I got a little new game for you. I'll post a picture, which is a snapshot from a movie, and you guess, which movie it is. The person to guess it, posts the next snapshot and so on.
In case noone can guess the movie, hints or other snapshots are to be given.
Ok, I'll start with a quite well-known movie:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/8.jpg?t=1165881399)
Hope it's not too difficult (or too hard on the bandwidth)
Life of Brian?
It's Python, anyhow.
Edit: I think.
Now that I look at it more, a little voice in my head is saying "Robin Hood - Men in Tights".
None of the Python movies, I think (look at the clothing).
Munchhausen (Gilliam)?
Or some Blackadder stuff?
Don't think it is from I movie I remember.
looks like camelot to me from the Holy Grail
It's not a Python.
Actually it's a Mel Brooks movie, but not "Men In Tights".
the History of the World part 1?
Yup, that's the one.
Your turn now.
(http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/m/manors/manors_get_carter_still.jpg)
off you go!
Not sure about the movie now.
But is that Michael Caine on the picture?
it could be... manors maketh man after all!
oooh a clue!
Interesting.
Well if it is Caine, than it's a picture probably from somewhere from the 70's.
It's just a wild guess, but could it be "Get Carter"? It's the only one I can think of at the moment.
It is indeed. This scene was shot at the now disused Manors (North and East) Station.
That clue really didn't help me, it's Michael Caine that did... :P
Here is another picture:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/4b.jpg)
EDIT: resized it.
My guess is "The Wiz".
It's a more recent movie.
This century to be more precise... :)
2004 to be even more precise...
Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on December 12, 2006, 04:35:57 PM
That clue really didn't help me, it's Michael Caine that did... :P
getting Mr Caine to help you could be construed as cheating!
That is "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"
I love that movie!
What we see in the picture is actually Laurence Olivier (who died long before this movie and only appears in it...dead).
So, what about this one?
(http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8611/movieriddle1nk5.jpg)
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8611/movieriddle1nk5.jpg
Not sure, but I think it could be Nine Million Years to Earth (or was it five million years?), the film version of the book Quatermass and the Pit
OTOH I could be completely wrong about that...
Sibling not very sure Bluenose
It is the Hammer version of Quatermass and the Pit
The monster in 9*106 miles to Earth is a bit larger ;)
Your turn
As Bluenose seems not to react to the fact that it is his turn right now, I will post the next picture (as I don't want this game to die yet). Of course if Bluenose decides to post a picture, I will take down this one for later... :)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/13.jpg)
Completely clueless. Lots of weaponry, an Italian flag and an English motto on the wall...?????
It's an Irish flag (the last colour on the right is not red but orange.)
Maybe that helps a little.
That would at least remove the language paradox but does not reduce my cluelessness. Something dealing with the IRA (weapons a bit to modern to be about some "classic" Irish uprisings)?
The Crying Game perhaps?
Quote from: Swatopluk on December 17, 2006, 10:55:03 AM
That would at least remove the language paradox but does not reduce my cluelessness. Something dealing with the IRA (weapons a bit to modern to be about some "classic" Irish uprisings)?
As are the fluorescent lights...
It's not The Crying Game, it's more recent.
Maybe another picture will help solve it...
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/21.jpg)
Most definitely not a movie I can remember.
I'll give a clue.
The guy on the picture (yes it is a guy) is Willem Dafoe.
The Boondock Saints, innit?
Someone else can grab the next photo.... Bluenose still owes one, no?
I'll look, whether I can find something obscure in my collection (Hehehe!)
Aggie was right.
Swato, be my guest and take the turn, if Bluenose doesn't.
I forgot my nice screenshots at home, so let's try another one instead:
(http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8348/movieriddle1jw8.jpg)
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8348/movieriddle1jw8.jpg
Hints: Made for US television but to my knowledge never broadcast in the US because of its politically controversial nature (even more relevant today).
The director had similar censorship troubles in Britain before.
Honestly I don't know. I (probably) haven't seen this movie.
My first thought was "Road to Guantanamo", but I've seen that one, and can't really remember such a scene (and I guess it is an older movie, because of the uniform).
I'm definitely clueless...
would I be right in thinking that it is a cop rather than a soldier? I would guess it might be something about southern border patrol / police intolerance
Could be either soldier or cop and it is taking place in the South.
They are on an official hunt for political dissdents in the Nixon era.
The director worked for the BBC once and left after a film of his got censored (the one most connected with his name).
Peter Watkins The War Game sprung to mind and a bit of delving leads me to Punishment Park?
That is the correct answer.
Maybe I should write a review for that in the appropriate thread.
Your turn, oh goat starer!
(http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~gulmer/s02/tzarleng/Images/Train_explosion.jpg)
Lawrence of Arabia, I presume.
I'd say that you're right Swato...
It would be my guess as well...
Under the assumption that I was right:
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5882/pdvd034xr0.png)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5882/pdvd034xr0.png
you were right dammit! too quick old bean too quick!
What do you expect, posting an image from one of the best-known epics ever? 8)
The one I picked is probably a bit less well-known (despite the cast).
I just posted my favorite film because I enjoyed looking at the screenshots :-[
Even when you choose a well-known movie, you can always get a "cryptic" screenshot... :)
I have no idea about Swato's new screenshot, although it looks so familiar, I can't say what it is right now.
Maybe this one will be more helpful
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8578/pdvd032bu0.png)
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8578/pdvd032bu0.png
Privates on Parade?
Indeed! How did you get it?
Cheating!! (looked at a filmography of Cleese :-[)
(http://fotos.ya.com/parapo/ph11352911601032.jpg)
Looks slightly familiar but the shot is a wee bit too small to make out enough details.
being the generous soul I am here is another shot....
(http://fotos.ya.com/parapo/ph11352911608783.jpg)
Leaves me clueless again (and the shots are too small to recognize actors).
Does the film take place in Italy?
This movie seems very familiar, but I'm clueless at the moment.
The maximum I can take out of it, is that the first picture takes place at the Louvre (am I right?)
EDIT: I remembered: Is it "Bande à part"? (aka "Band of Outsiders" in english?
Indeed it is. The fantastic Godard film that inspired Pulp Fiction and gave its name to A Band Apart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Band_Apart).
Your go methinks.........
Cool. Next movie:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/6.jpg)
Can nobody guess it or isn't anyone even trying?
Here's another picture, so that this game goes on:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/3.jpg)
While the first picture reminded me of Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys (though not everything fit), the second clearly doesn't.
Looks more like a zombie or drug flick now.
No idea.
It's neither a drug nor a zombie flick.
The woman in the picture is a blind woman in a taxi (taxi being a huge clue...).
Not one of the many version of Taxi Driver? (seen none of those).
Not really...
Well here's another picture that might be clearer, and afterwards it should be easy to guess it...
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/1.jpg)
(for those who recognize the two in the picture of course)
Sorry, I don't. I am quite sure that I have not seen this movie.
Googling comes up with "Night on Earth" as a possibility.
And "Night on Earth" it is...
Sorry that you haven't seen it, it's a good film...
Your turn!
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/121/pdvd031lc3.png)
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/121/pdvd031lc3.png
This is actually one of my favorite movies.
Additionally, I like the song the girl is singing here.
Unfortunately, I'm currently clueless...
The picture seems familiar, but no way I can guess it (I guess I'm not old enough to know this movie) ;)
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2392/pdvd032wl8.png)
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2392/pdvd032wl8.png
Thanks to DVDs one must not be old to watch the old ones.
Maybe the guys in this picture will help you on your way to the solution.
A Yank in the RAF?
I should be terrible insulted that you would believe that such an abomination of a movie would be a favorite of mine.
And I do think that A Yank in the RAF is one of the worst I have ever seen.
Maybe a slight hint: the girl in the first and one of the men in the second picture had lead roles in David Lean pictures.
If they were not all RAF types I would think it could be In which we serve
Were they in films with Lean as Writer or Director?
One of our Aircraft is missing?
In which we serve is one of the movies where one of the men in the second picture had a lead role. He also played opposite the girl in the first in one of the Lean movies. The girl also had a minor role in a Powell and Pressburger film.
I left a verbal hint in one of my earlier posts, btw.
The man at the piano was famous for his cockney accent
The way to the stars?
Indeed
Your turn
easy one now....
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/anthonywad_2000/f.jpg)
Is that girl wearing chainmail?
A Jeanne D'Arc movie?
It aint chainmail (though I can see why you might think so). You are however moving in the right direction in a national, prepositionary and more obliquely christian name direction
I don't know why, but I'd go with some kind of King Arthur movie...
Not Excalibur I think.
From the Goat's verbal clues how about Jean de Florette? (Not seen it, wild guess).
Or it could also be "Juana la Loca", which is about the life of Juana the Mad of Castile.
The girl on the picture looks a lot like the actress from the movie (Pilar López de Ayala), and she has a kind of mad look... :)
Not sure it's a mad look...
More of a half way between a "sultry" and "I'd be happier if you put the chainsaw down" look.
Maybe it's a new film: "Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Passion"?
;D ;D
I have no idea. Anything I looked up didn't fit.
Quote from: beagle on January 06, 2007, 08:02:36 PM
From the Goat's verbal clues how about Jean de Florette? (Not seen it, wild guess).
how delightfully close. Think sequel.
indeed. your go!
Ok...
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/3857060-323934.jpg)
Looks French (or heavily influenced).
Murder in the Orient express?
I thought it looked like a wild west type train personally.
Had similar thoughts, but the clothing doesn't fit (as I said, looks French to me)
It's not French. It's a Western movie, or better said a Western-type movie.
Or is it an eastern and that train the Transsib?
western it is (thought the hats looked right for the travelling seller of snake oil). no idea what it is though!
I guess it is a difficult picture to see the movie from... Ok, here's another one:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/3875672-791980.jpg)
Maybe these three guys might help in the inquieries... :)
they look a bit unpleasant!
And somewhat familar. But I am reasonably sure that I don't know the movie. Is it set in Mexico?
I am reasonably sure I have seen it but have no idea what it is. Is it actually in black and white or are these monochrome screen shots?
The movie is actually black and white (although released in 1995).
It is possible that the three gunmen look familiar, one of the actors starred in Alien vs Predator or Super Mario Bros for example. :)
dead man?
And right you are!
could someone post one for me as I am having computer issues. Ta!
OK, if goat can't post a picture right away, I'll just post another one (if the others don't mind of course):
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/5029189-13408452.jpg)
Looks like the overlap of your and my movie knowledge is negligible.
The settings look post WW2 (i.e. modern) but the left guy's hairstyle a bit oild-fashioned. The cop/warden's uniform (+baton, if see corerectly) looks "anglo-saxon" and I'd say more likely British than American.
The guy to the right has similarity to a younger Steve McQueen but the color tone of the picture looks to modern for that.
Currently no idea.
The warden uniform is American (I think Kansas, not sure though).
The plot of the movie is set somewhere in the 50s-60s, I think, something like that... :)
(although the movie was released in 2005)
thought it had to be american as we would never use restraints like that in good old civilised england ;)
The English use other models with less leather and more cast iron :balloon:
Here's another picture that should make it somhow easier to guess the movie:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/5030313-3259923.jpg)
Quote from: Swatopluk on January 10, 2007, 05:30:06 PM
The English use other models with less leather and more cast iron :balloon:
we tend to use the stocks
I thought that was only for stationary purposes.
Btw, the Kansas hint gave it away and I found the picture by simple googling: Capote
Okay, here is a new one
(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6497/pdvd033lb2.png)
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6497/pdvd033lb2.png
Quote from: Swatopluk on January 11, 2007, 01:34:02 PM
Btw, the Kansas hint gave it away and I found the picture by simple googling: Capote
Well, I didn't have time to take screenshots from a movie I have at home (although Capote is one of the movies I have on stock), so had to improvise and google... :)
No idea about the new one yet... I'll have to dig a little in my memory...
That should be an easy one. Lots of stars and good actors (not the same) in it. And if I say lots, I really mean it.
There is no title hint in this post, so don't be misled.
is it
Stuffed Owl of Doom?
Quote from: goat starer on January 11, 2007, 05:18:25 PM
is it
Stuffed Owl of Doom?
Wouldn't it be nice to actually have a movie named like that?
I know I'd go to see it... :)
Okay, here's hint #2:
(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9890/pdvd039hn9.png)
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9890/pdvd039hn9.png
An Indy Jones movie? ;D
Just kidding, I have no idea...
(although it reminds me a little of the end of "Blazing Saddles", but I know it's not the one...)
It's not a Western or Mel Brooks (and no Indy btw) but the general category fits.
Maybe you recognize somebody in this picture.
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2120/pdvd035yp2.png)
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2120/pdvd035yp2.png
Highlander 38?
Attack of the killer sporrans?
High Noon for Mary Queen of Scots?
Guessing a little here...
Again, this is no Western but.....
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2521/pdvd041pf9.png)
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2521/pdvd041pf9.png
I still can't recognize the movie, even after a few days of thinking...
Maybe a hint?
Here a real giveaway hint
(http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6472/pdvd040wb1.png)
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6472/pdvd040wb1.png
Is it "Indians on a Plane"? ;D
Honestly, I have no idea at all... :(
Is Helen Mirren in it?
Judging by the square windows on that plane it predates modern theory on metal fatigue.
The plane looks like a DC-3 so the movie is probably either post war, set in the post war period or incredibly low budget and they simply used an old aeroplane hulk that was lying in some junk yard.
The 007 on the fuselage is suggestive of a James Bond spoof, which could imply one of the Matt Helm movies. OTOH, the mixture of different distinct characters reminds me of Westworld. I am sure I have seen the scene with the indians using six-shot bows but I just cannot remember in which movie.
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Sibling Bluenose
Yes, it is the "official" James Bond spoof with an all star cast.
Now just find me the title.
Hint: the guy in white on one of the pictures is the lead in the movie.
Is it "Casino Royale" by any chance?
There are not many JB spoofs, and this one seems old enough to fit the pictures (and I'm pretty sure there were Native Americans involved in that one).
It's definitelly not any Austin Powers or "You Only Die Once".
Yes, Casino Royale it is.
Cast: David Niven (lead)
Peter Sellers, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress, Woody Allen, etc....
That was more or less a lucky guess.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen the movie.
Next movie, shouldn't be too difficult:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/4.jpg)
The problem is, I can't make out much details (picture too dark).
Is that a preacher or a musician/singer in the fore-ground?
Could be either religious ore musical insanity in the crowd.
Most seem to wear jeans but as I said, the picture is far too dark.
There is some preaching in action, but not religious.
In got another picture, hope it's not a give-away:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/2.jpg)
Aaaarg! Marcel Marceau clones in red!
Don't know the movie but it looks strange enough to be a Gilliam.
I think it's not a Gilliam.
Here a little thing that could help a few peaople.
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/1-1.jpg)
No chance. Definitely never seen that movie.
is it The Warriors?
Ps. if this is right I got it from the first pic! can you dig it! yeah! Can you DIG IT! YEAH! CAN YOU DIG IT! YEAH!
You got it right goat, it is "The Warriors" (I knew it won't be too difficult).
(btw: "Warriors, COME OUT TO PLAYAAAYEEE....") :)
Hooray! a film I have actually seen!
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/anthonywad_2000/pic11121212.png)
If that woman would be wearing less clothes I'd assume it's a James Bond movie, but like that, I don't know yet (but I think I've seen the movie).
This is actual home video of the climax of my retarded cousin Bubba's unsuccessful wedding to a mail-order bride.
How did you get it? :o
Looks like an older one.
Is that a very "flashy" revolver or is it cheapo SciFi?
Its a revolver. A film of the same name was released in 2005. The makers insisted that it was not a remake but was 'inspired' by the original. here is a cryptic clue....
a condiment heard above an unlucky shopping arcade
Probably not
A salt on precint 13 ;)
Dhere were 2 pee-nutts walking down der Straße and one was assaulted....
Maybe some Batman movie?
The 2005 "Batman Begins" is not a remake, but inspired by the others? (just wild-guessing around)
swato's cryptic clue solving prowess wins the day! Quite a good film in the 1976 version (http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/pages/themovies/ap/apmm.html) shambolic mess in the remake. Your go.......
Don't know whether this will be easy or difficult.
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9564/pdvd047yb9.png)
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9564/pdvd047yb9.png
vous avez oublier les [IMG] tags monsieur! en je ne peut pas ouvre le hyperlink. desole.
is the film....
la malédiction des images du swatopluk?
There should be both the picture and the link (I can see both).
But imageshack is indeed a bit slow at the moment. Maybe you shoud try it again later.
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9156/pdvd047ll3.png)
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9156/pdvd047ll3.png
Better now?
much better thanks. I can see it perfectly and I remember it well.
It is Ivana Seedaphoto in...
la malédiction des images du swatopluk (1965)
...if I remember the plot rightly she is about to pop a cap in your computer! ;D
You are off about a decade and a few thousand miles. Good for you, the lady could be Poison Ivy's sister and is going to do something really stupid very soon (not involving a computer but WMDs).
Don't know the film but I'm pretty sure that's Ruth Kelly explaining to Blair why she should be in the cabinet.
I fear somebody opened Pandora's box and found it quite radioactive.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2482/pdvd0488dx.png)
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2482/pdvd0488dx.png
Kiss Me Deadly
Goat has beaten me to it.
I'd say the same thing.
well wouldn't we all AFTER the event! :D
Just because you were lucky and got to see the picture before I had the chance...
tell you what Kiyo. assuming it is the right answer (which it is) you can have the next go because I BELIEVE you would have had it without any Goat input and you are generally lovely! ;)
Just for completeness: You are correct. It is indeed Kiss me Deadly.
Quote from: goat starer on January 21, 2007, 02:28:20 AM
tell you what Kiyo. assuming it is the right answer (which it is) you can have the next go because I BELIEVE you would have had it without any Goat input and you are generally lovely! ;)
I really appreciate this, but it wouldn't be fair.
Please, have the go, your Goatness. You deserved it!!!
(and you are generally lovely as well... ;D)
Stop your polite quarrel and post a picture please. I need another reminder that my knowledge on the topic is in reality quite limited.
Quote from: Swatopluk on January 21, 2007, 09:53:52 AM
Stop your polite quarrel and post a picture please. I need another reminder that my knowledge on the topic is in reality quite limited.
Ah! you've noticed that effect, too.
Whenever I initiate a topic on something I think I know a lot about, the
same thing happens -
I learn a lot! :1eye: :toast: :rockon:
I see the Goat has really decided not to post a picture.
Alright, fine...
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/25.jpg)
ahhhh! the joy of forced generosity. Is it...
Private Benjamin 9 - Fighting in false teeth
Goldie HAS aged badly...
Currently no idea, whether I know that or not.
Hell's Grannies go to War it probably isn't (a pity!).
Maybe this might clear things up:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/30.jpg)
(btw, the soldier wasn't a woman, it was a man)
Guessed that much.
Look of Image seems to indicate a more recent production (TV?).
Is that the Memorial Obelisk in Washington in the background?
You're right about the Obelisk.
You're wrong about the time, it's not a very recent production, but end of the 70s.
That's recent for me ;D .
For me, recent is 90s and up... :)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/7.jpg)
given that your last photo appears on my sun drenched screen as a black featureless rectangle I would have to assume this is 2001 a Space Oddysey
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Is it a service comedy or a serious movie?
Quote from: Swatopluk on January 22, 2007, 02:32:05 PM
Is it a service comedy or a serious movie?
It's got a little of both, it's a movie with a serious message and a few comdeical features.
I guess it's time for another picture:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/16.jpg)
Nope. No idea at all.
I didn't think it would be that difficult...
Here's a picture of one of the main characters:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/28.jpg)
Face looks familiar.
My knowledge of US made war movies is patchy though. A few selected b/w, few monumentals and a tiny few normal-sized in color (many of which I could do without).
My heart beats for the British ones where the US part is reduced to a few faces and a bit (or more) of money ;D .
It's more a hippie movie than a war movie...
Why don't you say it is about Vietnam ;)
That makes the chances of me knowing even slimmer.
Shot into the blue: Hair?
And your shot was right... Hair it is.
Now that wasn't that difficult was it?
Difficult to guess from pictures, if you don't actually know the film. With words you can google etc.
Now for another train ride through Indian territory.
The tribes are on the warpath again.
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5057/pdvd0421jo.png)
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5057/pdvd0421jo.png
Orient Express, 50 years later?
;D ;D
Nope, I don't think the Orient Express was ever attacked by Indians on horseback.
North West Frontier? Is that Wilfred Hyde-White playing Bridie? I think Lauren Bacall is the lady, and she's clearly not one to let either rampaging Indians or 120 degree heat stop her getting a decent perm. Elsewhere on set Kenneth More is stopping the young Indian prince from falling into the machinery.
On the subject of a different Bridey I read this week that they're remaking "Brideshead Revisited" as a film, but chopping out the gay bits. Not sure if that is sad or hilarious.
Here's a new one in case I'm right. Ignore if not...
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h119/osborn_2006/j.jpg)
You were correct. There was the risk that a Brit would not fall for the "Indian" and "Western" trap :(
Is yours a Dickens movie?
Nope. The film of a novel written by a woman. If you can read the place name on the door of the coach it might be a clue. If I remember correctly the driver has just dumped the young lady at the side of the road after refusing to take her where she asked for (somewhere in South West England).
You will definitely know the director of this film, even if you haven't seen it.
A Daphne du Maurier film by Alfred Hitchcock?
Jamaica Inn?
Yep. Your go.
Run out of of movie screenshots on my USB stick.
Posting of a new one will have to wait until to-morrow morning (Europe).
Unforeseen family problems:
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/448/pdvd074on5.png)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/448/pdvd074on5.png
Home Alone 4?
Dennis the Menace 3?
The Little Vampire?
:mrgreen:
Ok, I admit it, I have no idea at the moment... (maybe Salem's Lot?)
Nope, none of those but
Yes, it is a vampire child indeed.
Now keep looking for the father!
Dracula would be too obvious I guess...
So I have no idea...
Actually Dracula is the (late) grandfather.
Nocturna?
Quote from: Swatopluk on January 26, 2007, 08:51:26 AM
Unforeseen family problems:
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/448/pdvd074on5.png)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/448/pdvd074on5.png
Mean lookin' little sucker...
And here are granddad and father.
The old man doesn't know into what trouble he'll get in less than 200 years ;D
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"Bridesneck revisited"? :P
Nope!
Granddad has just been unmistakably notified that his son will not take over the family profession.
That does not improve his mood especially with the new day approaching.
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Dracula 1972?
I agree with Beagle assuming he is refering to the same film which includes "A.D." (pedantry).
I'm still stuck on copyright worries - where are you all getting the images from?
By the way, I can only occasionally look at this thread as Beagle's guesses make my stomach hurt from laughing. Otherwise I have no complaints.
Actually, movie pics are generally among the ones people are encouraged to repost, in the hope that SOMEONE will want to view whatever piece of dreck...
The pictures are screenshots from DVDs I own.
No, it is not Dracula A.D. 1972 and it's neither a Hammer, Amicus or Tigon Film (and not an American film either)
Now a little red herring ;D (but still a hint)
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Is the movie French?
Won't help me much, but I thought it'd be appropriate to ask. :)
Or is the name Polanski important? (like in Roman Polanski?) If yes (probably wrong), "The Fearless Vampire Killers"?
I admit it... I'm clueless...
The movie is indeed French and the book seen above is clearly a hommage to Polanski's movie.
As it seems that pictures alone don't do the job:
1. French movie
2. Made after Polanski's famous vampire flick
3. Christopher Lee is the elder lead and plays a vampire
4. He has a son that has problems with being a vampire
5. Family theme in the title
6. It is a comedy
I have read that the American cut of this movie is a disaster. I own a German cut that seems to be quite near to the original (the run-time given for different versions is a bit confusing). The French language track is optional and it does not look like something is missing.
Dracula pere et fils?
Indeed!
aha! but now you have me worried about copyright and permissions so I have no picture to post :'(
the let's go for some old black hat vs. white hat stuff ;)
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Man in white suit (not Alec Guinness) falling to the rescue!
Clueless. But then I'm still puzzling over the fact that the film I want to use has copyright flags all over it's stills. So it's not time for me to win yet.
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A Sicilian Moose in Idaho ?
And strange eating habits
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Still no idea on film.
But.
Copyright. Not movies, but pics. Found a couple of good sources of public domain images but obviously I can't release the details ;) ;)
Rosinante, I fear we are not in Arizona anymore ;)
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That's Dorothy, and she got a little lost on her way to the Wicked Witch. ;)
Honestly, I have no idea... :(
Still wearing the white hat but now dressed in black, what does that mean?
And the man in front was obviously (cork)screwed ;)
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Looks like another update is needed.
Here the economic part of the happy end:
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Btw, the hero's love interest is an Ursula Andress look-alike
Hmmm. Some sort of "spaghetti western"? The sphinx shot looks familiar to me.
I reckon that's grandpa from The Munsters.
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No, no spaghettis but another kind of "food".
It's a very early silent-movies version of Dallas and Sue Ellen is the Ursula Andress look-alike.
The movie is not silent but the subtitles are useful because not that many people speak the language of the country of origin.
Another hint: The UA look-alike later went to Britain, changed her name and took part in one of the contenders for "worst Hammer movie" (a sequel to a movie that starred UA).
The chief villain character's name is similar to that of a famous lake monster (not Nessie).
The movie's second title refers to animals and music, the main title to the hero and the "food".
??? "Latvian Fred's Bean Burrito: The Song of the Wombats"? :P
Is this film more than 50 years old?
No, it's from the sixties.
The last picture posted is essentially the same as the film poster/cover.
The movie has a wikipedia entry
The right combination of keywords from my last post in this thread will yield the hammer movie the hero's love interest starred in as the first google hit. From that a short imdb search should yield the sought movie.
Lemonade Joe (1964) - actress Olga Schoberová
If that's not it I'll eat my hat; I've traversed most of the internet to find it.
The answer is correct.
The full title is: Lemonade Joe Or A Horse Opera.
The available DVD is a region 0 US DVD (Czech with English subtitles)
It's a wonderful spoof of both the Western film genre and US consumerism (Kolaloka Lemonade)
The lake monster hint: The villain is named Hogofogo, the Canadian monster is Ogopogo
Your turn!
I knew that film looked familiar!
I've seen this movie a long time ago, and I didn't think you would post pictures of a Czech movie.
I am so stupid
These people probably need a bit of a sit down.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/seated.gif?t=1173360277)
The Third Man? (quite long ago that I have seen it but the picture reminds me of one scene).
Quote from: Swatopluk on March 08, 2007, 12:20:38 PMThe lake monster hint: The villain is named Hogofogo, the Canadian monster is Ogopogo
Suspected as much, not that it helped.
I think I actually did see Ogie around Christmastime (parents now live near Okanagan Lake); at the least, I saw what is typically photographed in a 'sighting'. I wasn't particularly impressed, but who knows?
The lady's clothes and hairdo looks more like the sixties to me. Very stylish. My, but they're serious.
They seem to be at a meeting. The reading of a will, perhaps?
The room looks sort of Café Royal, and the bloke at the back right almost looks like Patrick Macnee.
Is it "The Avengers meet Wallace and Gromit"?
I enjoyed that one. Especially the bit where Emma Peel fights the plastacine robot sheep rusling dog.
It always amazed me how often they found excuses to dress her in leather and give her a whip.
...
...
What were we talking about? My mind wandered off again. I don't see you guessing, by the way.
It's obviously some kind of who-done-it, as the guilty butler in the background seems to be sidlingto the door.
I think it's one of Griffin's home movies and she is in fact on the stage in front of them singing her karaoke version of "My Way".
I can seen Griffin living in a house like that.
House, yes, chairs like that, never. The karaoke is off screen bottom right.
Guess on decade was right.
Let's see how you get on in the bedroom.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/bed.gif?t=1173392515)
looks like I will get on JUST FINE in the bedroom thanks :o :-* :o :-* ;D
Now I am sure that I don't know the movie (at least not seen it).
Ah but I am being devious. I have seen the movie and I'd never get it from these particular stills.
Let's have a closer look at some of the guests:
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/balcony.gif?t=1173433439)
Drat! This old monitor and the lighting in this room spoil any details.
Wild guess: Is that Katherine Hepburn on the left? (and is any dinner involved? ;D [if the 'guests' are meant as a hint])
Or is it something about felines with hight temperature metal contacts
OK those one are already in color, so probably a miss. (and the second is not from the 60ies)
No idea
Just for Swato we'll zoom in on the lady. It's not Katherine Hepburn. Not even the same nationality. And yes Guests is a hint.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/lady.jpg?t=1173476493)
Holy carp- she's drop-dead gorgeous and I can't place her to save my life. She does look familiar.
I love her bedroom. I want one just like it.
So we've got elegant people at a party in a Victorian mansion in the 1960's.
No idea. I do not know that film nor do I recognize that person.
Should it be a French (or Italian) movie, the chances of me knowing it would be negligible anyway. I'd be more likely to recognize something East Asian actually than anything from the "roman" parts of Europe. :(
Sorry Swato, in that case I cannot help you. It is French (or Italian).
Let's see if homing in on the architecture and landscape of this postwar European film helps anyone else. Although really trying to pin it down goes against the whole purpose of the film which some argue is the high point of this particular genre and others self-indulgent pretentiousness. For the English, Steptoe and Son may help.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/architecture.gif?t=1173577911)
Hmmmmm....
Steptoe and Son
therefore
hercules
hence
something or other
and i might get it
if I were not so
generally drunk
:toast: :toasted:
I don't know about Hercules, but Harold's dreams come into it. Though I am willing to admit this would probably be a googlewack with all the correct words ! So hard remembering.
Something nouvelle vague?
Quote from: Griffin NoName The Watson of Sherlock on March 11, 2007, 05:30:21 AM
So hard remembering.
You could always have a cup of tea and a madeleine.
As for Harold's dreams of a life without the old boy do you have any idea how many French 60s films have the words "vie" or "sans" in them? Even if they do all have the same plot of a woman running off to join a brothel. What were those directors on?
Alain, Resnais, L'Année dernière à Marienbad?
I looked up Nouvelle Vague in the (printed) encyclopedia and the garden setting was the picture accompnying the topic.
Hurrah for Swato; I knew the gardens would give it away.
Harold takes one of his women to see this film, Albert comments:
"You're always trying to make out how clever and sophisticated you are with the birds. I mean look at that lah-di-dah film you took that poor girl from the fish shop to see last week, that what-was-it? - Last Year In Miriambad, gawd strewth!"
Ok, that should be an easy one:
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Sez you!
Um, they look like refugees in a boat.
Five boys and a man in a boat?
Or it could be Life of Pi I suppose if the man is a tiger in disguise.
Jumping the shark, lil girl? I should have taken more marine biology classes.
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Oh! Is it Whale Rider?
Indeed! Your turn!
How daunting!
Okay, how's this:
Boy Eats Girl?
;)
(the scary thing is, that's a movie that really exists)
So some more hints, clues, guesses, pictures coming up?
I wouldn't like this thread to die away, I always like to find out that I lack of knowledge about movies, although I always thought I'm quite good on that field... ;)
(Sorry for the double post)
My post saying that I have no idea from what movie that picture is seems to have been eaten by the system.
Oh gracious, I dropped the ball. I'm sorry.
Here's another photo. Need more shots in the dark from you guys.
Does anybody outside Austria (and monarchist circles) wear that type of beard?
Well, I have no idea whoch movie this could be.
Maybe because it's so difficult to recognize something in it... ;)
"The Addams Family Day Out At Microsoft" ?
Hair and clothing look decidedly not old (apart from that Franz-Joseph beard).
Correct you are, suh!
..and I've been deliberately sneaky by puttin in only b/w shots from the film's website.
Heres' another one. After this I'll start quoting from the film, which will really give it away.
Only with the help of google. My movie habits/predilections/etc. are probably a bit strange and definitely not mainstream (not even when my favourite films were made)
Mine, too. I don't tend to go out to the movies much, except when dragged by friends, unless it's such an oddball of a movie I'm afraid I'll never get another chance.
I saw this one on IFC- the Independent Film Channel, my fave movie source for newer films. But some of my absolute favorite films are very old, like "Nosferatu" (absolutely the best scary picture, ever) and "Broken Blossoms". I also love "The Philadelphia Story", but mostly because it has three of my most beloved American Film actors in it: Kate Hepburn, James Stewart and Cary Grant. "My, she was yaw!"
Maybe I should post a few new reviews for movie oddities/rarities.
That would be a good new topic, unless we all ready have one. Classic film reviews? Where would you post it?
We have a thread for movie and book reviews somewhere and I posted some there in the past.
Have to look for it.
There are a few in the Humbleodeon (Reef section of the forum).
I think you should create a thread just for really weird movies.
Okay, I'm gonna start quoting from the movie you're trying to guess:
"This actually needs some explanation. Beer in Supermarkets in Utah is weak, 3 points instead of the normal 6 points of alchohol. It's the religious influence, and a pain in the ass. Now to me it makes no sense. If you've got alchohol, you've got alchohol. So why 3 instead of 6? You know a drunk's just going to drink twice as many beers to get drunk, so you not only have a drunk on your hands, you have a drunk who's fat and gross. There's nothing worse."
This should give it away.
It does. I can't remember ever even to have heard that title before, let alone content.
Hm, maybe one should always review the movie on has posted here afterwards.
So, do you know the movie's title?
The first three letters with a dot behind each, then a four-letter* word and an exclamation mark?
*many would take that both literally and metaphorically
WTF?
:mrgreen:
Swato knows what it is. he's just afraid of winning another round, is all! ;)
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/slcpunk/
Good movie.
Murmurring marmots making Mormons morose morons? ;D
OK, I'll get a new set of pictures to-morrow.
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I told you, that aerial pollution has gotten out of hand ;D
Why do you always post movies I haven't seen?
I have once again no idea...
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It seems that madame begins to find fun in firing guns.
Rats! I was gonna guess "Slaughterhouse Five"!
Nice hexagonal gun-barrel ya got there, lady!
This looks like a fairly old movie. And not American. Si?
"The War Game"?
Beagle is looking into the right direction but it is not a Watkins.
After this one the give-away pieces will come.
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"Lord Byron and the Blocked-Up Fireplace" ?
prequel to the Harry Potter series
:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:
Makes me think of Arturo Ui.
I thought it was Zola who had that fatal ventilation problem with his fireplace.
Girls seeking employment can become desperate.
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"Desperate Housewives - the Movie that Started it All"?
With the lightning symbol stuff and the posters it looks like a fascist dystopia set in England, but the only one of those I know is McKellen's Richard III (and it's certainly not that).
So I'll go with either Kiyo's Desperate Housewives or Pop Idol.
(P.S. Gabrielle has let herself go).
Desperate (for work) Nurse would be the actual topic.
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Could it be "Hitler's Victory" or "Hitler's Britain"?
If not, I'm out of ideas. Like I ever had an idea...
The movie title is actually an adaption of a famous American book title turned positive.
This image is the cover/poster motive of the movie
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Rats. I should know this. Haven't seen the film but that last fictional picture is quite famous, like the (real) one of a U-Boat sailing up the Thames (fortunately after the war and flying the White Ensign).
Seeing as am on lunchbreak at work don't think I'll start Googling for Nazi Britain stuff. That can be hard to explain at your annual appraisal.
A few hints to sorting out duds: the film was started by teenagers and Kubrick donated filmstock.
Ok, the Kubrick hint gave it away I think:
"It Happened Here"
Had to google though. Hope I'm right.
Indeed. I plan to review it in the appropriate thread once I get the secondary literature.
Great. I finally got a movie right. ;D
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Are those people blacks carrying blocks of ice through the prairie/savannah?
Yes indeed.
Hm, Satartia is a town in Mississippi.
Oh Brother where art thou?
That was way too fast.
Your turn again. :)
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Is that a battlefield by any chance?
The ruins to the left and the barbed wire at least hint at the possibility ;).
In short: Yes
Santa is coming to trench ;)
Yeh, I've seen this film. But the title? Need to do some research. It's the christmas day truce in no man's land.
Yes it is but there is more than 1 movie featuring that.
Well it's the one where they are having a race to see who can get to the church on the hill first ;)
Hm, a church slightly in need of renovation does occur in the movie.
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I know there's a rather new movie called "Joyeux Noel" that is about that topic, but I've seen that one and don't remember the scens in question.
"Simpe Gifts" maybe?
It's that well known film "The ten greatest Christian moments in WWII".
Looks like the Lord didn't grant your wish, Mr. H.
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"I ask thee for victory, Lord, before the Americans arrive" ;)
Looks like someone knows his history :)
Now, any guess about the movie?
I know that you know it, oh beagle!
Is Beagle just ducking having to go next?
Can't say. The quote I alluded to is historical and not specific to the movie but I know that I discussed something about this very movie with beagle at some point in the past.
And now for a give-away:
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It must be "They all have moustaches except the one that doesn't".
obscure ref. to non-Brits... vintage joke.... what do Jimmy Hill and the Queen have in common?
or the remake of Enid Blyton's "Famous Five go on Army Manoeuvres".
You probably confuse that with St.Trinian's
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"Mary Poppins of the D'Urbervilles"?
No, but isn't it lovely nonetheless?
Sorry, run out of pictures at the moment.
(Deep breath) Is it "Oh What a Lovely War"?
I thought that but thought it couldn't be. But I don't know why I thought it couldn't be.
I've only seen the play (twenty seven years ago, with a member of the O.T.C. who I suspect may not have realised there was an element of irony involved).
The irony seems hard to miss. However... OTC...
After much searching I have located a related image to one of the above:
Near bottom of page (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDreviews26/a%2520oh%2520what%2520a%2520lovely%2520war/a%2520oh%2520what%2520a%2520lovely%2520war%2520OHWHATALOVELYWAR-4(1).jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDreviews26/oh_what_a_lovely_war.htm&h=352&w=800&sz=73&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=xjdSNKbNvjeP-M:&tbnh=63&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfilm%2B%2522Oh%2Bwhat%2Ba%2Blovely%2Bwar%2522%26svnum%3D100%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)
Yes, it is that movie. I'd love to see the play in its original form (I have only a CD with the original cast).
In one aspect the movie was probably even more realistic for those involved than any other. The trench scenes were filmed on ("in" would be an even more appropriate word)a garbage dump in midsummer. The smell of decay was, according to participants, almost beyond the limits (and iirc a few even lost consciousness on occasion).
I think the movie is a must-see but I can understand why so many find it quite bewildering.
I have to admit that I didn't get the red poppy symbol(ism?) when I first saw it.
Your turn your beagleship (and thanks for the lyrics check).
I haven't got any film clips immediately available, so feel free to leap in anyone who has.
OK, let's go animated for a change!
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Raiders of the Lost Snake on a Plane?
Raiders: yes
Planes: no (more like organic helicopters)
Snakes: actually worms or maggots
Be on the lookout for a bit of megaflora
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Tomb Raiders ?
The movie was animated with software usually used for computer games but it is not based on a game.
There might be a similarity between the character and the person voicing it (not sure).
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Exorcist Size Zero?
I thought you were an expert in French Movies.
Maybe a wider angle will help ;).
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From the quality of the animations, I'd say it's "Kaena, la prophétie", but I'm not sure enough.
ATTACK OF THE KILLER BARBIE DOLLS FROM SPACE!!!
Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on April 08, 2007, 08:37:37 PM
From the quality of the animations, I'd say it's "Kaena, la prophétie".
That is the correct answer!
Ok, I hope this time the picture I put up won't be that easy...
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A Hollywood remake of some Asia Horror flick?
No it is not.
I will post another picture later...
EDIT: Here's the next picture:
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Not that Irish movie again that we had somewhere near the beginning of this thread?
No, of course not. I wouldn't post the same movie twice, that'd be stupid from my part... :)
The movie takes place (mostly) in Britain, though.
Some modern version of The Great Train Robbery (i.e. not the turn of the century silent but one about Higgs'(?) great coup)?
No train involved...
But a Mini is there:
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Now I'll leave that like this for a while and will post another picture tomorrow...
Four Lorries and a Mini Car ?
I clearly do not remember to have seen that movie and therefore with high probability have not.
Maybe this picture will give it away:
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Not for me.
"Romeo et Juliet au nature" ? (with subtitles)
Hm... I'll just give a hint.
