man.

 

[TurtleMeister]

A movie about a stone that is carried to America by the wrong person and given to a dead man.

Titanic?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Titanic?

That's what I had in mind.

 

[TurtleMeister]

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

 

[zoobyshoe]

2) He likes to trim hedges.

I'm thinkin' Edward Scissorhands.

 

[SpringCreek]

1) During WW2 an American army captain is killed by the same German POW he had prviously set free.

Saving Private Ryan

 

[TurtleMeister]

I'm thinkin' Edward Scissorhands.

Correct.

Saving Private Ryan

Correct.

Another clue for #3:

3) Occam's razor, Arecibo

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

The idea of this trilogy is not to obtain the Mcguffin, but to destroy it.

 

[Math Is Hard]

The idea of this trilogy is not to obtain the Mcguffin, but to destroy it.

Lord of the Rings?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Lord of the Rings?

Yes.

 

[Janus]

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?

 

[DaveC426913]

6. Rocky Horror

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Them what pinched it. Done her in.
- Eliza Doolittle

That movie scene is one of the funniest ever made.

 

[DavidSnider]

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?

1. Star Wars? *stretch*
2. Dunno
3. Dunno
4. Ed Wood
5. Deliverance
6. Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

That movie scene is one of the funniest ever made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uozGujfdS0

 

[DavidSnider]

Correct.

Correct.

Another clue for #3:

3) Occam's razor, Arecibo

Contact?

 

[DaveC426913]

1. Star Wars? *stretch*

Of course! Good one!

 

[TurtleMeister]

Contact?

Correct! for 3) Occam's razor, Arecibo

5. Boat trip down a river ends in a bang.

The African Queen? Don't know is that's what you had in mind, since we've already had that one.

 

[DavidSnider]

1. Mathematician finds god, goes crazy
2. Addiction vignettes crescendo into harsh reality
3. Man helps little boy, discovers morbid truth about himself
4. The rat symbolizes obviousness

 

[Evo]

1) Sunshine's bright in the city of lights

2)It's wonderful to be making a fondue again.

 

[lisab]

1. Mathematician finds god, goes crazy
2. Addiction vignettes crescendo into harsh reality
3. Man helps little boy, discovers morbid truth about himself
4. The rat symbolizes obviousness

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Leaving Las Vegas (?)
3. Sixth Sense
4. Umm...Ben ?

 

[DavidSnider]

OK, 1 and 2 apply to a lot of movies I guess. Another hint: 1 and 2 have the same director.

3. Sixth Sense - Correct
4. Not ben, more recent, more violent

 

[Janus]

6. Rocky Horror

Correct.