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Anybody care to name this film?

A man is driven to a nervous breakdown by his hellish job on the assembly line, and after snapping and assaulting a woman he is fired and carted off to a mental institution. When he is released he becomes embroiled in a communist protest and is unfairly arrested as a ringleader. In jail while high on illegal drugs he foils an escape attempt by other inamtes and earns his parole, but only finds that he has become institutionalised and can no longer face life in the outside world...

Hmmm...

Who's the director?

Hmmm...

Who's the director?

Now that would be telling, but they have the same initial for their first name as their last name.

Now that would be telling, but they have the same initial for their first name as their last name.

The only director I can think of who has the same initial for their first name and last name is Steven Spielberg, but I'm guessing he's not the one you're thinking of.

Now that would be telling, but they have the same initial for their first name as their last name.
Steven Spielberg!

Nope.

what the code for making my answer invisible so as not to spoil it for other who dont want it spoiled?

what the code for making my answer invisible so as not to spoil it for other who dont want it spoiled?

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what the code for making my answer invisible so as not to spoil it for other who dont want it spoiled?

Either (spoiler) and (/spoiler) or (color=white) and (/color) with square brackets.

charlie chaplin, the great dicator

charlie chaplin, the great dicator

So close. So damn close. Damn you're good.

Ashmoria, you are WRONG

charlie chaplin, the great dicator

It's spelled 'dictator' not 'dicator'.

youre going to fault me for a typo on THIS forum???

isnt that the name of it??

Now that would be telling, but they have the same initial for their first name as their last name.
How about Robert Redford?

Anyhow the answer is Modern Times by Chaplain made in 1936. Interesting film, and Paulette Goddard is enchanting in it. Ashmoria gets the cigar for being within a gnat's crotchet of the correct answer.



Edited: because this keyboard keeps on skipping letters at seemingly random, and the shift key doesn't always work either, which explains why this thread title starts with a lower case letter.

Anyhow the answer is Modern Times by Chaplain made in 1936. Interesting film, and Paulette Goddard is enchating in it. Ashmoria gets the cigar for being within a gnat's crotchet of the correct answer.
he was crazy in the great dictator too. are you sure? yeah i guess so.
oh well

is it cuban?

is it cuban?

As a virtual cigar it exists beyond all petty bounds of nationality, and is also guaranteed as non-carcinogenic too.

EDIT: virtual matches are not included.

How about this?

General *name omitted* declares a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, fearing for our "precious bodily fluids." Frantically in the war room the President scrambles to find the recall code. And a certain scientists finds out about a massive dommsday device!

How about this?

General *name omitted* declares a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, fearing for our "precious bodily fluids." Frantically in the war room the President scrambles to find the recall code. And a certain scientists finds out about a massive dommsday device!
too easy

How about this?

General *name omitted* declares a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, fearing for our "precious bodily fluids." Frantically in the war room the President scrambles to find the recall code. And a certain scientists finds out about a massive dommsday device!

Too easy; Doctor Strangelove, or How I learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

too easy

too easy


What - are you me, or am I you?

What - are you me, or am I you?
in the cyberether we are all one

Try to nail down this esoteric plot line:

A pair of smart-mouthed cops foil a vaguely foreign criminal in a major city, breaking regulations and upsetting their captain, but still being the best darn cops in the city. The film is distinguished by its absurdly rendered gunplay, tacked-on car chases, and fiesty love interest.

And before you think you've got it, no, its not "The Name of the Rose".

Too easy;
Duh, it's plot sez it all :D

Try to nail down this esoteric plot line:

A pair of smart-mouthed cops foil a vaguely foreign criminal in a major city, breaking regulations and upsetting their captain, but still being the best darn cops in the city. The film is distinguished by its absurdly rendered gunplay, tacked-on car chases, and fiesty love interest.

And before you think you've got it, no, its not "The Name of the Rose".
uh beverly hills cop?

or maybe

48 hours?

oh oh oh

lethal weapon?

Try to nail down this esoteric plot line:

A pair of smart-mouthed cops foil a vaguely foreign criminal in a major city, breaking regulations and upsetting their captain, but still being the best darn cops in the city. The film is distinguished by its absurdly rendered gunplay, tacked-on car chases, and fiesty love interest.

And before you think you've got it, no, its not "The Name of the Rose".

Tango and Cash? Lethal Weapon? Both?

any of a huge number of poorly made buddy cop movies from the last 30 years?

Nobody's been wrong yet...I guess this is why I lost my job writing questions for Jeopardy...sigh.

Here I've got one.