The guy in the first picture (with the dolls) is a quite famous US rock singer. The guy in the last picture is a very famous 59-year old US actor.
Is it some bizarre cross over between the italian job and shaft?
OK, another hint:
The main part of the movie plays in Liverpool before the great Liverpool : Manchester Utd. match.
Actor Avery Brooks or Samuel L. Jackson?
51st State in the latter case? (Meat Loaf was in that one I read)
I thought of 51st state but did not recognise any of the pics. is it the directors cut?
I have seen no version at all. I just followed the 59-year old (black) actor and the presence of a musician (though Meat Loaf is not rock, I think). Of the few matches I found, 51st state was said to take place in Liverpool.
So, just a shot into the blue from my side.
Meat Loaf is too rock!
It was 51st State.
And I don't think it is the director's cut. And I am too lazy to check right now... :)
Okay, I will serve new pictures to-morrow.
There is many a trash pearl to present still ;D
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"Steel magnolias"?
"Carry on smelting?"
Guessing once again.
Julius Caesar - the aldis lamp and semaphore version?
Beware! The Easter Bunny from Hell!!
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Hmm. Still Scooby-less I'm afraid.
That's delicate machinery! Handle with care.
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That clears things up. Now I just need to remember which film has Stephenson's Rocket and the Mole from Thunderbirds in it. Probably safe to eliminate Merchant-Ivory from our enquiries.
Is it a documentary on the building of the new Airbus?
No, surely it must be a day for night version of Thomas the Tank Engine?
Bridget Jones Diary, the Stygian Gloom Version??
Beagle is closest to the correct answer so far.
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I can't name the film but this still shows Holmes and Watson with a third man. Holmes and Watson have just had the following conversation:
Holmes: this fellow has just descended the ladder in a most unusual fashion
Watson: good heavens, how can you tell?
Holmes: dammit man, don't you see the teltale marks on his jacket. It is obvious he rolled down horizontally.
I think it's probably "At The Earth's Core".
Another Sci-Fi mad schoolfriend and I saw it at the Odeon Leicester Square one afternoon about 1976. There were only about ten people in the whole place (and half of those were selling ice cream).
The give-away is Doug McClure on the right who seemed to appear in a lot of these films. Perhaps he likes sci-fi too.
If I'm right this shouldn't be too difficult:
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The person on the left is my role model (along with Daffy Duck). We want the actors' names as well as the film...
Beagle was right. I had considered Peter Cushing as the more likely one to be recognized.
Is that Terry Thomas in Those magnificent men in their flying machines?
Absolutely right, as Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage, with Eric Sykes as side-kick.
Him in that outfit is on much of of the ad material (posters, video covers etc.). That made it easy.
New pictures have to wait until to-morrow. How is the knowledge about Asian movies here?
I've seen a few Asian movies, but don't worry, Swato. You're sure to stump us again. ;)
Hmm, might just get a Kurosawa or an Oshima (it's art not porn if it has subtitles).
Let's stay a little bit more local at the moment.
OK, who forgot to feed the primate?
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The Neverending Story - The End Did Come After All
We should have answered that call earlier. Should we change the tire and sent the bill to the heirs?
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This is an easy one. It's the Depp Hamlet.
imageshack is not working properly at the moment, so a new picture will have to wait.
OK, got through in the end.
Attention! All passengers please fasten their seat belts and check that their vaccination card is still valid. We will arrive at our destination soon.
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Looks like rival bikers have killed our comrades. Be on the lookout for alien speed-bikes!
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Massacre of the Vulcans?
Edit did I mean Volcans?
We won't lie down, Barry, until you provide us with proper coffins to lie in!
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Astro-Zombies?
Quite Close. For unknown reasons that was not the monster identification chosen for the title despite being more appropriate.
This conning bridge is large enough to have a bike race in it.
Why did this Italian give us this biker outfit but not a single Harley?
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Given that nobody tries guessing anymore and I have run out of pictures, we have to go fort verbally.
The film was clearly an inspiration for the first Alien movie, the similarities are far to great to be coincidental (and the original idea/script of Alien is even closer).
The director was an Italian but had both Karloff and Lee as main actors, Lee even repeatedly. Lee is not in this one despite the (American) title ;)
I spent far too long searching is why I stopped.....
Tonight I must be sensible, but bump it again if nothing happens.
Planet of the Vampires perhaps?
That answer is correct.
Okey dokey.
Next picture:
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Is that a female finger on a belt buckle?
It's a female finger, but not a belt buckle (but electric window opener in a car).
This old monitor is a nightmare with pictures.
Desert Queen Priscilla's adventures in Elm Street on Saturday the 14th?
OK, here's another picture and I'm off to earn some money.
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Although that face looks slightly familiar, I have no idea.
Diva?
Next Picture:
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EDIT: A sidenote and a hint: the movie that can be seen on the TV screen is a 1977 Italian movie.
The remake of The Thomas Crown Affair?
I must disappoint at that is not it.
Was just a wild guess anyway.
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Hey- I think I dreamed that last night!
Italian filmmakers are always stealing my dreams!
You must've misunderstood me. It's not an Italian movie. The second picture is a picture of a TV screen where an Italian movie is running.
But maybe it's The Italian Job being self-referential ;)
Another picture then:
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The drunk cheerleaders' great train robbery?
Redcap Lady
Is it a mafia or drug related film (same for the one on the TV)?
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 06, 2007, 08:15:07 PM
Is it a mafia or drug related film (same for the one on the TV)?
There are a few references to drugs, but not much.
It's more related to gun-selling.
Clooney in it?
No Clooney in it.
Robert De Niro is though.
Kriminal-TangoIn der Taverne
Dunkle Gestalten
Und rotes Licht.
Und sie tanzen eine Tango
Filmtitel(1997) und Baby Miller
Und er sagt ihr leise: 'Baby
Wenn ich austrink machst du dicht'
Dann bestellt er zwei Manhattan
Und dann kommt ein Herr mit Kneifer
Jack trinkt aus und Baby zittert
Doch dann löscht sie schnell das Licht.
Kriminal-Tango
In der Taverne
Dunkle Gestalten
Rote Laterne
Abend für Abend
Lodert die Lunte
Sprühende Spannung
Liegt in der Luft.
Und sie tanzen einen Tango
Alle die davon nichts ahnen
Und sie fragen die Kapelle:
Hab'n Sie nicht was heisses da?
Denn sie können ja nicht wissen
Was da zwischen Tag und Morgen
In der nächtlichen Taverne
Bei dem Tango schon geschah.
Kriminal-Tango
In der Taverne
Dunkle Gestalten
Rote Laterne.
Glühende Blicken
Steigende Spannung
Und in die Spannung
Da fällt ein Schuss.
Und sie tanzen einen Tango
Filmtitel(1997) und Baby Miller
Und die Kripo kann nichts finden
Was daran verdächtig wär'
Nur der Herr da mit dem Kneifer
Dem der Schuss im Dunklen galt
Könnt' vielleicht noch etwas sagen
Doch der Herr der sagt nichts mehr.
Kriminal-Tango
In der Taverne
Dunkle Gestalten
Rote Laterne
Abend für Abend
Immer das Gleiche
Denn dieser Tango
Geht nie vorbei
Geht nie vorbei
Geht nie vorbei
??????????????????????????????????????????
I guess the Filmtitel (1997) should be the name of the movie, and the song clearly says the name in it.
So Swato, you're next, that is if you tell me the name of the movie and not only Filmtitel...
:P
Jackie Brown?
Then the Italian movie on the screen is La Belva col mitra
Even if this is correct, I will not be able to present a new riddle immediately.
Any preferences? I have a lot of obscurities in my collection ;D.
Jackie Brown it is.
Preferences? Maybe something easy... ;D
So I better avoid films not in the imdb.
(It's interesting when e.g. several movies of a quite well-known (Japanese) director are missing).
Okay, you wanted something simple.
Here it is:
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Is it Carrot-Top from "Lili"?
Not too far off with the name but not near with the movie.
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Maybe I should say this will be easy for Kiyo but not necessarily for everyone else.
"Thunderbirds in the Middle Ages" ?
Lady Penelope looks quite different in blue without the cigarette, Rolls and fur coat. And why is she wearing Brain's glasses?
Quote from: SwatoMaybe I should say this will be easy for Kiyo but not necessarily for everyone else.
When you say that, I feel kind of obligated to know the answer.
The worst part of this is that I'm pretty sure that I've seen this one (I can remember that guy from the first picture from somwhere), but kill me if I can remember it.
(My first thought was Svankmajer's "Faust", but that one looks completely different)
Here comes the heavy cattlery!
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OK, I recognize that guy. :)
That's "Hurvinek"!
In that case with the flute in the above picture, it's "Spejbl & Hurvinek: Hurvinkova Kouzelna Fletna" (Hurvinek's Magic Flute)
That is the correct answer.
The third picture was really too obvious for someone, who loves that guy (the shoes gave it away).
Anyway, here comes the next picture:
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Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on May 11, 2007, 11:36:34 PM
The third picture was really too obvious for someone, who loves that guy (the shoes gave it away).
You had asked for something easy ;D.
Three Stooges in a restaurant? ;)
I did. But didn't expect anything easy coming from you... ;D
Next picture:
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I thought the three waitors might be Chico, Zeppo and Groucho very early on in life. Now we have a Mrs Teasdale look-a-like. It must be an unknown early version. Perhaps Freedonia - the Early Days?
Unfortunately that is not the case.
Here's a new picture:
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Hard Rocks in the Fire
Not really...
There is some rock involved in the movie (not in the title though), but it's more glam than hard...
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Whoaaa. 90's flashbacks of 70's flashbacks.
Velvet Goldmine? with Ewan McGregor (still in the leather trousers at this stage of the film), Jonathon Rhys Meyer, Eddie Izzard, Christian Bale and of course absolutely no resemblance at all to the life of David Bowie.*
* Legal note.
And you're right beagle.
PS: I thought Velvet Golmine was loosely based on the lives of Bowie and Iggy Pop?
Could well be. Not much doubt Brian Slade/Maxwell Demon is supposed to be David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust, and Kurt Wild's show in the film is a dead-ringer for Iggy Pop's style.
I don't think they could get access to the Bowie/Pop back catalogue though so there's Bolan, Roxy Music, Cockney Rebel songs all mixed in as well.
My photo upload site is refusing to talk to me at the moment so feel free anyone to leap in with another.
It's come back...
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P.S. Whatever happened to those great hair-styles and cool understated clothes we wore in the Seventies?
Quote from: beagleP.S. Whatever happened to those great hair-styles and cool understated clothes we wore in the Seventies?
Haven't you heard? The fashion of the seventies will come back...
Is that in a ferry harbour? This ol' monitor is a nightmare when it comes to colours.
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 13, 2007, 09:05:11 PM
Is that in a ferry harbour? This ol' monitor is a nightmare when it comes to colours.
You're lucky that the picture is black & white then... ;)
Couldn't say for sure. It's blue on this monitor and thus could be a night shot with some of the colours missing.
It's actually someone at night in a colour film in a bit of a rush to catch a train, after a bit of an "accident" at the lab.
Maybe this will help.
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Haven't you heard? The fashion of the seventies will come back...
I think there have been several international treaties banning the hair sprays used since then. 70's footballers' perms were the real and so far undiagnosed cause of both global warming and the ozone hole.
That picture actually looks more like from a video game of the Counterstrike variety.
Hmmmm. Ok.
Morgan Freeman assists someone to retire prematurely is another clue.
This would limit it google-wise pretty much to Outbreak or Chain Reaction
(Haven't seen any of those, btw)
Chain reaction it is (I was about to start on the rackets court and Chicago clues - that first picture is a bridge on Michigan Avenue (I think, from memory)).
New pictures will be posted to-morrow. Imageshack is highly unreliable when the US are not sleeping.
Shall it be easy, shall it be tough? Shall it be something British or something that made lots of dough?
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 14, 2007, 05:08:58 PM
This would limit it google-wise pretty much to Outbreak or Chain Reaction
(Haven't seen any of those, btw)
This is normal for films I know. I'm probably one of a select few that has seen Chain Reaction (rather liked it) but hasn't seen The Matrix or Speed (except the Father Ted version).
I haven't seen any of them except the Father Ted version. Maybe we should limit the next one only to father Ted parodies? ;)
Not Father Ted but T is in him.
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One of the Back to the Future films?
He appears to be in a hedge maze. Gosh, this looks familiar.
Beagle: no
Opsanus Tau: observation correct
I'll put a new picture in to-morrow
(I probably would not get it from this one ;D)
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
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Goodness!
What was this rated?
;D
I think Swato's pressed the wrong button and accidentally published the "special interest" section of his video library to the world. The way they're looking at the camera is a dead giveaway. Or so I've heard.
Perhaps we should change this to a "What happened next?" thread.
Actually the shepherdesses are thrown out in order to be replaced with little red riding hoods. The movie is rated 12 in Germany, 15 in Ireland and 16 elsewhere.
There is no sex act performed in the movie.
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The guy in the foreground is even recognisable from behind in my opinion.
Looks like Peter O'Toole to me.
Is it "My Favourite Year"?
Just a shot in the dark though...
Looks like Donald Sutherland or Clint Eastwood to me.
Quote from: Opsanus tau on May 17, 2007, 06:38:10 PM
Looks like Peter O'Toole to me.
This assumption is correct.
Now it should be easy.
The Manor?
No!
Look at the setting in the last picture I posted. The title isn't hidden there but it gives a hint what Peter does/is in the movie.
It's no use to try upload anything at imageshack at this time of day, so new picture have to wait.
Ok, it's morning now and here is the next picture:
I don't like trash talking, Mister!
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Well, it looks like he's a director or producer, but it's too recent to be The Stuntman.
The job description is not completely correct.
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The Final Curtain?
That answer is correct.
Will post a picture later this day, I'm at work at the moment and have nothing to post...
Here it comes.
I thought I'd post something animated this time:
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Scooby Doo and the Temple of Doom Theme Park Owner's Would Have Got Away With It Without You Pesky Kids Adventure II"?
Some Bakshi?
"Opsa's Morning After: The Movie"?
It's more "Kiyo's almost every morning: The Series"... ;)
A new picture:
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(and it's no Bakshi)
That looks like a Katana, a fox and broken window panes. Hm, when the swords were used glass windows were unusual.
Animation looks more American than Japanese (and not very new).
The animation is American, you got that right. But it's rather new.
And has a lot of Japanese mythology involved, and a part of the movie takes place in Japan.
Would be quite a coincidence, if it were Gizaku* (I am currently looking for that).
*strictly spoken it is Spanish
New picture:
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Als alter Skatspieler kann ich nur sagen: Ich passe!
Well, as I see that this will be difficult to guess, I'll post a picture that will probably be a giveaway:
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That looks much more Japanese in style.
Last shot from the blue (because I simply don't know): the animated Hellboy?
Yup, it's Hellboy Animated.
(Now, if you say which one - there are two - you can proceed with a new picture...) :D
Sword of Storms would fit the bill.
OK, that will either be extremly easy or I can post as many pictures as I can with nobody getting it. The British should be advantaged as usual.
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Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on May 22, 2007, 12:16:34 AM
New picture:
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The waiting room where the eye doctor makes you sit while your eyes are dialated!!
And EVERYBODY looks like that.
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 22, 2007, 10:03:29 PMThe British should be advantaged as usual.
Always assuming their knowledge of foreign cultures isn't totally lacking...
The complexion of the locals makes me think Egypt/Sudan (might just be this monitor) but the moustaches India/Pakistan.
The tall bloke looks like he could be Mr Lee.
Wild guesses:
She
or
Young Winston (Probably Battle of Omdurman time)
(Have only seen the second, a long time ago)
Both wrong but Young Winston would have been it had I had the time this last weekend to watch it (only had time for the making-of).
She was not that bad a guess either for another reason (Yes, it is Lee) ;D.
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The Far Pavilions?
That answer is correct. What gave it away? Lee?
Jewel in the Crown would have been easier.
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 23, 2007, 11:21:07 PM
That answer is correct. What gave it away? Lee?
Mostly. It's hard to put someone of his height in frame without them standing out. From the first picture I was thinking Egypt or India (mainly India due to the moustache and shield; scimitar-like swords seem to appear everywhere). From the second it looked much more definitely India from the dress and architecture. Once you confirmed it was Lee it was a question of identifying colonial era Lee films without vampires.
This might be very easy, but have limited pictures where I am.
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Sorry for the picture size.
Is that Marlene Dietrich?
No. Perhaps you should ask the butler?
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The picture is a little diminutive again (tell me if I'm labouring that clue ;) )
I'd avoid the pool though.
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I knew from the first photo it was Hollywood Boulevard.
Mr. DeMille? I'm ready for my close-up...
Yep, near enough, "Sunset Boulevard" it is.
As in:
"I am big, it's the pictures that got small".
;D
Gloria Swanson rather than Marlene Dietrich.
Phew! Good thing I threw in that quote.
My foggy brain isn't sure whether we've done this one yet:
Don't think so.
Europa, Europa?
Nope-a, nope-a...
Here's another...
Gay babies go to war in Hitler's springtime?
Oh, so close! ;)
This one'll give it away:
If that's not a Tin Drum I've been at the Grass.
In der Walze Form gebrochen liegt die Trommel da von Blech
I have no doubt that beagle got it.
Let's go with an easy one. Surf's up.
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Dark Star (the one with the malicious beachball alien, the talking bomb etc.)
Warp - The Secrets of the Fish Bowl ?
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 26, 2007, 10:54:44 AM
Dark Star (the one with the malicious beachball alien, the talking bomb etc.)
Swato wins today's prize which is...
had it here a minute ago...
oh well, never mind.
"We're out of toilet paper!"
Of course you were right on "The Tin Drum". Love that Grass. Pity no-one has attempted "The Flounder" yet.
You find that outfit ridiculous? You try to avoid it in this type of movie!
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She(?) looks rather strict. Is this another one from your "special" collection?
It's "Adams Familly Meets Supernanny".
Do I win?
Quote from: beagle on May 26, 2007, 10:56:37 PM
She(?) looks rather strict. Is this another one from your "special" collection?
Well, if you mean sex and violence there is quite a lot of it in the movie but the person seen in the picture does not actually participate.
And a bit of ME politics
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Celebrity Hairstyles III ?
If I move the bishop from a3 to d6....
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The Pure Hell of St Trinians?
For some reason that first photograph makes me think of French lessons.
Quote from: beagle on May 27, 2007, 02:54:36 PM
For some reason that first photograph makes me think of French lessons.
Are those the "French lessons" DaveL is attending at Mme Fifi's?
Quote from: beagle on May 27, 2007, 02:54:36 PM
The Pure Hell of St Trinians?
Near miss. Try again!
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The sheik makes me think of the Belles of St Trinians, but maybe it could be the Great St Trinians Train Robbery.
Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on May 27, 2007, 05:36:15 PM
Are those the "French lessons" DaveL is attending at Mme Fifi's?
Perhaps we should test him and see what he's picked up.
It is Belles (Sim left after Blue Murder (where he only had a cameo anyway))
"In other schools girls are sent out quite unprepared into a merciless world, but when our girls leave here, it is the merciless world which has to be prepared."
Could that movie be shown on (public) TV in the US without attracting inconveniences from the FCC?
Your turn, oh beagle!
Righty-ho. Photobucket appears to be sulking at the moment, but I'll try and dig something out when it wakes up. Leap in if you get bored...
I'd face the same problem and at this time of the day imageshack is hopeless.
Quote from: beagle on May 27, 2007, 07:30:46 PM
Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on May 27, 2007, 05:36:15 PM
Are those the "French lessons" DaveL is attending at Mme Fifi's?
Perhaps we should test him and see what he's picked up.
On this site, double entendre does not need any encouraging.
Now we just wait for new dirty Dürer sketches.
Sorry for the delay my little cineastes.
Un film par Beagle
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Well actually by someone rather famous, though it's not one of his most famous films.
Bonus clues:
The UK title reminds you of winter in church, whereas the U.S. one almost of a Shakespeare play.
A film about producing a play which contains a play, packed full of great character actors doing great character acting.
Quote from: Swatopluk
Now we just wait for new dirty Dürer sketches.
Hadn't heard about those. Probably one of those things like Coleridge's opium habit that they don't dwell on when you do them in school.
Quote from: Griffin NoName The Watson of Sherlock on May 28, 2007, 02:49:06 AM
On this site, double entendre does not need any encouraging.
How true. I'm sure he's getting on fine with his French alphabet (oops, close one there).
Is it The French Lieutenant's Man?
No, I was just being pretentious with the French intro (pretentious? moi?).
Don't think there's a French link (unless you look at the director's other films). There is a Danish one, sort of.
Actually I'll be very impressed if anyone gets this, which is a shame cos it's a good film IMHO.
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h119/osborn_2006/j5.jpg)
Aren't many pictures about for it. So a verbal clue.
Celia Imrie is in it. As is someone playing a depressed Danish prince. But the film's about the actors, not the prince.
In the Bleak Midwinter aka A Midwinter's Tale?
Pretty sure that is the one. Haven't seen it personally, but heard good things about it.
Absolutely right. I'm impressed.
"If I ever forget my lines in Shakespeare, I always say "Crouch we here awhile and lurk!" That seems to do the trick."
Your go.
Well, in that case, here comes a picture from another great classic:
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Oh! Oh! Is it "Taxi Driver"?
I guess that was way too easy.
Opsa, your turn...
That scene was just too unforgettable a vignette.
Drat! I'm looking for stills for some of my fave weird movies and finding nothing! Anyone want my turn?
Let's see what I can find, when I come home (but that will be about 8 hours from now, so nobody should should feel discouraged to start one new before).
OK, here is the new task:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-2.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-2.jpg
The Sinking of the Lusitania was full of shots like this.
Not that big a ship. Just a tramp steamer.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-1.jpg
Hmmm. Tricky.
Given your penchant for British war films I'd suspect "The Cruel Sea" or "San Demetrio, London", but don't recall those scenes from decades ago when I saw them.
The hair styles and uniform in the second picture look much more American Civil War vintage, but did they have the type of bridge-signalling equipment shown in the first way back then?
So I'll go with "Bambi".
None of those (and I have not been able yet to obtain a (DVD) copy of San Demetrio)
There is actually a rather (make that completely) obscure connection between Bambi and this ;D.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-1.jpg
That one looks like a cross between Gandhi and Golum...
Bother. I think I came acoss it in a lengthy search when I should have been essay writing before this latest picture. Now it seems it might be one I found. But can I remember the title? No. Have I the energy to look back through all the pages I accessed. No. Not after writing a thousand words of theoretical therapeutic theory. And no, theoretical theory is not tautalogical. Who knows if therapy actually helps anyone. No evidence they wouldn't get better, get worse, stay the same without it. (OFF TOPIC).
Yes, I am part of that illegal immigration and prawnography scheme but I didn't kill anybody.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-1.jpg
About that Bambi connection... is that big face in the group shot supoosed to be some kind of faun?
It almost looks to me to be a modern film made to look like a very old film. Is this correct?
Yes, it is a modern film made to look old.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-2.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-2.jpg
For a moment it looked like the Elephant Man, but one of those doesn't fit...
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-1.jpg
South Pacific The Unmusical ?
The geographical region is OK but this is not the musical version (despite a very good score).
And no, this is not the Arena di Verona
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-1.jpg
I think we need another clue. Producer, actors, title of the film, that sort of thing.
If these don't do the trick, the next ones will be unmistakable.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-2.jpg)
With every still, it get's harder. Is that how this thread is supposed to work or is this anarchy? ;)
ET phone The Falklands?
With Falklands you are about as near as with Bambi ;D (solution to that after someone gets it)
Here are about the last and first shot.
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(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-1.jpg)
Now it can be googled easily.
Indeed. And I have not seen it.
The Call of Cthulhu - H. P. Lovecraft
That answer is correct and I heartily recommend that movie (and the soundtrack too).
Here the obscure references:
There was a planned TV series about the Cthulhu cult(Rough Magik). Only the pilot was made and the action of that took place mainly on the Falklands. The Bambi connection is through Alien 3. The dog alien was internally referred to as the Bambi Burster. The designer (HR Giger) is mainly known for his Lovecraft-inspired art.
Here's the next movie.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/Movie_1.jpg)
Is that person wearing clerical gowns?
He's either a stalker or he's counterfeiting Playboy 1874 centrefold tea towels.
Is he an artist? It's not Vermeer I suppose?
More of a Darwinian type than an artist.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/Movie_2.jpg?t=1181160539)
Ernst Haeckel would combine both but I don#t know a movie about him.
Quote from: Griffin NoName The Watson of Sherlock on June 06, 2007, 09:10:25 PM
More of a Darwinian type than an artist.
Is it that bit in "Walking with Dinosaurs" where the big sea-dwelling one leaps over the cobb and drags her into the depths?
Or was that one of my mad fundamentalist dreams?
Anyway, another picture please.
Mad fundamentalist dream I suspect. It is not walking with dinosaurs or even walking with wolves.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/Movie_3.jpg)
black&white still - it's not B&W film - all in colour
"Embroidery II - The Needle and the Damage Done?"
Are we in Austen/Bronte/Hardy territory here?
Quote from: Swatopluk
Ernst Haeckel would combine both but I don#t know a movie about him.
He's got the beard, that must be worth some points.
Given the first picture, photography had already developed well at the time the movie is set (or someone botched a few facts).
The second picture looks mediterranean and/or Spanish.
I have definitely not seen it, so all I can do is wild guesses.
Not even Death by Embroidery. Sorry.
A crucial element in development of photography is a central theme.
Looking Spanish is significant. In a way.
Not Austin/Bronte/Hardy or their ilk.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/Movie_4.jpg)
Last of the obscurer pics.
That reminds me of a certain painting of either French or Spanish origin.
L'anniversaire d'infanta?
Ooh! I love the color scheme. It's almost sepia-toned, even though in color.
Is there a movie about Daguerre?
Why do I get the feeling I am going to get a good kicking when the film is identified?
I'll zoom in a bit.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/Movie_5.jpg)
Quote from: Griffin NoName The Watson of Sherlock on June 09, 2007, 12:26:27 AM
Why do I get the feeling I am going to get a good kicking when the film is identified?
If these turn out to be atypical out-takes from "Honey I shrunk the kids IV" you could be right.
Pretty sure not seen it. Something to do with identifying potential Russian royal family family survivors of the revolution?
Nope. Though survivng is a theme. (another smack heading my way).
Another pic later. I am supposed to be asleep now.
Grasping for straws, this is not M.Belucci?
A shot from the dark:
"Captain Corelli's Mandolin"?
Good guesses but wrong.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/Movie_6.jpg?t=1181381950)
That picture looks familiar but I am still sure that I don#t know the movie
This is from the start of the film before she meets the Darwinian photgrapher.
If no one guesses it I'll start giving some less (slightly) misleading clues.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/Movie_7.jpg)
Les enfants de Lumière?
Well, clearly the actress is Minnie Driver.
"The Italian Job" ?
It is Minnie Driver.
It seems we need the whole film, but unfortunately there is no still of the final action where Minnie Driver ends back at square one but with a career. Note her change of dress code. Still number 3 indicates title of film.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/Movie_X.gif)
In that case, is it "The Governess"?
It is indeed.
Alrighty then. It was a very lucky guess... :)
Next picture:
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He, that reminded me Titus Andronicus, but the pigs there were *bigger* ;) :devil2:
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Meh, no clue, carry on...
A Private Function? (by and with Michael Palin)
OK, I see the picture doesn't bring you very fat, thus here's another one:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/03-3.jpg)
More will come after some more serious guesses...
Mine actually was a serious guess
Fresh out of guesses, serious or otherwise.
OK, one more picture, before I go to take a shower and make myself ready for a date:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/02-2.jpg)
Do you have to shower before eating dates ;)?
Is it a brainless US action movie?
I was going to guess "Delicatessen" (German movie!), but it's been so long since I've seen it I can't remember if there were any explosions.
It's not a brainless US movie... It's a very good European one, just have to go a little to the north.
The crash in the picture involves an old Volvo, maybe that might help a little... :)
Oh, and Opsa, "Delicatessen" is a French movie... :)
Excusez-moi mon ami!
::)
Butchers, Volvos, explosions,...hmmm...
Quote from: Opsanus tau on June 13, 2007, 06:47:29 PM
Butchers, Volvos, explosions,...hmmm...
That are some of the major themes in the movie...
Anything about a certain madame's feelings for water precipitating in half-solid form ;)?
Quote from: Swatopluk on June 14, 2007, 08:45:52 AM
Anything about a certain madame's feelings for water precipitating in half-solid form ;)?
Don't really know about that one. Myabe I don't really understang what you mean...
Next picture:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/01-2.jpg)
The Governess Returns?
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/07-3.jpg)
Maybe this picture will be of some help..
I Kina spiser de hunde.
(In China they eat dogs )
So, now what about this?
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011.jpg
The Life of Brian?
Jesus and Mary?
Masada?
Wrong time, wrong location.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016.jpg
I take the silence for cluelessness and therefore post a new picture:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018.jpg
Jesus is Back and This Time He's Had Enough?
That should make it easy for the Brits
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012.jpg
Gunga Din?
Charge of the light brigade?
carry on up the khyber :mrgreen:
All wrong but parts were filmed at the same loacations as Up the Khyber.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017.jpg
James Bond and the Forty Theives?
I tell you, you'll play in the orchestra!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014.jpg
Well, the one on the left did have thief connections (could be even together with the bearded guy but I would have to check that)
Edit: No, actually the bearded guy and the Bond guy shared films (but not the one with the thief).
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD!!!....??
Tempted to say "Kim", but were any versions of that shot in Wales?
No, it is not Kim but one could see some parallels.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_015.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_015.jpg
This guy should be recognizable (also extremly distinctive voice)
More clues please...
Was that Ronald Coleman ?
Nope.
Okay, from now on clues, not images.
0. There is music in the title.
1. The little Indian boy became famous in adaptions of Kipling (and died quite young).
2. The guy in white is best known as an eponymous British Officer (and has an extremly distinctive voice).
3. He also played a beggar in a film about a very famous painter.
4. The director also directed a film with a number of bird products in the title (and the Kipling adaptions mentioned above).
Sabu Dastagir
Roger Livesey
Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
Those observations are correct. Now combine them and find the earsplitting truth.
Holy cow! I've gone deaf! ::)
If I
bang
The Drum do I get a cookie?
The Drum it is, directed by Zoltan Korda (also responsible for The 4 Feathers)
Okay, waiting for a new one!
In absence of somebody else putting up a new one.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_027.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_027.jpg
"Honey I Burned the Kids?" ;)
Quite* close actually.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020.jpg
*actually extremly
The Straw Man?
The last temptation of Christ?
Debbie does Dallas?
This garden needs a bit of work
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_024.jpg
Is it
Ted runs away with Death while wearing a short skirt?
got nothing else for you
Luke Skywalker persuades Darth Vadar to try somewhere new for his holidays?
I'll give you what 'bout fancy headdresses!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_026.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_026.jpg
Satyricon?!
King Midas II: Return of the Royal Hairdresser
" Heavy Metal meets King Midas"
We are trying
it's just you are so good at finding difficult ones for us my dear Swato!
I was a Teenage Hat Freak
The winner of the fancy hat contest is of course ME! (and so is my wife)
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_023.jpg
Haven't got a clue . How about a BIGGGGG hint...like who was the director or where was it filmed or the year it was released ?
Okay, after this one there will be the giveaway. But not yet this one.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_028.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_028.jpg
Blackadder and The Princes in the Tower?
That should give the game away.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_025.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_025.jpg
Is it a movie production of an opera?
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on July 17, 2007, 01:25:00 PM
Is it a movie production of an opera?
There is an opera of the same title but the movie is not a filmed opera production.
But your guess is in the right direction.
You recognized the woman?
Here again in profile
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_022.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_022.jpg
That was a dead giveaway: Medea, and the actress is Maria Callas (unless I'm mis recognizing her nose... ;) )
I am slapping my forehead in chagrin!
That is a total
Duh-dummy moment I just had here.
I was totally clueless until the last photo myself and then
Wham!
I am likewise self-slapping. I almost got Medea on the two boys pic; could not remember the name; all I kept getting from the depths of my brain was "that stage production I saw which was really good", "had someone famous in it", Greek, female, "think there was a swimming pool". I believe it must have been Dianna Rigg, Wyndhams, 1994 - anyone remember if that production had a swimming pool in it?
I imagine is my turn now...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue1.jpg)
I just wanted to say, Yes, it is Medea (i think it also belongs in the Movie Canon).
As I said above "Honey, I burned the kids" was dead on mark ;D!
Here is another
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Looks somehow familiar but not sure.
Barry Lyndon?
Amadeus?
This one while not too easy is quite so compared to Swato's selections.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue3.jpg)
If it is Amadeus it is not one I've seen
more hints please
About hundred years after Amadeus...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue4.jpg)
Topsy-Turvy
Nope. I don't know what to clue without making it very obvious. Here is another pic.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue5.jpg)
Is the lady in the third picture Maggi Smith?
Not at all (and if I'd tell you who she is the game would be over :D)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue6.jpg)
Is that Beverly D'Angelo in that last picture?
Nope (I'm starting to like this game :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ).
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue7.jpg)
One of the several Pride and Prejudice movies?
Drat, I know that guy with the moustache but can't put a name on him.
Ruddigore
Or did they redo My Fair Lady?
Sense and sensibility?
Something Tolstoy or Checkov* ? Anna Karenina?
(No "nuclear wessels" jokes thank you).
Entente cordiale - the man with the moustache looks a bit like Balfour.
Quote from: beagle on July 23, 2007, 09:14:24 PM
Something Tolstoy or Checkov* ? Anna Karenina?
(No "nuclear wessels" jokes thank you).
you started it - Pavel
I still don't have any idea what the movie is
Me neither.
"Upstairs, Downstairs, the Director's Cut with added Aristos and a DVD commentary by someone whose cut glass accent makes the Duchess of Devonshire sound like Ben Elton?"
(I'm guessing again. You can tell can't you?)
Has Zono forgot about this, or is he just being mystical about the movie...
I won't even guess, as I have no idea...
Wish the man in the moustache would stop bugging me.
Maybe you should consider a career as a hedgehog ;), eh..that would be b----er-ing
I haven't forgot, its just that the DVD program that I was using stopped working (and I was reading certain book...). :-\ ;)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue8.jpg)
I don't know what clue I can give without giving it away too easily, perhaps that it involves a triangle.. ? ;)
That bad a clue...?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue9.jpg)
Maybe some more non-visual clues? "The woman in the tiara was also in Rambo II" - you know the sort of thing...
The triangle thing only makes me think of "Euclid - The Movie" and the costumes look wrong.
For the Delta of Venus, the people are completely overdressed ;) and love triangles are the lifeblood of Hollywood.
Would it be useful to add a complete Jane Austen/Charlotte Bronte filmography?
Another two blind guesses: the remake of Great Expectations or Nicholas Nickleby?
The furnishing and clothes don't look English to me, and that first picture still makes me think of opera house doormen. My money is on the film of an opera or a film about opera.
I have not seen the (as rumor has it abominable) remake of Phantom of the Opera, so I can't be sure but it's possible.
That was an Opera theatre but (big clue) it wasn't in Europe. And no, it isn't about opera.
The Scarlet Love Letter (Gone with the Wind 3) ;)
After this one I am going to drop bigger clues.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/clue10.jpg)
Five go to Bermuda (triangle) Castle ?
It is set a 'little' bit east of Bermuda in NY.
Other clue (given the silence) there is something with the left foot of one of the cast.
Is that Winona Ryder? Is it Bram Stoker's "Dracula"?
Yes and No.
:mrgreen: :mrgreen:
the age of innocence?
Bingo!
Your turn. ^__^
Looks like th goat is absent or unwilling. I could do another simple :mrgreen: one.
I think I'll beat you to it... ;)
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A rather cheap looking control room. Looks like set and/or made in the late 60ies
Nope. Those are black trinitrons, late 80s, early 90s. The setting is likely to be in the US (Budweiser cans, the book) and there is the funny note of the phone sex lines.
No clue though.
The 90's is a good hint...
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/02-3.jpg)
Is that the radiator grille of a motor vehicle?
Do I only see parts of the first image? I can't see a specific American style book and only the very top of the beer cans.
Only the top of the beer cans are visible in the picture..
Btw, you got right that it's an American movie, made in the early 90s. Another small hint: a part of the movie takes place in Europe.
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/03-4.jpg)
Ich passe
That last photo seems to be tracking a limosene through a group of tourists.
The first photo seems to be the observation center for a museum of apartment building. I can see a bottle of "Fantastic" spray cleaner, and the words "The Mind of the Rapist" beneath the sex chat flyer.
Creepy!
Oh, there is the book. It's virtually invisible on both this and the screen at home.
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/05-2.jpg)
Here's one more picture.
Afterward I'll try to post more obvious scenes...
Fargo? True Romance?
Ew! Looks like a young female arm tied with rope and an old, corpse-like hand holding the creepy note.
Is it that Robin Williams movie about the photo guy who gets obsessed with a family?
One hour photo? Nah, that movie has a very bright, 'clean' photography (which add to the creepyness).
Does it have spies, crime overlords or both?
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on August 11, 2007, 04:38:30 PM
Does it have spies, crime overlords or both?
Both, it has crime overlords, spies from two different intelligence agencies.
another picture:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/07-4.jpg)
is it hudson hawk?
Goat is right. It's your turn.
(http://www.needcoffee.com/html/dvd/images/uhf2.jpg)
http://www.needcoffee.com/html/dvd/images/uhf2.jpg
That's Rambo goeth Hippie ;D
Or could it be UHF? (be careful with hints in link adresses)
Catch 22. or Mash.
I think I saw that movie in Comedy Central once...
I think the link says it (look at the letters directly before .jpg). Either this is a dirty trick or this is UHF (the person on the left would also fit into that). We want Conan the Librarian!
UHF it is
Will post a new one when I can get contact to photobucket (hopeless currently).
OK, in the fourth attempt:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-1.jpg
Okay, black and white, and I'm seeing some babushka-types there. Are we in 1930's Russia?
Not exactly.
I might add that it is a cult movie that was actually produced by a cult that was at first tolerated in the Soviet Union but later violently suppressed. Although the movie was not actually banned in Russia, it was only shown in an edited (=cut) and rescored form.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-1.jpg
I take that silence for cluelessness
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_019-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_019-1.jpg
battleship potemkin?
Indeed. I had hoped that the flag would mislead people to look for an English setting (despite it not being exactly an Union Jack).
Your turn, oh revolutionary goat!
PS: It was indeed not Russia in the 30ies...but either 1905 or 1925 (original event/time the movie was made)
And the cult was the Proletkult (= proletarian culture) theatre ;D
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/anthonywad_2000/111111.jpg)
Aaaargh! The Were-does are behind me!
Looks like someone playing Gotcha!
Looks also vaguely Eastern European (but that seems not to be a Kalashnikov)
Actually my bet is on an HK MP 5 with a rifle butt.*
Problem is, that weapon is used by everybody and his dog despite being expensive
*I happen to have a book or two on arms despite being an conscientious objector.
i thought you had it there but then i read your post properly
i belive the weapon is a Heckler & Koch MP5 from my online gaming experience!
Just modified my last post with that guess.
As I say there, that does not help because that weapon is used about everywhere.
It is indeed the H&K MP5, beloved of Special Forces and law enforcement agencies, and a damned fine weapon.
I will guess Dog Soldiers.
I just googled dog soldiers and that exact picture came up.
Looks like it is your turn oh Pachyderm.
Pachyderm is away til end September
I am aware of that but it will be some hours before I can post a new task of my own.
Let's see if I can find something "wholesome" and not too difficult ;D
I'll do an easy one:
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/filmA1.jpg)
Indeed. Around the World in 80 days with David Niven as Phileas Fogg
and Cantinflas, Marlene Dietrich (both in picture), John Mills, Fernandel, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton, Noel Coward........................ ;D
Your turn.
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Sliding Banisters?
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For a second I thought that the lady on the first picture was Geraldine Chaplin. The second one looks taken out of Monty Python :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Both guesses are wrong.
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And this last one reminds me "La cite des enfants perdus" which obviously isn't.
