April 22, 2008

Name That Movie

Yeah, I know, I said Friday, but realistically, how many of you will be on your computers over the weekend? So, here we go.

This week's edition will be a little bit different. Instead of just giving you quotes, I'll give you quotes, some fact about the movie, a scene description, trivia about an actor or the production, something that will identify the movie.

The challenge is in two parts. First, identify the movie. Some will be easy; others, not so much. After you've identified the movies, figure out the common theme. It'll be pretty obvious. As always, no Googles, no IMDB, although the structure of this quiz makes IMDB less useful.

Ready?

Here we go!

UPDATE 1: The first answers are in. Cathy, Barry, and Doug each scored one correct answer.

UPDATE 2: Barry springs into the lead by answering number seven, one of the tougher questions of the bunch.

  1. Dysentery doesn't often lead to successful improvisation, but it worked in this case.
  2. Blood, gore, boobs, and scathing social satire. What more could you want from a movie? And it comes with a Blaupunkt!
  3. Doug The real father of the missing brother plays an alien lizard out to save the universe with his reluctant human partner.
  4. She played the Joker's female sidekick on TV. He loses his virginity to Belinda Keaton. Together, they nearly hand the world over to darkness.
  5. Wesley's momma choreographed the soap bubble scene
  6. In the movie, he fell in love with her character because of pixie dust. The dust must have been powerful because the on-screen love affair tuned into an off camera marriage that lasted for 8 years.
  7. Barry On TV, Broadway's Zuko reported to this actor's character, but in this movie, this actor's character reported only to his user, Alan
  8. Adama obsessively folds paper while Henry Turner gets the crap kicked out of him. Several times.
  9. Barry Latin is the language of magic. The lead actor, whose character falls in love with a cross dresser, no longer wants this movie on his resume. Virgins are sacrificed, old men are brutally stabbed, and villages are destroyed with fire. Did I mention this is a Disney Film?
  10. Cathy Ferris Bueller gets imprisoned for having the worst British accent ever, including Kevin Costner's Robin Hood. Unfortunately, he escapes and gets medieval on an evil bishop.

    11. Have fun! Clues Tuesday Evening. Answers on Wednesday.

    Posted by Rich at April 22, 2008 12:56 AM | TrackBack
Comments

WHAT?!? The only one that is easy is number 10's Ladyhawk. I'll have to actually think about the others. making me work for it, grumble, grumble

Posted by: Cathy on April 22, 2008 8:44 AM

grumble grumble yourself - The only one I got was #10 Ladyhawk, too, and Cathy once again beat me to it.

Trying to work out #7, but way too many angles to pursue, involving original or revival performers and groundbreaking CGI.

#1 - M*A*S*H?

#9 - Dragonslayer

Posted by: Barry on April 22, 2008 9:18 AM

1. MASH
3. Last Star Fighter

Posted by: Doug McCaughan on April 22, 2008 9:44 AM

Oh! Not fair! I typed MASH before Barry but didn't submit my comment because I was staring at the others. I cry foul!

Good call on Dragonslayer!

Posted by: Doug McCaughan on April 22, 2008 9:47 AM

Number one is not MASH. Congrats to Cathy on correctly identifying Ladyhawke, Barry for getting Dragonslayer (I should have known the Disney bit would give it to Barry) and Doug for The Last Starfighter

Posted by: rich on April 22, 2008 11:40 AM

Last Starfighter crossed my mind, too. I was trying to choose between AlienNation and Enemy Mine.

Posted by: Barry on April 22, 2008 1:55 PM

Oh! I finally understood the semantics of #7. TRON. Bruce Boxleitner (Alan/Tron on TRON and Capt John Sheridan on Babylon 5, who Jeff Conaway reported to as Security Chief Zack Allen. Who played Kenickie on Grease in the movies, but Danny Zuko on Broadway.

Posted by: Barry on April 22, 2008 3:49 PM

Is number five The Man Who Fell to Earth? Is number six Willow? Is number eight A View to a Kill?

Posted by: Cathy on April 22, 2008 8:54 PM

Isn't #8 Bladerunner? (I haven't even seen it ... ha!)

Posted by: LissaKay on April 22, 2008 10:05 PM


Barry, yes
Cathy, no, yes, and no.
Lissa, yes

Posted by: rich on April 22, 2008 11:36 PM

#5 Labyrinth

(and the way my credit for getting #8 appears in the next post is ... well, a bit ... umm ... I don't know if I should blush or be insulted! :D)

Posted by: LissaKay on April 23, 2008 12:05 AM

#4 Legend

Posted by: LissaKay on April 23, 2008 12:13 AM

#1 Willow?

Posted by: LissaKay on April 23, 2008 12:18 AM

Man I'm so ticked I missed #8! And I was going to Labyrinth on #5 but looks like Lissa beat me to the punch.

Posted by: Doug McCaughan on April 23, 2008 5:20 AM

Here's where I was confused, and am still confused about #4. Mia Sara apparently did play Harley Quinn in the animated "Birds of Prey" series, which I never saw but heard Arleen Sorkin play her many times in the Batman - TAS and Justice League series. She's the only I ever knew that played Harley. New one on me :)

But Belinda Keaton - that's Shelly Long's character on Night Shift. And Tom Cruise wasn't in Night Shift, was he? Were you thinking of Lana/Rebecca DeMorney from Risky Business?

Posted by: Barry on April 23, 2008 11:20 AM

Barry, Mia Sara did play Harley Quinn on the TV show Birds of Prey. And yes, Shelly Long was Belinda Keaton in Night Shift, but Tom Cruise wasn't in Night Shift. However, Tom Cruise and Shelley Long were in a movie together called Losin' It, where he did.

To her.

Posted by: rich on April 23, 2008 1:27 PM

1. Weekend at Bernie's?

Posted by: Doug McCaughan on April 23, 2008 1:46 PM

Ah, you were including several movies in there together. Gotcha.

Posted by: Barry on April 23, 2008 1:46 PM

OK then, #1 one of the Indiana Jones movies - The Last Crusade?

I can't see what I am typing, I just got back from the eye doc, so please forgive/correct any typos. (Yes, I am that OCD!)

Posted by: LissaKay on April 23, 2008 3:17 PM
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