A battle-worn regiment of the French army along the western front during World War I is held in their trenches under the threat of German artillery. The regiment is ordered on a suicidal mission to capture an enemy stronghold. When the mission inevitably fails, French generals order the selection of three soldiers to be tried and executed on the charge of cowardice, bringing the Colonel of the regiment into conflict with his superiors and exposing corruption in the french high command.

oh dammit i saw that on tv not too too long ago. i cant remember the name but it was well worth seeing

oh dammit i saw that on tv not too too long ago. i cant remember the name but it was well worth seeing

Yes, I recomend this movie to everyone.

Here I've got one.

Paths of Glory?

Never got round to actually watching it but I have a Divx of it on a CD someplace.

i know its easy but its so hard to pick a movie everyone knows....


a woman, smuggling her scientist husband out of europe, meets up with an old flame in africa with the wherewithall to get them to america.

Here I've got one.

A battle-worn regiment of the French army along the western front during World War I is held in their trenches under the threat of German artillery. The regiment is ordered on a suicidal mission to capture an enemy stronghold. When the mission inevitably fails, French generals order the selection of three soldiers to be tried and executed on the charge of cowardice, bringing the Colonel of the regiment into conflict with his superiors and exposing corruption in the french high command.

Oh, don't be so obvious.

Everyone has seen All Quiet on the Western Front. :p :D

EDIT: Can someone actually name the film? I'd like to see it.

i know its easy but its so hard to pick a movie everyone knows....


a woman, smuggling her scientist husband out of europe, meets up with an old flame in africa with the wherewithall to get them to america.


Ashmoria, I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.

i know its easy but its so hard to pick a movie everyone knows....

Once again this is one that I have never actually seen: I was planning on watching it, but ended up watching The Long Goodbye several times instead trying to make sense of who killed whom and why.

Once again this is one that I have never actually seen: I was planning on watching it, but ended up watching The Long Goodbye several times instead trying to make sense of who killed whom and why.

You've never seen it!

Thirty lashes and a dip in the ocean, my friend!

You've never seen it!

Thirty lashes and a dip in the ocean, my friend!

Yeah, shameful, I know, but I consider it a pleasure that I have postponed, rather than a chore that I have avoided.

A black man is on trial for murder, and in the jury deliberation process, one lone wolf stands up for the black man, insisting that he is innocent, and convinces the other members of the jury of his innocence.


This is easy.

I've got one. No plot, just a clue.

Based on a real person, they changed his mistress's vagina for a sled

Oh, don't be so obvious.

Everyone has seen All Quiet on the Western Front. :p :D

EDIT: Can someone actually name the film? I'd like to see it.

Check you TGs.

A deeply autistic boy grows up to be a media star fuelled by the abuse of his family and schooling, but in the end destroys the cult of idol worship which has grown up around him and in the end learns nothing.

(Two possible answers).

A bunch of kids get together and form a band and find out that they ROCK! They achieve minor success, but their music starts to suffer as drugs, women and shady business deals start to take their toll. Eventually the band breaks up, but not before the whole thing has turned into a painful farce. Some members die, some try and reinvent themselves as more cosy pop stars and some become recluses.

Just about any factual rockumentary you care to name.

Check you TGs.

Or hit 'reply' on this post.

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8793916&postcount=34

I've got one. No plot, just a clue.

Once again - too easy.

Or hit 'reply' on this post.

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8793916&postcount=34


Oh yeah, Sorry about that.

(Your clever hiding of the text, unsurprisingly, confused me. And yes, as usual, you are correct). :)

A deeply autistic boy grows up to be a media star fuelled by the abuse of his family and schooling, but in the end destroys the cult of idol worship which has grown up around him and in the end learns nothing.


I think I know it ( well one of them at least ), does it have music?

I think I know it ( well one of them at least ), does it have music?

Both of them have music as central features: which one are you thinking of?

Both of them have music as central features: which one are you thinking of?

Tommy?

Though I could be wrong.

Here I've got one.

A battle-worn regiment of the French army along the western front during World War I is held in their trenches under the threat of German artillery. The regiment is ordered on a suicidal mission to capture an enemy stronghold. When the mission inevitably fails, French generals order the selection of three soldiers to be tried and executed on the charge of cowardice, bringing the Colonel of the regiment into conflict with his superiors and exposing corruption in the french high command.

Paths of Glory

Oooh! Don't care if someone's gotten it, we just watched it and I'm rather pleased with myself for knowing it :)

A black man is on trial for murder, and in the jury deliberation process, one lone wolf stands up for the black man, insisting that he is innocent, and convinces the other members of the jury of his innocence.


This is easy.
is that 12 angry men?