Did I mention I have no clue?
This should at least give away the location.
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Jack the Ripper
That's the right general direction (the movie has elements of that) but it is nonetheless not the correct answer.
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Jacquiline the Stripper?
That comes close accoustically with something missing at the front and back. ;D
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Night of the Jacket Slitter's Bar Stool?
Getting colder. Seek in the medical profession.
And it's from the toolbox of course
Jekyll and Hyde ..... but which one?
One of the more unorthodox (and I personally think one of the best).
As I said, you may check the toolbox ;D
Wild guessing:
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes?
I admit it, I have no idea....
Not yet hit the nail.
Dr Jekyll Hides Mr Hyde in The Tool Box?
What (British) thing could you find in a toolbox that is movie related?
Btw, the girl in red claims to be a relative of the guy with the oily hair (the actors are unrelated but look eerily similar)
Bride of the Spanner?!?
That would be American ;D
And I don't mean that the title could be found in the toolbox but a thing that could limit the search range for the Jeckyll&Hyde title.
Btw, the main actor's real family name is like the one of a lead character in a Hitchcock movie of a remotely similar theme.
The main actress is better known in fur bikinis ;D
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
Indeed your NoNameship!
It's a Hammer movie
Lead actors: Ralph Bates (=>Norman Bates, Psycho, daggers), Martine Beswick(e) (=>Prehistoric movies)
Will post new movie later
Blerg!! I will have to post tomorrow - problem capturing the stills I want.
Well here it is, not the best, video tape -> DVD HD -> DVD -> PC DVD drive -> DTV player -> capture -> picture editor -> stretched as it came out tall narrow and squished. But you have to admire my dedication to overcoming obstacles.
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Looks somewhat Spanish (or latino) but can't read any of the signs on the wall.
I'd guess this is the reception are of a not very luxurious hotel
Behind the man there seems to be a stand with postcards.
The man has some similarity with Vincent Price but I don't think it is him.
Spot on with the hotel, on track with the location, so wrong on Vincent Price !
Currently no idea. Original in b/w?
Yes, original is b/w.
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Our man in Havana?
At least the first photo looked a bit like it.
"Touch of Evil"!
Great opening sequence in that one.
Here's the next one (click to enlarge)
Well done Ops.
This was going to be my give away if it took too long to guess:
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Your turn.....
Oops, we might have cross-posted there.
Here's #2 in the series:
Before enlarging the first, I thought it was Ivan the Terrible II but after it looks more like a Western.
Yep, it's a Western of sorts.
Here's another.
I have no clue
"Custers Last Stand" the musical
"Have saloon girl and peace pipe, will travel"
"The smiting of the big west"
I recognize the female in the 2nd photo and her name will come to me at 3am or something.
Oh a while back the stretchy one ---Mr. Soylent Green-Moses hisself Charleton Heston.(course you all already knew that)
"Soylent Green is People!"
All of your wild guesses had to do with the mystery movie and would have made good titles. This movie is one of my all-time favorites, ever and should be shown more often than it has been. I haven't seen it for several decades.
Okay, it's time for the give-away photos:
I could count the Westerns I have seen with not much more than one hand.
Stagecoach
Winchester 73
40 Guns
High Noon
Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod
about half of Winnetou 3
That's about all folks (if Firefly/Serenity does not count)
Oh, I forgot Lemonade Joe
I'm not a huje fan of them myself, but this one was exceptional.
Give-away #2:
Sorry, no idea. Btw, is the movie b/w or just the screenshots?
Is it "The Outlaw Josie Whales" ?
No!
But here's one last photo that ought to tip you off.
P.S. Maybe he's doing a Rain dance, Man!
Sorry, no idea.
The actor seen here has also played a pirate, a woman, a gangster, a jailbird, a bum, an autistic, a graduate, a Focker, and 50-some-odd other roles. He is quite young, here.
That would mean Dustin Hofmann and explain the rain dance reference (=> autist). I would not have recognized him.
That would make it Little Big Man
YES!
"It is a good day to die."
Your turn.
Will post within the next 24 hours (at this time photobucket is almost unreachable and I have no prepared pictures in the line anyway)
Anyone (who doesn't provide stills from their own home movies) care to share the secret of where you find them on the internet?
I use my own DVD collection. The IMDB has stills for many films (those have of course to be transferred and namechanged)
Google is always good with providing images (used it once with Capote)...
But the problem is that both imdb and google can be easily researched...
That I meant with moving the pictures and renaming them before posting.
OK, here is the next task
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It was a dark and stormy night. :mrgreen:
don't even pretend you didn't see that one coming!
Looks animated. "The Incredibles", perhaps?
I often get mine from IMDb (go to movie title and look for Stills in the side bar) or from promotion/fan sites for certain movies. I grab the shot, turn it into JPEG and post using the Additional Options feature at the bottom of the posting box, as I am too lazy to go to my Photobucket account.
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I hope this is not a giveaway.
I can't tell what's going on there, but I love the colors.
Quote from: Opsanus tau on September 04, 2007, 06:18:58 PM
I can't tell what's going on there, but I love the colors.
Clowns entering a very small vehicle...
Honestly, I have no idea, but it looks like an older cartoon - I would assume the 80s?
It's actually a clown leaving a very small car but I caught him a moment too late.
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Toy Story
I'm sure it isn't.
Is it a japanese anime?
Yes, it's Japanese.
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It looks to sharp to be Akira (and I don't recall the images), is it from this century?
Yes and there may be some connections to Akira (not content. people working on it).
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Blind Date of the 500-foot-tall Woman?
Literally guessing: Metoroporisu/Metropolis?
Nope.
I hope that the lettering is no giveaway (I can't read it but others may and it may give hints)
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Pictures after that will be giveaways for those that know the movie.
Might be a real wild guess... Animatrix?
Haven't seen it for a while, so I'm probably way off...
Some content similarities exist (the same would be true for Ghost in the Shell btw) but this is not Animatrix (or GitS).
Too soon to post a new picture.
Akira?
Inosensu: Kôkaku kidôtai?
Just guessing, I'm completely clueless and no picture could really help...
Isn't the latter just GitS 2? I admit that I really do not usually know the original Japanese titles. Akira was wrongly guessed already.
Hint: it's rather new (and the original title is also the international)
I take the silence for cluelessness
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well it may not be akira but that guy on the right is in akira
(http://88milesalheure.free.fr/images/akira.jpg)
http://88milesalheure.free.fr/images/akira.jpg
And the girl is obviously Trixie from Speed Racer.
The guy on the right is an officer but not military.
---
Now, here is the 8th picture. If this doesn't do the trick, nothing will.
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"Mothra: The Dissection Years"? ::)
To my knowledge all the Godzillal/Mothra movies were real not animated despite the comic book style ;)
Escape from Alcupuncture ?
One could say that the movie has a very spicy title ;D
But the Wasabi title is already taken (by a not too good french comedy).
The spice will more ring a Latino bell (though it's now quite universal) <no pun here, just to avoid confusion>
Salsa? Picante? Cilantro?!?
We are SEW CAH-LOO-LESS!
Those contain all letters needed and most of them in the second (even in the right order) ;D
I give up. ???
Okay, take the first letter of the second spice and letters 2-4 for the end, then insert 3 other letters in between.
Could also be described as coast for cervical cancer test ;)
Btw, in the last scene of the movie, the director parades billboards/posters of his earlier movies (the last being one about homeless people in the Japanese capital that have to deal with an infant)
Quote from: SwatoBtw, in the last scene of the movie, the director parades billboards/posters of his earlier movies (the last being one about homeless people in the Japanese capital that have to deal with an infant)
That would be "Tokyo Godfathers", which makes the Driector Satoshi Kon...
Which would make the movie in question "Paprika"?
That answer is correct. Your turn!
Btw, I recommend that movie.
I saw Tokyo Godfathers and quite liked it. In hope I'll get my hands on Paprika (a friend of mine is an anime freak, so I guess I'll see if he has it...)
Will post a picture later tonight...
Here it comes:
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I'm sure I'd remember a movie with a shot like that. Is it European or perhaps Asian?
Artsy. Is it a Peter Greenaway?
It's US and it's not a Greenway...
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Hedwig and the angry inch?
That was quick...
Your turn Zono...
Btw, I recommed this movie...
Ich liebe Hedwig!
The graffiti was the (obvious) clue. I haven't seen the movie, now I want to.
I'll post a screenshot in the evening.
This should be an easy one:
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Blade Runner?
No idea. Without the fan, I'd say that looks like a church scene.
Quote from: Opsanus tau on September 17, 2007, 05:03:27 PM
Blade Runner?
Darn, that was too easy. I should have used the next pic I had.
Your turn.
It helped that Blade Runner is one of my most favorite movies, ever! ;)
Here's a new one:
Lady Chatterley?
Nope.
Something to do with WW1? (blind guess)
Not that I recall.
Look at this next one for clues:
Hm, one of the >100 movies dealing with a certain character by Mrs. Shelley ;D?
Very good! But which one?
(Do you suppose they used Campbell's Tomato soup for the blood?)
Not a Hammer one, I know those (and the old Universal ones but no others and it is not Brooks)).
That one looks comparatively modern in setting. Too modern for the 1994.
If Campbell is a meant as a direct hint "Man with the screaming brain" would be an option.
Put an image of a Campbells' Tomato soup can in your mind and try once more. Maybe something will Pop into mind.
I saw this movie in 3-D, by the way.
The taped rag covering the nasty bits is very... creative! :P :o ::) :mrgreen:
Apparently they weren't potty-trained, yet!
I think the shots are from cabaret night at Studio 54, and Opsanus's desperate attempts to give it away suggest Andy Warhol's "Flesh For Frankenstein."
But (if I'm right) in what film is this man:
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on the trail of someone keener on horses than this man (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=R0KHO3UC0UUPJQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/09/21/wbush121.xml).
OK that picture in reply 328 gave it away but too late (that's the one usually illustrating the movie in encyclopedias)
Andy Warhol's Frankenstein.
Beagle, your turn, it seems!
Beagle, the 'secret' of Shrubbies fear of horses (and cattle) is no big secret around here.
I love the phrasing "no horses and only five cattle". It properly would be "...only five head of cattle" 'round these parts.
They don't do much bronco bustin' at Connecticut prep schools, ya know...
Quote from: Sibling Chatty on September 22, 2007, 06:53:49 AM
I love the phrasing "no horses and only five cattle". It properly would be "...only five head of cattle" 'round these parts.
Probably the journalist was groping for the intermediate term between "quarter-pounder" and "herd".
I'll bet they're the only cows in town with a personal manicurist and stylist each too. Wouldn't give much for their chances of surviving the end of presidency barbecue though.
Meanwhile. This famous actor
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h119/osborn_2006/r.jpg)
is still on the trail of someone long gone. Joni Mitchell saw him last time (but it may just have been a name coincidence).
Looking for (someone by the name of) Richard, I presume. Maybe Mr.Pacino knows the answer.
Yep, "Looking for Richard", as in Richard III it is.
And, for those still mystified, the non-visual clues were:
"keener on horses" -> "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse."
Joni Mitchell -> sang "The last time I saw Richard"
Your go...
I thought that guy didn't look very content.
OK, here's the new task.
This is a movie about family values.
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It's that one with a cute young couple, a car chase and a happy ending.
Is that enough to claim it? Might need another picture if you actually want the name of the film.
No car chase, no happy couple. Cute youngsters is partially right.
Hey this is about family values, not happiness.
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Don't think I've seen it. Your broad hints suggest something like "Serial Mom" but I've forgotten what the actors looked like.
Real family values or fictitious family values?
Let's say there is a bit of difference between the claimed family values ans the reality.
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Is their a Woody Allen biography film? Just a thought...
Don't know, this one isn't :D
Keep the dead informed about what's happening in town (informer unfortunately does not know himself)
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Everything in this movie seems to have a peachy-golden glow about it.
That's true (both literally and in a certain other way ;) )
As prospective mother-in-law I have to test that you are worthy of my daughter!
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Is she Sheri Moon Zombie (Rob's wife)?
but I don't recognize the role-- if it is her- hard to tell
No, and actor recognition will not help you. Almost all are "fresh" faces.
A fine mess you've gotten us into, Kennyboy
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Quote from: Swatopluk on September 28, 2007, 10:11:53 AM
As prospective mother-in-law I have to test that you are worthy of my daughter!
"The
high school Graduate" ?
Nope
Smile, the camera is running (and this is the first scene)!
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That's the last picture. After that written hints only.
IS this the caption competition?
His Iraq posting was cancelled when Harry had difficulty identifying the enemy.
Nope
The movie in question is banned in Australia and has no British distributor because the director had a (literal) brawl with the intended one (including a nasty hit on the nose).
It's not barbie in the forest ;)
Quote from: Swatopluk on September 30, 2007, 10:58:45 AM
The movie in question is banned in Australia and has no British distributor because the director had a (literal) brawl with the intended one (including a nasty hit on the nose).
:offtopic: would someone thump Michael Moore for
Sicko which completely misrepresents and therefore misuses inappropriately the UK NHS service ;)
Quote from: Griffin NoName on September 29, 2007, 04:18:03 PM
IS this the caption competition?
His Iraq posting was cancelled when Harry had difficulty identifying the enemy.
:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:
Hint rehash:
Movie is named after a person (in total only 7 letters)
(original working title was "who are you?")
In the opening scene the title character commits suicide in public and with a video camera rolling
He does not reappear before the end of the movie, when we learn the rason for his act.
The movie is banned in Australia and has not been shown in (regular at least) cinemas in the UK (the latter because of a brawl of the director and the intended distributor).
It is a movie about (American) family values (going bad)
examples:
an adolescent stabbing his grandparents in their sleep
another adolescent having sex not only with his girlfriend (off-screen) but also with her mother (on-screen)
a father "marrying" his daughter (after catching her in bed with a boy)
Despite extremly explicit depiction of sex it is not a por*no*gra*phic movie.
It is not the barbie forest (that's a hint towards the title)
I think we've all been pretending we don't know it's "Ken Park".
Might be a while till I find some new pictures, so jump in anyone if keen.
In that case you could tell at what point that did occur :-\
I know that the "hit on the nose" is sufficient to google it sucessfully, if one knows what to look for.
I do not know, whether this movie is "controversial enough to be generally known". There was a glowing review in the (German) newspaper when it came out and I grabbed the DVD cheaply when I spotted it by chance at the electronics market.
After the Barbie clue, but didn't claim it because haven't got any good new pictures of my own, and used most of the already online ones for films I know for previous goes.
You know it's a bad day when your Rolls Royce does this:
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Probably not Mary Poppins Meets a Rival ;D
Ford's Revenge?
Seriously, no idea yet.
Perhaps we should ask some people if they did it?
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h119/osborn_2006/film02.jpg)
Something mafia related?
Right lines, but not in Italy or the U.S. .
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Something to do with the natural gas apparently, things keep blowing up.
The Long Good Friday...
Will post a new picture in the morning (I'm 99% sure I got it right, but will wait for a confirmation).
Absolutely right, and you didn't even need the Helen Mirren or Bob Hoskins clues.
The first picture gave it away... :)
Here's one from me:
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Death in Venice?
No, it's an American (US) movie...
I don't have time to post some more pictures now, will do so in the afternoon...
that would be Labyrinth
but you are still more than welcome to post any very his hottness David Bowie photos you might have!
I knew it would be easy... :)
Here's a little Bowie picture for you anthro...: (it's googled, too tired to take it from the movie right now...)
(http://www.movieforum.com/movies/titles/labyrinth/images/jareth.jpg)
like the Grinch says
'I'm all tingly inside'
that one was fairly easy-- I usually don't get them-- so thanks!
You're welcome dear anthro...
It's your turn to post a picture now...
Oh! Oh! Make it anothe picture of Bowie, PLEEEASE????
The film is "The Man who fell to Earth", or "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence".
Or do I have to wait for the picture?
If anthro doesn't post a new picture soon, I will take over (of course, if everybody agrees)... I have a nice interesting movie ready...
and here's a Bowie picture for you Opsa... ;)
(http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0482571/241.jpg)
(note: this is just fullfilling a request, not a question which movie it si)
Anthro is not posting, so here comes a new movie. If anthro decides to come back, she can take over...
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some guesses...
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
A View from the Bridge
Bridge over the River Kwai
The Bridges of Madison County
Les Amants de Pont Neuf
A Bridge to Far
Dumbarton Bridge
Six Bridges to Cross
Across Brooklyn Bridge
Battle of Pottsburg Bridge
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Boy and the Bridge
The Girl on the Bridge
Bridge Across Time
The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge.......................
or anything starring Jeff Bridges?
sorry- not good at getting photos up so you all continue on Please
I don't think it is "Stand by Me" - I remember they crossed their bridge in the daytime(chased by a train as well)...
? The Lost Boys--- I really don't think so- not right and no Boardwalk in the background.
Which one is David Bowie?
No bridge in the name and nothing starring Jeff Brigdes...
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(sorry Opsa, it seems that the picture of Bowie isn't visible, don't know why)
Wah... but I'll make a guess:
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain?
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/12-2.jpg)
EDIT: sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, but unfortunately it's just a VHS-rip, as this movie can't be found on DVD...
wait a mo! this is my own personal film.......
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:ROFL:
another sleepless night Griffin? I will try to keep you entertained! PS. cant make any messenger stuff work but I will.... soon
I could sleep if I wasn't rolling around the floor laughing......
Laughing???? that bugger Kiyoodle is plagerising my films! :censored:
It is remarkable. :taz:
But perhaps you should try Train Plane Helicopter Spotting.
OK...
seen one!
can i stop now please?
This picture should give away the location of the movie...
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/07-5.jpg)
No clue. Which country makes their schoolchildren study Ireland?
Somewhere in Massachusetts? ;)
Something about the notorious trouble in Northern Ireland?
Those films about that I know the name of are availbale on DVD, so they won't be it.
There is a war involved, but notthing involving notorious trouble in Nortern Ireland...
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/06.jpg)
Spartakus revisited ;)
One little hint:
The movie is based on a 1912 French novel and there's also a French movie based on this book, shot in the 1960s...
In both movies, the child actors (main characters) are largely untrained.
Casper McHauser?
is it that classic....
le Hélicoptère de chevre Piratés par Kiyoodle?
None of them... :)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/10-2.jpg)
Children of Chaos?
is it the irish film...
begorah kiyoodle stole my helicopter film
could it be
The Lord of the Flies- done Riverdance style?
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/09-1.jpg)
Le miracle des fleurs?
Le Grand Meaulnes?
Alright...
Here's a big big big hint:
The movie is about war... And about kids... The main storyline is also in the name of the movie...
right i've got it...
KID WAR!
but more likely....
A War of Children
as this is about children, and war, and belfast
That is wrong...
Another hint:
Parents of one of the boys took court action because ther son's buttocks could be seen in the movie. The action was dismissed because the buttocks didn't appear on screen long enough to identify and because the parents should have raised their objections before the filming of the scene.
I object...!
...to such obscure movies. I have not the foggiest clue as to what that movie is.
Could someone be so kind to guess and choose an easier film?
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Carry on up the Bottom?
One more hint:
The movie in question has been nominated for the "Young Artist Awards" for "Best Family Feature - Foreign" and " Best Performance in a Foreign Film"...
The French original won the "Prix Jean Vigo".
Something about a child(ren) crusade?
Not really a crusade.
More a war between the children of two neighbouring villages.
Krieg der Knöpfe? (lit.: war of the buttons, Don't know the English/French title)
That would be correct...
War of the Buttons
Just a lucky guess.
New pictures will have to wait until to-morrow.
Okay, here is the new task
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Looks like Amy Johnson
They Flew Alone (UK 1942) - Anna Neagle
but that's too obvious, so was it Blue Angels 12 O'clock High Charlie ?
Nope!
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Is it an old movie, or a new movie made to look old?
I think it qualifies as actually old.
Sorry madam, but your insurance policy does not cover acupuncture anymore.
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I take the silence for cluelessness.
Good evening madam! The Green Nightmare Crocodile asked me to be its stand-in tonight
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Not much idea. It seems Dr Jekyll/Dr. Caligari/Nosferatu type vintage, but don't think it's any of those.
You are going into the correct direction.
I think I need a shower right now!
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Still not much idea.
"Floor tile grouting for nuns - II" ?
Maybe the convent was not actually the best choice, Ophelia.
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Nope. No idea. Call me nunnist, but nuns all look the same to me.
well is it a Hamlet with vampires or the undead or something?
Looks like Zork Nemesis with Nuns to me.
Quote from: anthrobabe on November 04, 2007, 08:16:29 PM
well is it a Hamlet with vampires or the undead or something?
I didn't know whether the character's name is Ophelia, or whether it was a Swato joke on the "Get thee to a nunnery" line.
Perhaps Ophelia faked her own death, and after brief careeers as a pilot, spy and pole dancer did indeed join a nunnery where she didn't take too well to Holy Orders and now stalks the corridors looking for members of Scandinavian royal families to slaughter.*
*If that's not it then the film rights to this plot are still available from Beagle Film Inc.
Just a Hamlet allusion. The nun remains unnamed iirc.
But Scandinavia is not completely off mark (no royalty murdered though)
The cards tell me that this stupid movie will end in a few minutes.
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"Hairdos of the Damned"???
Something by Ingmar Bergman?
Sound of Music II - What do we do with a psycho like Maria?
A cut price version of Checkov's Three Sisters by a director on acid?
It's pre-acid
Not Bergman (but he might have been inspired by it)
The rich little matchgirl is doing her act at home (the guy in the top hat from above will enter in a few seconds)
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'Pyromaniacs on Parade"?
It's not often I get to say this, but this movie is too old for me to know. It's not Lumiere Brothers "Train Arriving at Station" I suppose?
Georges Méliès would have been delighted to have made (parts of) this film. But it is unlikely that he has ever seen it.
I at least strongly suspect that the director got some inspiration from Méliès' work.
Rien ne vas plus!*
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*to avoid confusion: it is not a French but a Scandinavian film.
"Honey, I Performed Scandinavian Voodoo on the Kids"?
For the last time, I am not Friar Tuck!
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Scandinavian?
I should recognize it, but I don't. I think I recognize some of the actors but not well enough to know their names.
I think I will change my physiotherapist.
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might I just take this chance to say
"Damn Swato you're good! I am absolutely stumped!"
:mrgreen:
Oh Lord, we overstabbed again!
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No, this is not a Monty Python sketch! (though this picture looks like it)
Dear Swato,
UNCLE!!!!!!
Love, Opsa
Just wildguessing here:
Der Unheimliche Mönch?
Probably wrong...
Indeed :), I mean wrong :(.
Hm, in 2 or three pictures, I'll go for the more obvious.
It's not actually an obscurity. It's one of the very few Scandinavian movies of its time that made an international splash.
Ignore your teeth and they'll go away. Can I interest you in some lead fillings? I use them myself you know.
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This is beginning to feel like a game of chess.....
Time for the manicure (and a change of colour)
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???
An early Scandinavian horror movie...
Whatever it is I got to find it and watch it. ;D
The movie actually defies categorization (I'll {maybe} write a review on it once someone got it).
Sorry Rover, I could not afford to feed you, so now you'll serve to feed me.
And your skeleton is a huge step in fancy room decoration that my friends will die of envy over (Uncle Rupert's skull is getting dull).
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Well Swato didn't like my reference to chess so I imagine it's not the most obvious Scandinavian movie. If it is I reserve the right to KILL Swato.
Nah, it's not The Seventh Seal, I know that one, and Swato said it wasn't a Bergman movie.
It didn't look like it to me, at least none of the earlier pics, but the later ones made me wonder if my memory is as bad as I know it is.... like I don't remember him saying it wasn't Bergman ;) Next movie could be a series of snapshots of the missing parts of my brain ;D Hey, how long does it take to get to the point where one no longer remembers one's memory is failing?
My money is on Bergman being influenced by this movie for the 7th Seal (or was it the 6th walrus? ;))
I could have used some shots that look virtually identical.
I have to admit though that I didn't recognize the chess allusion above :-[
Satan is returning
For you he's come
With eyes red-hot burning
Beating the drum
Woe, woe, straight to hell you'll go
Yes, his presence is unpleasant
Oh that sulph'rous smell
You won't get salvation
But go down to hell
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This is confusing.
The last few pictures could be something out of an early production of "Dante's the divine comedy"/ "Dante's inferno" but I'm not sure if that goes so well with the first pictures...
And I can't find a Scandinavian "Faust" either... But I'm on track I can smell the sulphur... :o
The Tales of Hoffman?
But I can't find any film references to that one pre 1951 and that one is American and in colour...
:headbang:
Time's up, Miss Ophelia. The correct answer was: The Devil in the convent with the big club.*
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I am a great player of Whack-a-Nun
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*To avoid confusion: That is not the title of the movie and the guessing game is still on.
No excuses for obscurity, the movie is available in both Region 1&2 on DVD ;D
And I repeat, there is no actual character named Ophelia in the movie.
It's not Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages is it?
I can tell that it isn't a 30s movie from Norway (so much for the brute force approach ::))
UNCLE! AUNT! Third cousin twice removed!!!
Quote from: Darlica on November 11, 2007, 11:52:31 AM
It's not Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages is it?
That answer is correct!!!Here are some extra pictures and it is now Darlica's turn
God evening Mr.Monk. I am the director of this movie and my name is Benjamin Christensen
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You will stick with my script!
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Suppertime!
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:YaY:
Give me a day or two, I'm at my mothers place now and sits on a slow conection.
*happy dance* I guessed a movie, I guessed a movie *Happy dance* :D
Wow!!
That dude has some SERIOUS carcinoid flushing goin' on there...
That blotchy mottled look to the skin? That's how I look during a full on carcinoid flush. Starts on the palms of my hands, goes to the chest and back, upper legs, face and then full body. It is not, I will admit, one of the more attractive things I do... :mrgreen:
I guess that movie would still be a target for Kristian(TM) uproar, should it be shown on TV in the US (which would actually make the director's point).
I'm sad to announce that I have to leave walkover. :(
My internet access will be sporadic the coming week as I will be dog/house sitting at my mothers place and I haven't found a way to post pictures that don't give away the title of the movie... :duh:
Who wants my spot?
I'll take it. The last one I did only lasted one post !! I'll just go shoot a few scenes. Back soon.
Why do I have the feeling Opsa will get it from just one shot?
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Terms of Endearment III, The Bad Haircut??
At first glance looks like Risky Business, or something with M.J. Fox in the 80s.
American Beauty?
"The Graduate"?
All good guesses. But, no.
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Does it take place in London? (or at least England)
(Dang, I coulda sworn that was the back of my Dusty's head!)
Judging from the colorful nylon vests, I would guess it took place in the Americas (US or Canada) in the late nineteen-seventies to -eighties.
"Rock n Roll High School"?
well that's got Opsa rolling.... I'll post another pic. tomorrow - sorry just dashing through the monastery corridors at present....
..... found myself back here again, must have taken wrong turning passing the lab, so here is the next picture.
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No idea (and those pictures look like from a VHS tape)
Worse, they are from DVD copied from VHS tape, further distorted by having to stretch the grabbed image into shape as my software scrunches it up into a weird blob.
But it is a genuine movie :mrgreen:
I'll post another pic soon.
OK, I'm sorry about the poor quality, but I'll help you out by including some faces this time.
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The guy to the right reminds me of one of the ministry of education guys form the St.Trinian's movies (Eric Barker or Richard Wattis) but that's probably coincidence. Everybody else looks latino/Mediterranean.
Bright Lights, Big City?
Nope.
Even worse quality, but at least there's another couple of people to look at. Soon I shall be forced to show some you recognise ;)
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Ok, you get two shots for the price of one here.
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Y'arr, I'm so at sea I'm getting scurvy.
Is that Alan Bates?
No it isn't Alan Bates.
Some feedback. Swato's 80's US was right.
There have been clues to the major material in the film in each still.
Only one of the two most well known actors has appeared so far, and not as they looked during the majority of the film.
The other one hasn't been in any of the stills. As for the majority of the other actors, well guess them and you guess the movie. ;) :taz:
As a hint that could keep you googling for hours, this film was the debut of another famous actor in another guise.
Now, since one of the clues was presumably too small in a previous still, I'll repeat it writ larger:
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I know it, but I can't post photos, so I won't guess.
However, a Canon will go off in people's minds once they figure it out!
:mrgreen:
"I Was a Teenage Narwhal?"
No. Not.
For that, you get the rear view of the two big stars.
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Mary Steenbergen and Kirk Douglas?
I'm no help!
No, but you got one of the four names you specified correct.
Michael Douglas?!?
mmm I suppose from the back possibly, but not if you saw a side view, let alone a front.
My brain is cramping up!!!
Why's this lady running away from home?
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Good back photo of Mrs. Petrie and Dr. Pierce (movie, not TV version).
Didn't that shrink used to drive a Taxi?
No chance and therefore no guess from my side
Judd Hirsch?!?
And is that Susan Dey with the curly hair?
I've never seen this movie and have no idea so I don't know why I keep guessing.
LOL@SC and goodness I am going to have to do some full frontals. I'll see if I can organise one.
For a film that won "Best" awards this is amazingly un guessable, which says a lot for the title.
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I haven't a any har ware going to send a pic so i cant say who these plain looking folks ARR! ...
LOL@BC
Regular citizens in a film. What a concept...
Just too dull perhaps?
The blonde guy looks like Donald Sutherland.
"Ordinary People"?
BINGO!!
Griffin will be by soon to tell you, but, yes it's Ordinary People.
Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch and that guy, the kid...
Also, the movie that made Pachabel's Canon famous.
Quote from: Sibling Chatty on December 03, 2007, 11:01:44 PM
Also, the movie that made Pachabel's Canon famous.
yeah coz for exactly 300 years (to the year) it had rested in obscurity! :ROFL:
you are funny
Yes it is Donald Sutherland. Yes it is............. Ordinary People.
and I thought it was YouTube and kid with the guitar that made Pachabel's Canon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8) famous. ;)
Whew, I thought we'd never get it.
Hey, I just ried to post a photo and got
"The upload folder is full. Please try a smaller file and/or contact an administrator. " It was not a big file.
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Quote from: Sibling Chatty on December 03, 2007, 11:01:44 PM
Also, the movie that made Pachabel's Canon famous.
yeah coz for exactly 300 years (to the year) it had rested in obscurity! :ROFL:
you are funny
People with a musical education or some exposure to classical music may well have known it.
After that film every goober in the mall knew what it was, even if they had to learn that it wasn't Taco Bell's Cannon.
What AGE were you at that point?? Do I need to point out that YOU were young enough at the time that you do NOT appreciate how little-known that bit of classical music was? Yes, you and your contemporaries KNOW it. Time travel back to 1975 with a cassette (No CD's remember? Cassettes had finally replaced 8-tracks) and see how many persons on the street would have recognized it.
::) ::) ::)
BTW, if you're so stone on about knowing all about it--letting the spelling go isn't like you.
Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins and Basso Continuo by Johann Pachelbel "languished in obscurity" for most of its three centuries according to commentaries on IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project) a few years ago. You, at WHAT age in 1980, know better?
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Quote from: goat starer on December 03, 2007, 11:59:19 PM
Quote from: Sibling Chatty on December 03, 2007, 11:01:44 PM
Also, the movie that made Pachabel's Canon famous.
yeah coz for exactly 300 years (to the year) it had rested in obscurity! :ROFL:
you are funny
People with a musical education or some exposure to classical music may well have known it.
After that film every goober in the mall knew what it was, even if they had to learn that it wasn't Taco Bell's Cannon.
What AGE were you at that point?? Do I need to point out that YOU were young enough at the time that you do NOT appreciate how little-known that bit of classical music was? Yes, you and your contemporaries KNOW it. Time travel back to 1975 with a cassette (No CD's remember? Cassettes had finally replaced 8-tracks) and see how many persons on the street would have recognized it.
::) ::) ::)
BTW, if you're so stone on about knowing all about it--letting the spelling go isn't like you.
Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins and Basso Continuo by Johann Pachelbel "languished in obscurity" for most of its three centuries according to commentaries on IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project) a few years ago. You, at WHAT age in 1980, know better?
I am most terribly sorry. I am afraid I am English. We all listen to classical music and drink tea alll day. We dont have 'malls' or 'goobers'!
I was six in 1980 and my nanny had been playing me classical music and taking me for strolls around the botanical gardens for 3 years whilst reading me the complete works of shakespeare and, for light entertainment, Wittgenstein.
I realise that in 1980 (or as it is properly known 'the wild west') you colonials were too concerned with keeping the 'redskins' out of your 'wagons', finding enough beans to eat and lynching anyone with funny skin to have the time for improvement but suffice to say that in my uncles record collection I have a copy of this wonderful piece of music dating from some considerable time before the 1980's. As does my mother, her four sisters, her mother and every true British subject. These are on gramophone records of course. We would prefer to still be using wax cylinders but the moths play merry hell with them don't you know. I have no idea what these 'cassettes' and 'CDs' of which ou speak may be but they sound frightful!
Letting the spelling go was unforgivable and I must offer my most sincere apologies.
Yours with the deepest respect
Goat esq.
;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D ;D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D :D :D ;D :D :D
You DO get the meaning, though?
You were six. You WEREN'T conversant with the musical knowledge of a large portion of adult society, were you?
I was 28. I had been a music major in university, I played chamber music for a few years, my mother was a concert musician. I DID understand a bit about popular knowledge of even the most familiar classical compositions.
OK, what it boils down to is...what's "popular" and what's well known in even classical music is cyclical. The Canon went from 'some classical thing' to being on the Top 40 in the hit record charts with the release of that film.
A bit of cultural information from the colonies, where we're not quite as civilized, but we DO know the difference between a decade and a century... :P
that is like saying that barbers adagio was obscure until Platoon made it famous! it is silly. The popularity of something is a pretty poor measure of its true fame as it takes no account of timescale. The Canon was much more famous in 1979 than anything popular music has thrown up because it had survived 300 years and was still being played in my house and thousands of others like it. I am fairly serious about the colonial stuff. From the outside it looks like a vastly smaller proportion of people ion the states have any kind of outward looking view of culture. I am sure this was obscure in North America but it was not in the UK.
PS. do you honestly think the wild west ended in the 1800's?
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PS. that was a way of moving back towards films :D
I better not list what my kids had been exposed to at the age of six.
By the age of 8 or so, I was banned from watching TV with them as they deemed the material not suitable for me.
:mrgreen:
Concerning uploading pictures I had the same problem yesterday with a 23kb picture. So I used photobucket instead.
While we are waiting for the next picture here are a few tricky movie questions:
1. What (visual) parallel is there between E.M.Porter's Great Train Robbery* and Spielberg's Schindler's List?
2. When, by whom and under what title was the first Titanic movie made? (movie, not "actuality film")
*the first Western
Quote from: goat starer on December 05, 2007, 12:28:29 AM
that is like saying that barbers adagio was obscure until Platoon made it famous! it is silly. The popularity of something is a pretty poor measure of its true fame as it takes no account of timescale. The Canon was much more famous in 1979 than anything popular music has thrown up because it had survived 300 years and was still being played in my house and thousands of others like it. I am fairly serious about the colonial stuff. From the outside it looks like a vastly smaller proportion of people ion the states have any kind of outward looking view of culture. I am sure this was obscure in North America but it was not in the UK.
PS. do you honestly think the wild west ended in the 1800's?
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See my comments elsewhere.
YOUR house. What about the homes of the--less fortunate. Or did even the dockworkers in Liverpool and the pub waiters in Keswick play classical music for their children on a regular basis?
Yes, the music is famous, among the educated, among the knowledgeable. The movie made it a well known POPULAR piece that people of every 'station' would recognize.
but if the plebs like it then what is the point of classical music? :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Foo. Photobucket's having a maintenance thing today. Anyone who can may have my turn. I'll step in at another time.
Comrade Goatvara, :goatflag:
I do believe you've revealed yourself as channeling Anthony Wedgewood Benn! :ROFL: :pokestick:
Quote from: Sibling Chatty on December 05, 2007, 11:50:20 AM
............did even the dockworkers in Liverpool and the pub waiters in Keswick play classical music for their children on a regular basis?
If not at home then at school. Then. Not now I fear as our schools have declined. Also, there are and were fine traditions amongst the "working classes" for example brass bands etc etc etc etc. Plus street musicians did and still do give us a lot of classical music. Yes, of course there'd be pockets without, but I do think Goat was making a valid point.
As for the popularisation of music which leads to it being identified with baked beans or whatever, especially without any notion that it could ever be anything else, sorry but I deplore it. Colours nailed to the mast !! Old and Grumpy that I am.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on December 04, 2007, 01:06:39 AM
Yes it is Donald Sutherland. Yes it is............. Ordinary People.
and I thought it was YouTube and kid with the guitar that made Pachabel's Canon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8) famous. ;)
The kid...Timothy Hutton !?...anyway about Pachabel's Canon...I think I first heard it in the sixties and unfortunately can't be more specific .
It was made popular here ( in Upper Canada ) because commercials ...a slew of them...year after year...I thought it was the most beautiful thing i ever heard
It caused me to search out classical music stations just to hear it again .It was a favorite high school string section standard and most popular this time of the year ( especially malls) .
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It caused me to search out classical music stations just to hear it again .It was a favorite high school string section standard and most popular this time of the year ( especially malls) .
As long as you never think of baked beans while hearing it - sounds good to me ;)
Much though I hate to agree with Goat about anything, the Canon, like the Allegri Miserere is pretty well known IMHO. i.e it passes the test of being something that Classic FM would play regularly, but you'd never hear on Radio 3.
In my case it appears it's the Canon that made "Ordinary People" famous; not heard of that one until now. This probably means it was a colossal blockbuster.
But today's big news is Goat apparently reads "The Economist".
Is the Economist that mag. which plays a tune every time you open it?
Ok, if noone else comes up with a new task
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Let the heavy metal roll, call sign 6-6-6
We don't care for the human toll, slay the <censored> pigs.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on December 07, 2007, 12:55:07 AM
Is the Economist that mag. which plays a tune every time you open it?
Hadn't noticed one. At over £3 a copy it should really come with its own string quartet.
Three Kings ?
Nope!
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OK, the water problem is solved and we got rid of our passenger. Now where do we get some fuel?
Red Dawn ?
Nope! Even in Reagan's time the part of the US where Red Dawn takes place was not a desert ;)
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Didn't those idiots know that it is standing orders to poison all wells? And they had to know that we came past here yesterday!
Camels at Noon ?
Or is that Goat's helicopter in the background again?
Nope!
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-3.jpg
This is how professional well poisoning looks like. Never forget your protective gear.
Well! Well! Well! The Final Frontier.
I thought that was about dynamiting wells (but there may be different movies of that title).
No, this is something different.
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017-2.jpg
Not just well poisoning but also not collecting the trash.
Trash Raiders?
Well at least I am trying.
There are some raiders in the movie and some human trash (but not in the title).
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Did a tank pass through here a short time ago?
Why are those men hopping?
The Case of the Legless Veteran.
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For the last time. I am not Colonel Ghaddafi.
The 9th Company?
Nope!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-4.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-4.jpg
Nothing beats poison gas in short range defense, especially if nasty women try to get into your tank.
Btw, it's time to test the flamethrower too.
Disclaimer: No actual dialogue quotes below the posted pictures but completely in sync with the displayed attitude.
Worse to come.
Ok, something related to the soviet invasion to Afghanistan, beyond that I have no clue.
Yes, it's about the Soviets in Afghanistan (there are not that many movies about that that I know of).
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Die, infidel scum!
The beast of war.
(or they used the same props :D )
That is the correct answer! I am currently working on the review for the Humbleodeon.
And here is how it ends
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Sibling Zono, your turn!
Oki, let me gather my wits (I will not be guessed at the first picture again!) and I'll post a picture.
The movie is easy
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m01.jpg)
(but I'm not going to make it easy :devil2:)
Well, it must have taken place during the Dark Ages... :D
The Incredible Shrinking Man?
No, that was in b/w and this seems to be in colour
Some Frankenstein?
After taking the pics I realized they were a bit dark, sorry. :-[
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m02.jpg)
No Frankenstein is sight BTW.
"Opsanus' Guest Room: Visit If You Dare!"?
Perhaps the darkness has a reason.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m03.jpg)
Once I'm done with this batch I'll look for some pics on day light.
The Night of the Long Banisters?
Banisters?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m04.jpg)
"yes mom?"
banister
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/banister
1.
a. A handrail, especially on a staircase.
b. Such a handrail together with its supporting structures.
2. One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
===========================================
Psycho ?
Bettlejuice ! The Haunting ?
The Others?
Nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m05.jpg)
It was a dark night.
Unsure yet if it was also stormy.
:mrgreen:
Lotsa long, dark shots. Is it a David Lynch?
Dark Water ?
a Hitchcock movie?
Sorry, I haven't had the chance to take more pics (and won't be until the evening). Regarding clues, it isn't a Hitchcock or Lynch movie, but there is one actress that has worked with David Lynch (big clue).
Isabella Rosellini?
Nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m06.jpg)
The Dozen Simians ;)
No relation with Terry Gilliam either (that I know).
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m07.jpg)
Mmm... could it be too late?
Oooh, stomped?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m08.jpg)
Perhaps a face may help?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m09.jpg)
That looks familiar but I am very bad in correctly putting names and faces together.
"I have this pesky problem, you see"
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m10.jpg)
"9:20 in the Garden of Good and Evil"?
Nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m11.jpg)
"perhaps this works better"
Willard ? (must be something about rodent traps :mrgreen:)
Yup, it was an easy one, but I had to make it hard ;)
Here are the rest of the pics I had:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m12.jpg)
"Noises don't let me sleep"
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m13.jpg)
trapped
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m14.jpg)
"I'm going ma"
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/m15.jpg)
Your turn.
Ok, here's the next task
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is that Sydney Poitier?
Porgy and Bess? ( I can not tell for sure is that Doroty Dandridge?)
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-6.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-6.jpg
American 50s?
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-6.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-6.jpg
That looks like the Panama canal...
Not really.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-4.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-4.jpg
Stuntwoman overboard!
A Taste of Honey?
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-7.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-7.jpg
That looks like somewhere in the UK or Ireland...
It's in the UK (the position of the steering wheel on the car is a bit of a give-away ;) )
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-7.jpg)
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************SPECIAL BONUS ROUND*************
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/anthonywad_2000/11111111111111111111.jpg)
here is a clue.... it was the FIRST movie about the sinking of the titanic.
Ah ! Yes !!!!! The pre-1911 version. Of course.
Comment on that in the quiz thread.
No new picture before the next serious guess.
Ok, you silently persuaded me
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This thread feels neglected.
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These days a girl has to go armed to confession. Die, pedophile scum!
No, it is not that kind of movie. No priests were harmed during this production.
That looks like Haley Mills...
That observation is correct.
And her old man is not far either.
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is it Tiger Bay where she witnesses the murder and gets the gun?
That answer is correct
It's anthrobabe's turn
Hello, anyone at home?
If anthrobabe doesn't post a new one soon, I'll do.
good - I miss the challenge !
Here's the new one
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British movie?
Looks like a computer game to me.
Barton Fink?
'Allo, 'Allo the movie? Definitely looks like Rene Artois's mother in law and Herr Flick of the gestapo.
All wrong
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-8.jpg
"I Married a Potted Plant"?
Nope
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-4.jpg
Are they in a tank? Are the guys in orange prisoners?
Charge of the Tank Brigade?
Nope, it is a train and those are what redshirts are in Star Trek (soon to be blown up)
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My name is Villain, Big Villain :mrgreen:
Big Ears and the Great Train Robbers?
A train is robbed but nothing about that in the title
Some light entertainment for a change?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-7.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-7.jpg
Holy carp, this looks fabulously tacky. I want to see it, if I haven't already.
Is time travel involved?
The life and trains of Slavador Dali?
yes typo an all
Is is a Man from U.N.C.L.E film?
Quote from: beagle on February 13, 2008, 08:47:25 PM
Is is a Man from U.N.C.L.E film?
That doesn't ring a bell with me.
And no time travelling is involved in the plot despite this:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-7.jpg)
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"The Blue Man Group Does Griffith Observatory?"
Okay, looks like a sixties or seventies action flick. I notice the guy to the far right in the psychedelic scene is playing a guitar. Is a known band fetaured?
No, but the composer of the score is very well-known.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-7.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-7.jpg
Is it a spy spoof?
Not exactly. It got ripped off by some though.
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-8.jpg
So it's serious? Or "In Like Flint"?
I don't know "In Like Flint" but the movie is not totally serious while not a comedy either (think Bond movie with the weird factor a bit enhanced)
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"In Like Flint" is like that.
Is this a German flick?
No but 2 countries could claim it (US produced but otherwise most of it was made in another place by people of that other place)
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The Man from Uncle teams up with the Avengers to invade Gormenghast?
I don't believe that's the real film title Beagle. Sounds like you could have made it up. No film title would say "teams up with". It's just not catchy.
Or perhaps you were quoting from a review of The Man, The Uncle, The Avengers, and Gormanghast? - (that well known pastiche on Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice).
I hope you win though.
The title is just two alliterating words
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Truckers obviously never learn. Was that a condition for employment in those days?
My doodness... That isn't Bardot, is it?
F*cking Tr*cking ?
Quote from: Swatopluk on February 22, 2008, 09:19:50 AM
The title is just two alliterating words
I would have guessed assonance from the picture.
No, that's not Bardot (in the picture above, not below)
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"It came from SW19?"
I think we may need more lateral clues Swato; hangman on the title possibly.
SW19's not THAT bad :mrgreen:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-5.jpg)
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Okay, the next one will be a give-away, if this one does not trigger the correct answer.
And it's not Firefighters form Outer Space (There is a movie of that or a similar title)
Slight hint: the guy is more known for a certain connection to Hanoi Jane
Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a Half Century, Meat version??
Nope!
But this guy should be recognizable
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-4.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-4.jpg
Sorry, we lost all the tax files. Please pay what you think is due as the patriots you are.
Terry-Thomas?
2000 Years later? Looking just like 40 years ago?
Yes, it is Terry-Thomas. He speaks as minister of finances (amd ex-minister of the interior)
This change in position was caused by the action of this man:
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I'll drown them like rats!
The Mouse That Roared 2000??
Nope, a bit older.
This movie was ripped off by Bond movies.
With Super Mario you'd be closer to the solution ??? :mrgreen:
The Mouse on the Moon?
Nope. No rodents, and it all stays on Earth (except for planes and helicopters)
You may nonetheless ask Barbarella for the hero's name.
Durand Durand?
Rocket to the moon?
Quote from: Opsanus tau on February 26, 2008, 06:54:45 PM
Durand Durand?
No, not the wicked one but the optically challenged. And I meant not the character name but the actor.
Together with Terry-Thomas that should be enough to identify the movie (I have run out of postable pictures).
Btw, nobody posted in the Quizzy Quiz thread for some time. There are still some question sopen.
Holy canolli, it's been so long since I've seen Barbarella that I can't remember that detail. Foo!
I gots nuthin'. We need more clues.
You remember that blind* angel in Barbarella?
That's the actor that plays the title character in the movie to be guessed here
In combination with Terry-Thomas that should pinpoint the movie.
*therefore optically challenged
Pygar
John Philip Law
an angel doesn't make love- an angel is love (and he ain't no dead duck baby)
so maybe another one name
Diabolik?
and the blond ain't no Bardot--- BB was hot, this gal is cute but not smoking like BB.(IMHO) and yes girls can too know that other girls are smoking hot and still like boys :P
edited for spelling errors
Yes, it was Danger:Diabolik (aka as just Diabolik) based on a very successful Italian comic
Directed by Mario Bava (who also did the special effects)
music by Ennio Morricone
Several ideas from the film were used later in james Bond movies.
Your turn anthrobabe!
now you all should know by now that I can't make photos post for nothing! I can get a link to work but am just all thumbs when posting photos-- I can get them into photobucket but after that--- sigh
but I will try--- let me look around a bit and think and see what happens
Ok I have something in mind......
I'm workin on it folks
Hint 1:
someone fakes beauty and it causes a melt down
Mr. Bean
One of the many House of Wax versions (meltdown)?
Or Tales of Hoffmann?
OK, let's wait for pictures!
Swato--no photos needed, you are just too knowledgeable
now get the exact one
He (main actor) was actually a king once and is associated (voice) with the king of pop(that Jackson kid).
really too easy for Swato..... ;)
Quote from: anthrobabe on March 07, 2008, 03:07:20 PM
I can get them into photobucket but after that--- sigh
When in photobucket, under or beside the picture there's three little boxes with links in.
Click slide and highlight the [IMG] one and while highlighted click COPY from the top browser menu.
Then come here and in the reply box, click, then click PASTE from the top browser menu.
That must have been that priced King of Grand Guignol in 1953 who also thrilled us in 1983 as the Rap.
Last night I thought that Metropolis would fit the bill too: the mad scientists gives his evil robot the features of the saintly Maria. In the end she/it is burnt on the stake and the false shell of beauty mets away.
Griffin--there is something disabled or something on the computer here at work--- photobucket just does not work :'(
do you think that Igor has a death wish?
If he tried to date Else Lanchester that could be the case.
or do you mean Waxwork (1988) or Waxwork II(1992)
nothing that new!
I know you've got it......
what do Cap't Jack and Lead Male Character have in common--- it were also the death of one of them(more or less)
Can I interpret it that the 1953 House of Wax/Cabinet of Professor Bondi was not the one you looked for (despite the Price-King-Jackson link)?
Other Price related movies would be the two Dr.Phibes (The abominable Dr.Phibes/Dr.Phibes rises again) or Dr.Goldfoot films (Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine/Girl Bombs)
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 07, 2008, 03:59:28 PM
Can I interpret it that the 1953 House of Wax/Cabinet of Professor Bondi was not the one you looked for (despite the Price-King-Jackson link)?
no do not interpret that way--- you've got it --- maybe the Depp reference was too obscure or odd to help.
Other Price related movies would be the two Dr.Phibes (The abominable Dr.Phibes/Dr.Phibes rises again) or Dr.Goldfoot films (Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine/Girl Bombs)
neither of these
just so you are positive(of the two)--- remember when one is a barker one should watch where they place their paddle balls.
Now I am confused. A picture might help (If you can't post it, send it to an admin)
Don't know no beauty faker that got eaten by a giant cephalopod
The only other Price item that roughly fits the bill is The Mad Magician(1954) with Price as an illusionist going round the bend.
Ok, let's try again with another obscure flick
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"Oven with a View"?
It looks 70s. In fact I may have that shirt somewhere...
Quote from: beagle on June 06, 2008, 10:06:21 PM
It looks 70s. In fact I may have that shirt somewhere...
I'm sure I had the dress.
Discrepencies though. The kettle and plate stacker behind it look pre-70's, but cooker hoods didn't come in here til much later.
"I married a nail biter" ??
It's mid-70ies
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"Tea for Two" ?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_029.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_029.jpg
A 70s version of Don Juan?
Nope, although another infamous nobleman makes a name appearance.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_026-1.jpg)
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De Sade or Dracula or both?
"Vampyres"?
DeSade has a certain connection to this movie. No vampires involved.
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Oh, foo... what was that movie that connected Jack the Ripper with the prince? Wait- that came out in the seventies, but was about the nineteenth century, wasn't it?
No prince and no Jack the Ripper here (despite a bit of knifing at the end)
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Good Sibling Swato, I prithee have mercy and be more obvious!
Sorry, but the movie is dark both in content adn lack of lighting ;)
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Are those twins?
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_015-3.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_015-3.jpg
Maybe a larger perspective will help
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Jail or psychiatric institution?
The fields look English?
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on June 16, 2008, 04:23:26 PM
Jail or psychiatric institution?
Tricky, really tricky. Essentially both but officially ambiguous, as far as I can see.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on June 17, 2008, 12:19:43 AM
The fields look English?
This is correct. This is England
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This looks like a tremendously creepy movie.
Looks a bit like one of those girls' public school stories.
"Daisy goes psycho?"
Quote from: Opsanus tau on June 17, 2008, 04:32:22 PM
This looks like a tremendously creepy movie.
No disagreement there
Quote from: beagle on June 17, 2008, 08:19:33 PM
Looks a bit like one of those girls' public school stories.
"Daisy goes psycho?"
No, not a public school, although "education" plays a role (although of the "shoot him, so that he may learn dicipline" kind)
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Hello! My name is Sheila. Call me Ilsa and you'll regret it!
Broadmoor Revisited?
A jail cell with a lectern. That's a novelty. Are we talking one of the "Bride of..." movies?
Of Dracula?
Of Frankenstein?
Of Tony Blair?
Quote from: beagle on June 18, 2008, 08:52:03 PM
Are we talking one of the "Bride of..." movies?
...
Of Tony Blair?
There may be something to it. According to wikipedia...
Quote from: wikipediahe dated future American Psycho director Mary Harron
Always wondered where these film people got their plots.
Photobucket is on maintenance currently, so a new picture has to wait.
As for the plot, there is a real-life inspiration at least for some of the main characters*.
The movie is known also for its tongue-in-cheek dedication.
*not just the name allusion to the infamous nobleman.
OK, here's the next one
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In case you haven't noticed: I am mad!
The Tall Blonde Transvestite with One Blunt Knife?
No transvestites in the movie that I noticed.
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_032.jpg
I'm having trouble identifying any of these actors. Any hints?
The only actress with a bit of name recognition is the lady on the left. Her given name is Sheila. She appeared in several films of the director of this one whose name is similar to that of a (once) famous but controversial documentarist (not Michael Moore).
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020-2.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020-2.jpg
This prison has a three strikes rule of its own (solitary confinement, flogging, hanging)
HOUSE OF WHIPCORD (1974)
That is the correct answer!
There are actually some survivors
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_028-2.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_028-2.jpg
Griffin's term now
I've nothing prepared at present......
Do you want to wait a few days while I prepare something - or does someone else want to go?
I can wait for a week.
Btw, what exactly gave it away?
women's prisons plus solitary confinement, flogging, hanging PLUS recognising the stills that search threw up
Ok. Here's the next film. Chosen merely as it has a nice name. If you are expecting a high quality meaningful example of the genre, forget it !
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_P01.jpg)
Four Weddings and a Funeral? (Never seen that, so just a blind guess)
Nah. The priest doesn't look much like Rowan Atkinson.
"Elton and David's Great Big Catholic Wedding?"
Quote from: Griffin NoName on June 23, 2008, 05:59:27 PM
women's prisons plus solitary confinement, flogging, hanging PLUS recognising the stills that search threw up
The siblings' areas of special expertise never cease to amaze me.
Ok, try again, though I don't think this will help you. Still, one never knows.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_p02.gif)
Not pink or Protestant enough for Steel Magnolias...
Bonus picture for poor efforts.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_p03.gif)
I thought I had it based on first photo-- but now not so sure?
Interesting height difference/sequence in the grooms :pillar: :candle: :tlite:
The Tall the Small and the Midget? :mrgreen:
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls?
OK, let's get some more action. Although the last still did have a clue in it. This one is just before the real interest arrives.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_P04.jpg)
Is Annabeth Gish one of the bridesmaids? Is this American (North American)?
Mystic Pizza?
YAY !!!!! Anthro Star Movie guesser. The "interest" is of course, Julia Roberts, who takes the shots and wins the game in one go.
Your go Anthro.
I thought so with the first photo-- but the one of her on the scooter did not look like her but with the pool scene and all I thought it was it afterall.
I have a good movie in mind-- let me look and see if I can get good pics and work on getting them into photobucket or something to put here.
ok not many photos of this-- but I think one of you will get it with only one or two anyway-- so I will add some descriptions as well between photos
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/anthrobabe/39steps.jpg)
Remember to rename files before uploading them ::)
My first guess was "39 Steps"* and the file name seems to say the same.
*To be precise:
First impression = Hitchcock
39 Steps came from that basic assumption
Yes, the scooter scene was a pizza delivery Anthro !
Quote from: Swatopluk on June 30, 2008, 09:55:35 AM
Remember to rename files before uploading them ::)
My first guess was "39 Steps"* and the file name seems to say the same.
*To be precise:
First impression = Hitchcock
39 Steps came from that basic assumption
Oh FARK!!!!! :fit: I tell you I am a slow learner--- but anyway you had it with Hitchcock --- even without the file name mess up you'd have gotten it.
Ok--- your turn.
Now it will be difficult for me not to give it away too soon
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-9.jpg
Off the Hook ?
i would say "Telefon" , but the phone looks too recent.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-8.jpg
Hmm. Monitors and a jumper suggesting a security guard or military uniform.
Shirt/tie suggests more likely security guard.
A heist movie? "Ocean's 38" ? "Panic Room"? "Mission Implausible"?
Quote from: beagle on July 03, 2008, 09:28:12 PM
Hmm. Monitors and a jumper suggesting a security guard or military uniform.
Shirt/tie suggests more likely security guard.
Is that based on common film topics?
Monitors, jumpers, shirt, tie....hmmm..... university lecturer on way to meet the appointments board.... software programmer trying to find a business angel....... off duty surgeon popping in off the golf course to check if the patient is still alive.... politician taking photo op. for family values and skills awareness advert.....
West Wing?
Well could be wrong, but jumper has that shiny nylon area on the shoulder (don't know the technical term) where military or corporate insignia go.
If it was light blue or green instead of dark blue my guess is you'd immediately think RAF/army.
Swato will doubtless confim if I've extrapolated too far.
beagle, That jumper is from the Michael Jackson Epaulette Free Collection-- a lower priced line for the working man or woman who can't afford the bling of regualr epaulettes yet likes the passant look without the actual flaps.
Epaulette - that's the word I was struggling to remember...
It's British and security but not military
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-8.jpg
Thought so.
Quote from: Griffin
Monitors, jumpers, shirt, tie....hmmm..... university lecturer on way to meet the appointments board.... software programmer trying to find a business angel....... off duty surgeon popping in off the golf course to check if the patient is still alive.... politician taking photo op. for family values and skills awareness advert.....
Really Watson, wrong in almost every respect. Bet you couldn't tell a bereaved ex-Indian sergeant of Marines with two children by observation either. ;)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-8.jpg
What does the nightshift do, when not on camera? :mrgreen:
Quote from: beagle on July 04, 2008, 01:51:34 PM
Thought so.
Quote from: Griffin
Monitors, jumpers, shirt, tie....hmmm..... university lecturer on way to meet the appointments board.... software programmer trying to find a business angel....... off duty surgeon popping in off the golf course to check if the patient is still alive.... politician taking photo op. for family values and skills awareness advert.....
Really Watson, wrong in almost every respect. Bet you couldn't tell a bereaved ex-Indian sergeant of Marines with two children by observation either. ;)
No, or at least, I haven't yet. Clearly you have superior skills. But, I was impeded by not being able to see the shiny nylon area on the shoulder due to inadequate screen resolution.
Quote from: Swatopluk
What does the nightshift do, when not on camera?
Suck the prisoners toenails?
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 04, 2008, 05:09:14 PM
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-8.jpg
What does the nightshift do, when not on camera? :mrgreen:
Darn I thought we had disabled all of the cameras in the locker room!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-9.jpg
Guns 'n drugs (and a girl out of frame)
Are they carrying a radiator (and a funny one at that) in the back of a pickup truck?
Looks like the propped-up top of an aluminum briefcase- possibly an etui for the hypo equipment.
that observation is correct, Opsanus. A radiator is not the problem here :mrgreen:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-9.jpg
Does this movie take place slightly in the future?
That question is actually slightly difficult to answer.
It is mainly the present with slightly futuristic elements
That's a bowling alley !
If it wasn't British I'd guess Bowling for Columbine :mrgreen:
Well, there is some gun-play here too.
And the air is smelling of sulphur
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-5.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-5.jpg
I am waiting for guesses, crowds!
is it welsh? that girl looked welsh.
Quote from: goat starer on July 12, 2008, 07:56:06 PM
is it welsh? that girl looked welsh.
Can't see it myself. I think she looks English.
Origin of girl unknown (except maybe for the casting personnel).
Plot takes place in London (mainly)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-9.jpg
I brought the fire axe. YOU should have brought the breathing apparatus!
(but nobody thought about the antihelminthics)
OK, here a long series of (lost) pictures that may help in combination
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-8.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-7.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-6.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-7.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-5.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-9.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-9.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-9.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-10.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-10.jpg)
and a new one
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-10.jpg)
Is it the one where London gets flooded?
... with zombies?
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on July 31, 2008, 01:39:08 AM
... with zombies?
I wondered before whether it was "28 Weeks Later", but the reviews didn't mention an emphasis on shopping.
No zombies. Only one (private) basement is flooded.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-9.jpg
Since that info probly got lost together with the other data
There are British and German but no US DVDs on this (although the latter are announced)
It ran on ITV in Britain this year.
There are several wikipedia entries on this.
Quote from: beagle on July 31, 2008, 07:25:03 AM
I wondered before whether it was "28 Weeks Later", but the reviews didn't mention an emphasis on shopping.
And I am wondering if Beagle got the number wrong and it is actually "24" not 28 !
Title: 8 letters, 1 word, something "numberly" in it (at least technically)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-6.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-6.jpg
It is not dead, just resting!
...so I'm watching BBCAmerica late last night and suddenly I start recognizing shots (the bloody hands coming around the corner) from a show that'll premier here this month called "Primeval". I jump up and down shouting "It's Swato's movie! It's Swato's movie!".
Is it?
It is indeed. Except for two pictures from episode 2.2 (with worms from an age when there was much more sulphur and less oxygen in the atmosphere) all are from 2.1 (with raptors in the shopping center).
Evil ITV - no I never watched that. Tend to stick to polite-murder-in-good-taste in the hinterlands of Midsomer.
I missed it too, though I gather some quite respectable people watch ITV these days.
As for movie movies, think I've only seen "Control" and "Atonement" in the last year (and there were on dvd). Someone at work recommended Kung Fu Panda though; so I might make it to three.
Quote from: beagle on August 02, 2008, 09:38:30 PM
... I gather some quite respectable people watch ITV these days.
One despairs of the class system ever dissolving. I have to admit I discriminate against people who watch Coronation Street rather than East Enders and also those who watch neither. Let's not even mention Neighbours.
Cue Goat...................... :mrgreen:
Can we expect a new movie to guess from Opsanus Tau or do I have to search my shelf for something more obscure again?
There is this Pakistani longteether I had planned to post some time ago :mrgreen:
Fie! Fie!
I have one I don't think we've done yet.
See below.
is it Batman?
Looks slightly familiar (alas to flicks in b/w, so it can't be)
Anything about "...schoolgirls in trouble" ;)?
Nope on both counts.
"Get your filthy hands off my desert II"?
Even at that resolution the hair style screams 70s (and probably premier league footballer).
is it batman returns?
The pics seem more 60s than 70s, specially the first.
Teenage Fiddler on a Tank?
:ROFL:@Goat
The Railway Children?
is it batman - THE DARK NIGHT?
that would explain why I dont recognise it as I have not seen it yet.
Suez Crisis - the Comedy? :mrgreen:
Something Carry-On-ish?
Right about the 60's.
Well, I know that I do not know this one (at least not personally).
Weird 60's movies are my bag, baybay!!!!
Just to keep this going: Still no idea.
is it the new watchmen movie?
I'm running out of superhero movies - it must be something obscure but from the costumes I would say it has Alan Moore behind it
Don't strain your noggins!
the waterbabies?
Last clue, my primative filmgoers!
Hey Hey, it's the Monkees....
People say they Monkee around...
yanno... ;)
That's correct, but what's the name of their little-known psychedelic film?
Head?
What? What? The Monkees were actually Waterbabies? I'm never going to get the hang of Life let alone movies.
To be honest, I was not aware that the Monkees had committed cinematography until I checked with IMDb...
So, in Full Disclosure of Cheating: is it Daydream Believer? (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411NSX2WWSL._SL75_SS50_.jpg)
Zono was right.
I knew it, I just wasn't gonna SAY it.
Jack Nicholson co-wrote and probably co-produced that spectacular piece of anti-advertising!
Zono wins- and Chatty's right, it is surprisingly good in it's own weird way. It even has a cameo with Frank Zappa!
Here's the psychedelic opening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdd5xI9l7Ns
Your turn, Zone!
Ok, give me a little while to get the shots.
Here we go...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD4.jpg)
Does the man live in Baker Street?
I'm not sure if he has a fixed address.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD1.jpg)
"The Coffee Whisperer"?
Looks European.
There is one French character, apart from that...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD2.jpg)
Some Knights of the Temple involved?
A CD-ripping Werewolf in Paris?
No werewolves in this one but there are some cats. Also there are no Templars but there are crosses.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD3.jpg)
Looks too new to be Shadow of the Cat
Cat Woman meets Constantine? ;)
No underworld demons in this one.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD5.jpg)
Something to do with SETI ?
Nope.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD6.jpg)
Darwin lives on a Yellow Submarine?
I am bothered by what appear to be time differences. Old styles (eg. maps etc) plus modern equipment. Pic 4 is not dissimilar to the interior of a Lancaster Bomber (yes I have been in one) except all sorts of detail are wrong. Don't think they used those types of rucksacks in WWII.
Back to the Year after Tomorrow?
Also bothered by what appears to be a doctor's couch far left in first still.
Dr Jeykyll and Mr Hide carry on seven Leagues under the Sea?
I am struck by the presence of padded coveralls throughout this series of images.
I'm sure the producer lives in a padded cell now... :mrgreen:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD7.jpg)
Is that cell in Brazil?
Looks like that guy is wearing some kind of adulterated cycle helmet.
The Olympics 2244 ?
No and no.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD8.jpg)
(apparently I chose the right movie :mrgreen: )
Is a Russian submarine involved?
Only if the Russians allow the use of their subs as sets. :mrgreen:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD9.jpg)
A remake of Metropolis?
No underclass per se, although there are suspicions on one particular group.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD10.jpg)
Is that Cameron Diaz in the photo before the last?
No Cameron Diaz in this one.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD11.jpg)
I think I should have won with Yellow Submarine - how about Grey Submarine?
I have you all out of the water (or perhaps into the water?) :mrgreen:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD12.jpg)
"What did you say?"
Revenge of the Brooding Eyebrow Actors??
"Hmm, tasty!"
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD13.jpg)
A remake of the Thomas Crown affair?
Nope.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD14.jpg)
"He is one of them!"
Does it have Fred Estaire in it?
Definitively not as an actor or as part of the soundtrack.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD15.jpg)
"Where do you think you're going?"
No takers?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD16.jpg)
Are they in space? It seems to be a pilot training center or something.
Yup, they are in space.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD17.jpg)
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on August 15, 2008, 09:21:42 PM
Yup, they are in space.
They can't be. I haven't seen any Red Dwarves.
At least some people is dressed in red. ;)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD18.jpg)
"I wasn't thinking, with my head anyway"
Space Academy?
Blakes Eleven?
No and no.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD19.jpg)
A shot in the dark guess: Firefly
Oh no. In fact it is considered a relatively bad and corny movie.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD20.jpg)
Also blind guessing: Event Horizon?
Star Trash: The New Abomination :mrgreen:
Event horizon is a somewhat bad movie, but it isn't too corny IIRC.
I'll place a new pic in a while (it isn't practical from the phone).
Here it is
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD21.jpg)
"Prepare for jump in ..."
Is it set on one of those *other* contraband ships -- piloted by the minor character captains -- in The Matrix? ;)
There is a captain of a small ship in a secondary rol, but no Matrix here.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD22.jpg)
Would be nice if it were Space Truckers but the trailer looks too different.
Could you just tell me, whether it is post- or pre-1997?
Post.
---
You'll have to wait a bit until I make more screenshots.
Drat, my SF movie encyclopedia ends 1997.
Here is another.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD23.jpg)
(blasted powerdvd is giving me grief to take the screenshots. >:()
Plan from Deep Space Nine? :mrgreen:
Wing Commander has a different look, I think (never seen it).
There you go.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD24.jpg)
It is Wing commander. Your turn.
And no cat in sight?
---
New pictures have to wait until to-morrow.
If English movies of 2008 are too difficult, then maybe I have to chose something less exotic. Would some b/w Pakistani movie do or a Czech Western (oh, I already did the latter)? ;)
A pic of the Kilrathi* would have been a complete giveaway, only to be used if the cluelessness continued.
(http://www.beyondhollywood.com/posterx/wingcommander3.jpg)
* those are the evil cats bent on destroying the humans in the movie/game.
OK, here's the new one
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-10.jpg
Is it Korean?
Nope!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-11.jpg
That reminds me of Dreams of Kurosawa, but something tells me you are too sophisticated to choose something that easy ;)
And I don't have pictures from that one either. If I'd do a Kurosawa, it would be one of the more obscure (like Men who trod on the tiger's tail).
But your guess is not that far off.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-11.jpg
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-10.jpg
The movie is from the 70s?
Nope!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-7.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-7.jpg
It looks Japanese and made within the past ten years. Correct?
I would have thought its earlier than that, possibly 80s (because of the shack shot), but I'm no expert on Japanese productions.
It's Japanese but not recent (definitely older than it looks)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-11.jpg
Its a period movie, right?
Does it feature Mifune ?
No, Mifune (at least not Toshiro, I did not check for others) in it.
I think it qualifies as a period movie (although no specific time is given)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-10.jpg
The wild swans?
No!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017-4.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017-4.jpg
Is it Atragon/Kaitei Guntan? :)
No!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-11.jpg
G'arrrgggh! It looks so familiar!
Clues for the clueless, Professor?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-10.jpg
In a few days, I may go to more obvious clues :mrgreen:
OK, as promised now a picture that is a bit more helpful.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-6.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-6.jpg
Izzit that wun hepisode ov Dr Who wif thee devvil an mistereeyus roitin' on sum poor git's skin?
No! Since when is Dr.Who Japanese?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-8.jpg
I think you forgot something!
What! There baint no rezin whye Dr Who cuddint region aerate as Japanese!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-8.jpg
We don't appreciate the way you treated our lord when he appeared in your tea cup!
Attack of the Mushroom People?
:P ;D
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-7.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-7.jpg
Sing us that song about the naval battle of...
The Mikado
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-11.jpg
Long hair and a spinning wheel. You should be very suspicious!
Is it Rumplestiltskin?
Debbie does Tokyo?
The Water Babies?
Quote from: Pachyderm on September 22, 2008, 09:06:34 PM
Debbie does Tokyo?
I think we had that guess already
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-3.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-3.jpg
That Oscar nomination must be around here somewhere.
No, it's not
A Touch of Zen, despite the high similarity of the sets
Debbie Does Kyoto?
Places in the Heart?
Quote from: pieces o nine on September 22, 2008, 07:41:51 PM
Is it Rumplestiltskin?
No I've got it...'Rumpole of the Bailey' (I used to work on that!).
Please take this game more seriously!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_019-3.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_019-3.jpg
In case the hint did not hit: This movie was nominated for an Oscar.
Quote from: Black Bart on September 23, 2008, 02:24:35 PM
Quote from: pieces o nine on September 22, 2008, 07:41:51 PM
Is it Rumplestiltskin?
No I've got it...'Rumpole of the Bailey' (I used to work on that!).
Wuz ye in charrrge ov thee hack shoe awl rumpling, oar did ye werke in anuvver deparrrtmint?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Sorry, Swato, I have no clever giess for this post.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-7.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-7.jpg
This is the last picture. After this only verbal hints.
Kwaidan
That is the correct answer.
How exactly did you find it?
Quote from: pieces o nine on September 23, 2008, 04:59:06 PM
Quote from: Black Bart on September 23, 2008, 02:24:35 PM
Quote from: pieces o nine on September 22, 2008, 07:41:51 PM
Is it Rumplestiltskin?
No I've got it...'Rumpole of the Bailey' (I used to work on that!).
Wuz ye in charrrge ov thee hack shoe awl rumpling, oar did ye werke in anuvver deparrrtmint?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Sorry, Swato, I have no clever giess for this post.
I was in the Graphics department designing Rumpole's booze labels (amongst other stuff)...the perfect job for me.
I'm good at designing booze labels. I once made some home made wine with a friend of mine who had notoriously smelly feet...we called it 'Chateau Les Feet'...curiously no one but ourselves would drink it.
Quote from: Swatopluk on September 29, 2008, 09:04:43 AM
That is the correct answer.
How exactly did you find it?
Kwaidan = Ghost Story
I've been looking for an oriental Ghost Story, which I saw late night on TV once, for years and I keep buying the wrong DVD. So far I've tried:
Chinese Ghost Story and
Mr Vampire which are both fantastic films of the genre.
Well done, Bart! (and you got the rest of us off the hook as well!)
Quote from: Swatopluk on September 29, 2008, 09:04:43 AM
That is the correct answer.
How exactly did you find it?
The Oscar thing helped a lot. Googled Japanese movies nominated for oscars, googled some of the older ones and got a picture of a face covered with Japanese writings under images section.
Will post a picture later today or tomorrow.
Picture:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/02-6.jpg)
Jungle Book (one of the dreadful post-Korda versions)?
Last of the Mohicans?
Quote from: Opsanus tau on September 29, 2008, 06:17:36 PM
Well done, Bart! (and you got the rest of us off the hook as well!)
No I didn't get it...we have Kiyoodle to thank.
That does look like a Mohawk hairstyle.
Many apologies to my sibling Kiyo! :-[
I always wanted a Mohawk.
The Pathfinder (not Cooper, the one with the Vikings in it)?
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/01-6.jpg)
it's not that load of Mel Gibson bollocks The Patriot is it?
At least looks like g*dd*m*tt redcoats to me!
Quote from: Swatopluk on September 30, 2008, 07:42:34 AM
Last of the Mohicans?
Sorry, did not see that one right away. Swato, you got it right.
Very fast indeed. :)
Lucky guess (never seen one of those, my Cooper experience has been just audio until now).
Let's see what obscurities I can find for the next one. Thai, Korean, Pakistani, Mongolian? :mrgreen:
Quote from: Swatopluk on October 02, 2008, 08:26:11 AM
Lucky guess (never seen one of those, my Cooper experience has been just audio until now).
The movie's not bad at all. Sometimes cheesy, but the music is good. :)
Quote from: Swatopluk on October 02, 2008, 08:26:11 AM
Let's see what obscurities I can find for the next one. Thai, Korean, Pakistani, Mongolian? :mrgreen:
Why not try something simplier this time, something we could actually guess? ;D
Hey, Primeval was English and new (and available on DVD). It took ages to get guessed.
That first photo was one of Wes Studi (in Last of the Mohicans)-- very good movie-
OK have a go at this one:
(http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/17/6717-004-9F9DF78B.jpg)
That looks like the fabulous Garbo. Is it "Conquest"?
Looks more like Judi Dench playing Titania in the 1968 film A Midsummer Night's Dream to me. But I'm not sure why she would be wearing sails on her head. I don't think that bit was in the film.
By my troth, 'tis the nurse from Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet.
Rembrandt (with Charles Laughton)?
Hello! Anyone at home?
A new picture within 24 hours or I will start a new round (and you won't like it ;))
OK, the deadline has expired. Take this:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-8.jpg
Sorry mate, I haven't finished with my one yet. Hold yours for just a bit longer would you?
Everyone's wrong so far but I'll tell you the lady is Claire Bloom.
I've found the same "Lady", looking somewhat different. Amazing how aging 40 years can affect one.
(http://cache-media.ebonline.com/eb-media/63/7263-004-2E112F99.jpg)
Presumably marrying the man who kills your husband and father must have been a wonderful.
It doesn't look like she gets out much though, the way she's wearing her nighty and seems to have just emerged from her hiding place under the stairs.
I think she did get out a bit. I'm sure this is her riding her horse, but looks like she hasn't seen the "Because You're Worth It" adverts.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517JTSE7YKL._SS500_.jpg)
Kristin-Scott-Thomas in 1995 was obviously the more retiring sort.
Olive Oyl-Olivier?
Yes. Although why am I doing Black Bart's job?
I will get Palin to fire him and post a film imminently.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on October 10, 2008, 11:05:16 AM
Yes. Although why am I doing Black Bart's job?
I will get Palin to fire him and post a film imminently.
Well done...you can have your place back on the quiz team now. ;)
OK spotto...I'm ready for the Post Industrial Slavic Austro Hungarian Avant Guard New Wave Cinema Clip now.
It's my turn so all of those are unlikely. And we do need to discourage Swato.
Unfortunately I have managed to wipe the particular video decoder I need - so although I now have it all ready, I can't decode it immediately.
I'll give you a starter clue. It was made in the US.
Bruce Springsteen!!!!!
-ok so technically born in the usa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIekamBDiAw)- but you get it anyway
haha!! and no points for back in the USA either.
I'll give another clue. One of the men in the film has no hair. or very little. I think. possibly.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on October 14, 2008, 07:26:27 AM
I'll give another clue. One of the men in the film has no hair. or very little. I think. possibly.
well that helps narrow it down
Goodness soon I'll be giving it away.
There's a laboratory. Well, of a sort.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on October 14, 2008, 07:26:27 AM
I'll give another clue. One of the men in the film has no hair. or very little. I think. possibly.
OK, you win. I'll buy the negatives. I only did it once and I really needed the money.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SDAFrW_vNNQ (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SDAFrW_vNNQ)
Nope, your ok there. We won't be selling the negatives. At least not to you.
Unfortunately I could not resist watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol5Dfs7jqFI&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol5Dfs7jqFI&NR=1) as well.
Clue number three: at least one of the scenes takes place inside a house.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on October 14, 2008, 08:04:51 AM
Unfortunately I could not resist watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol5Dfs7jqFI&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol5Dfs7jqFI&NR=1) as well.
That one's OK. At least I've got clothes on.
Quote
Clue number three: at least one of the scenes takes place inside a house.
OK, So we've ruled out Robinson Crusoe, 2001 a Space Odyssey and Dark Star. How many does that leave?
Quote from: beagle on October 14, 2008, 08:13:06 AM
OK, So we've ruled out Robinson Crusoe, 2001 a Space Odyssey and Dark Star. How many does that leave?
Episode 3 of 4 of The History of Maths is not until next week. We've just reached Fibonacci - and so far have only learnt his theory of rabbit breeding. So I'll have to get back to you on that.
Actors with limited hair? Those would be Telly Savalas and Sir Ben Kingsley
Did anyone of these play Mad Doctor in the House?
On the other hand many Frankenstein monsters (with the exception of Karloff) were hairless.
Also known for hairlessness is Death (ignore that Joe Black impostor)
None of those.
Next clue: labels are important.
There will be a short intermission now as I have had no sleep. I shall attempt to awken refreshed and alert enough to sort out the decoder.
This again sounds like a Frankenstein hint (labels on the brain jars)
Or are you talking about record labels?
Not record labels.
Next clue: apples
I apologise for the further delay. I am still on the case.
Actually it is quite interesting to test the amazing and admirable Swatopluk film brain database with ridiculously obscure clues ;)
Have you ever seen that ridiculous* apple ad in the movie Privilege?
Jack and the radioactive giant apple?
Is Dirk Bogarde in it?
*clearly intended
No. He isn't.
Next clue: retirement
A Fruit inspector recalls?
Something mafiotic (or at least mephitic?)
No horse's heads.
And, finally, here is the first still.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_001.jpg)
Next question?
Quote from: Griffin NoName on October 17, 2008, 04:34:57 PM
No horse's heads.
And, finally, here is the first still.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_001.jpg)
Next question?
My god how did you get a photo of me at work? seriously that looks like my blue highlighter that I keep clipped to the file frame in dispatch so I can get to it and mark radio logs ( I am very color coded- I have 12 colors in current use) and we wear a sort of uniform that color as well-- seriously that is a photo of me taken over my right shoulder.
Obviously this is an attempt at humor- I am punch drunk tired
It is also to get attention as I am bored
But I am like Elmo-- cute as heck but annoying as satan
Ok now I am paranoid--- are you watching me?
Quote from: anthrobabe on October 20, 2008, 08:14:57 AM
My god how did you get a photo of me at work? seriously that looks like my blue highlighter that I keep clipped to the file frame in dispatch so I can get to it and mark radio logs ( I am very color coded- I have 12 colors in current use) and we wear a sort of uniform that color as well-- seriously that is a photo of me taken over my right shoulder.