Tommy?

Though I could be wrong.

Yup, that's one of them.

I've got one. No plot, just a clue.

Based on a real person, they changed his mistress's vagina for a sled
are you sayign that when hearst died he said "pussy"?

ok i was out
how about

a group of whiny teenagers have saturday detention

and

a group of whiny baby boomers get together at a friends funeral

ok i was out
how about

a group of whiny teenagers have saturday detention

and

a group of whiny baby boomers get together at a friends funeralThe Breakfast Club and ....Aw crap, the name escapes me. I hate that. Kevin Kline, Allie Sheedy...I even remember the great soundtrack... what was the name?

The Breakfast Club and ....Aw crap, the name escapes me. I hate that. Kevin Kline, Allie Sheedy...I even remember the great soundtrack... what was the name?

the big chill perhaps?

ok i was out
how about

a group of whiny teenagers have saturday detention

and

a group of whiny baby boomers get together at a friends funeral

The Breakfast Club and (I'm guessing) The Big Chill. Personally I'm more of a 'Some Kind Of Wonderful' man myself as far as American teen movies go. When it comes to British ones, then I go for Scum or 'Made In Britain'. Once you cross the atlantic the teen movie is a very different thing.

Here's something about teen movies - I saw American Graffiti the other day, and remembered how when I had seen part of it when I was 13 or so, all the characters had seemed so adult and grown up. Now watching it 20 years later I was just left going - Ohmygodthey'realljustseventeen!!!111

The Big Chill.

I knew I'd get it out.

A pair of talentless alcoholic ne'erdowells flee the city in search of an idyllic country paradise but find the constant menace of buggery and violence too much for them.

A pair of talentless alcoholic ne'erdowells flee the city in search of an idyllic country paradise but find the constant menace of buggery and violence too much for them.


Oooh, I know this one. Hope and Crosby in "The Road to Des Moines".

Oooh, I know this one. Hope and Crosby in "The Road to Des Moines".

Nice. Wrong, but nice.

Another one: some dude lies in bed and nods his head.

Another one: some dude lies in bed and nods his head.

Sounds like an excerpt from Cliffnotes for Dummies:The movie edition.
I probably know this one, but I'm too busy laughing to think clearly.

Nice. Wrong, but nice.

Another one: some dude lies in bed and nods his head.
the sea inside

Nice. Wrong, but nice.

Another one: some dude lies in bed and nods his head.

Johnny Got his Gun?, I don't know the other one though.

Johnny Got his Gun?, I don't know the other one though.

That's the bunny.

That's the bunny.

That movie put a scary place in my head.

Here's one:

Animated pogrom for kids.

Here's one:

Animated pogrom for kids.

Watership Down?

Here's one:

Animated pogrom for kids.

Animal Farm?

EDIT: could even be Chicken Run

No, the film actually shows a Jewish village getting burned down by cossacks. Here's another hint, it will probably be easy to figure out: the movie portrays immigrants as vermin.

No, the film actually shows a Jewish village getting burned down by cossacks. Here's another hint, it will probably be easy to figure out: the movie portrays immigrants as vermin.

Nope. Still drawing a blank. I want to say Maus but know it is wrong.

A pair of talentless alcoholic ne'erdowells flee the city in search of an idyllic country paradise but find the constant menace of buggery and violence too much for them.
deliverance?

No, the film actually shows a Jewish village getting burned down by cossacks. Here's another hint, it will probably be easy to figure out: the movie portrays immigrants as vermin.

I know this is wrong, but doesn't the opening set of "American Pop", a Ralph Bakshi animated film, depict a Pogrom?

EDIT: Burt Reynolds is not talentless! I submit "Cannonball Run II" as evidence! Can I get agreement?

(waits)

(crickets chirping)

(tumbleweed blows across thread)

I'm terribly sorry

No, the film actually shows a Jewish village getting burned down by cossacks. Here's another hint, it will probably be easy to figure out: the movie portrays immigrants as vermin.
oh oh oh its that mouse movie

fivel

somewhere out there is the theme song

whats the name of the damend thing?

american soemthing?

deliverance?

Close, but the characters in Deliverance aren't alcoholics and there are three of them, rather than a pair. Would it help if I said that they are unemployed actors?*



* which if nothing else rules out another possible option - Straw Dogs.

is that 12 angry men?
Yep.


Odd obscure cheezy movie!


Giant killer bunny rabbits attack a town, killing many until they are toasted over an electrified train track.