Obviously this is an attempt at humor- I am punch drunk tired
It is also to get attention as I am bored
But I am like Elmo-- cute as heck but annoying as satan
Ok now I am paranoid--- are you watching me?
No. Someone else watching someone else. That's the problem with paranoia. We always think it applies to us. Whatever it is. Be happy. This is NOT you. Be very happy. You are NOT in this movie. Be very happy you are not in THIS move. LoL!
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_002.jpg)
anything Romeo&Julia-tic?
I think the answer to that has to be no. You could get there by a stretch of the imagintion but I wouldn't like it myself.
Next still in preparation.
Something with buckets of gore then? :meal: :devil:
So he's claiming the buckets as well as the Internet, is he?
Be careful Pachy, or I'll release the ducks :mrgreen:
I doubt that Griffin would post things from erotic movies or I would have a guess :o
No fiercely pecking ducks in this movie ! or perhaps I just didn't spot them
Erotica? I could have edited that out :mrgreen:
Here you are, you get what you deserve:
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_003.jpg)
I don't see feet... ;) :mrgreen:
No feet here either.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_004.jpg)
Looks more like drums of chemicals.
A dream of arson?
The pictures seem to indicate a relatively new movie.
Never seen a dream of arson - no. Relatively new - mmmm - well I'd need to hear exactly how your intonation sounds on that one. Like Relatively - Relatively etc. ;)
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_005.jpg)
So, is it something about new relatives or something about Einstein trying to meddle in family issues?
No. That wasn't a clue.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_006.jpg)
Oh I've got it...tis the 'Creeping Terror'...Walktheplank's wig has gone on the rampage and look...it's latched onto that poor man's head.
Well, if you have the Creeping Terror, keep it locked away. ;D
The Wheelchair Murders?
Sorry, no idea. And I simply make up movie titles (with a good chance that those titles actually already exist)
No wheelchairs. Just the creeping terror.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_007.jpg)
Sorry, never seen (iirc)
That's not a Batman shadow up there, is it? Where's Qwerty. He's seen "Dark Knight" like twelve times.
Actually the whole thing looks more like TV than cinema
it isn't the Dark Knight (I've seen it a few times too ;)). It looks more like an ET from startrek.
No, no. Try again ;D
Let's have a closer look at the action.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_008.jpg)
That picture reminds me of Minority Report
Actually it reminds me of a completely different film than the one it comes from, but I can't say which as the link might be too obvious.
James Bond - Alimonies on Your Mind
One Hour Photo?
OOOOOOOOO
I know
I know
Pachy-- do you want it??? I'll pm you really quick
don't read you pm if you don't want it
Duly read. :)
Will now wait to see if AB is right.
(don't know how to set the next one up ::))
I really have no idea about this one. It looks like there's a bit of stalking going on though.
Sorry Pachy, one hour just isn't enough.
How come BB recognises stalking so easily?
AB, this will be really obvious if you've got it. I'd be surprised if no one else has seen it.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_movie_009.jpg)
I know it
I really know it
but don't want to take the turn as I am not good at it and all---
Anyone else want it? I'll PM you if you want (unless anyone objects on the grounds that it might be a form of cheating--- I prefer assisting siblings myself)---
It is a good movie-- there is another version that is even better!
I have no idea but a non-obscure* movie for the next round (technically the one before the last round was mine but someone (BB, I think) preempted me with posting a new one.
*relatively new with well-known actors
ABabe PM'd me with the correct answer.
Manhunter (1986)
Quote from: anthrobabe on October 25, 2008, 09:00:14 AM
It is a good movie-- there is another version that is even better!
Spooky coincidence or have we got the media hacking in here....?
Red Dragon is on TV tonight.
Listen the Anthony Hopkins version (Red Dragon) is a great movie. Man Hunter is a good movie but it just isn't Hannibal with out Hopkins (IMHO)
Damn it...'Manhunter' did enter my head...even though I do not recognise any of the stills. I disagree with Anthrobabe even though I am very proud of Hopkins, him being from my neighbourhood in Wales, I think Manhunter is the best film in the series.
I do too, having now just watched Red Dragon. I can't work out why they did a remake, apart from Hopkins. The plot was a bit mucked about and some significant changes. Odd.
Sorry Ababe.
OK, I propose a new one
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-8.jpg
That's not a film. It's a place I used to work :o
Quote from: Black Bart on October 27, 2008, 11:59:30 AM
Damn it...'Manhunter' did enter my head...even though I do not recognise any of the stills. I disagree with Anthrobabe even though I am very proud of Hopkins, him being from my neighbourhood in Wales, I think Manhunter is the best film in the series.
Hey if friends can't discuss then why have friends-- you are still my mates and I respect your points! I think I have an Anthony Hopkins thing-- and the climax scene in Manhunter is fantastic- when Dolarhide comes through the wall it is amazing, better than the fire deal in Red Dragon
Naturally the remake was probably to 'cash in' on Silence of the Lambs-- still I like it.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on October 27, 2008, 01:53:35 PM
I do too, having now just watched Red Dragon. I can't work out why they did a remake, apart from Hopkins. The plot was a bit mucked about and some significant changes. Odd.
Sorry Ababe.
.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016-5.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016-5.jpg
Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrgh....it be Cap'n Cronan on the deck o the Titanic!!!
I recognize the brown leather water resistant shoes!
Voyage of the Beagle with the wrong shoes.
Moby Dick or Ghost Ship?
Am oi readin the word "Dublin" on that loifsaver?
Nothing to do with the Titanic and the sister boat?
Quote from: Opsanus tau on October 28, 2008, 07:45:09 PM
Am oi readin the word "Dublin" on that loifsaver?
Could be but it would be misleading.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-11.jpg
Is it an European production of the 70's/80s?
Partially European but not from that period
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-12.jpg
Is it "Enigma"? Recall that had a boat and a car parked at the top of a hill, and the lights on that one look blacked out.
Drat, I feared the rape would be a giveaway.
Your turn!
OK. This might be too easy, but it's difficult to find obscure ones for this film.
A lady in a swimsuit.
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h119/osborn_2006/v1.jpg)
Brideshead Revisted - The Sequel - Anorexics Wear White ?
Similar time period and ethos, but without any man on man action (as I believe it's described in cinematic circles...).
Hmmm. I thought the actress alone was famous enough to give this one away, but obviously not.
An unfortunate misunderstanding of events:
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h119/osborn_2006/v2.jpg)
(Obscure clue for the benefit of a certain brainbox. Combine what Xenophon prescribed for the Emperor Claudius (in the Grave's version, which didn't implicate him in the later poisoning) with the last name of an Elizabethan musician known for Lamentations and laying the foundations of Fantasia, to get the name of the character shown in this picture).
Faces look familiar.
Claudius called the stuff "the Olympian mixture" but says that he doesn't exactly know what was in it.*
The Elisabethan lamenter would likely be Tallis (later used by Vaughan-Williams for a fantasia).
Atonement? (AAAArgh! A tonement)
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:cyoET9VnX1H8UM:http://blogs.nypost.com/movies/photos/atonement)
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:cyoET9VnX1H8UM:http://blogs.nypost.com/movies/photos/atonement
I would not have recognized Keira from that picture.
*leafing through the book. I have not finished redaing it, I am in the first chapters of the second (shortly after Claudius is made emperor and Herod makes trouble in Palestine)
Yep. Atonement it is.
For the cryptic clues:
Xenophon prescribed the herb Briony to Claudius when he first became his doctor (at least according to Graves). Wasn't thinking of the stuff later used to keep him stoned during the Messalina episode.
The composer was indeed Tallis. Famous for his Lamentations, (and a full-on motet) and for a tune which became the basis for Vaughan-Williams's "Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis" (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3XvNZ3ns4). (No audio here but that should be the right one).
Not much chance of sending
you down a side track to Disneyland with the Fantasia reference.
Put the two together and you have "Briony Tallis", the young girl who causes disaster in "Atonement", by misunderstanding what she sees from her bedroom window.
Quote from: Swatopluk
(shortly after Claudius is made emperor and Herod makes trouble in Palestine)
"Trust no-one Caesar". Can't say he didn't warn him. These wannabe messiahs are often trouble. "There will always be cults, Caesar" :)
I got the book of the British Museum - "Hadrian: Empire and Conflict" exhibition yesterday. It's a battle between that and the "Pigs might Fly" Floyd history this weekend. Looks interesting.
Drat. I dithered between Brideshead and Atonement !
If only I had faith I would have the confidence to name the correct film ;)
OK, here's the next one
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016-6.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016-6.jpg
Hm, looks familiar...
But cannot remember... Argh.
Characters in this movie have the same problem ;)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-12.jpg
Thumbalina and the WMD ?
Ok, that actress looks awfully familiar...
I am pretty sure I know this movie... I won't be able to rest until I find the solution... :)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-12.jpg
It's difficult not to have tiny giveaways in the pictures
Is it about ghosts?
In a certain way but to call it a ghost movie would be misleading.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-9.jpg
More haunted by the past or whatever than actual ghosts?
Haunted by the past definitely but with the supernatural involved.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-9.jpg
Invasion of the Planks ?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_015-5.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_015-5.jpg
Somebody should have told me that it would be necessary to cut my hair for this job.
The Jacket?
(just a wild guess though, probably wrong.)
Indeed it is...wrong :mrgreen:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-11.jpg
Welcome to martial arts night here in the forest: Sicky Demon against The Smithsonian.
The winner will get an octagonal prism box of unknown contents, a piece of jewelry and a very nasty cutting tool.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-12.jpg
No, that's not a jedi costume despite me being the chosen one
The Mill Keeper's Psycho Shower Room with a View ?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-12.jpg
Is that mom on the back?
No, characters are not related (at least not in a biological sense)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-8.jpg
Is it Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure to the Mutter Museum?
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-11.jpg
Frankenstein's Ploughshare?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-11.jpg
Nice peace of work, Smithsonian
Thank you, Sicky Demon
Whoap! Hold on... is that Grace Zabriskie in that one background (referred to here as "Mom")?
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-13.jpg
Now you know who I am, Smithsonian! But the Rumpelstiltskin trick does not work with me, as you know best yourself.
Clueless. Not the movie, describing my state of mind. 99.9% sure I haven't seen this one.
I think it's one of the movies I have recorded recently but not yet watched.
Does that help?
I may be wrong. I haven't watched them.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-7.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-7.jpg
Hot tip: do not work the bellows so hard and don't pour water on the oil :mrgreen:
How not to run a cooking school?
directed by Tim Burton
This is a really good one! Not a clue.
MacBeth?
No Shakespeare (but something held as high in regard in the country of origin)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-4.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-4.jpg
Chaucer's "Wife of Boiling Hot Oil Bath"?
I'm sure that same prop was in "Carry on Screaming". Or is it some sort of product placement?
Here's a closer look at the object
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017-5.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017-5.jpg
AhA! It's the The Freemasons and the Goblet of Fire !
This is not about masons buth smiths (and a nameless demon)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-9.jpg
Hmmm. I am rather enjoying this one Swato. My immediate reaction to this latest pic is to go off on one of my stimulating web searches but for today I must discipline myself as I have some RL priorities. But I shall re-access my self-control tomorrow. ;D
I have run temporarily out of pictures anyway.
OK, I uploaded some new ones.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-9.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-9.jpg
I did not actually remember that a duck was in there but since I stumbled on it... :mrgreen:
Is it The Duck of Monte Cristo?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-13.jpg
The casting of a 'C' in Mount Doom?
Night at the Museum (2006 not 2009 as it could be Kim Raver) ? But can't find any stills to match ones you have shown and had discarded it a while ago. Or is the Smithsonian an oblique clue?
Yes, that was a slightly oblique clue (as were the sicky demon and rumpelstiltskin).
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-12.jpg
The Day the Nachos attacked ?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-13.jpg
OPEN THE MATRIX DOORS, HAL...
hmmmm
something to do with drive plates and a cat named Frankenstein?
sorry-- it's a really fantastic one you've got here Swato
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-12.jpg
Invasion of the Giant Grey Artichoke Triffids ?
Actually that looks like the fan off my Griff-Mobile; could I have it back?
...hmmm...those look like linoleum knives...
"Invasion of the Carpet Salesmen"?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-13.jpg
We are the knights who say nouse koira korjahani
Jade Warrior (Jadesoturi-2006)
(yes I googled the hint and came up with Kalevala and after that is was not difficult to find on IMDB and youtube)
but up until this point I was cluless and completely lost--- you are truly the master of this game sibling
That was the correct answer!
The next picture would have been one with the Kalevala lying on the table.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-13.jpg)
The phrase btw was "Dog, come into my sled"
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-12.jpg)
The content of the box btw was this
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-10.jpg)
And here is a trailer
[youtube=425,350]vpUWKIoZaJE[/youtube]
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=vpUWKIoZaJE
I am off work the next couple of days so will not have access to a computer. If anyone wants to begin a new round they are more than welcome. If not then when I return I will attempt to do so myself.
I have to get this movie on NetFlix-- it looks very interesting--
Thank you again Swato it was a tough one-- love
I cry foul - I was looking at the Pink Warrriors series. <bad loser>
Now oi rememmers wen MST3K did thee Kalevala & 'freakin sampo'! :D
Ok will someone please go next--- photobucket will not work properly on this computer (it is probably user error) but anyway it is just not working for me.
I won't guess again-- I promise!
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/loloolloo.jpg)
testing to see if this is going to work now-- still learning ya know
this is the first clue for the next movie-- wonder what's out here?
El Buque Maldito (Blind Dead 3)?
The Horror of Party Beach?
Mummy on the Shore?
Dracula hunting bikini babes?
The Olsen Twins - A Day at the Beach?
Saving Private Ryan?
From here to Eternity colourized?
I don't think you are warm yet?
Maybe this will help -- or is could be really bad.
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/guessthemovie2.jpg)
(I am sorry for the photo quality- I am learning though. For me this is a dead give-away photo)
Pine killer III - Revenge?
Zardoz?
(Am hoping for shot of scantily-clad Sean Connery, I guess! :blush: )
Nope sorry
no Connery in this one
however there is a Connery connection-in a sort of obscure round about way related to this scene in it's entirety
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/guessthemovie3.jpg)
No idea
Is it a horror (or horrible :mrgreen:) movie?
Shining, the TV edition?
Well many consider it horrible- but in my humble opinion that makes it great.
Try this one on for size.
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/guessthemovie4.jpg)
Since this monitor has a colour defect, I'll have to transfer that picture to another PC for closer inspection
Edit: New monitor did not shed much light on the question but combined with the size hint there might be a giant ape in front of the window.
But which one? Konga(1961) or King Kong(1976)?
I see no ape.
Delicatessen?
The last picture was more like a Rorschach test and with a bit of imagination one could make out one eye and one of the nostrils on the right hand side of the window(?).
It reminded me of this picture btw
(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:2SV-dj2xS3_QnM:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5197Q21J9ZL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (although there is no simian in that film this picture looks like one)
I am sorry the color wasn't good and the pic is dark. I am still learning how to do. It could have been a dead give away shot for some however-- crucial scene--
No ape in the film-- unless there is one in the circus
No Deli but a
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/guessthemovie14.jpg)
it looks worse than it is- she doesn't like it at all!
OOOO!!!!! I know!!!! I know!!!!! ;)
Right you could quote the movie in your sleep.
Do you mind a bit if we leave it a bit longer and see what happens or if it just
jams everyone badly ;)
That's a tail, isn't it? OMG is it Space Balls?
Quote from: Opsanus tau on November 30, 2008, 04:57:24 PM
That's a tail, isn't it? OMG is it Space Balls?
Now that you say it...In that case the picture with the trees is indeed a give-away (that's in the suck out the atmosphere sequence).
Spaceballs!!!!!
That is Correct
next :D
Here are the next few I had chosen in no particular order
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/guessthemovie10.jpg)
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/savethemovie5.jpg)
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/guessthemovie11.jpg)
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/guessthemovie9.jpg)
(http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr319/anthrobabe_bucket/guessthemovie8.jpg)
Opsa's turn
Aw, g'wan... you made that easy so poor ol' Ops could guess.
Indiana Jones and the Lost Bottle of Geritol?
The Great Toy Train Crash?
---
Maybe the opening sequence of one of the Terminator movies? Those are famous for their strewn rubble in the dark.
Ha! Pretty nebulous, huh?
That looks like old Wallace 'manor' in Braveheart. The only problem is that in that movie it was raining all the time...
Honey, Get the Dentist to fix the Roof ?
Nope, but this next one may be a give-away.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
Mel Brooks History of the World?
Warmer...
Time Bandits!
I love that movie!
That's the result of not being around when other people are. I would have known that one. So you are spared another round of film obscurities from me at least for now >:( :mrgreen:
I'll find a break for that Lollywood Longteether one day, see if I don't!
On my end I'll try to find something that will not be guessed in 2 tries tonight when I get home. ;) :P
Good show, Zone. I love Time Bandits, too.
Ok, I finally have some screen captures (I'll add a rant on the subject).
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD001.jpg)
Hopefully the clue isn't too dark... :mrgreen:
"Crimson Tide"? "Absolutely Curtains"?
Behind the Curtain?
Scandal Sheet?
Nope...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD002.jpg)
currently no idea
Wargames? Dirty Dancing?
Nope...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD003.jpg)
Lost Highway?
The Fog?
Taxi to Nowhere?
:mua:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD004.jpg)
Stepford Wives?
Close Encounters (of whatever kind ;) )?
There are some close encounters...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD005.jpg)
Something about robots and/or rats?
Hee, hee, not directly, at least.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD006.jpg)
ET and the hidden door in the ground
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD007.jpg)
Maybelline advert?
Is that an ice mummy?
Don't know, but this might be the film where the phrase "I don't like the look of yours" originated.
Ah! Yes! It's A Recipe for Bees. They haven't made it yet though the film rights have been bought.
Mmm, I made a good choice apparently... :devil2:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD008.jpg)
"He is here, sir"
Not seen this one. Have to rely on Swato...
The Thirty-Nine Ears? I heard they are making a remake but haven't seen it
Well, it isn't that hard or at least I would think that more than one person here should have seen it.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD009.jpg)
Where's the beef?
Oh, I see you found the skin remover!
Waiting for the phone to ring-- rated NC 17 version.
no idea!
Quote from: beagle on December 05, 2008, 09:58:27 PM
Not seen this one. Have to rely on Swato...
I fear I have to disappoint you there.
Movie can't be that old given the use of a cellphone of that size (not the old "bone")
Some Stephen King adaption?
Clue! :mrgreen:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD010.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD011.jpg)
"If I find your dog again... "
Poop Patrol????
Bad Santa (lost some coal)?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD012.jpg)
Nothing? :devil2:
Nope :(
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD013.jpg)
Quote from: Swatopluk on December 08, 2008, 04:22:28 PM
Nope :(
Me neither, but those last two look like Hollywood's idea of what FBI agents look like.
No FBI that I recall of
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD014.jpg)
Is it a David Lynch?
Yes.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD015.jpg)
Pot Head and Ruffian or we killed the batman?
A- HA!
Was it a strictly cinematic David Lynch or a made for TV David Lynch?
Still looks like Lost Highway to me, but maybe my Lynches are mixed up.
Getting your Lynches mixed up sounds painful...
Cinematic Lynch. More pics in the evening.
I gots me Lynches in a twist!
Fire Walk With Me?
(I didn't see that one, but I remember the title.)
I did a rough check by imdb but since I have not seen any of those Lynchs and would not have recognized the director, I will abstain from blind guessing.
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.
Sorry for the delay.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD016.jpg)
It's a Stephen King cameo, in the minor (but pivotal) role as Housekeeper #5, (sadly left on the cutting room floor) for that one hallway in "The Shining".
LOL.
No.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD017.jpg)
Blue Velvet?
Nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD018.jpg)
OK, I'll try blind guesses (unlike some other directors there are not hundreds of choices):
Inland Empire
Wild at Heart
nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD019.jpg)
I'll put 2 because I'm generous today :mrgreen:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD020.jpg)
Mulholland Dr.?
(Didn't see it, but it takes place in Hollywood)
Yes! And apparently no one saw it because the blue key is a major plot point. BTW highly recommended and you'll have to see it at least twice (I'm still getting stuff after many times).
Other pics:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD021.jpg)
I don't remember who am I
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD022.jpg)
Home sweet home...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD023.jpg)
...not!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD024.jpg)
Let's go find out
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD025.jpg)
I do like Lynch's stuff and will seek this one out.
Oh, goodness. My turn again, huh?
I am not prepared. Anyone else who may have a good one to guess on may post for me.
Maybe I can find something in my vault but it will take time. Where did I put that 19th century production of King Lear :mrgreen:? (yes, there was a thriving silent Shakespeare).
Who's turn is it now...pick me, pick me!
:eeksign: AUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH! :explode:
Oops, I posted with Bartie. Go ahead, Bart!
OK here's one for you:
(http://web.mac.com/antonyroberts/iWeb/twerps_dwyle_flonking/Photos%202_files/COS_10.jpg)
You when you saw how big your birthday cake was???
:giggle:
Attack of the Jyint Weevils?
Ye Gods, it looks delightfully cheesy. Does it have Lydia Lunch in it?
Night of the living DJs?
Ha ha ha...I did have a big chocolate birthday cake actually. I really liked this film but it's well weird. Need any clues?
I've needed a clue all my life, Bro!
"The Forbidden Zone"?
Does it have Sylvia Plath in it?
Something involving the Comedian Harmonists?
Here's a photo of the lady who was (I believe) the only professional actor used in the film:
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/136917739_1facda011b_o.jpg)
Transsexual Dirty Harry?
I still get the impression that this is about musical zombies :mrgreen:
Was that an out-take from Waterworld?
...for a waterlogged planet where 'dirt' *was* gold, everyone looked pretty darned grubby...
She fell into a river in a car...that never does much for ones couture.
Is it Carnival of Kraken Souls?
Is it a French movie?
Hello!!! Anyone at home???
I'm Free !!! (ref. Are you being served).
With a bit of luck Bart's new year hangover/coma will wear off in a week or two, he'll wake up in a skip (tran: dumpster) in the Mile End Road, and be back to enlighten us all.
Isn't that a British actress, in the above photo? I recognize but cannot place her.
Dunno; she has very high cheek bones for an english person.
Quote from: beagle on January 03, 2009, 07:57:13 PM
With a bit of luck Bart's new year hangover/coma will wear off in a week or two, he'll wake up in a skip (tran: dumpster) in the Mile End Road, and be back to enlighten us all.
shhhhhh
we welded it
he's on a freighter bound for Gibralter right now.
That'll be fun
the web cam will be up soon.
watch for details
IMHO BB has a very poor attitude towards this thread :mrgreen:
He was spotted in the Pirate section this year already. Send the Guarda Costa after him!
Quote from: anthrobabe on January 05, 2009, 06:48:23 AM
Quote from: beagle on January 03, 2009, 07:57:13 PM
With a bit of luck Bart's new year hangover/coma will wear off in a week or two, he'll wake up in a skip (tran: dumpster) in the Mile End Road, and be back to enlighten us all.
shhhhhh
we welded it
he's on a freighter bound for Gibralter right now.
That'll be fun
the web cam will be up soon.
watch for details
Hope you put some Z-list celebrities in with him to make it more "fun".
Big Brother in a skip; different enough for me to trademark TV rights?
Quote from: beagle on January 06, 2009, 09:28:27 PM
Quote from: anthrobabe on January 05, 2009, 06:48:23 AM
Quote from: beagle on January 03, 2009, 07:57:13 PM
With a bit of luck Bart's new year hangover/coma will wear off in a week or two, he'll wake up in a skip (tran: dumpster) in the Mile End Road, and be back to enlighten us all.
shhhhhh
we welded it
he's on a freighter bound for Gibralter right now.
That'll be fun
the web cam will be up soon.
watch for details
Hope you put some Z-list celebrities in with him to make it more "fun".
Big Brother in a skip; different enough for me to trademark TV rights?
It has prime time written all over it.
Z listers, hmmmmmm, Pilot episode- we can book Paris and Brittney- they'll do anything ya know.
Quote from: pieces o nine on December 19, 2008, 04:53:10 PM
Is it Carnival of Kraken Souls?
Sorry about my tardiness...you were absolutely right PON. I must get around to watching that film again...I don't really know why though!
So, someone call PoN to post a new one or I'll do next week.
Have at it, Perfesser.
OK, here is a new one:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-11.jpg
Ivan the Cossack Visits a Star Trek Set?
Apart from 'trek'* (and 'the' ;)) all parts of that guess are wrong
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-10.jpg
*no, the word 'trek' does not occur in the title (although that would be quite funny :mrgreen: )
Is this quest in the old continent or in the new one? 1800s?
Seek in the greater Eurasia (although the movie was made in America).
The plot takes place in the 19th century.
No new pictures today. I have a lot more but too many of them make the search too easy.
I will only say that the last (second) picture is near the end of the movie while the first is (iirc) in the first half.
Now I notice in the first pic... is that a Cossack or a Mongol on the horse?
Swato has all ready implied that it is not a Cossack. But it has a "trek"-like word in the title, I think.
Well, 'trek' would have two parameters of movement wrong ??? ;)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-14.jpg
Are we moving backward in time, then?
Are those rifles or arrows?
Quote from: Opsanus tau on January 03, 2009, 08:32:18 PM
Isn't that a British actress, in the above photo? I recognize but cannot place her.
She looks a lot loike Anne Heche .
Quote from: Opsanus tau on January 30, 2009, 04:27:40 PM
Are we moving backward in time, then?
Are those rifles or arrows?
Firearms. Whether rifled or not I do not know
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-13.jpg
Is it depicting the Boer Wars?
No!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-10.jpg
Gunga Din
Bow Just ?
Two good guesses! I was going to guess it was a Foreign Legion flick.
Both wrong (though I can see where the guesses come from)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-8.jpg
Middle eastern? Indochina? Are the French involved?
No notable French participation (although formally they would be involved in the finale)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-14.jpg
Is that a Sikh?
India? Pakistan?
Carp! this looks familiar.
1950 version of Kim?
India (at the time Pakistan had not yet separated) but not Kipling
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-10.jpg
(OK, now I can show the elephant ;))
Ha! Looks like a scene I once filmed in my backyard. It was supposed to be a jungle clearing, so we took bamboo and just stuck it around. Of course, it withered right away and did not look at all indigenous to the area.
I know I've seen that guy in the turban, before! Does this film have Sabu anywhere in it?
Nope!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-14.jpg
Oh, these Hollywood fantasies about the Orient :o
Ali Baba and the Forty Theives?
Nope!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-14.jpg
Still no idea...
Arabian Nights (1942) ?
No (wasn't that in color?)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-14.jpg
I take the silence for cluelessness
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-13.jpg
Cluelessness it is, no idea. :-[
Is that Ellen Corby in the middle?
Duh- not the mustached one?
Nope.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-13.jpg
Quote from: Opsanus tau on February 18, 2009, 05:24:52 PM
Is that Ellen Corby in the middle?
Isn't it that a younger version of the lady from "Murder She Wrote"? Is this the film version "Subcontinental War She Wrote"? It's always a sign of trouble when she turns up, a sort of American Kate Adie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Adie).
Still no real ideas...
I'll soon run out of images
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-15.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-15.jpg
Quote from: Swatopluk on February 19, 2009, 07:55:31 AM
I'll soon run out of images
Some from the credits would be good. At this rate we're soon going to have to play hangman on the title instead.
Here we see the hero in the finale going for the bad guy (the one posted on February 07, 2009, 11:49:05 AM)(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-10.jpg
From now on only verbal hints
Btw, I think the Russki is aiming in the wrong direction
Quote from: beagle on February 19, 2009, 07:29:52 AM
Quote from: Opsanus tau on February 18, 2009, 05:24:52 PM
Is that Ellen Corby in the middle?
Isn't it that a younger version of the lady from "Murder She Wrote"? Is this the film version "Subcontinental War She Wrote"? It's always a sign of trouble when she turns up, a sort of American Kate Adie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Adie).
Still no real ideas...
You mean Angela Lansbury?
Yep. She sort of reminds me of her. Somehow I don't think this is the right track however.
Quote from: Swatopluk on February 20, 2009, 07:52:30 AM
Here we see the hero in the finale going for the bad guy (the one posted on February 07, 2009, 11:49:05 AM)(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-10.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-10.jpg
From now on only verbal hints
Btw, I think the Russki is aiming in the wrong direction
AHA ! Now that is a clue !
I still don't have a guess though . This could mean spending days at Wikipedia trying to figure this one out .
It's another of these movies "based on real events" that have not that much connection to historic reality ('History by Hollywood').
Let's recap
1. The title includes movement (of horses to be precise although the word 'horse' is not there)
2. The first (and major) part of the movie is located in India
3. It's at the time of the British Raj
4. There must be Russians involved in the finale
5. This is an American movie
A more arcane hint: unlike most movies they appeared together in the male and female lead are not the real lovers but the male's love is one-sided while the female is in love with a supporting actor.
Also arcane: A certain aspect of the movie led to an outrage that in turn led (at least on paper) to the end of a cruel but common Hollywood technique.
A true giveaway: A quote by the director became the title of a book by one of the actors.
The historic event also spawned a (in)famous poem that features in the film
I think I know--- but going to hold off a bit--
I guess it's a Crimean war film, but I don't know any.
Put us out of our misery Anthro...
The Charge of the Light Brigade?
The Galloping Tongas (1903)
Quote from: Swatopluk on February 21, 2009, 08:32:48 AM
A true giveaway: A quote by the director became the title of a book by one of the actors.
The book? David Niven's "Bring on the Empty Horses" but I can't remember what the film was...
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on February 24, 2009, 03:55:32 PM
The Charge of the Light Brigade?
That is the correct answer. It's the 1936 version with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
Auntie is also right about the empty horses and David Niven.
Zono's turn.
That is SO not fair. I was going to say that, tCotLB. It was so obvious I thought it couldn't be. I shall sulk for a week now. Did you do that deliberately to upset me?
Poooooh! One can get bored with a game.
;D
Ok, gimme a bit to choose a 'winner' and take pics, please.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on February 25, 2009, 10:30:37 AM
That is SO not fair. I was going to say that, tCotLB. It was so obvious I thought it couldn't be. I shall sulk for a week now. Did you do that deliberately to upset me?
Poooooh! One can get bored with a game.
;D
I used the most nonovious pictures I could.
Well, next time I could try something difficult instead (like a movie that cannot be found on imdb :mrgreen:)
YOU DO AND WE'LL BITE YA!
In that case it will be a vampire movie ;)
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on February 24, 2009, 03:55:32 PM
The Charge of the Light Brigade?
You read my mind! If you get candy as part of your prize you have to share or I'm teeeeeeeelllling. ;)
Ok, I have a new one which should be easy if someone saw it.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-9369.jpg)
Once Upon a Time in The Bunker.
?
Or it could be the Italian version - Once Upon a Time in The Bunk Beds.
And this monitor's colour fault defeats me again
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-7622.jpg)
Sibling Zono in "Hair"?
;D
Canary Morph?
I never had my hair that long (and have less and less every day).
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-24521.jpg)
Cheeta in Manhattan?
Wrong name for the chimp but the right city.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-10354.jpg)
So it's not Tarzan takes Manhattan?
Is the actor Travis Fimmel? Didn't he do a U.S. based Tarzan film?
There isn't a man on the ropes exactly...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-12278.jpg)
Planet of the Apes: The Invasion of Harrods?
(UK!)
or... is this some weird remake of Bringing Up Baby?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-12874.jpg)
Gorillas in the Midst of the Financial District?
George who came from (out of?) the jungle?
"What floor did you say?"
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-18005.jpg)
On this monitor that woman looks like out of a horror movie.
No idea
That woman looks just fine to me.
No help with the move tho.
"What did you say?"
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-18727.jpg)
Day of the Trffids?
"so, you have fast hands"
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-19336.jpg)
That guy looks familiar
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-21558.jpg)
Now I'm sure. Sure I haven't seen it...
Me either.
I'm believing that I recognize Orson Bean and Mary Kay Place .
Impressive!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-22191.jpg)
Being John Malkovich?
Yup. I imagine Brother Cuzzen's ability with secondary actors gave it away.
I had these screenshots in line:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-25829.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-35271.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-36007.jpg)
Your turn.
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on March 12, 2009, 09:55:38 PM
Yup. I imagine Brother Cuzzen's ability with secondary actors gave it away.
secondary actors :ROFL: ;)
and I have seen that film..... well disguised Zono !
(I also recognised the woman in the last shot although I still would not have guessed the film).
Although I have heard about that movie, I never saw it.
Its actually a very good movie. Surreal in many senses, mundane in others, and the puppeteer is excellent.
Totally ace movie. P*****d o** with myself for not getting it. Have seen it twice !
Quote from: Swatopluk on March 13, 2009, 05:08:11 AM
Although I have heard about that movie, I never saw it.
Still ahead of me; had not heard of it or seen it. I have the feeling there are some very large gaps in my cinematic knowledge...
Same here. Some knowledge in less reputable areas and a woeful lack in quite a lot of the canonical stuff.
But between us we cover an astonishing amount..... the whole is more massive than the parts.
;D
So, where is the next task for us? Or do I have to look into my trash collection for a more difficult one :mrgreen:?
The "Lester" logo on the wall behind the secretary bugged me. I had to look up Orson Bean and found him as "Mr. Lester" in BJM to be sure.
Sneaky Zone man!
Oh carp, is it my turn, again?
I acquiesce to the next available cryptician.
OK. Again I expect complaints, although there are no possible excuses.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-15.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-15.jpg
At first glance it looks like a Vampire/Zombie movie.
The Friendly Neighborhood Vampire Sign Maker?
Well, that is a soldier, not a vampire. :mrgreen:
And there are no zombies (although the word undead is used in one scene*)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-15.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-15.jpg
*in combination with eau de cologne :ROFL:
The first pic, looks like he has a parrot on his shoulder. Is it "Pirates of Penzance; The Remake" ?
First or second WW?
I think it can be safely said: Second World War
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-15.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-15.jpg
Carry on up the SS ?
Is it a 70s production?
Quote from: Griffin NoName on March 23, 2009, 08:57:11 AM
Carry on up the SS ?
That's not
that far off but it is not going to help you finding the answer.
No, it's not from the 70ies
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-12.jpg
'allo, 'allo', allo !
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-14.jpg
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-15.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_006-15.jpg
Mash Abandons Tents - the Sequel?
Catch 22 ?
Is it a British production?
Not British and neither Catch-22 nor M*A*S*H
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_030-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_030-1.jpg
It doesn't look like a German production. 80s then?
Later. And don't be too sure about the country of origin.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_036.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_036.jpg
See you in the sequel, general!
Oh foo, I know that guy, but his name eludes me.
Doesn't look like U.S. A.
Canadian?
No
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-5.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-5.jpg
Flying Academy VIII ?
Saving Captain Rommel?
No
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-11.jpg
There's a red cross again on his arm and there's been a lot of hospital hints. Is it one of those miriad of films about stately homes being army hospitals (or that ilk) ?
Okay, is the guy with the cigar Tobey Maguire?
is it Allo Allo? ;)
None of the above
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-11.jpg
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_022-5.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_022-5.jpg
Hmm, that ski-jump nose looks familiar.
I don't know. The last two look like the cast from "Happy Days". "The Cunninghams go WWI"?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-14.jpg
"Five go mad in Munich?"
Think you've got us with this one. Yet again.
I can only say that this very movie has been mentioned by title in our community here. So, no excuses :mrgreen:!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017-6.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017-6.jpg
"Nobody Expects the Nazi Inquisition"?!?
:dontknow:
:explode:
Is that the nazi version of Radar?
(http://bloggingexperiment.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/mash-radar.jpg)
http://bloggingexperiment.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/mash-radar.jpg
;)
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-14.jpg
Life of Oberstrumfahr Brian ?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-11.jpg
Not often you see Maurice Buckmaster and Homer Simpson on the same secret agent list. Some post 1975 ish comedy presumably. But one I missed...
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-15.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-15.jpg
Surf Nazis Must Die
No surfers here, only survivors
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020-3.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020-3.jpg
School For Scandell-Masochism? (film of the play)
Batman of the SS?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-11.jpg
Herr Weiner Relaxes mit der Zeitung?
Is it the Hugo Boss spring catalogue?
Could be an Austrian lumberjack. But the film title still does not spring to mind.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_021-3.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_021-3.jpg
Gunter und das Majic Nazi Scissors?!?
We borrowed that pit from Terminator II and one of us will jump in before this movie is ended!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_024-2.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_024-2.jpg
Did you ever confirmed if it was a comedy or not?
I did not say anything about that iirc. There are obvious comedy elements but it is more a deliberately trashy movie made by talented people. I would even say that they failed because they are unable to hide their talent sufficiently-
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_023-4.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_023-4.jpg
Oh, boy! I tell you, too much tanning does ruin the skin. Better stay pale!
They Saved Hitler's Brain?
Duje, we are so clueless!
I'll likely not be back for another sequel and you will regret it. I was the real star of this production!
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_029-1.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_029-1.jpg
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_027-2.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_027-2.jpg
They Saved the Crypt Keeper's Brain?
Seriously Duje, I give up.
Dr Who exterminates Davros and his Nazi converts for all Seasons ?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_019-4.jpg)(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_028-3.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_019-4.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_028-3.jpg
I have only two pictures left and one of those has googleable info.
As I have said repeatedly, the movie has been mentioned here (not in this thread) by title already.
oh its vampires -
SS Vampires Strike Back.
or
Nazi Zombies Killers in French with Somali subtitles.
Got It!
but I'm not telling....
mainly because I suck at posting pics and want someone who will do it properly to get it.
Come on-- you can do it!
Anthro, you are just joining Swato in being unutterly cruel.
Yeah, c'mon A'Babe! I push off photo posting whenever I get the movie. We need you!
Anthrobabe got the correct answer and with these last pictures you may too.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-9.jpg)(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016-7.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-9.jpg
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016-7.jpg
With the info from the first you can get the title and then check it with google pictures.
Der goldene Nazivampir von Absam 2 - Das Geheimnis von Schloß Kottlitz?
Indeed!
Available on DVD with English subtitles in Region 2 (but probably not to everyone's taste :mrgreen:)
OK, I'll look for something worthy for this thread, gimme a day or two to choose and generate the screenshots.
YAY ZONE! You've saved us from the diabolical (but otherwise lovable) Professor Swato!
I'd never have got that in a month of Sundays. I don't think it should be allowed ;) ;)
:giggle: I put 3 words in IMDB; german, nazi, vampire and found it that way :giggle:
me tease people?
not me :smirk_green:
Ooh, I didn't know you could do that!
TGIF. My brain feels like a pretzel.
sh*t I put those in too but not altogether....... I also put in a few other choice words which I will not reveal !
OK, this could be easy...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-22309.jpg)
...or not.
Gone with the Wind
Barry Lyndon
Gettysburg
God and Generals
???
Nope.
(I'm sorry, posting pictures from the phone is a bit more complicated because vlc creates the names as random numbers, and photobucket isn't cooperating, wait! I got it!)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-24635.jpg)
Pirates of the Carribean?
The Duchess?
"Amistad", "Quills", "The Madness of George III"?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-24950.jpg)
I'm liking my choice.
Far from the Madding Sheep ?
Rob Roy?
The Flying Nun meets Pirate types?
Crop Spraying in the Seventeenth Century - The Sequel ?
Okay, is someone in prison or gaol in the first one?
In the second, is that French writing?
In the third- English countryside?
Maquis de Sade ?
:mrgreen:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-27223.jpg)
That looks like Elizabethan (I not II) clothing as all the bits fit separately... I've always been fascinated by how it was discovered that sewing arms onto dresses or whatever saved a lot of mucking about.
Does Heathcliffe figure? Or has the poor girl just realised she left her American Express card at home?
In time Caroline will forget the entire episode?
The best historical clothing item was the codpiece.
of course it ain't always history -one example that came immediately to mind-- Rob Halford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Halford) -- don't worry he is dressed in the photo
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-29667.jpg)
Frankenstein?
I was thinking more of something like a 17th century Life of Brian. ;)
Lovely day to travel
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-33772.jpg)
Pilgrims Progress, The Movie ?
Looks UK but not England and too modern for Braveheart
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-34482.jpg)
I give up!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-34852.jpg)
I'll post some more meaningful clues once the first round of pics is done. :devil2:
Oh, just noted this:
Quote from: Opsanus tau on April 27, 2009, 04:07:11 PM
In the second, is that French writing?
Yes
Are those men in dresses, carrying big sticks?
Yup
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-35485.jpg)
Why is it always raining?
La Reine Margot? (aka the Night of Saint Bartholomew)
Charge of the Transvestite Brigade?
Hail Storms and Brimtstones - the Transylvanian Gospel ?
Quote from: Griffin NoName on May 01, 2009, 01:33:30 AM
Why is it always raining?
For dramatic effect?
---
One more raining
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-39653.jpg)
Waterworld , The Prequel .
It's hard to know what the constant green tinge is all about. Is it anything to do with invasion by ultra-glowing little green men from Mars? A film of the book: Men are from Mars, Women from Venus?
No obvious rain in this one.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-40270.jpg)
The Grim Reaper visits St Trillions?
There seems to be a problem with dress code. Some is modern, some is not.
Back to the Future?
I haven't noticed any major inconsistency yet.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-41850.jpg)
I mistook a priest for a lass with great legs in stockings. :ROFL:
It looks like Mayflower / Puritans / Settler stuff ?
The Crucible?
Hmmm no that's a grand house.....
No settlers nor puritans although religion plays a part.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-42953.jpg)
Pillars of the Earth?
Nope. I have to make more pics, more clues then. :-X
Vague Horsemen in the Mist?
The Day of the Lichens ?
Sorry for the delay.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-141069.jpg)
Totally blind guessing around: Cyrano de Bergerac?
Nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-141900.jpg)
Anything about 3 or 4 wielders of firearms by profession and swords by passion?
Nope, although I can tell you that it happens before the revolution.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-142449.jpg)
Cold Mountain?
The Amulet?
Apparently no one saw this one... :devil2:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-143419.jpg)
I definitely didn't
And you said it was easy >:( ;)
Just a costume drama or is there something special (witches etc.)?
Based on true events or completely ficticious?
I actually had to look, it is based on a historical case. The movie should be easy provided it was seen otherwise, well, that's why I choose it. ;)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-143658.jpg)
The guy sitting behind the chess board looks familiar.
The one on the left looks like John Cleese, but I doubt that's him ;)
More guessing: Brotherhood of the Wolves, The Necklace Affair, Liaisons Dangereux, Farinelli, Le Roi Maudit?
Hmmmmm , the dandy in the middle looks a lot like Don Sutherland .
Four Nutters and a Chess Board?
Amadeus?
The Madness of King George ?
Looks like John Wood to me.
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 15, 2009, 09:39:59 AM
More guessing: Brotherhood of the Wolves, The Necklace Affair, Liaisons Dangereux, Farinelli, Le Roi Maudit?
There you have it:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-145130.jpg)
The innocent lady
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-146021.jpg)
The metaphoric architecture
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-146210.jpg)
The friends & family dinner
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-148955.jpg)
and the undeserved focus of attention.
Your turn.
Never seen it.
Me neither (only Company of Wolves)
Let's see what nice obscurity I can find. Maybe an anime again.
A general question to our regular participants: Were are your strengths as far as movies are concerned and where your weaknesses? I have a lot of East Asian (without Bollywood) movies that are interesting but the game isn't that much fun, if I am the only one who has ever heard of them here. Me choosing the Nazi Vampire last time was an exception (I knew nobody had seen it) because I assumed that it would be easy to google (and I had mentioned it on the forum already).
I am of course rather shocked that even newer English/US movies or true classics pose so much difficulty, you Philistines! ;)
Well, remember I cannot get to the cinema so have to wait for films to come on the TV..... hiring them went out the window with my limited ability to get there and back or get to the post office to return them even when they do come out quickly on DVD. As to buying, not enough money.
I can't do any cartoon or animation except One Thousand and One Dalmations, Jungle Book, and Toy Story I. ;D
EDIT oh and of course King Kong
I can't do most non-uk-non-us films except for early stage up to around Aguiirre Wrath of God timeish of which I have a smattering mainly French but not exclusively.
I can't do much sci-fi.
I can do a lot of old black and white, although whether I recognise them is another matter.
I can do obscure and arty type films popular with those who went to film clubs in the 1960's ;D
I can do some action thrillers but not many; mostly I avoid "action" anything. I can do other types of thrillers, mystery, crime, psychological. I can do relationship type films and human conditionish. I can do quite a lot of novel & play conversions and drama. I can do certain directors, and certain actors genre...... but obviously I am not going to say which.
Well, Les pactes des loupes was released worldwide and have success considering, I thought someone here might have seen it.
Personally, as much as I would love to know more about certain periods and regions of cinema, my knowledge is mostly restricted to the anglo-american output of the past 30 years or so, with some so called 'foreign' movies peppered here and there. I admit my ignorance in the classics although I'm trying to correct that .
I really don't get to the cinema much these days, as I live out in the boondocks. I sometimes make an effort if the film is really arty and interesting. Occasionally, I will go with the Opsalette. (We'll probably see "Up (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/)" soon.) But I love older films, from the 1970's on back to the dawn of film making.
I have prepared something really nice :mua:
But I have to upload the pictures first
OK, here's the first
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-16.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-16.jpg
Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Is John Wayne in this one?
Whoa- are those horses dancing?
Wagon Train !
None close yet. No, John Wayne is not in this one (unless he is one of the zombies ;)).
No, there are actually no zombies in this movie
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Hello, I am the bad guy! (at least at this stage)
He seems to have one trouser leg rolled up :o
And having a bagpipe in his arms. :o
On reflection I think he is a suicide bomber. Although cannot account for the red scarf. If the horses were camels I'd guess Lawrence of Arabia !
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on May 15, 2009, 04:36:31 PM
Well, Les pactes des loupes was released worldwide and have success considering, I thought someone here might have seen it.
Personally, as much as I would love to know more about certain periods and regions of cinema, my knowledge is mostly restricted to the anglo-american output of the past 30 years or so, with some so called 'foreign' movies peppered here and there. I admit my ignorance in the classics although I'm trying to correct that .
I've seen a few times , it was listed as , " One Of Best 100 Movies You Haven't Seen " , by a local film buff/critic .
It co-stars the Chairman from Iron Chef .
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-15.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_003-15.jpg
The Fall of the House of Usher?
;)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-15.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_005-15.jpg
Death to the Gringos!
See he still has one leg bared.
One of the countless versions of The Alamo?
No, although I expected that guess :mrgreen:
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-17.jpg
One good guy down (because he has been mistaken for the bad one)
What continuity person ensured that he kept really clean feet throughout the scene?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-16.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-16.jpg
Hello, Mr.Scriptwriter! Am I the good or the bad guy? It's a bit confusing. And the girl is bitchy.
Is it an spaghetti western?
I think that can be answered with a definitive No! (although I would not exclude that someone eats noodles in it)
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If I googled 'Sirikorn' , would it lead me to the answer ?
Not directly but it would show in what way I am misleading all of you shamelessly :mrgreen:
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These motor vehicles will never catch on round these parts!
It's a film that involves the making of a film.
Nope
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-16.jpg
Did somebody say lunch?
For a non spaghetti western it looks terribly like one, or like a (possibly European) B movie.
I guess that is fully intentional.
But following the hint given to Bruder Cuzzen should clear up the actual origin
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-10.jpg
Who sold Katyushas to the Indians*?
*no, it is not a Bollywood movie
Any conceptual relation to Firefly/Serenity?
Nope. It's all on Earth and in the past (and less based on reality :mrgreen:)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-13.jpg)
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Here comes Jone!
Indiana Jones and the Cattle of Doom?
Did I not make clear enough that this is neither Holly- nor Bollywood (nor English)?
No new picture before to-morrow. And follow the hint I hinted at repeatedly.
And 'Jone' is not a misspelling.
Yes you did make all that clear. I am just being annoying ;)
I did follow the hint but it got me nowhere. Or seemed to get me nowhere.
Whaddaya know...
Khon fai bin/Dynamite Warrior
I got that sirikorn was a Thai name but I wouldn't have guessed...
Aye, I got the Thai name but it meant nothing - I have never heard of the film.
uhmmmmmm....
Moby Dick !
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on May 25, 2009, 10:49:14 PM
Whaddaya know...
Khon fai bin/Dynamite Warrior
I got that sirikorn was a Thai name but I wouldn't have guessed...
Yes, that is the correct answer.
The moment I saw those opening scenes I knew that it would be the perfect movie for this thread. Except for the buffalo horns this looks so South US/Mexican that a wild goose chase was inevitable. :mrgreen:
This: (http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-12.jpg) would have been the last picture (giving away its Asian origin).
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-12.jpg
Sibling Zono's turn!
Ok, I'll have something for you in a while (this is becoming ping-pong with Swato, and we need new blood winning ;)).
Mowbee Dik !
I can get them(often, not always) but am not online everyday(or even every other day) so it isn't fair for me to 'win' then not follow up by posting new pictures.
I hardly ever know them. If there wasn't a small overlap between Swato's old British film viewing and mine it would be never.
So, next time some more British obscurities. Do you prefer/know better b/w or colour?
Ok, sorry for the delay. This one could be quite easy, again provided it has been seen.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-00001.jpg)
Spaceballs 2- the search for more money- Mega Maid morphs into Mega Liberty w/ laser cannon?
Is that Lady Liberty with a Tommygun?
Kevin - Home Alone?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-00002.jpg)
Well, that looks familiar but I haven't the slightest idea
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 31, 2009, 08:05:36 PM
So, next time some more British obscurities. Do you prefer/know better b/w or colour?
Thanks for the thought. Probably either. however, apart from leaving yourself open to charges of favouritism things are so manic at the moment that I'd probably still go missing for days, so I should play to the regulars :)
Once I'vs shipped a software product and replumbed and wired a house my time is my own... ::)
Quote from: beagle on June 01, 2009, 08:11:04 PM
Once I'vs shipped a software product and replumbed and wired a house my time is my own... ::)
What, the product doesn't work wirelessly? ;) :P :mrgreen:
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On with the clues
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Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on June 01, 2009, 08:20:16 PM
Quote from: beagle on June 01, 2009, 08:11:04 PM
Once I'vs shipped a software product and replumbed and wired a house my time is my own... ::)
What, the product doesn't work wirelessly? ;) :P :mrgreen:
It works perfectly. It's just I feel more comfortable with massive circuit breakers and four thousand gallons of water on standby.
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Legally Blonde?
Iz et Moby Dick ?
Damned good guess! Let's give nefy a point for being a good sport! But I don't think the Great Fish had anorexia, like the blonde apparently has.
iz et trayshore ilin?
Quote from: beagle on June 01, 2009, 08:42:59 PM
Legally Blonde?
I think she is a real blonde if that's what you're asking.
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Iz et Long John Silvarrrrrrrrr?
Of course it is, my dear, of course it is. You can tell by all the ...er... frigates floating about.
carson connection is making me think Gone in 60 seconds but the cars look a bit new for the 1970s version
Goat! So good to see you!
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Sorry for the lack of pics, I haven't had the chance to take more screenshots. I'll put some in the evening, promise.
iz et mobee dick yit ?
Might as well be, since I haven't a clue.
HI GOATIE!
Finally some pics...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00001.jpg)
I know the picture in the center but that doesn't help
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I guess it is not The Curse of El Charro(2005) ;)
Nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00003.jpg)
African Queen?
Buena Vista Social Club? Captain Birdseye and the Fish Finger of Doom?
No, no and no
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OK, now I know it, although I never watched that movie.
It's a name, the second part of which is a colour.
(hint: Text on the screen makes things googlable :mrgreen:)
I don't get why this movie isn't more popular, it's excelent.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00005.jpg)
Don't ask me! I have a quite deranged taste in movies :mrgreen:.
Und sie tanzen einen Tango
... ... and Baby Miller
Und dann sagt er leise "Baby,
wenn ich austrink machst du dicht!"
Dann bestellt er zwei Manhattan
und dann kommt eine Herr mit Kneifer
... trinkt aus und Baby zittert.
Doch dann löscht sie schnell das Licht.
Jackie Brown?
Yup
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00006.jpg)
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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00008.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00009.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00010.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00011.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00012.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00013.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00014.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00015.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap1-00016.jpg)
;D
I'll set up a photobucket account...
And find a reasonably weird movie to take pics from give me a day or two, I'm a bit busy right now.
Yeay Darli!!!!! :D
Hello, anything new?
Unfortunately I don't have a DVD of the Life of St.Chatty ;)
S**t!
I totally forgot. :(
Behold:
(http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv187/Darlica/PicA1.png)
Secret Life of a Dentist?
Looks moderately familiar for a change.
Gattaca?
Nah, it's not the dentist equivalent to Dexter... And it's much older than Gattaca.
Keep on guessing! ;D
Logan's Run? No, neither clothes nor hairdo do fit.
Casino Royale? No, we already had that.
No idea currently
They did a remake of this film in 2002.
Tell me then you want another photo clue.
Insomnia?
The Time Machine? (unlikely)?
Rollerball?
New picture would be nice.
The Day of the Chrysalids ?
ummmmmmm
is et Moby dick yit ?
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
No, Duckie. No-one wore white in Moby Dick except the great fish.
THX1138?
It doesn't look like THX. As a recent remake rollerball sounds right.
The trees outside the windows exclude most post-apocalyptic settings I presume.
No (out) windows in THX :mrgreen:
Ding! Ding! Ding!
We have a correct answer!
Swato nailed it (again ;) ) it's Rollerball.
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What should I choose? Something along the line of Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death ?
Or something 'artsy' or really old/odd (like a silent Shakespeare movie* from the late 1800s)?
The few mainstream films I own on DVD are too easy and the rest is unknown to most (often even to me until buying them). And even our resident Brits have no sense for tradition anymore and don't know every movie made between 1930 and 1950 :( ;)
Let's see what I can find.
*without intertitles!
You could always chose something obscure ans Swedish... :D
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 10, 2009, 02:33:12 PM
Brits have no sense for tradition anymore and don't know every movie made between 1930 and 1950 :( ;)
Yes we have forgotten more black and while movies than you've had hot dinners.
Quote from: Darlica on July 10, 2009, 03:01:15 PM
You could always chose something obscure ans Swedish... :D
Aaargh! Yes. A scrummy Bergman would do nicely.
Yes, like this one...
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/2427807635_486ccb7290.jpg)
Quote from: Darlica on July 10, 2009, 03:01:15 PM
You could always chose something obscure ans Swedish... :D
We had already obsucre and Finnish (and Norwegian and Danish). My Swedish films would be too easy.
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This one could be interesting. Well known film and actors but I'd not guess it from most of the pictures I chose.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-6.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-6.jpg
Hitchhikers Guide to the Motorway?
Harry Potter in winter?
no, older
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_014-12.jpg
Late 70s spies film?
I wouldn't consider it one. Late 70ies is correct though.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-12.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-12.jpg
Mexico, Spain or all over?
All over the place but I can't remember that either Spain or Mexico is included
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-12.jpg
Yet it isn't an spy movie? Something related with the assassination of Trotsky by chance?
The Train to Pompaloma?
The Orient Express II ?
No, although it all starts in Vienna* and there are a few murders ;)
*not fully correct, Vienna is the second location
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_015-6.jpg
Carry On Up the Buses ?
You mix two lines there (the 'On the Buses' and the 'Carry On' series).
And that is not a bus but a tram.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_023-5.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_023-5.jpg
This tripod will learn the quickstep! ;)
Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego? :P
To name more locations would give the game away too soon.
And I think I'll wait with a new picture until to-morrow.
And btw, the theodolith guy is not a Russian (although that would be an easy mistake to make).
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 16, 2009, 02:07:29 PM
You mix two lines there (the 'On the Buses' and the 'Carry On' series).
Indeed. And why hasn't such a mixed film ever been made?
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 16, 2009, 02:07:29 PM
And that is not a bus but a tram.
You lose 12 points. I had a bet with myself on you saying it was a tram. :ROFL: In my vocabulary a tram is a type of bus. As in the verb to bus people..... have you ever heard of tramming people?
As to the latest still: and given it starts in Austria, "Freud At the North Pole" ?
Le froid de Monsieur Freud
I would even say that it looks like an Tatra tram but that would place the film somewhere in the former East block and Prague rather than Vienna...
In German speaking countries 'Tram' is only used for vehicles on rail and is also not to be confused with the Schienenbus (rail bus).
And I checked, filming took place in Vienna. Tatra was also known/used in the West and Prague and Vienna have a lot in common.
Here we have one of the murders. But the victim literally asked asked for it.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_024-3.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_024-3.jpg
But how premeditated was it?
Like, take me on tram number 666 to Plaza Freud, take me up the Monster State Building, and then push me off the roof? or more like, Oh hi, didn't know you were up here too mate, give us a shove, ta!
I don't think it's a building but a bridge or a dam. In any case it sounds like the classic "kill me" scene.
No clue for the moment.
Actually the victim believes that somebody else is going to snuff it and encourages the murderer to complete his mission :kickbutt:
And yet another location
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_025-2.jpg
???
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_021-4.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_021-4.jpg
Two Dogs and a Funeral?
No funeral for that guy.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016-8.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_016-8.jpg
Yes, sir. I have seen the doctor.
The Boys from Brazil?
Quote from: anthrobabe on July 20, 2009, 03:48:01 PM
The Boys from Brazil?
That is the correct answer. What gave it away?
Here are the remaining pictures
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(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_019-6.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020-4.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_022-6.jpg)
Yet again I 'cheated' via IMDB-- Steve Guttenburg was the giveaway- I looked at his screen credits and guessed his approximate age and came up with it.
I've seen the movie-- very long ago- probably in the drive in as a kid so did not remember it really.
Give me 24 hours to try and get this computer to work properly- and see if I can post.
However if anyone is ready to go with something interesting then feel free to go ahead.
I've said in the past that I won't guess any more because of the technical issues I have with the computers I have access too. I should have pm'd my answer to someone.
Anyone with a new movie riddle?
I'd do it if I could find me damn book " internet for dummies " .
Speaking of riddles , did we ever completely solve the last 20 questions quiz .
Nothing to hand. You want to wait while I prepare one?
I'm willing to take a stab at the movie riddle.
Will check back in a few hours and post the first clue then if no one else has opted to take this turn.
Hint #1
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_01.gif)
Quote from: Bruder Cuzzen on July 27, 2009, 10:33:28 PM
Speaking of riddles , did we ever completely solve the last 20 questions quiz .
No
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The guy on the right is clearly Donald Rumsfeld ;)
All the president's men?
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 28, 2009, 08:15:35 AM
The guy on the right is clearly Donald Rumsfeld ;)
With an interest in photography? :P
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on July 28, 2009, 07:43:31 PM
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 28, 2009, 08:15:35 AM
The guy on the right is clearly Donald Rumsfeld ;)
With an interest in photography? :P
He loves himself some torture photos. OK, nobody claimed that he took those himself.
Hitler's Diary?
iz et mobee dick yit ?
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Alas, no to all the guesses.
(Donald Rumsfeld, eh? hmmm, let's revisit that after a few more clues for laffs...)
Hint #2
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_02.gif)
Are zombies attacking that church later on?
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on July 29, 2009, 05:23:13 PM
Are zombies attacking that church later on?
Somehow I had the same idea :mrgreen:
There are brainless, creepy guys in the film, but no zombies... :mrgreen:
Right after church they went here:
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_03.gif)
moby dik ?
Duz ye *SEE* a shark in thee pitcher?
:bop:
dat look lik tha cappins cabbin !
Look Back in Anger?
Grapes of Wrath?
Mississippi Burning?
i rememmer mumma ?
She *is* looking back, but not in anger...
Hint #4a is from her first flash back:
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_04.gif)
Hint #4b is an Oh! Noes! moment:
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_05.gif)
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EDIT: adjusted hint numbering
Famous director (Hitchcock, Welles)? US or European?
Actually b/w or are these just b/w stills from a color movie (or are only the flashbacks b/w)?
Carry On Up the Teacups?
Quote from: SwatoplukFamous director (Hitchcock, Welles)? US or European?
1.) Not yet.
2.) Neither of the above. :D
Quote from: SwatoplukActually b/w or are these just b/w stills from a color movie (or are only the flashbacks b/w)?
Film is predominantly B&W. There are clips of films within the film, several of which are, interestingly, in color.
Quote from: Griffin NoNameCarry On Up the Teacups?
More like Carry On My Wayward
Son. :D
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Hint #5: a typical day on the job:
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_05-1.gif)
Hints #6a,b,c: management headaches at the *other* job:
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_06a-1.gif)
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(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_06b.gif)
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_06c.gif)
Since it does not look African or Asian, that leaves not much but non-US America. Or are you amoong those that do not consider the UK to be part of Europe? ;)
Canadian? Before or after 1985?
Confused; had we established it was non-US ?
The day the Earth Caught Fire?
Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 01, 2009, 01:05:49 PM
Confused; had we established it was non-US ?
I concluded that "neither" referred to US and Europe because it was stated already that it was no famous director (and thus the separate 'neither' would not refer to Welles or Hitchcock)
Quote from: pieces o nine
Quote from: SwatoplukFamous director (Hitchcock, Welles)? US or European?
1.) Not yet.
2.) Neither of the above. :D
Clarification: "Famous?" not yet (in that the director is not a common household name) but did direct a critically acclaimed horror movie starring a Real Big Actor, released in 2000.
Quote from: Swatopluk
Since it does not look African or Asian, that leaves not much but non-US America. Or are you amoong those that do not consider the UK to be part of Europe? ;)
Canadian? Before or after 1985?
The (living) director was born and raised in Canada before emigrating to England.
Hint #7: title character at acting class with boyfriend.
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_07.gif)
Hint #8: visiting wif the folks back home, who are
blissfully ignorant.
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_08.gif)
I will add that I saw the film in this particular game at an art house in Denver, as it has numerous innocuous scenes which would scare the pants permanently onto most USA-ian Censors and Moral Enforcers if offered at the mall cineplexes. (Despite the lead's occasional musings about Jesus' approval!) :-*
I
stand sit prepared to post one of those stills if necessary. ;)
I am pretty sure that I have not seen that movie.
And it does not look like a Cronenberg.
...at least we've narrowed it down to films which would shock the Mid-West. That eliminates half of Disney's output ;)
Quote from: beagle
...at least we've narrowed it down to films which would shock the Mid-West. That eliminates half of Disney's output ;)
Good point! But alas, this did not feature any of those
sans-culottes sans pantalon Disney critters!
Hint 9a-b: We've got Trouble, and that starts with T, and that rhymes with B,...
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_09a.gif)
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_09b.gif)
The notorious British Petrol..eh..Bird Cage..eh..Fatty Sage... ;)
(Never post images with discernible text)
At a total loss. ?
I believe that Swato knows, based on the last clue, although he has obscured his answer. :giggle:
(I picked the paper headline still because there were few scenes left without her in them!)
Final clue to those still playing:
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/Hint_10.gif)
The Notorious Bettie Page!!!!!!
I'd love to see this one.
Correct! (http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4783/131608-2561-bettie-page_tiny.jpg)
The Notorious Bettie Page (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404802/) was directed by Mary Harron (American Psycho, 2000) and released in 2005. It stars Gretchen Mol, who portrays her quite well as what she was: a Really Nice Girl who saw nothing wrong with taking off her clothes or wearing 'silly costumes' for 'unusual' pictures (for 'quality people'... with 'a lot of stress' in their lives...)
Despite nudity and fetish costumes, it's not a titillating [sorry! couldn't resist!] film. The Morality Police and queasy prurience of the 1955 senate committee were spot-on. I'd recommend it.
She was cute as a button, and seemed so cheerful and wholesome about it, too. Great subject for a movie. Thanks for reminding me about it. Gee, it was out for all of three weeks, maybe.
I give up my turn to whomever is the first to post new photos.
I want to know how her stockings stayed up without suspenders (and no sign of garters) back then before hold ups were invented.
I've got a film.... just need to get it online.
Ok. Here it is.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_Mov_01_0001.jpg)
ummmmm
is dat Mobee Deck in tha distint ?
Ladri di biciclette? :D
Back to the Future?
No and it's not Mobey Dick. Let's see the sleeping arrangements.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_Mov_05_0001.jpg)
Time bandits?
E.T.?
Speed Racer?
Big?
No.
Time to jazz things up a bit.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/tfm_mOV_06_0001.jpg)
Red Dawn?
Willard?
The Arsonsist?
Outbreak?
Boy Scouts Gone Bad?
No boy scouts, but an interesting sack.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/tfm_mOV_IT_0001.jpg)
Lying Sacks of ... Interestingness?
Is there a head in the sack?
How to get ahead in business?
Quote from: Opsanus tau on August 13, 2009, 05:27:47 PM
Is there a head in the sack?
There is but that's not the whole story ;)
Time to look at some people.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_GiveAway_02_0001.jpg)
Is that Keanu Reeves on the left, or just someone who uses the same tailor?
Quote from: beagle on August 18, 2009, 09:11:42 PM
Is that Keanu Reeves on the left, or just someone who uses the same tailor?
...same tailor....
here' some more clothes
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_Giveaway_0001.jpg)
Looks American. I'm seeing a schoolroom and a diner interior.
Yes. Right.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_Mov_01_010.jpg)
He looked kinda possessed, demon-infested, and in bondage to the Evil Lord in that diner image. Is he being scanned for demons in the next?
Everybody loves demonic children. :D
Some Seed of Evil remake or lookalike?
It's not exactly demonic or evil but you are not far off.
The one in the diner is not the one in the scanner. Here's another.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/tFmgivitaWa_0001.jpg)
Something about a boy building a nuke for a science project?
I don't remember the children of the corn making models...
Here's a more direct clue.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/tfm-MOV00_0001.jpg)
unable to read that
It wasn't intended for YOU to read it.
Foo. This looks familiar. Does the kid have a brain tumor?
(one of them, at least...)
No brain tumours.
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_Mov_-1_012.jpg)
Darling, I shrunk the house
Yup, lovely model, is it going to explode?
No idea
I think Zono has guessed it.
I guessed the model was going to explode (why else making a model?). As for the movie I have not the slightest clue.
Hmm, oh dear, that was quite a give away pic.
I'll have to find some more. Unless Opsa comes back and guesses it.
Is it The Postman Always Rings Twice, to Deliver Both Sizes of the Mail
No.
Ok, here you get the star full frontal:
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/Griffinit/TFM_Mov_01_013.jpg)
The Butterfly Effect?
Thank goodness you got it !!
Lemme think one and I'll get back to ya. :mrgreen:
Ok, I'm finally back with a movie, I'm sorry for the delay but the gods of irony decided that life shouldn't be easy for me to do something like this. In my main computer VLC crashes while taking the snapshot (it was doing it fine a while ago) and my Linux box has a hardware issue (it doesn't turn on now) so, I had to use a laptop that doesn't cooperate and/or isn't handy all the time.
Anyway, without further ado this is the first pic:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD01.jpg)
Krapp's Last Apartment?
Okay, looks like 14th century England.
Far from the Madding Crowd?
Nope, nope and nope.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD02.jpg)
Dr Who: The Christmas Special?
Something during the Napoleonic Wars?
Swato is right on that.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD03.jpg)
Les Miserables?
The bloke in the snow looks fairly miserables anyway.
They were miserable, and then at times...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD04.jpg)
The problem with this monitor is its colour error. Night pictures turn almost completely black.
The Duellists?
Nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD05.jpg)
The Gun
Waterloo?
Though I don't remember the scenes.
Master & Commander - Accidental shore leave in the wrong country?
No & no. :mrgreen:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD06.jpg)
Jean de Gormenghast?
OK I give up. Now sure I haven't seen this one.
Pity, it's quite entertaining.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD07.jpg)
The Aliens Have Landed?
I think Terry Gilliam's Brother's Grimm looked different and it does not look like Vojn i Mir (war and Peace) either.
It does have quite a Gilliam look to it. And that soldier on the right has John Lennon's nose, but it looks like a more recent film than any with John in it.
Entertaining, huh? Is it a comedy dressed in tragedy clothing?
Oh well, it is indeed Terry Gilliam's Brother's Grimm:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD08.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD09.jpg)
So Swato wins this round.
I fear a new challenge has to wait until Saturday. I'll be unable to give clues between Wednesday and Fridy due to absence.
That'll give us three days to brush up on obscure films!
With considerable delay the new task.
I have mentioned this movie several times here and iirc at TOP. So again, no excuses for not knowing it. :mrgreen:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_023-6.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_023-6.jpg
Dracula related?
Yes, although that might not help much ;D
And how did you guess?
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-16.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_007-16.jpg
50s-60s or made for TV by chance?
60ies but not for TV
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020-5.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_020-5.jpg
Hello, anybody home?
I was looking for a Mr. Lee (or was it Dr. Jackal?).
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-17.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_004-17.jpg
Happening in North Africa or similar venue by chance?
No
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_015-7.jpg)(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_017-8.jpg)
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So the typical Romanian-Hungarian setting then?
No :mrgreen:
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-17.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_002-17.jpg
That band isn't your typical Caucasian example, anywhere in Latin America?
Pygmalion on Ice?
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on October 12, 2009, 08:41:42 PM
That band isn't your typical Caucasian example, anywhere in Latin America?
Nope, although that would have been a logical guess (cf. my review of El Vampiro in the Humbleodeon)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_013-13.jpg
I could swear that's Miss Haversham.
Great Vampire Expections
No, and the guy in front is not Sir Johnny Alucard Mills.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-14.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_011-14.jpg
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_024-4.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_024-4.jpg
Hey wait a minute- isn't that Jayna?! ;D
Is it in Spain or Portugal?
Looks like late 1960's ??
Yes, late 60ies but not Spain or Portugal
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-17.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_001-17.jpg
Okay, Transylvania, then?
Nope, already excluded.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-17.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_000-17.jpg
Quote from: Opsanus tau on October 19, 2009, 06:50:03 PM
Hey wait a minute- isn't that Jayna?! ;D
Is it in Spain or Portugal?
I'm found out! :o
Polka-dots suit you.
These people look Russian. Am I close?
Quote from: Opsanus tau on October 22, 2009, 07:10:43 PM
These people look Russian. Am I close?
Depends in what part of the Russian empire you think you are ;).
No, not Russia (they were just next door once).
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-18.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_008-18.jpg
Canada?
No, this is not about Esquimaux Vampires (Unfortunately the old Finnish movie about a vampire reindeer is not available on DVD).
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_009-13.jpg
Btw, those are German teeth :mrgreen:
The Kiss of the Vampire?
Nope
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-11.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_010-11.jpg
In theory, I am the expert that will tell you what to do about the vampire.
Unfortunately Hollywood's vampire lore has not yet reached our parts, so those methods would not work.
But you have to kill it, although I have no idea how that can be done.
I have the suspicion the director doesn't either yet and we have this conversation to buy him time to come up with something.
World of the Vampires?
Brides of Dracula?
Blood and Roses?
Mongolian Dracula?
Quote from: Opsanus tau on October 24, 2009, 03:05:45 PM
Mongolian Dracula?
Do you see any tents or two-humped camels? ;)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-13.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_012-13.jpg
Or do I look like Genghis Khan?
Orthodontists Gone Wild?
I am running out of images soon
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_021-5.jpg
The End
Start with hints of the title because I positively have no clue.
There are quite a number of portraits on this page. From my point of view it should be easy to guess the quarter of the globe where those people come from. Title (at least one of the international ones) contains the main character (although he has a different name in the movie) and the piece of geography.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_018-7.jpg)
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_019-7.jpg)
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Zorba the Greek?
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero: Dracula in Brianza
Zono gets closer, although not geographically.
Is it India?
Either Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan or something in between. I can't find any 60s B&W movie with a geographic location in the title with a reference to any of those places.
---
Unless it's a 50s movie like Drakula İstanbul'da
My hints do not leave many choices: Borders on India and territory formerly in Russian hands.
You don't need Sarah Palins skill in geography ;)
Nepal?!? ???
Are we talking about this map and assuming Pakistan wasn't a country yet?
(http://www.nicholasandalexandra.com/virtual1999/images/russmap.gif)
http://www.nicholasandalexandra.com/virtual1999/images/russmap.gif
Depending on what map are you looking for we could be talking about any of the -stans: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, or even parts of Iran.
Is it an Ali G film :o
Zono, given that the movie is from the 60ies, all of the -stans but one are not an option*.
It's not Iran (and not China either, but that should have been self-evident).
It also has an '*ollywood' movie industry (neither H- nor B-).
The film was it's first (or second) horror movie only and it passed the censors only after the makers promised never ever to make another. ;D
*admittedly at that time the Russians were not directly at the border but in almost spitting distance due to a rather odd line of the border.
Then the movie is Zinda Laash (talk about obscure! It wasn't in any of the list of vampire movies I saw.)
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on October 28, 2009, 11:36:06 AM
Then the movie is Zinda Laash (talk about obscure! It wasn't in any of the list of vampire movies I saw.)
This is the correct answer.
The movie is also known internationally as
Dracula in Pakistan and
The Living CorpseObscure indeed but available on DVD both in region 1 and 2.
It is a rip-off of Hammer's
(Horror of) Dracula* but given the thorough Bollywood/Lollywood treatment, i.e. singing and dancing scenes interrupting the flow (general rule: where there would be a sex or seduction scene in a Western movie, there is a dance in films from the subcontinent).
Notable characteristics of the movie:
Since Western vampire lore was unknown in Pakistan, the vampire is the result of a Jeckyll/Hyde experiment seeking the elixier of eternal life.
The action takes place in the present time (60ies), so cars and electricity replace coaches and candles.
Since the vampire was a present time professor (not a medieval aristocrat), he retains his human capabilities/knowledge, i.e. he knows how to drive a car, use a phone etc.
Since it takes places in a Muslim country, the standard vampire fighting methods don't work (except impaling).
The vampire is not defeated by deliberate action but by 'chance'. There are strong implications that this is divine intervention (it takes place when the cornered 'hero' for the first time calls on Allah for help), although it is not explicitly stated.
A score was obviously not within the budget, so the makers seem to have plunderd their record collection with at times hilarious results. Imagine e.g. a wild car chase accompanied by
The Barber of Seville and
La Cucaracha.
The low budget and limited experience of the makers show but the film is nonetheless worth a view. Acting and atmosphere are quite good and the film is in some instances more logical/realistic than its Western counterparts. The vampire shows far more common sense and intelligence and it takes the hero far longer to convince anyone that he is not mad** and there is indeed a monster on the loose.
The singing/dancing is of course something one has to get used to.
* that was the first with Christopher Lee as the count
**he is fully aware that this is the most natural explanation
Now to search for something ...
Promise to be gentle on us!!!!! ;)
Quote from: Swatopluk on October 28, 2009, 02:09:38 PM
Acting and atmosphere are quite good and the film is in some instances more logical/realistic than its Western counterparts.
Hang on! What do you mean....more realistic ?? :mrgreen:
Quote from: Griffin NoName on October 29, 2009, 12:11:42 AM
Quote from: Swatopluk on October 28, 2009, 02:09:38 PM
Acting and atmosphere are quite good and the film is in some instances more logical/realistic than its Western counterparts.
Hang on! What do you mean....more realistic ?? :mrgreen:
People behaving like normal people, no silly magic tricks, no "wise old man" delivering all solutions free-of-charge (the only wise geezer gives just general advice but is honest enough to say that he's not all-knowing either), no running away from garlic or crucifixes...
.....zombies behaving like normal zombies......
:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:
I can't do too obscure because I don't have them, although.... :devil2: :devil2: :devil2:
Mmm! I got an idea!
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Ut oh...
I don't loik the look o' them demons!
Quote from: Griffin NoName on October 29, 2009, 06:38:12 PM
.....zombies behaving like normal zombies......
At least Pat Robertson and his minions believe in the reality of Dracula and bloodsucking (and moon-howling) witches :o
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/halloween-satans-holy-day-and-candy-how-demons-steal-you-soul
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/lostpedia/de/images/5/52/Smiley_emoticons_halloweenstars_dracula.gif) :witch: :witch:
LOL@Demons
Quote
For example, most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches.
I wonder how Tesco disguise that in the annual report. "Sundry specialist merchandising techniques"? I hope they've automated it; sounds very labour intensive, and I shall be asking awkward questions at the shareholders' meeting if it turns out Asda do it cheaper.
QuoteFor example, most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches.
Dam!
[sic] :witch:
Year after year after year I keep forgetting to dedicate and pray over my 'ritual/fetish' chocolates for time-released curses!!! Sadly, I deserve to be
drummed out of my circle...
(Even more so as I do not recognize any of the official activities on her list...) :P
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
QuoteI have prayed for witches who are addicted to drinking blood and howling at the moon
Dam again!
[sic] :witch:
Not *one* of my friends is even remotely this interesting.
They should be drummed out of our circle, too! ;)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
QuoteMother earth is highly celebrated during the fall demonic harvest. Witches praise mother earth by bringing her fruits, nuts and herbs. Demons are loosed during these acts of worship. When nice church folk lay out their pumpkins on the church lawn, fill their baskets with nuts and herbs, and fire up their bonfires, the demons get busy. They have no respect for the church grounds. They respect only the sacrifice and do not care if it comes from believers or non-believers.
This inquiring mind wants to know: does the usage of 'demonic jack o'lantern' digital clipart on the original site subject either the (unwitting, nice church folk) contributors or readers to fetish-seeking demons?
Well, demons can't be too picky. If they insisted on the satanic purity of the sacrifice, they'd stay hungry (not enough midwives sacrificing newborns to them these days). It was bad enough that they had to go Vegan.
(http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/devil-0060.gif)(http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/devil-popcorn-0036.gif)(http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/devil-0047.gif)(http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/mini-devil-28492.gif)(http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/priest-praying-0106.gif)
http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/devil-0060.gif
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http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/devil-0047.gif
http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/mini-devil-28492.gif
http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Angels_and_Demons/priest-praying-0106.gif
Sibling Zono, it's your turn
I know, I'm sorry, I have been swamped this past weeks, hopefully I can upload something tonight.
:oops: :hide:
Swamp Thing! ::)
Finally I got something, it isn't obscure so fair chances to everybody.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD101.jpg)
Confessions of a Window Cleaner?
Nope
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD102.jpg)
The Sound of Music!
(she's confessin er sins ov runnin hamuck in thee hilles in fraymne one, an runnin hamuck in the hilles, akyve, alyve-o in thee seckint.)
The hills may be alive with the sound of music, but those are the wrong hills.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD103.jpg)
Something medieval definitely. And the guy looks familiar.
Joan of Arc related
or Shakespeare?
You see? That's why I don't like this game, it's either too hard to be fun or too easy, yes it's Joan of Arc related...
:soapbox: :P
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD104.jpg)
that still leaves a significant number of bad (and some very bad) movies to browse through :mrgreen:
I assume the Dreyer film is the only is the only one of actual worth. You really do not want to see the version the nazis made, it's one of the worst movies I ever had the 'opportunity' to watch (and not because it is a 'nazi' movie, it sucks on all levels despite a stellar cast. Ed Wood would have made a better one).
Ok, let's start with
The Messenger: The story of Joan of Arc (1999)
And so it is...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD105.jpg)
ze evil English
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD106.jpg)
and the obvious metaphore
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD107.jpg)
Ahh the old days when you burned little towns to the ground
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD108.jpg)
Mr manners
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD109.jpg)
and his accomplices surprised at his seduction methods
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD110.jpg)
uncle & aunt dealing with PTSD
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PowerDVD111.jpg)
So, it is perfectly clear that my next one will have to be something only I had the pleasure to watch... :-\
I have tons of those. Let's see what I can find over the weekend :mua:
Hut-ho... it's the Prof's turn again.
We're DOOMED!!!!!
:eeksign:
Maybe we should set a rule that prohibits Swato to post pictures of movies only 2 people in the world watched, the director and himself...
:mrgreen:
I only use movies that are available on DVD, so at least one critic must have seen it too.
OK, here's the new task
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Vampire Zombie Kung-Fu Indians from Japan?
Apocalypse Yesterday?
Strawberry Fields
Vanilla Sky
Butterscotch World?
None even close yet
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_045.jpg
As I said in Last Post: not a vampire movie but to say that there is no vampire in it would be a lie.