Check you TGs.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Close, but the characters in Deliverance aren't alcoholics and there are three of them, rather than a pair. Would it help if I said that they are unemployed actors?*



* which if nothing else rules out another possible option - Straw Dogs.
SIDEWAYS

lol

i know i know but i just saw the movie on video the other day and they did drink alot. and well there was that scene with the waitress.....

american soemthing?

I think it's 'American Tale' or 'American Tail'.

SIDEWAYS

lol

i know i know but i just saw the movie on video the other day and they did drink alot. and well there was that scene with the waitress.....

Do they drink lighter fluid during the film?

Do they drink lighter fluid during the film?
was that in the clue??

some of that fancy wine seems about as good as lighter fluid to ME

was that in the clue??

some of that fancy wine seems about as good as light fluid to ME

Are you refering to 'the finest wines known to humanity'?

I think it's 'American Tale' or 'American Tail'.

Is that the animated mouse pogrom or the one with the drunk guys and buggery? :D

An American Tail is the title.

BTW, everybody sign along: "There are no cats in America and the streets are lined with cheese ..."

I've had that stupid song stuck in the deep recesses of my mind for 19 years. The horror, the horror. (I've tried to kill those brain cells, but it hard to kill specific ones. Mass slaughter doesn't seem to get them.)

Are you refering to 'the finest wines known to humanity'?
yes yes i am

when you come from a long line of alcoholics fine wine just doesnt have the same glamour

yes yes i am

when you come from a long line of alcoholics fine wine just doesnt have the same glamour

Withnail and I? That's two virtual cigarsI owe you.

"are you sayign that when hearst died he said "pussy"?"

Um......Hearst was alive when they made that movie.

And the rosebud thing was well known to the public. Making it the focus of the movie makes the whole thing a kind of tongue-in-cheek sarcastic movie :)

Are you referring to 'the finest wines known to humanity'?

*mumbles something about pinot noir being a varietal, and not a denomination, so the whole movie just gave bad advice, after all, look at Cloudy Bay pinot, and compare it to the sauvignons that come out of Marlborough county. Plus what is wrong with merlot? some merlots are okay, it's not like breaking the ABC rule; speaking of which I had and excellent french chardonnay not so long ago. American wine snobbery, aftershave is what I say*

A pair of talentless alcoholic ne'erdowells flee the city in search of an idyllic country paradise but find the constant menace of buggery and violence too much for them.
Bonnie and Clyde?

I really just wanted a guess...

charlie chaplin, the great dicator OH MY GOD
I JUST figured out what that damned "spoiler" blot means! I've been staring at in Sanct's sig for ages it wondering "eh?"

OH MY GOD
I JUST figured out what that damned "spoiler" blot means! I've been staring at in Sanct's sig for ages it wondering "eh?"

Yes, NOW WITNESS THE POWER OF THIS FULLY OPERATIONAL BATTLE STATION.

Yes, NOW WITNESS THE POWER OF THIS FULLY OPERATIONAL BATTLE STATION.
Testing: O the wonders of HTML tags. I bow to thee!






Holy shit that is cool

Yes, NOW WITNESS THE POWER OF THIS FULLY OPERATIONAL BATTLE STATION.

Return of the Jedi.

How about this one;

"Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be manned by men with guns."

"are you sayign that when hearst died he said "pussy"?"

Um......Hearst was alive when they made that movie.

And the rosebud thing was well known to the public. Making it the focus of the movie makes the whole thing a kind of tongue-in-cheek sarcastic movie :)
did hearst try to sue wells over it? how does something like that become public knowlege?

DAMN i gotta read up on that movie

did hearst try to sue wells over it? how does something like that become public knowlege?

DAMN i gotta read up on that movie

I'm not buying into the "rosebud" thing.

But Hearst tried to ruin Wells and stop the movie.

Here (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kane2/) is some good background.

EDIT: Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane) is Wikipedia on it, which says: "An often-debated Hollywood legend says that the reference to "Rosebud" was also an attack on Hearst: allegedly, it was a nickname used by Hearst to refer to the private anatomy of his mistress, Marion Davies."

Giant killer bunny rabbits attack a town, killing many until they are toasted over an electrified train track.
Never seen it, but I'm pretty sure I found it. Night of the Lepus to be exact. It sounds completely bizarre and low budget.

http://rinkworks.com/badmovie/reader/461.shtml

It reminds me of a Chaplin movie, but I dont remember the title.

How about this one? It's obscure, but not as obscure as some already mentioned.

The opening scene begins with a competition of dogs catching frisbees.

Later a boy falls down a ravine while walking his kid brother through the woods at night. He climbs out and returns home only to find a house full of strangers.

He discovers his brain can communicate directly with computers, and then goes for a wild ride.