That info will imo be of no use unless you know the answer already.
The Three Wise Men Ignore parental instructions not to accept lollipops from Strangers?
I was thinking perhaps Don Quijote but I know it's wrong there is no version that is that old I think.
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No, that is not Dulcinea of Toboso
Eisenstein involved?
No, Sergei was not involved.
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Return of Pink Panther?
Any version of 1001 Arabian Nights?
Quote from: Griffin NoName on November 23, 2009, 11:10:14 PM
Return of Pink Panther?
"La Vie en Rose?"
The first two looked like an early "Life of Brian", but the last makes me think "Gordon Brown, The Downing Street years".
Who's the (soon to be deposed-looking) ruler dude? Can only think of Suleyman but the scenario doesn't fit.
How many films had colour-blind cinematographers?
Nothing close yet (apart from oriental setting)
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I was quite impressed when I saw the movie for the first time. Those sets (and especially the siege tower) are for real, no puppetry tricks, Schüftan or other.
Churchill had never smoked such a big cigar before.
this is the caption competition thread?
"Well, now, uh, Launcelot, Galahad, and I wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French by surprise -- not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!"
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Or is it related with any of Vlad the Impaler's campaigns?
No, no Vlad to be seen (a wee bit early for that).
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Tor (http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/plan9.jpg) the Impaler, then?
Wrong headgear, dear! :mrgreen:
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So something between 700 AD and 1400 AD, any of the multiple attempts against the Byzantine empire/Constantinople?
Nope, this time too far West (time frame is OK though)
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Well, those seem to be Turkish flags.
Has anyone asked if these frames were tinted these odd colors from the print?
According to my info the tinting is modern but based on the original color scheme.
It's a small miracle that any copy of the film survived at all for reasons that will be clear once it has been found out what film it is.
The film is based on a book that is (more or less) compulsory reading at school in the country where the film was made.
Btw, those are not actually Turkish flags.
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Which makes me wonder if this involves the Caliphate of Baghdad, the Persians, Samarkand or the Rus.
None of those (at least not locationwise).
Maybe these picture will help to narrow down the possible locations.
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Btw, the actor on the left in the lower picture is extremly well known, although it has been claimed that his name must be a pseudonym.
The production seems too old to be El Naser Salah el Dine (1963) and even The Crusades (1935) so a very, very unknown movie produced in the 20s/30s outside of the western world about the crusades...
Who said it was made outside the Western world?
Yes, it is from the 20ies and takes place during the crusades.
Saladin points into the right direction, although he is not in the movie title (nor is the word crusade).
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Nathan, der Weise (1922)
or
Decameron Nights (1924)
or as Kiyo suggested you are guilty of being the second person who has seen this film besides the director. :P
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on November 28, 2009, 05:16:45 PM
or as Kiyo suggested you are guilty of being the second person who has seen this film besides the director. :P
I may take that back....
But I'm pretty sure he is the only one who has seen the movie in the last 50 years though...
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on November 28, 2009, 05:16:45 PM
Nathan, der Weise (1922)
That is the correct answer.What gave it away?
I am surprised that noone tried one of the old Douglas Fairbanks movies (Robin Hood, Thief of Baghdad) or something by Griffith as guess.
Btw, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar was played by Max Schreck, who became world famous as the title character of
Nosferatu. Due to his speaking name (Schreck = terror/horror) and since he was virtually unknown at the time some thought that the name was a pseudonym and he possibly a real vampire (which became the basic idea for the movie
Shadow of the Vampire).
OK, here are the remaining pictures.
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Zono's turn
Saladin was the trick.
Now my turn to find something obscure enough..
Did you do an imdb search for movies with him on the cast list?
Yup. They don't have a search by subject and the googleable lists on the crusades didn't have it.
Wow, that looks like an awesome movie. I hope I get to see it some time.
I thought that guy looked familiar! I love the original Nosferatu, as well.
We want a new challenge!!!!
You'll get it (sorry), I'll get the pics tomorrow.
To-morrow may never die but currently it seems to go dot.
Ok, I'm really sorry for the delay but when it wasn't one thing it was another. As for the new movie, I have the feeling that it should be hard for Swato to figure it out easily. :devil2:
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Yeay Zone!
Is that a box camera?
I don't think is a Leica (but I'm not a connoisseur so I may be wrong).
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"The Fog"?
The guy to the right is obviously Vladimir Ilyich Uljanow aka Lenin morphing into his successor.
But the clothing of the man with the camera does not fit the period.
Something communist?
The adventures of young Che?
No communism, nor the Ché involved.
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Quote from: Swatopluk on January 05, 2010, 09:37:07 AM
The guy to the right is obviously Vladimir Ilyich Uljanow aka Lenin morphing into his successor.
But the clothing of the man with the camera does not fit the period.
Lenin could be a Time Lord regenerating. If so, one would expect the period costume to differ. ;D
Any other political over- or undertones?
No obvious politics in the movie and I haven't read the books in which is based but I can't find any major political theme.
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The Teapot Conspiricies?
What can I say, it was his last crumpet.
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If that was his last crumpet, it is not an English film. Our crumpets are round. (or nicely rounded if you prefer).
Is that his last ship?
Quote from: Griffin NoName on January 07, 2010, 12:52:05 AM
If that was his last crumpet, it is not an English film.
Good luck explaining the complexities of crumpet and tiffin to our overseas brethren.
The wall map looks Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela area, though that's only the bottom part of it. Assuming a normal aspect ratio it could cover Mexico/Cuba too.
"Tug boats of the Caribbean" ?
I am pretty sure not to know that movie (as predicted).
I assume it is not Buena Vista Social Club.
Is the crumpet an allusion to the title (containg something like trumpet, strumpet etc.)
Final Trumpets?
The chap having tea looks like an out of work Bond villain, or an ex Tsar.
No allusion to the title yet, and beagle is right about the geographic area. As for who has seen it here possibly me and nobody else despite me seeing it on theatres and my wife finding the DVD on the library here in the States.
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Quote from: beagle on January 07, 2010, 07:50:27 AM
Quote from: Griffin NoName on January 07, 2010, 12:52:05 AM
If that was his last crumpet, it is not an English film.
Good luck explaining the complexities of crumpet and tiffin to our overseas brethren.
I thought I had.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on January 07, 2010, 12:52:05 AM
(or nicely rounded if you prefer).
:mrgreen:
I think Zono is showing us his home movies. We may be reduced to hangman on the title before long. If even Swato doesn't know it we're doomed, doomed I tell you.
The last movie I posted proved that it had to be as obscure as it could be, so...
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The trains and hats look 1920s/30s/40s/ but the ships look at least 70s and the later hair cut and T-shirts 90s onward.
Well, there were a number of movies I guessed correctly without ever having seen them. But my knowledge of Central and South American movies is especially thin.
Is it an adaption of some (officially) famous novel/paly etc. or something 'original'?
It is based on a novel. As to how famous is outside of the Spanish speaking world, I don't know.
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Is that a parrot in the foreground of the train interior photo?
Yup, a tricolor macaw (OMG! I forgot the parrot of the day!)
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Emma Zunz?
Nope.
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Was the film made by a South American company or is it 'Spain' Spanish?
South American production, some funding from all over.
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Will take awhile given my lack of knowlege and the necessity of rather blind guessing
What can I say...
The title both in English and Spanish has five words meaning the same (as the title of the novel) with one of them being the same in both titles.
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The first word is a -not common- name, and the last rimes with pain.
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In fact there is an famous Italian pornstar with the same name.
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Ricardo Innuendo? ;D
I am so clueless, here.
Female, born in Hungary but globally famous as Italian.
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This is the last pic from this batch, it may take a bit until I take more.
la Cicciolina?!?
Yes but not under that name.
La pasión de María Elena ?
Nope, the name goes first (and it isn't 'Elena').
Ilona llega con la lluvia?
Lots of llllls ;)
Yup. Was it that hard?
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Without the Ilona/Elena Staller hint I would have never got it.
I'd never have got it at all.
I think we need a Beginner's What's the Movie thread as well as the advanced one ;)
One could combine it with hangman and add a letter for every picture/wrong guess.
Could be a problem with short titles like 'Shrek' or 'It' though, less so for "Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D"
OK, here's the new challenge:
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60s?
No
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That looks like a [contemporary] vampire, if not 60s then 50s
The ghastly armchair mystery?
That guy (in the previous picture) happens not to be a vampire, although one other (extremly paranoid) character in the movie believes him to be one, so the guess is not totally misplaced. And does the stuff in the glass look like blood to you?
I will not make a comment on the period yet.
The guy in the following picture will soon die a rather unpleasant death.
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Pepare for the brawl!
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Low Noon?
That bar reminds me an articulated wood hand.
Sorry pal, your wife is in a really bad mood and got a lesson or two in self defense it seems.
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There's a fight at the end of this tunnel.
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The car suggests 70s perhaps 80s but the clothing doesn't, the first picture suggests an American building but the bar and the tunnel suggests an European setting.
Perhaps some more substantial clues?
Why should I? :mrgreen:
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Someone knocked down the christmas tree. Is that someone behind the door in the background?
And did your wife fool around while you met your paranoid uncle at the watering hole?
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It looked European to me too, possibly Italian, and 80's or '90's.
Who am I - And if so, how many?
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This time the lady is doing the Lone Walk. Noirs have become gender neutral?
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Very Hitchcock or Bergman-esque shots! The loidy is schizophrenic, then?
In a way. She also has family issues.
Maybe a nightly boating tour will help
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It's really a boat, not an oversized coffin
Das Coffin?
Das no coffin, dey jest be chokin on a fish bone. ;)
:D
Hey, what happened while I was on a bender with that paranoid uncle?
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I fear I overdid the eyeshadow and that before even getting the blackeye in the following scene.
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Is it an amalgamation of Jane Eyre and Psycho ?
It looks like a role made for for Johnny Depp...
No, this is not a scene of domestic abuse. She is sick and he is worried.
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Sorry lady, you are using the wrong IV filling. No surprise that your patient is in a bad shape.
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I like the picture right behind the IV.
The lady craves excitement
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Indie Twilight? ::)
If that is a title guess, it is a wrong one.
But I think the film can count as an independent production.
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Smile, the happy end is near (at least for you two).
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No location, No timeframe, No clue
???
No idea.
Grunge Rockers in Love ?
Hi! I am the girl this is all about. Please ignore the other two. I'll bed one and be the other when all is over.
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UNCLE!!!!
There is a paranoid uncle in this movie but he's not in the title.
Do you know how difficult it is to get a proper meal in Europe after nightfall? No surprise that my family migrated here.
(You probably have noticed that my accent is not local)
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Let's have a threesome with our little friend here!
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I follow the hitchhiker method. If you can't see the [dangerous entity], it can't see you.
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King Lear in a Lift; the cut down version. ?
I have played a US president twice and polls at the time gave me very good chances had I tried to run for real.
I could have been the liberal Reagan (my daughter could/would have been a liability though). But I fear few will recognize me in THIS outfit.
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Yarrrrgh, ye be stumpin us goode, Swato! :yar:
This is the last picture I prepared, if I am not mistaken.
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Film title: the name of the female main character (5 letters)
She also played in another longteether that has the life experience of reptiles in the title.
The paranoid uncle (the right guy in the previous picture and the left in that before) played a lead role in a film the production of was legally harassed by Kubrick.
Is the fellow on the right Peter Fonda?
Nah, I've seen the actor I don't know his name. :-X
Quote from: Opsanus tau on February 20, 2010, 04:38:56 PM
Is the fellow on the right Peter Fonda?
Close, it's Henry.
I beg to differ, my dear Swato- could it be that you mean Peter Henry Fonda (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001228/mediaindex) and not his father Henry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000020/mediaindex)?
And that was the clue, it should be Nadja but the win should be for Opas (I would never got it without the name).
On the contrary, my dear Zone. I even looked up Peter Fonda films and didn't get it! :-[
If that's it, it's all yours. :-*
Can we have some obvious films with obscure pics - I've never heard of most of the recent films.
It is
NadjaAs for the Fondas, they look so alike that you could fool me anytime.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on February 23, 2010, 12:05:33 AM
Can we have some obvious films with obscure pics - I've never heard of most of the recent films.
Same for me with other people's entries in the contest.
And I thought that a US film from the mid-nineties produced by David Lynch should be a rather easy one.
And remember how long it took to guess
Primeval despite it being still on TV at the time.
Wait until I look for something
really obscure ;)
How about Bambi or Dr Zhivago ? ;D
I have some rather obscure David Lean pictures
I'll post a more normal movie on my next round although it can't be something to obvious anyway (it would be guessed on one pic). You'll have to wait until I take the pics.
OK, easy one, no excuses:
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American.
No Flies on My Shoulder ?
Mysteries of Erogenous Zones?
Are those real movie titles?
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I am flattered that you think they may be real titles. Perhaps I should commission some sscripts. ;D
Na, don't know
Some American flic suitable for the lil ones, I presume.
Any child actor with the name of Culkin in it?
I will nor confirm nor deny...
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Beat the Neighbours?
Or the neighbors beat you.
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I Fell in Love with the Girl Next Door?
Girls Only Knock Twice?
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I'll get all the American suburban ones I know out the way in one go to save time.
"Heathers", "Risky Business", "Clueless", "American Pie", "American Pie II" ... "American Pie MCMXCVII"
There are so many...
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When did you Last See Your Hairbrush?
OK, I officially do not know it, so I have to blind (and randomly) guess:
My Girl
The Indian in the cupboard
Honey, I blew up the kid (I'm rather sure it's not the shrunk movie)
Nope
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A cop disguised as Christopher Lee!
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Is that kid at the door naked?
Nope, perfectly dressed.
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Donny Darko?
Nope
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Two Turtledoves!
Is it about the Holidays?
Nope, and now you'll have to wait because I have to make more pics.
Can we expect some new clues (verbal or visual) soon?
Yes, sorry, the movie is easy (or so I thought) so when I made the pics I didn't make as much thinking it would be guessed quickly. Pics coming...
Our opinion in what is easy can be quite wrong. I have been mistaken there more than once. On the other hand I have chosen obscure ones because I do not like them guessed after the first one or two images.
The bird shot makes me think of David Lynch. Is it directed by him?
By no means!
I'll put more pics soon.
Finally had the time. Two pics for the price of one post ;)
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No takers?
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No idea at all
Who would've think that a top box office movie would be hard to guess?
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No idea either.
I even tried the phone number on the glass (in google ;))
So did I before posting it. 8)
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I have no decent guesses, despite your new pics!
Miami Vice
Death in Venice?
Googling for movies with cigar factories and Miami n them is not very productive either.
Road Trip(2000)?
How beautifully deceptive, no, no and no.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_005.jpg)
Escape from Alcatraz Dubai ?
Not so much crime (or escapes) in this one.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_006.jpg)
There are policemen, though.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_007.jpg)
Looks like there is a zombie outside that door.
He may behave like one at some point but no, no zombies.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_008.jpg)
There are some pets, though.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_009.jpg)
Snakes in a Car?
That's a couch.
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:stumped:
This one may be more telling.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_011.jpg)
Is it a boa or a python (and is any Monty involved?)?
Frankly I don't know and no Monty involved.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_012.jpg)
I'm still surprised at how (supposedly) stumped all of you are about this one.
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Quite genuinely stumped here.
I'm positive someone here has seen this movie.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_014.jpg)
Any secret agents named James in this?
No secret agents.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_015.jpg)
That looks like the winner of the Christopher Lee lookalike contest.
No C. Lee in this one.
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I think this is bearing out my theory that you can take stills from most films without giving away the film.
It doesn't appear to have daleks in it, so I'm out of my league... ;)
Quote from: Griffin NoName on April 11, 2010, 03:48:14 PM
I think this is bearing out my theory that you can take stills from most films without giving away the film.
If the setting is generic enough (like this one) :mrgreen:
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Actually, I have been in this place:
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Water Golf?
Garrrgh!
Is it the modern version of Hamlet that was made a few years ago and took place in Miami?
I haven't seen it compared to Hamlet...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_019.jpg)
There's Something About Mary (1998) ?
And so it is! Holy mackerel, I was running out of pics again!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/PDVD_020.jpg)
And this one might have given it away.
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I can see Ben Stiller in that pic, the same way most pics of Cameron Diaz from a distance seemed as obvious guesses.
That goes to prove that you can indeed take a perfectly normal movie without it being guessed in one go.
Never seen that one.
Last googling attempt was something along: snake on couch, cigars, miami movie -moan -plane
The latter two were to remove (most of) the references to Black Snake Moan and Snakes on a Plane.
Looking for something nasty..eh..nice, maybe (just maybe) even without vampires ;)
At least something not so obscure that requires some arcane knowledge to guess.
Never seen the film. Although as Swato hasn't either that is no excuse.
May take until Friday
Okay, here is the new challenge
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Is that a Datsun Z/X?
No idea.
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_qf030.jpg
Rudy?
No Giuliani in sight :mrgreen:
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_vl036.jpg
The Longest Yard?
Monday Night Football?
No
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Indie of the 80s or indie on the 80s?
No indie production (or I do not understand the term properly).
But can be considered seminal
Early 80ies
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Got it.
A comedy with an incredible cast (for today's standards). And one of those guys is acting on my favorite SciFi prequel... :D
a) what gave it away?
b) be more specific or send a personal message
Meanwhile others will still be given a chance :mrgreen:
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(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_jv025.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_jv025.jpg
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_gn026.jpg)
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_gn026.jpg
a) One of the actors from the pic.
b) I wan't to give the rest a chance, this shouldn't be ping pong, you know? ;)
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http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x97/Swatopluk/PDVD_ae035.jpg
BTW, I haven't seen it, is it any good?
Is it a road movie?
Not a road movie. It never leaves town.
The film set the standard for its genre (but few come probably close). I think it is a good movie but a significant minority clearly hates it and all what it stands for. I came to it through a clip in a documentary (it took me ages to find out from which movie it came).
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Quote from: Swatopluk on April 22, 2010, 08:44:45 AM
No indie production (or I do not understand the term properly).
But can be considered seminal
Early 80ies
I immediately recognized the actor, but still cannot recall his name. Looking forward to Zono's Big Reveal. ;)
Edit: format correction.
I can give you a clue on the actor: he is dead.
:o
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These are the last two pictures
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Five words for the title of this 1982 movie.
I'm clueless.
Involves use of psychoactive substances, pre-marital (and underage) sex, abortion and lots of fast food*. Also someone hating his pirate outfit.
*And the non fast food (carrots) is used rather suggestively.
Four Oscars among three actors from the cast, the movie spawned a TV series (only one season), and another actor worked in a popular TV series from the 60s.
Oh, come on!
One popular Nick worked in the move (he used a different last name then).
Sorry - no idea.
OK, new pictures reuploaded from the net.
Now we get to the actual protagonist
Couldn't find a picture with Forest Whitaker? ;)
No naming names, please!
Either noone (but you) is looking at this thread at the moment or I again failed with the choice of a non-obscure movie.
What shall I do next time? Post credit screens? Or post a (short*) list and say it's one of these, whoever gets it before exhaisting the list wins.
*Posting my DVD list would not be much help. Too long
I just googled Sean Penn and found a movie with the tagline:
"Fast Cars, Fast Girls, Fast Carrots... Fast Carrots?"
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
I haven't seen this movie, though.
There is one "suggestive" scene in the movie involving a carrot*. Canonically it should of course be a banana :mrgreen:
Not enough to put it in the tagline though.
It is indeed Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the one that more or less spawned the infamous highschool (comedy) movie genre.
Your turn
*One girl explaining to another how a blowjob is done
Have never seen or even heard of that movie. Not got much experience with the genre.
It was one of those Hollywood Boy movies that were big in the 1980's, I think. Was Sean Penn married to Madonna at the time? Egad, there were a bunch of them churned out one after the other. Porky's. Pauley Shore movies. I never saw any of them. I think the closest I came was Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (which was actually quite cute) and Wayne's World (okay, but obviously created for another gender than mine).
O carp- it's my turn again and I haven't anything on hand. Anyone want to take my spot?
I normally would not touch highschool movies with a long pole but from what I hear this one is a wee bit different. For once the author of the book did actual research (undercover) and thus the movie is considered to be quite close to life. Probably not the case for all the other movies followowing in its wake. I came to it because I looked where a certain clip in a documentary came from. It took me a while to find out and since the DVD was reasonably priced (and with extras) I bought it.
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If noone volunteers before middle of next week, I could give it a try. But expect something obscure again :mua:
Ut-ohhhh....
I was very tempted to add "Not you, Swato!" at the end of my previous post, but the diabolical Professor Swato does come up with challenging mysteries.
Unless you want me to pick one... ;)
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on May 15, 2010, 04:46:19 PM
Unless you want me to pick one... ;)
No problem.
Although I consider your challenges to be as hard as mine.
Since no one has posted a new challenge for a while, it's up to me to not let the thread die.
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This time a true classic. Also a blockbuster of its time with many* millions of viewers in the year of release.
For a very long time considered the gold standard in the genre.
*I won't give the specific number or someone will google it :mrgreen:
Im Westen nichts Neues?
Nope
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Linguini's 'How I Did Strange Things To A Large Farmyard Animal?
Kafka, 'Der Proceß?
Neither
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Is it a silent movie?
No
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The Gun
Nope
Lots of guns in this but not in the title
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For Whom the Bell Tolls?
Nope
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Give us a clue - is it set in Russia?
I could be very literal and nasty and say no, since the territory now belongs to another state. But for the purpose of this riddle the plot can be assumed to take place in Russia.
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One of the version for War and Peace? or Anna Karenina?
Neither. Do these guns look like muzzle loaders? ;)
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I'm guessing it's a film about the Russian civil war.
It's not Doctor Zhivago though
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Ha! Shoulder boards: abolished 1918 and not re-introduced until after Stalingrad, 1943.
Even worse: here come the pirates :mrgreen:
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The uniforms in the marching picture are White Russian, as is the skull and crossbones flag. Hmm....
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I'll put a small bet on The Red And The White. Made in 1967 but in b&w.
You lose that bet ;D
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Napolean?
Nicholas and Alexandra?
It would be new to me that old Nap had tanks :mrgreen:
Sibling DavidH is correct that it is about the Russian Civil War.
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Say hello to my little Maxim, you bastards!
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 14, 2010, 08:22:00 AM
It would be new to me that old Nap had tanks :mrgreen:
I was just getting desperate ;D
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Now Cossacks. Mind you, those blaggards get in everywhere. :mrgreen:
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Don't call me Freddy! Nichevo!
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Get thee out of my division!
Maybe a bit of music will help
[youtube=425,350]o7L9qQgbkpo[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7L9qQgbkpo
That's just depressing.
Even more depressing, if one knows what they sing about.
But there is also humor in it. take this famous scene for example where the main character explains military tactics using household items (potatos, a pipe, cigarettes)
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Ah, yes: now I know it. It is called Абуквы ведая глаголить добро есть. Живет зло земле вечно и каждому людину мыслить надо о покаянии, речью словом твердить учение веры Христовой Царствие Божие, чаще шептать, щтоб (все буквы) ятием этим усвоить и по законам божьим стремиться писать слова и жить.
It is the story of Olga, who wanted to be a Hero of the Soviet Union for her tractor-driving exploits but was doomed to disappointment because such things did not yet exist.
Unfortunately my Russian is close to nonexistant although I can read Kyrillic.
There is something about Christ Lord God in it but that's about all I can spot on first sight.
Btw, the film is on the wiki list you posted above.
I have seen no tractors in this movie.
Edit: I see some other words that I recognize from orthodox chant, also 'semlja' (Earth = country).
dat look lik Capin Ahab an tha cru of his shup !
tha fillum be MOby dick !
Helloooooo NefyuBB - where have you been?
Hello, nefyuB, have you been lurking in the bilges again, terrorising the rats?
As for the film, you're quite possibly right. Don't let Uncle Swato cheat you of your prize. ;D
This is the last image
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1085)
Nice "Wanted" poster, don't you think?
Going for The Forty-First (Сорок первый, Sorok Pervyy). It'd have to be the silent 1927 version because the 1956 remake is in colour.
If correct I want the Order of Lenin and Hero of the Soviet Union, first class.
I'd go for the third line.
Also my movie dictionary says 1934
OK, it's got to be Chapaev (Чапаев).
Since you've practically told me the answer, I'll settle for the Order of Glotnik and Hero of the Soviet Union, third class.
Here's one to guess: a slinky lady with hardly any clothes on opens the door to admit a plumber who looks like a part-time body-builder. In the bathroom the plumber's tools turn out to be improbably large and then she finds another job for him in the bedroom.
I think that plot sounds familiar
Google has 46300 hits for 'plumber porn'
and offers 144000 for 'plumper porn' (whatever that is)
But I think you are referring to this 1925 classic
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371886/
Quite possibly. Swato wins.
There was a young plumber called Lee
Who was plumbing his girl by the sea;
She said, 'someone's coming!'
Said the plumber (still plumbing)
'If anyone's coming, it's me!'
Wow, it's been that long without a movie to guess? What happened here?
Somebody has to come up with a new challenge.
For a change that could be someone else but me.
...or could it?
You may as well, Swato, if you have one in mind.
<paraphrasedd quote> "Ability to Accessorize: the only thing that seperates us from the animals." <endquote>
Do you know, or can you guess, the movie? without googling.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on December 10, 2012, 04:03:32 AM
<paraphrasedd quote> "Ability to Accessorize: the only thing that seperates us from the animals." <endquote>
Do you know, or can you guess, the movie? without googling.
No, actually not
In a wild guess I would say "The Devil wears Prada", or "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
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But I really have no idea.
Darn, I recognize it, but I don't know.
Quote from: Opsa on December 10, 2012, 04:04:50 PM
Darn, I recognize it, but I don't know.
Yes, it's one of those sorts of quotes....... :D
D'oh, I want to Google it so bad, but I'm trying to be good. Did a gay character say it? Like in "The Birdcage"?
No gay characters in this movie. Lots of women though. (No to Zono's suggestions).
Sex & The City, the movie!!
--
Wild guess again, I still have no idea.
Nope. Sorry. Clue: it involves diabetes
Iz et Mobee Dikk yet.?
G'arggh, I was sure he was right.
Steel Magnolias?
YAY!! 10 points to Opsa!!!!
It's about time!!!!
A quote is a good idea. Let me figure out a good one.
If someone else has one in the meantime, go ahead.
I have one so well known that the winner would be the one NOT knowing where it comes from:
"Better nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
:mrgreen:
I can't recall it at thee moment
Uhhhh.... Moby Dick?
I cannot remember the quote beginning with Better.
OK, the correct quote is:
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on December 12, 2012, 10:41:10 PM
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Is that the Irish: to be sure ?
ie.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way
to be sure
Terminator?
This is one of my favourite "Movie Quotes". ;D
Alien but I don't remember if it is 1 or 2... I think it's the one with the little girl which would be the second. Aliens
Quote from: Darlica on December 12, 2012, 11:31:52 PM
This is one of my favourite "Movie Quotes". ;D
Alien but I don't remember if it is 1 or 2... I think it's the one with the little girl which would be the second. Aliens
Yes, that's the one. You lose ;)
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on December 12, 2012, 06:55:13 PM
I have one so well known that the winner would be the one NOT knowing where it comes from:
:P
Sorry...
Try this one:
QuoteAaaw, the bounce has gone from his bungee
No googling. ;D
Is it from a pee wee Herman movie?
Nope.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on December 13, 2012, 01:54:32 AM
Quote from: Swatopluk on December 12, 2012, 11:37:52 PM
Quote from: Darlica on December 12, 2012, 11:31:52 PM
This is one of my favourite "Movie Quotes". ;D
Alien but I don't remember if it is 1 or 2... I think it's the one with the little girl which would be the second. Aliens
Yes, that's the one. You lose ;)
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on December 12, 2012, 06:55:13 PM
I have one so well known that the winner would be the one NOT knowing where it comes from:
I didn't know. Not seen any.
Is it from a jackass movie?
Quote from: Darlica on December 12, 2012, 11:43:05 PM
Try this one:
QuoteAaaw, the bounce has gone from his bungee
No googling. ;D
Crocodile Dundee?
No and no.
Need another clue?
Is it about crime fighting superheroes?
We're pretty clueless! ;D
From the same movie:
QuoteOh come on lad. Be a bit more...alluring.
;D
So, a British movie?
Very much so.
Quote from: Darlica on December 13, 2012, 10:54:31 PM
From the same movie:
QuoteOh come on lad. Be a bit more...alluring.
;D
Well, that sounds familiar
Quote from: Darlica on December 13, 2012, 10:54:31 PM
From the same movie:
QuoteOh come on lad. Be a bit more...alluring.
;D
That's got to be one of the Wallace and Grommet movies, but I'm not sure which one... did this one make it to the cinema rather than TV? In which case it would be the Curse of the Ware-Rabbit, otherwise I'm stumped.
Ding. Ding. Ding
And the winner is Bluenose! :1stprize:
I had these lined up as clues too:
Quote"Say no to carrots, cabbage, and cauliflower!"
"I'm just crackers about cheese!"
"Lovely food. For rabbits, that is."
"Your loyalty is moving. Sadly, you won't be."
"You can hop, but you can't hide"
"If you ask me, this was arson! Aye, somebody "arson" (arsing) around!"
:)
Drat! I should have gotten that one.
So should I but it sets a good precedent, the movie was likely seen by most of us yet the quote escaped us. Not too obscure, not too obvious.
Good one, Darli!
Hopefully not too obvious:
The Russians put our camera made by *our* German scientists and your film made by *your* German scientists into their satellite made by *their* German scientists.
Quote from: Bluenose on December 14, 2012, 01:46:25 PM
Hopefully not too obvious:
The Russians put our camera made by *our* German scientists and your film made by *your* German scientists into their satellite made by *their* German scientists.
Dr. Strangelove?
I aim for the stars? (with Curd Jürgens as Wernher von Braun)
Apollo 13?
Is it Austen Powers?
No one's got it yet.
This move was made during and about the cold war, however.
Quote from: Bluenose on December 15, 2012, 07:30:15 AM
This move was made during and about the cold war, however.
That much was obvious :mrgreen:
The Russians are Coming The Russians are Coming?
Quote from: Swatopluk on December 15, 2012, 09:47:45 AM
Quote from: Bluenose on December 15, 2012, 07:30:15 AM
This move was made during and about the cold war, however.
That much was obvious :mrgreen:
Well, yes, but there is actually another cryptic clue in that statement beyond the superficial meaning...
Edit:
Think polar regions, submarines etc...
Hmmmm I think I saw this one but it was a quite some time ago .
I have never seen it, so I will abstain with my cheating knowledge
We give up, Bluenose! Will you tell us, please?
It's that equine streetcrossing given as name to a train stopping point on solid water ;)
I thought that someone all ready guessed Ice Station Zebra!
Maybe someone could again try something image based
Okay, I have one. I hope we haven't all ready done it. See below.
Difficult to make out the details. Do I see that correctly that there are a little boy and girl on the stairs with the man behind them? Has the man a scarf over his face in order not to get recognized? What's in his hand, a weapon (can't see that clearly). In that case it looks liike a kidnapping or hostage situation. I guess this is a built set, not on location. Otherwise it would be difficult so set up the lighting so high up.
I think the man is just directing them to the outside lavatories :mrgreen:
Quote from: Swatopluk on June 29, 2013, 07:20:25 PM
Difficult to make out the details. Do I see that correctly that there are a little boy and girl on the stairs with the man behind them? Has the man a scarf over his face in order not to get recognized? What's in his hand, a weapon (can't see that clearly). In that case it looks liike a kidnapping or hostage situation. I guess this is a built set, not on location. Otherwise it would be difficult so set up the lighting so high up.
Yes to boy and girl, no to scarf and weapon. No to kidnapping or hostage, exactly. Yes to set.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on June 29, 2013, 08:00:15 PM
I think the man is just directing them to the outside lavatories :mrgreen:
If I were them, I would need a lavatory.
Is it a UNIVERSAL film?
something about who slew grandma Rue?
Nope.
So, the kids do not just need the lavatory because they are full of shit? ;)
Edit: The Night of the Hunter maybe?
You got it!
Phoeey- I knew it was too easy. But I just had this movie on the brain. Haven't seen it in a while, though.
My final clue was to be this photo: (an amazing shot- apparently they filmed Shelly Winters in front of a powerful fan and then filmed her swaying back and forth in slow motion to get the underwater sensation)
Ironically I have not seen the movie* but saw an ad in the papers a few days ago.
Otherwise it would likely never have come to mind.
Since it was obviously an American movie with a slightly Gothic look but not a Universal, I thought about films with two kids in (I assumed) an unpleasant situation (either causing it or be subjected to it). That spawned my first guess of Auntie Rew (not grandma Rue). Then I had to find out the title of the film I guessed next (that from the ad). I knew it was about Mitchum as a psychopathic preacher. That was enough to google it and check pictures for style. In one or two those backstairs were visible. A week ago and I would not have guessed it without many more hints.
I'll look for something a wee more difficult :mua:
*only a single scene in Scorcese's Personal Journey through American Movies
Duje seriously, you have got to see "Night of the Hunter". It is riveting.
I'll add it to the list. But it is sooo long already. I'm the Trsitram Shandy of movie watching.
I thought the set looked really cardboard cutout. Never seen the movie, would never have guessed. But I am really bad at this game anyway.
That is one of the reasons why I like Night of the Hunter, because it is so theatrically set and lit. It is considered to be Film Noir, which I love because of the artfulness. I usually think of Film Noir as being city-based, but NOTH takes place out in the countryside, with all it's weird country people. Robert Mitchum scared the heck out of me when I first saw this on TV as a kid, with his preacher's hat and "LOVE" and "HATE" tatooed on his knuckles. As he stalks the kids, he sings
"Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms
Leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms"
Which to this day I cannot hear without the little hairs on my arms standing up. His character is just a dangerous hoodlum dressed like a preacher. We're not fooled by him and the kids are not fooled by him, but their poor Mom sure is.
There is nothing realistic about this movie, and it unfolds like a strange dream. I just love it.
Okay, who's next?
That would be me but I have not yet decided which film to choose.
We should place some rules to avoid incredibly obscure films, how about a round with blockbusters, the challenge is to get the shots from a movie that everybody has seen and be hard to guess. We can limit the hints to make it more challenging.
Do you think I have such films in my collection? ;)
I'm sure the level of success of a movie can be agreed upon, sadly IMDB doesn't have records for box office with older movies and only from the 80s onward there is some data, still I think you could tell, movies like Ben Hur or Lawrence of Arabia no only had large budgets but large attendance (and I'm sure you have some of those in your collection).
I'll see what I can do
Quote from: Opsa on June 29, 2013, 03:46:04 PM
I thought that someone all ready guessed Ice Station Zebra!
sorry, missed the last lot of posts. Your guess is correct. I don't think anyone guessed that already.
Maybe I thought I all ready had! ::)
I missed the clue. I don't mean I didn't know it was a clue. I mean I didn't see it until after the film was guessed. However, this makes not a jot of difference, so I don't know why I am even mentioning it. I never guess films though I do usually inspect the stills.
A major problem is that by choice of film the winner is in essence pre-selected. From the experience until now I have drawn the conclusion that I cannot use films from Asia or Scandinavia because they are either unknown or there is a single residential expert (or expert couple). British films seem to be almost totally off (even more so with beagle's departure). I have few films from South America at hand (and it would pose the same problem as with Sweden or Korea). In essence only American US talkies remain and even there I have encountered some surprising failures (why did no one know Kiss me Deadly for example???). And I know that anything from TV that I have meets with bewilderment (cf. Primeval).It It is also always the problem that once one shows recognisable actors the solution is a matter of at best minutes.
OK, let's have a try
It's neither Star Wars nor Lawrence of Arabia
(and not Moby Dick)
No matter. It's fun, anyway.
Okay, I see period piece. There is a lady holding a little girl with a doll. The people in the wagon look like mannequins, but maybe that's just historically correct use of powder by the French or English? How am I doing so far?
No makeup expert but there are other reasons to put up a strong one.
That doll plays a crucial role (but not like in The Night of the Hunter ;))
I don't think I've seen this movie, but it looks cool. Can't wait to find out the title.
The Entertainer?
or
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Neither.
Isn't the former in b/w?
I have heard of the second but thought it was a play.
I've seen the lady with gloves somewhere, but I can't place her.
Can't help you there. I cannot even remember where in the film this character shows up.
---
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Oh , not Moby Dick huh ?
I don't recognize the stills , looks very creepy though .
I give up .
No ships but relationships and no whales just wails.
This looks intensely creepy and I like the style.
Yeah, there are a few creepy moments ;D
Fiddler on the Roof?
Are the ladies Russian?
The Cherry Orchard, Anna Karenina.
Just making silly guesses. The harlequin stumps me.
The Puppet Master 2 ?
There is a Russian connection but it is not a specifically Russian-themed movie.
Parts of the film take place in several diffeent European countries.
The scene in the next picture is on a Russian location, though.
Btw, it is a period piece, not 'modern' people putting on costumes in-universe for whatever purpose. No guarantee for complete lack of anachronisms (of the type 'this item got introduced 20 years after the setting period').
HMS Pinafore
Nope. But some great music nonetheless.
Is it that one where they go up to heaven?
Dueling Cellos ?
Nope. And no banjos either.
On the left there is the girl with the doll from the first picture.
Anachronistic doesn't really make justice as a descriptor.
I would not object to that statement.
So you think you know it?
I think I've seen it, or part from it, but I still can't place it.
Should be difficult to forget - however hard you try to ;)
Lawrence of Arabia
Quote from: Griffin NoName on July 04, 2013, 07:59:56 PM
Lawrence of Arabia
Can't remember any carriages or harps in that ;)
Too early for a new picture.
I just thought I spotted some arabs in the last pic.
Arabian Nights.
Arabs with cowboy boots? ???
Can't remember any character from that region in this movie.
But there are a few orthodox Jews (meeting sticky fates).
That one looks like Terry Gilliam in his Python days.
There are a few Pythonesque scenes.
But the BBC would never have let this one pass :mrgreen:
Lisztomania!
That movie got reamed by the critics, but now that I've seen some photos, I think it looks like fun.
Yes, it is.
What gave it finally away?
[youtube=425,350]HWOWLXHAUhc[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWOWLXHAUhc
This clip is NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlO-58IJHHA
And here it goes a bit Mel Brooks on a bad trip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiPwytv5hrs
^ Roger Daltrey, I'm guessing? :)
Yes, you're right, it was Roger Daltrey. I knew he starred in it.
Okay, I have another:
Is she flying?
Ludwig II?
No, and no.
Is it about that court/roayal physician in Sweden who ended up executed?
No.
Singing in the Rain?
;)
Monsoon Wedding? ;)
Four weddings and a funeral?
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg ?
Nope.
Sorry, rings no bell ;)
I guess it is a US movie not later than the late 70ies
Right on both counts.
The lead characters are pictured above.
You mean Harold and Maude sitting in the back rows?
Yes! You win this round!
Without the last hint I would have given up. I knew nobody in the front rows and then I thought about old funeral heavy movies. Checking H&M in google pictures I found a church shot with the distinctive gallery. I have seen the movie (I think twice) a bit ore than 20 years ago but would not have recognized it from the images.
Well, what forgotten jewel should I present next?
OK, this could be a challenge for some.
Is that a real person that the guy in red is holding, or a dummy of some sort?
in re: Harold and Maude, it was very difficult to find shots that were cryptic, as most of them are iconic.
The girl is (still) alive.
Although that may change any moment :devil2:
For the first hint, Titanic. :)
For the second, nothing...
Harold & Maude was a good selection! It's been a long time since I've seen that one.
I don't think Asylum has as of yet tried a Titanic ripoff ;)
OK, here we have the gunman (or boy) and he is not actually aiming for the girl (not that one at least).
My first thought with that set was 127 hours, but no... :P
Still she is grinning but will it last?
King Arthur and the Round Ship?
No royalty in sight.
He clearly would prefer her majesty to what he sees instead.
I hope we are not in Zombie land, but if not, then it must be aliens.
No, only natives and very much alive (more than one could say of some youngsters)
I think for today there were enough new images. Let's see how much analysis can be based on what was already said and posted.
Btw, the girl at the door is the elder sister of the boy at the window.
Is that a scar down her face, or some sort of unibrow gone sideways?
No just a strand of hair.
This guy on the other hand now sports a permanent scar across the throat leading to a fatal loss of red liquid.
One Foot in the Grave?
Nope.
Looks like no cellphoning in the near future.
Remarkable anyway that you got a signal before given where we are.
Snakes on a Phone?
They appear to be levitating. Have they suddenly been transported to a low-gravity, cellphone-destroying planet?
Having your cellphone destroyed cn have that effect on people ;)
First someone destroyed our cellphones.
Then someone starts to cut throats.
What's next, stealing our booze?
Time to panic!!!
They appear to be Asians having party on an island, when something goes horribly awry.
Teen Pho Beach Party?
Nope. But it is an island.
Hey, is the throat cutter doing the exit?
Or does he just want to prevent the survivors from leaving?
Escape from Which Island?
Are they in the Greek islands, maybe?
Does the scenery look like that?
Then let's go back a few months
Ice Station Zebra
No
I told you not to trust that guy!
I suppose this is a film and not the TV series about aliens imprisoned in the Arctic becauase they want to kill everyone and take over the planet because their own planet is dying? But, no, I think you said no aliens.
Scott of Antartica?
Eh, did Scott have cellphones (or teenage girls) on his expedition?
Solution to the previous scene
Honey, I Shot the Kids?
This is about throatcutting not shooting (despite the presence of rifles)
At least the booze has not been stolen by the cellphone-smashing teenie-slashing guy.
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 09, 2013, 09:24:03 PM
This is about throatcutting not shooting (despite the presence of rifles)
But that latest pic shows shot glassses :mrgreen:
I've decided I haven't seen this film.
By the way, they do opera in modern style, so why not Scott updated to cell-phone era?
Can you spot any electric penguin? So that option is unlikely.
I would not be surprised about you not having seen it. Although it was extremly successful and is available on DVD and BR, international distribution has been limited yet. But that may still come since it is less than 5 years old. Your best chance would have been at a film festival.
The teenies have landed
And Smirnoff was a sponsor?
No idea. But nasdrovje anway!
While you still can
Was it an edgy, "Reality TV" style remake of Gilligan's Island?
No.
One of these two is unlike the other
(no, that does not mean that one is gay ;))
The Russians are Croaking, The Russians are Croaking?
Are they Russians visiting Way North America? Or Russian kids with Inuit kids? I noticed that the patterns on the shot glasses looked like arctic native work.
No Russians there but there may be some Inuk blood in some of these guys.
A guy with a gun going into town. And that is the least disturbing part here (before the screaming starts).
If the native is a bad guy then is one of the Twilight series. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
No vampires or werewolves have any part in the plot (nor zombies or witches).
OK, now we have two armed guys in a car, both not fully sober.
Spoiler: no murderous intent atthis moment as far as humans are concerned
Maybe some extra landscape writ large for analysis
Is it New Zealand?
Do people have guns in New Zealand??
Having them and being allowed to have them are two very different things, yet New Zealand seems to be quite less restrictive than Australia or the UK.
Here we have an obvious hint about where we are.
For those who don't see it some extra info. ;)
The film gives as land of origin not a state but a bilingual province within a state. The head of state is a monarch (the second of that specific Christian name btw) and resides not actually anywhere near our film location. Said province is comparable in size to Mexico but has a significantly lower population density. I guess even a majority of US citizens has at least a vague idea where to find it on a map (once we exclude Mexico of course) ;) ;)
I guess by now the movie genre should be obvious, so a bit of google-fu should easily yield the movie title.
Does Belgium have mountains?
Poirrot Rides Again?
mountains of skeletons in the basement, if you ask me.
And the movie is not that bad ;)
It's not Kamasutra rides again either (which actually got an Oscar nomination)
No, my name is not Leopold!!!
This looks like Afghanistan to me. But they have no King, and they are not bi-lingual.
And not much coastline.
Hey, blockhead. The director does not play by the rules, so lay the girl before it's too late. Your uncle handed you those condoms for that very purpose. I also have the suspicion that YOU are supposed to be the frikkin hero in this film not that half-mad guy with the second rifle.
Is it Ukraine?
Synevir 3D?
Quote from: Opsa on July 12, 2013, 10:59:36 PM
Is it Ukraine?
No, that would violate about everything I stated above about the region
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 11, 2013, 08:00:52 PM
The film gives as land of origin not a state but a bilingual province within a state. The head of state is a monarch (the second of that specific Christian name btw) and resides not actually anywhere near our film location. Said province is comparable in size to Mexico but has a significantly lower population density. I guess even a majority of US citizens has at least a vague idea where to find it on a map (once we exclude Mexico of course) ;) ;)
Looks like your elder sister is the next on the list for a surprise tracheotomy.
Sorry, I claim ignorance and careless reading. I give up.
Quote from: Opsa on July 12, 2013, 11:06:39 PM
Sorry, I claim ignorance and careless reading. I give up.
You have come closest yet in Reply #2639
I do not actually expect anyone to have the title at hand but with obvious genre and the semiobvious land of origin a simple googling should yield it pretty quickly. All pictures I have posted yet I got through google. I did not yet put the BR into the player fro extra screenshots.
We sit on your grave (sit not spit! But soon someone will take a piss and with that possibly really piss off the local throatcutting community)
Does it take place in Iceland?
I have no idea what is going on in these screenshots, but you've gone to so much work and are posting such entertaining clues that I feel obligated to keep guessing.
:)
No, not Iceland.
Iceland is a wee bit smaller than Mexico and is a republic since WW2.
Is molesting female tourists not enough anymore, you seal-clad perv? Or are you one of those eco-freaks that takes offense at our littering?
My next guess was going to be iceland too, but they don't have a king. Norway has a King. But I don't think they are bi-lingual. Finland is bi-lingual (sewdish) but they don't have a king. ? Denmark.
Griffin is on the right way. Not yet there but on the way (Margarethe II is the monarch in question).
Attention! Madman running through.
Margaret II is listed as denmark. but if I am only on the way, it isn't denmark. also, I looked through danish films for 2008 (5 years ago) and none fit. as for other scandinavian countries, sweden is not bi-lingual unless you count english.
Not all that is formally ruled by her majesty is physically attached to her country. In this case the unattached province happens to be a wee bit larger than the mother country itself (as I said, about the size of Mexico).
And I did not say 2008, I said less than 5 years old, so anything between 2009 and 2013 will do.
You will not find it under Danish movies because it runs under the name of the province.
Inexplicably you will not find it in the wikipedia list despite being an absolute record breaker.
Everyone (still allive) back to the hut please.
So, the movie was made in in Greenland (I thought you were talking about Canada before)?
At last I have assurance that someone fell into the trap :mrgreen:
Yes, the movie was made in Greenland which has about the size of Mexico. But intentionally the description also closely fit Quebec and Nunavut (bilingual provinces of Canada, similar in size and formally ruled by Elizabeth II).
Now we just need the title.
Anyone taking a shot?
Duh.... Shadows in the Mountains?
:1stprize:
That's the international title. The local one is
Qaqqat Alanngui(http://www.tumit.gl/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Qaqqat-alanngui-211x300.jpg)
http://www.tumit.gl/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Qaqqat-alanngui-211x300.jpg
The trailers do not give much away
[youtube=425,350]WbB7VO_jztY[/youtube] [youtube=425,350]iVSrEjoyW0E[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbB7VO_jztY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVSrEjoyW0E
Never heard of it. Did think of Greenland, but ruled it out.
I expected a willd goose chase to Canada :mrgreen:
That's my job, to introduce people to obscure but worthwhile pieces of cinematography :D
Opsa's turn again
Now we need a film set in Svaalbard. ;)
There is one that spends some time there (albeit I doubt they actually filmed there).
Yes, vaguely aware of one, can't remember title, or anything else about it. Too lazy to google :D
Talking about The Red Tent?
I have one about Nowaja Semlja (Dutch, filmed in Iceland)
Btw, I have been in Svalbard (Ny Aalesund to be precise) once . Parts of the installations for the Nobile-Amundsen airship expedition were still there.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on July 15, 2013, 02:35:20 AM
Now we need a film set in Svaalbard. ;)
D-oh! I was going to do "The Sound of Svaalbard"!
Anyone want my turn? (No, not you again, Swato!!!!!)
I don't have any ready, nor at present to make ready.
This morning I also got the soundtrack CD for that Greenlandic slasher.
I'd say I do one, but it will take me a day or two to get some screenshots.
Go for it, Zo-zo!
Meanwhile, from what movie comes this immortal line? :mrgreen:
"But what's my motivation for having an erection?"
In order to bridge the gap befor Zono comes up with something:
This would be too easy, so I did some distortion work.
Should still be easy.
And then there is still the question from the previous post :mrgreen:
I am spotting what seems to be a bride and groom, but it is not ringing any bells so far. (So to speak.)
You are mistaken. They are (at that time in the movie) not yet to be married and do not actually wear the clothes for that.
Take a closer look.
And I am serious about this being easy. It's a recent mainstream movie I am certain several on this forum have seen.
As you know, I only get to see films once they are on TV. The more recent, the less likely.
Already available on DVD for some time so I assume it has reached TV by now too
Based on your obfuscatory pattern: Dead Men Don't wear Plaid. :)
Quote from: pieces o nine on July 28, 2013, 08:35:55 PM
Based on your obfuscatory pattern: Dead Men Don't wear Plaid. :)
That one was b/w and few would call it recent (or even mainstream) ;)
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 28, 2013, 08:55:28 PM
Quote from: pieces o nine on July 28, 2013, 08:35:55 PM
Based on your obfuscatory pattern: Dead Men Don't wear Plaid. :)
That one was b/w and few would call it recent (or even mainstream) ;)
Maybe they'd call it plaid?
Oh! I see the rabbit ears, now. Alice in Wonderland?
Nope. But the genre at least is right :mrgreen:
A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Nope.
Check the mainstream movie list of the last handful of years.
It's definitely closer to LC's Alice (for more than one reason) than to ol' Rattlelance.
One pic is a bit mean
I try to do tricks with another one but the result is of the kind that i could as well post the title poster.
The faces should be identifiable enough (maybe you should try flipping the image upside down or turning it by 90°)
I can see bride and groom. But none the wiser.
As said above, not yet bride and groom. She will not actually wear white for that occasion but a trademark costume
OK, a second image
Does it have a Big Bollywood ending? (http://www.iran-forum.ir/smile/images/bollywood1.gif)
SPOILER: Mirror Mirror
Si, senora :1stprize:
Never heard of it. :(
Quote from: Griffin NoName on July 30, 2013, 10:53:49 AM
Never heard of it. :(
You tasteful elitist you! :mrgreen:
Me neither, but it looks like it might be fun.
I have seen better (but also worse).
The main problem I see is that there is no real chemistry between between Lily (=Snow White) and the prince. The idea that she is smitten with him looks to me rather ridiculous. Her giving him a solid (and deserved) thrashing (as she does) looks far more believable. And I think Julia Roberts was not the perfect choice for the evil queen. She is near perfect as far as vain and silly goes (one side of the character) but she totally fails in the wicked department (imo). She may be able to come over as uncaring about others but not as the vicious murderess she has to be.
For comparison, Sigourney Weaver managed a fine balance in her (non-comedic) portrayal of the queen in Snowhite - A Tale of Terror (where it is a combination of a curse and Snowhite's nasty behaviour towards here that drives her over the edge).
Quote from: Swatopluk on July 28, 2013, 03:12:11 PM
In order to bridge the gap befor Zono comes up with something:
I'm sorry, I'm positively swamped with work. :-[
I would take a stab at it, if no one else has anything?
Go, girl!
We're ready on this end.
DISCLAIMERS:
1. Last time I did this, I had a Windows Thingie that let me screencapture from my own DVD, thereby getting much cooler and tougher-to-guess pics.
2. I forgot how much I LOATHE PhotoBucket's upgrade which makes it nigh unto impossible to upload or name things. Sheesh. I may not be able to manage more than one or two per day, but I'm counting on Swato to make this a short game! ;)
3. Not a movie per se but I think everyone here could have seen it.
CLUE THE FIRST
There is no fool like an educated fool.
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh27/pieces_o_nine/MovieGuessA_zps67850fa7.jpg?t=1375328835)
That looks like a Spitzweg painting not a movie still :mrgreen:
I am pretty sure I have seen that one somewhere
Looks familiar, or maybe I'm just recognizing the actors.
I sometimes just Google a film and then lift images off the images pages through snapshot. That way I can crop a little bit, if need be.
Something by Mel Brooks?
Or anything Blackadderish? (so it would be TV not movie)
Gormenghast (the TV series)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ofD2cz3idC8&t=587
By George, I think he's got it!
But it was difficult to prove after I got the suspicon. :mrgreen:
Give the man a cigar! :thumbsup:
Now I can delete the other 9 Google images I downloaded last night for cropping and mysteriousizing.
OK, here is a new riddle.
Today seen as a masterpiece it was originally a success neither with the public nor the critics.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1830)
Interesting animation, there. Gangster movie?
Yes, it is a gangster movie.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1832)
Dial M for Murder
Nope, I think that phone is too modern for that :mrgreen:
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1834)
Something is attached to that man falling out of the tower.
That could be a firearm/rifle he intended to use.
I think I will wait till to-morrow before I post the next picture
Film noir of some sort?
Strong noir influences but not strictly belonging.
Fiddler on the Roof.
Nope.
Kids, don't try this at home.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1836)
It is a more modern day movie (last 20-30 years) made to look like film noir?
No, it's older. The choice of b/w was not taken for aesthetical (or cost) reasons. To say more would reveal too much info.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1844)
I have no guesses, but I'm really enjoying the clues.
Maybe a look through the keyhole helps.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1847)
Through a Glass Keyhole Darkly? ;)
Maybe a closer look helps.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1849)
WR: Mysteries of the Organism.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 16, 2013, 07:25:55 PM
WR: Mysteries of the Organism.
I know that one (seen it twice) but don't have it.
It's also in colour. This one here is b/w.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1851)
Quote from: Swatopluk on August 16, 2013, 07:32:42 PM
It's also in colour. This one here is b/w.
yeh, I know, but it's nice to guess.
Well, (strange) sexual obsession plays a role here too. No decapitation by skates though ;)
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1853)
Is it a Bergman film?
No.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1855)
The girl's face looks cartoon-like, while the rest of her looks real.
She looks a bit out of place admittedly.
Enough pictures for one day.
Btw, the title the movie is generally known under has 4 syllables distributed among three words.
Quote from: Swatopluk on August 16, 2013, 09:34:48 PM
Btw, the title the movie is generally known under has 4 syllables distributed among three words.
So not Tales of Peter Rabbit then. :)
No rabbits (iirc) but an infamous chipmunk.
Your word allowance fits "Chipmunk Hog Day."
Chip & Dale
Don't get too distracted by the deadly rodent, it's a nickname.
Looks like the hitman is one timezone off or am I wrong and this is not High Noon?
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1857)
The girl looks Eastern to me. Is she Asian? Is it an Asian movie?
I just looked up Johnny O'Clock , but it doesn't seem to match.
What is not clear, is are these pics snapshots blown up, or are they the full screen size?
They are all as I downloaded them from the net. The movie is widescreen.
Opsa, take a close look at the wall clock. :mrgreen:
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(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1859)
Dogbowl of Time?
No.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1862)
Rebecca - no, not three words.
No, this guy does not really look like Olivier.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1864)
Nor can I remember this scene
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1866)
I have no idea, but am still really enjoying the work you've done on the clues!
:)
Make way, madman rushing through!
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1868)
Looks like he is foaming at the mouth. Does he have rabies?
Is he part of the Zombie Apocalypse?
He doesn't really look like a Zombie - though that was my first thought. I think this film might be French.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 19, 2013, 03:24:18 AM
Looks like he is foaming at the mouth. Does he have rabies?
No, just slightly drunk and driven over the edge.
Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 19, 2013, 05:22:14 AM
He doesn't really look like a Zombie - though that was my first thought. I think this film might be French.
No zombies, no Frenchies
I can't make out the wall clock, it goes by too fast!
The people look east Indian to me, now. Is that right?
Nope, no Indians either.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1870)
Regarding the clock, download the gif and look at it in a preview window that does not show animation.
Man, that's hard to read, but it looks like Matsushita Electric.
Japanese, then?
Indeed
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1872)
My, they certainly look relaxed. Okay, Japanese movie. Looks like it was made in the late fifties or early sixties, judging buy the modern furniture. Correct?
60ies
New pictures only later in the evening when I get back to my own computer
OK, here is the turning moment of the film
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1874)
Okay, I just looked up "butterfly on scope" on Google images and way down the page I found a black and white photo of a Japanese man surrounded by butterflies. I followed the image to a webpage about a move called:
Branded To Kill,
and some of the photos match yours.
So I cheated! But I think I found it. It looks like a very cool movie and I would like to see it. Where the heck did you see it?
Opas cheating? No! How could you!? Anyone else but you!
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Hee hee hee! ;D
I blame Severe Movie Obscurity!
It's not actually an obscure movie but a true classic and easily available in several DVD editions (including Criterion)
Personally I saw it recently in a Seijun Suzuki retrospective but I was aware of its existence years before that. But Yakuza films were not on my shortlist (I prefer classic Samurai movies).
I expected that the combination of butterfly and scope would be the decisive search hint. 'most dangerous chipmunk' would have been a quite direct way too. I deliberately started with images that gave no hint towards Japan. Originally I wnated to start with the clock but I noticed the company name on it.
Here is the trailer (looks like the whole movie is available on youtube too)
[youtube=425,350]5RGcIOjYgVc[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RGcIOjYgVc
Eek! The trailer is quite disturbing, but I have to say that the shots are spectacular from an aesthetic standpoint.
That film was the last straw for the studio bosses and they fired the director after 40 movies for 'making no sense and no money'.
Since there seems to be no new contender, I'll have to provide the next riddle too.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1876)
hmmmmm ... "man with cane" ...
Not The Wolf Man...
Not Charlie Chaplin...
Not The Elephant Man...
Not Batman's Joker...
Not The Daredevil...
Not Star War's Yoda...
Not Fred Astaire...
Not Orson Welles either despite some superficial similarity.
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No, this will not lead to any sex acts either on or off screen in the near future.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1878)
I note that his arms are short in comparison to his body. Dwarfism?
Well observed, Opsa.
Hello Mister. These gentlemen wanted to audition for Time Bandits. are we too early or too late for that? Myself, I had thought about Jeanne d'Arc, should Mr.Dreyer think about a remake. No, we are at least one dwarf short for doing a full production of that fairy-tale classic, Mr. Disney became famous with. Apart from that it is unclear whether one of them is female or not. Not something a US audience would appreciate.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1880)
Peter Pan meets Gulliver's Travels
A version of Snow White?
In the widest sense, yes. But as said, too few dwarves, gender ambiguity and no royalty involved (except maybe financial royalties).
No mining operations either. A hint of Todd Browning business (but not the one with the pale count from the Balkans).
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Tell Herrn von Hochdorf that there will be hell to pay, if I catch him with the young mistress again.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1882)
Man on left - are they tassels hanging down.... could be a Jew. Is this set in Russia or some Eastern European country?
I noticed that guy too but in the context it is highly unlikely that he is a Jew. And it is not Eastern Europe (or the Balkans).
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The first to drop the name Mary Poppins around here will die, as will anyone who starts to sing and dance. Have I made myself clear?
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1884)
I Googled "black and white version of Snow White and found Blancanieves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HanTDiiZLpg).
It looks stunning. And it's a silent! I have to see this.
That is the correct answer. It's available on DVD and BR in Europe (I got mine a few hours ago after watching it last Sunday on the Fantasy Film Festival in Berlin).
So, what's next?
OK, here's the next challenge.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1886)
Another black and white film. Was it made in the past forty years?
Yes.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1888)
The Birds
Here's a link (http://24.media.tumblr.com/1bcfe6f666308fa319fc23758ce4c1fc/tumblr_mflzo5vErm1rqgh6lo1_500.jpg) Google-Fu brought up in searching for that pic, which is a kinda cool tattoo.
Birds play no significant role in this move.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1890)
Gone with the Wind - but that's >40 yrs ago.
And the wrong clothing style too.
There is a parallel though.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1892)
Quote from: Swatopluk on August 30, 2013, 05:59:40 PM
There is a parallel though.
So no one gives a damn? Why are we trying to guess in that case?
Not giving a damn is a fine theme for movies.
And this guy might come after you, if you don't (in time)
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1894)
They seem to dress like XVII/XVIII century France.
Whom do you call French here? That paddy is bad enough!
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1896)
I thought the soldier type was American, and the peasant types Russian, so maybe it is Cuba.
I am no Dago either!
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1898)
Some version of The Three Musketeers?
No but the era is about right.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1900)
Hint: the movie title says something about the location
Some version of Robin Hood?
I get an error message that the upload folder is full
Edit: I removed all images for Branded to Kill, mabye that'll help.
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Robin Hood would be a few centuries off.
The pistol would be out of place too.
Here's the big baddie paddy
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1902)
And this is how one deals with a charging pikeman.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1904)
Has there been a duel?
No, he is actually shooting the man charging him with the pike.
There is a bit of a spiritual duel in the film but the main plot point is a treasure hunt.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1906)
Looks like time for new images
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1908)
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=1910)
Wrong title. I forgot whom this guy shoots there. Maybe the rider from a few posts ago.
This wouldn't take place in A Field in England, would it?
The hat doesn't look very English.
Quote from: Opsa on September 02, 2013, 04:45:37 PM
This wouldn't take place in A Field in England, would it?
It would. But some have opined that it is actually purgatory disguised as it.
(http://images.cinemas-online.co.uk/0/4/82/movies-a-field-in-england-poster-960.jpg)
http://images.cinemas-online.co.uk/0/4/82/movies-a-field-in-england-poster-960.jpg
[youtube=425,350]cRRvzjkzu2U[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRRvzjkzu2U
At what period did English wear those hats then? I've never seen them. (the soldiers')
I suppose they could be Cavaliers.
It's supposed to be the English Civil War.
I'd say the clothes look typical for that era.
The main baddie is a Paddy and not fond of Mr.Cromwell (although iirc Ollie did his worst over there only after becoming Lord Protector).
It's left open from which side the soldiers formally are (and they don't care either).
So the hats are Cavalier.
I did think of Cavalier's early on, but thought their hats were different.
The clothes were fine, it was just the hats. Should have googled!
I'm a bit more into the Battle of Bosworth just now. (Richaard III discovere in Leicester carpark).
Not versed enough to tell whether the roundheads wore different headgear.
Yes they did. They'd never wear hats like that. Far too romantic and dressy.
The one the Irishman wears looks to me like a Puritan hat (round, black felt), his other stuff looks fancy. Could as well be Dutch though.
Oh Irishman - - that explains it.
Didn't I say Paddy enough? ;)
The slightly mad looking fellow is a strict civilian (and alchemist dabbling in divination by trade). His job is to catch the Irishman for theft from his boss. How this ends up should be obvious :mrgreen:
I think, a new challenge is in order.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2110)
More of a case requiring google-fu than memory admittedly.
The film of the TV series The Returned, not filmed yet?
To The Lighthouse?
No
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2112)
Ok, so she's in the top of the lighthouse. With icicles. Is it an advert for ice-cream?
A lighthouse in Norway/Sweden with a Bardot lookalike? 60s or 70s?
I doubt that Sweden gets so much ice on the coast :mrgreen:
And the film is not that old.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2114)
Not sure where that lighthouse is located exactly.
So the Director of this film was into Edward Hopper. Is it an American film?
No
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2116)
OK, next image
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2118)
Zono, I did a bit of research and identified the lighthouse. It's a real one but it seems to have been put in front of a different landscape (and nearby buildings removed) by the filmmakers.
That makes sense.
What doesn't make sense is that landscape and now this one. Is the plot happening in the same country?
No, it's two strands of plot running parallel.
Think of this nice piece of music based on a Heine poem
[youtube=425,350]IZ-dNBTlx-U[/youtube]
http://poemsintranslation.blogspot.de/2009/06/heinrich-heine-pine-and-palm-from.html
For a hint where the warmer country is located
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2120) (http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2122)
That plate looks like the ones used in Bogota, but we don't have dusty plains close by.
The licence plates are one thing but there is one detail that does not require knowledge of those.
Meanwhile, what about a nice hot bath?
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2124)
Is this the one with the Transvestite?
No transvestites in this film, just undressed people (even that not over the full length).
Somebody getting cold feet here?
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2126)
http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2126
Again, this challenge requires a small amount of google-fu since I do not expect that anyone currently participating has seen it.
But there were enough hints in the pictures to get the film title in the top google results with just two or three keywords.
Well, obviously I am not using the correct keywords.
Is it set in Canada?
No
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2128)
A new meaning to lying in bed.
I smell a plot hole there. How did she get that portrait?
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2130)
Hand with icicle. Ominous?
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2132)
Just add sugar and coloring.
As long it isn't blood sugar...
Purists suck unflavoured
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2134)
Why do I think that idea sucks?
It has not even really started...to get NSFW
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2136)
At least it won't be terrible if it breaks while in use. A bit uncomfortable though.
Nice view and natural hot water
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2138)
Some prefer cold though
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2140)
The top one looks like Old Faithful.
There seems to be a lot of water in various forms.
Not where this guy is taking the exit
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2142)
Except the one he is standing one and that is literally dripping away.
Now it looks like Tomb Raider, or something.
No tombs in this film and no raids
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2144)
That looks like Australia. Are the icy bits at the South Pole?
Not many manned (or womanned) lighthouses in Antarctica
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2146)
Nor much in the way of hot springs used for bathing
Hot springs usually mean Iceland for us Brits. So a film where some people plus a wallaby or kangaroo leave Australia and set out for Iceland overland by truck where they meet a mysterious female lighthouse keeper who helps them set up an import/export business for blocks of ice.
Yeah, I haven't seen it.
That should be enough info to google the movie.
Yes, the two countries are Iceland and Australia
Quite a wellknown waterfall
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2148)
This is in reality in a different location, not near to the waterfall above
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2150)
Ah! The final problem - the Reichenbach Falls!
.....On Top Down Under..........
I knew I had seen this film, just couldn't drag the name out of my memory...
Quote from: Griffin NoName on June 05, 2014, 12:44:54 AM
.....On Top Down Under..........
That is the correct answer
http://shortsbay.com/film/on-top-down-under
Yeah, it was her sucking the icicle that swung it for me.
I am too tired to do a film just now.
Anyone ready for a new challenge?
OK, famous director, famous story, less famous film
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2165)
OK, here's the next picture
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2167)
30s?
No.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2169)
Yeah I thought Virginia Woolf, but seems not. Then I thought Lady in the Lake. But maybe not. That looks like ocean.
No character named Virginia in this and only dogs not wolves. But yes, that is the open sea.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2171)
Lady letting her hair down at last.
back to girl one
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2173)
http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2173
I'd recognise those breasts anywhere............ actually I don't.
But maybe you recognize the guy
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2175)
next time a bit more in focus :mrgreen:
The man in the picture with the girl looks a bit like Michael Caine but I don't think he was into being in sepia films.
Is this some tale of puritans in the new world? Actually none of the stills look like that except the ship.
Or Sir Garwain and the Pink Knight?
The guy less transparent and thus more easily recognisable.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2177)
As stated, the director is world famous (not always in a good way) and the story is too, although this adaptation is less so.
Is it Mel Gibson?
:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:
Of course! and this is the XIX century (or earlier) version of Mad Max! :mrgreen:
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For a moment I thought it was Alec Guinness but no..
Didn't Alec Guinness have a longer beard? ;)
It's neither of them.
But here is a very symbolic dead horse:
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2179)
Godfather III ?
The production looks very independent, probably from the 60s, and the sepias would suggest a nordic production. Definitively not Hollywood.
Bergman?
Correct about orgin (Scandinavia). Not Bergman though.
Ominous
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2181)
Love the screenshot taken from a(n old) TV.
The Phantom Carriage
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on April 08, 2015, 03:45:31 PM
Love the screenshot taken from a(n old) TV.
TV is correct, old is a matter of opinion.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2183)
Old as in not a flatscreen, quite possibly a Sony trinitron with cylindrical screen, and I suspect a model prior to the practice of dark tincting of the screen. Considering that they haven't been making them in 20 years (and CRTs in at least 10) it may qualify as old.
As you can tell I can guess more about the TV than on the movie.
It's actually a bit more complicated involving video tape and classic film.
It's not all sepia :mrgreen:
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2185)
Is that a sword in his back?
No backstabbing in this movie, at least not literally ;)
Yes, the guy carries a sword on his back (in a previous picture the pommel was visible on the other side)
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2189)
Someone feeling blue?
Hansel and Gretal
No. And not Bewowulf and Grendel either. :mrgreen:
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2191)(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2193)
How did you know was going to be my next guess?
These references to boats - I suppose there's lots of water in and around Scandinavian countries but some of the pics look kind New Worldy like US or Oz. Anyway, that lady doesn't look very happy. As far as I can make out there's a King or Leader and a few ladies doing their thing. Perhaps it is a Scandinavian remake of King Lear. Or Hamlet. Ibsen? Terje Vigen?
I give up.
Erm... I dunno, I hate stereotypes but scandinavian movies don't distinguish themselves for being particularly happy and sunny...
(I'm sure they may make comedies but I haven't seen the first and this one definitely isn't one).
Most definitely not a comedy.
While the movie is Scandinavian, the story is not (not Anglo-Saxon either).
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2195)
An extra hint: the movie script was a leftover from another famous director.
I know next to nothing about Scandinavian films so am only get this by googling clues and really there haven't been any. I can't google left over bit of film from famous director or woman tying a bit of string onto a branch while two small children watch.
Maybe what comes next will help
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2197)
Hopefully because that one didn't help one bit.
Child being lifted down from a tree? It must be little house on the prairies, or swallows and amazons, or some such, scandinavian version.
Look closer. That's not being lifted down.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2199)
Different kind of assistance
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD
I am not aware that that is a Scandinavian film made for TV :mrgreen:
OK, this quote can be googled and gives the game away. So, maybe you should try not to do it.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2201)
That sounds like something Joan of Arc would say. If that were the case the only scandinavian movie made on the subject (according to wiki) is Jeanne d'Ark - visjon gjennom eld which was made for TV in Norway in 1990.
Somehow the production looks older so quite likely is something else.
It's slightly older (not that much) and it's actually Danish.
It's not about a real life (historical) character but the name is in the title.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2203)
I guess my medieval history has gaps because I still have no clue.
Wrong era. And literature not history.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2205)
Jane Eyre?
I'm assuming that the name is the name of the female you keep showing us. Also that Charlotte Bronte was very forward thinking writing for TV.
Completely wrong era.
But you're right that the female character's name is also the title of the movie.
The most famous of all Danish directors wanted to do this film with a certain actress but never managed to do it. An even more famous director from another country made his own with said actress not long after the death of Dane #1. Another Dane, these days likely even more famous at least among the common audience, took up the old script and adapted it for TV. The images posted are from that TV production.
(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2207)(http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=350.0;attach=2209)
I can't decide what era it is. Chain mail was popular for a long time.
The round pommel could be classic (Roman/Greek). I was thinking on a classic Shakespeare but none of the dramas seem to fit.
I'm thinking the story is earlier than medieval. I am sure I have not seen this movie, but looking at the photos I wonder if this was a movie version of one of the Greek tragedies? If that is the case then the most likely candidate as far as I know would be Euripides' play Medea, as that has been the most popular of the Greek tragedies over the last few decades. Still don't know the movie, though so I could be completely on the wrong track.
Medea it is
[youtube=425,350]w8JL54eFikU[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8JL54eFikU
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095607/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea_%281988_film%29
Lars Von Trier? Did he manage to make the original more awful? (I like his cinematographer and his flow is good, but his misanthropy is hard to swallow).
He moved the setting from Greece tu Jutland and struck some chorus scenes from the Dreyer script but otherwise kept it as it was.
And if you know Dreyer films, you'll know that the pacing will be very slow.
But the Pasolini film with Maria Callas as Medea is not an action flick either.
Neither would appeal to your common youngster :mrgreen:
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Now, will anyone else pose/post a new challenge before I come up with another obscure one? ;)
Probably not.
Rereading my post and Zono's just after I thought of Pericles, and then Medea, then saw Blue's post and now don't know if I did guess Medea or caught a glimpse of Blue's post without being aware of it. I will never know.
Quote from: Swatopluk on April 14, 2015, 06:59:54 PM
Now, will anyone else pose/post a new challenge before I come up with another obscure one? ;)
Please don't wait on my account. I really had no idea about the film, I just got lucky with a guess and a bit of deduction that could easily have been total BS.
I am unlikely to find the time to transfer stills from watching a film. It's fiddly and I am finding I don't have enough time in any day ever now.
I have a candidate obscure enough (hopefully not too obscure) if you prefer.
Bring it up!
Give me a bit, I have to find the DVD and take the screenshots.
No hurry, don't worry
OK, knowing you own a movie doesn't mean you know where the disc is, it took me a while...
Well, let's start:
Is that car on fire?
There's fire around it but the car itself is not on fire.
Is a Mr.Trejo acting in this movie?
Can't make out clearly enough the name on that card F/P...ito/ido Legrasse/Lagrasse?
Some Lovecraftian undertones?
No Trejos in this movie and I wouldn't classify it as Lovecraftian.
I am pretty sure I do not know this one.
Made* South or North of the US-Mexican border?
My bet would be Southern US (M16 in a shop window) but hints at Hispanic/Latino touch in the other pictures. And if the name on that card was indeed Legrasse, that would point to Louisiana (or neighbourhood thereof).
*no hairsplitting please! Photographed in South America for a US company counts as a US movie
Made north of the US-Mexican border* by a non US company. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
That looks like chemical elements with a densiity > 5 g/cm3 ;)
Later than 1980?
Yes, later than 1980.
Someone's head in a vice?
In a counter.
Still not the slightest idea
They only heavy metal film I know it isn't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_%28film%29
Heavy metal is only something on the edge of the movie.
Is it listed on imdb? (I have DVDs of films that are not, imdb is not complete)
Is it available at amazon.co.uk or amazon.de? (i.e. as a Region 2 DVD not a Region 1 import)
Does it have a wikipedia (.com or .de) entry?
It isn't that obscure (besides, its an excellent movie), it can be found in all amazons, IMDB, and in 13 wikipedias, including the German one.
Anything from the Crow franchise?
Again wildly guessing since I am sure not to have seen this movie.
Nothing to do with The Crow, nor do I recall any crows really.
And I can't even say for sure whether that's a man or a woman.
She's not particularly pretty (perhaps when she was younger).
Now we are getting catholic :o
Was my guess correct that the movie is set in the greater area of Louisiana? New Orleans maybe?
I think it's Russian.
Wrong type of cross
Catholic me? I was but all those masses on the weekends may be having a effect (although I doubt it is towards more religiosity...).
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No Luisiana nor Russia.
The return of my friend Harvey's lovechild? ;)
This one had a rougher ending.
I'm bemused by the iron.
Hey, that's Christopher Lee opposite himself in his incarnations from two films from 1972 (The Wicker Man in front and Nothing but the Night on the other side of the table) :mrgreen:
No Christopher Lee in this one.
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on May 06, 2015, 04:58:41 PM
No Christopher Lee in this one.
It was a joke (and you already said it was post-1980).
Clearly that chap's parking skills are poor. Don't know any films where that is significant.
But he has made movies after 1980...
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Bridge over the River Kwai - The Sequel
Must have got feet in that state.
Or
Stigmata aint everything they are Cracked up to Be.
Quite far from the river Kwai, and that wasn't an stigmata.
Bullet(?) Holes in soles? Shape of cross, oh how gross! Plus a skull, oh how dull. Or is that a mask for a task?
Quentin in town again for this is getting Tarantinesque.
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on May 06, 2015, 08:38:58 PM
But he has made movies after 1980...
But he does not appear in them as his own old roles let alone simultaneously in more than one. :mrgreen:
Tarantino (& friends) have no relation with this film.
He looks so innocent...
Malcolm McDowell he isn't
But that looks like the same type of monster from an elite highschool. The type that joins the College Republicans at the first opportunity :mrgreen:
Edit: Ok, it is a Spanish film from 1995 with Antichrist connections. I have never seen it and got to it using google image search only.
And it's an excellent film, worth watching. So, you want to wait if someone else gets it?
At least for the weekend.
Oki.
I am not aiming to get it by roaming google images as rather short of time at present (up time to down time ratio getting poorer).
EDIT that very last still looks familiar but I still have no idea
That's because Swato cheated. :mrgreen:
Indeed I did (first time I tried that feature and even with that it took quite some time and some extra google fu).
But, as I said, without external hints I would never have gotten it from the images alone since I have never seen it and knew nothing about it.
IMHO the movie should be better known because it's entertaining as hell. ;)
Still none the wiser. Pretty sure I don't know it. Some of pictures look like the graphics in computer games - the ones where you have to click on objects to make things happen.
It is a horror-comedy with lots of symbolism and dark humor.
Edit: Oops! The forum told me that the folder is full and to contact the administrator. I'll place the pics in photobucket.
I wonder which folder is full. The attachments I suppose. I think we need MB to do some updating and maintenance.
Not the first time. I had to remove attached images in this very thread in the past for the same reason.
Edit: I removed some images from older challenges but that won't last long either.
Quote from: Swatopluk on May 11, 2015, 04:42:28 AM
Not the first time. I had to remove attached images in this very thread in the past for the same reason.
Edit: I removed some images from older challenges but that won't last long either.
We must seem very clever guessing the movie without even any pictures.
Sorry about that...
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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h20m13s144_cr_zpsiswrsgkg.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h20m13s144_cr_zpsiswrsgkg.jpg.html)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h23m20s186_cr_zpsszd5tcbx.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h23m20s186_cr_zpsszd5tcbx.jpg.html)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h24m02s979_cr_zpsovguk1jv.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h24m02s979_cr_zpsovguk1jv.jpg.html)
No idea.
If you've seen the movie you would know it by now, the only way around is using the hints Swato gave about the location and nature of the film...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h27m40s212_cr_zpscamvger7.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h27m40s212_cr_zpscamvger7.jpg.html)
This isn't a game!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h28m56s757_cr_zpslkn3igee.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h28m56s757_cr_zpslkn3igee.jpg.html)~
Where are you going?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h30m23s240_cr_zpsytt5bakx.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h30m23s240_cr_zpsytt5bakx.jpg.html)
Oops!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h31m58s218_cr_zpstrujmy7h.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h31m58s218_cr_zpstrujmy7h.jpg.html)
Ahhhhh...!
Nope.
Perhaps try to guess the title by words? For instance This movie happens in a fixed amount of time, and it's devoted (unwillingly) to certain someone...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h35m24s600_cr_zpscdg4tspy.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h35m24s600_cr_zpscdg4tspy.jpg.html)
Look who's here! It has to be about something really evil! ;D
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h39m04s925_cr_zpsmthinrwd.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h39m04s925_cr_zpsmthinrwd.jpg.html)
That signature...
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h44m16s783_cr_zpsahsi9g8i.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h44m16s783_cr_zpsahsi9g8i.jpg.html)
Are those the magii?
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h58m56s881_cr_zpsn5htstpb.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-18h58m56s881_cr_zpsn5htstpb.jpg.html)
Hey! You should be driving!
Borak makes of a journey to Ababquazania?
Borak?
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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-19h08m34s142_cr_zpscl1m1gn3.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-19h08m34s142_cr_zpscl1m1gn3.jpg.html)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-19h08m27s191_cr_zpsu7g9pupv.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-19h08m27s191_cr_zpsu7g9pupv.jpg.html)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/anon1mat0/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-19h14m04s115_cr_zpspvyupptq.jpg) (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/anon1mat0/media/vlcsnap-2015-04-28-19h14m04s115_cr_zpspvyupptq.jpg.html)
In case the landmarks aren't familiar enough the city in question is Madrid, and the subject couldn't be clearer...
I've been to Madrid but have not seen this film and have no idea.
I meant Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, of course. I am so tired I can only make approximate spellings.
Just to finish this one off: El Dia de la Bestia
May start a new round soon.
By all means.
yes, and every means too.