1. The customer doesn’t know if a computer accessory will work on his Mac. He also doesn’t know that the man talking to him will meet him at a hotel in the near future.
Hint: The star of this film is one of those comics-turned-dramatic-actors.
2. The American persuades the Englishman to trespass in a walled garden, where they find a lovely bench.
Solved by Melville.
3. A college student goes to a costume party dressed as a Freudian slip.
Solved by Amy.
4. “Why can’t you just be a good boy and die?” / “You first.”
Solved by Proteus.
5. She rows out to a lighthouse to paint, and that’s where she falls in love.
Solved by Evn.
6. He holds a jail hostage by threatening to blow it up with fake dynamite. (This is obscure.)
Hint: This little-known (but delightful) film features a remarkable cast, including an Oscar-winner who is also the father of a well-known Indie actor, an actress best-known for a Kubrick film, and an array of comic character actors (including Strother Martin) stealing their respective scenes .
Solved by George.
7. “My patients didn’t like my cough.”
Solved by Proteus.
I think #3 is Animal House
But you would be wrong.
#4 – Tomorrow Never Dies – ? I know it’s a Bond…..
#4 I believe is Goldeneye.
#6 The Cherokee Kid
# 7 The Doctor
Proteus, you got #4, but #6 and 7 are wrong.
#7 Tombstone
Very good, Proteus. You got the character…but not the movie. You’re in the wrong decade.
Is #6 Fools’ Parade?
Right character, wrong decade for #7 would wind up with it being “Wyatt Earp”.
But my trivia-fu has abandoned me.
Neither Tom nor Daven has swish-bang trivia-fu today.
Hints tomorrow.
#7 Gunfight at the OK Corral KD as DH
#2 is Notting Hill
I know that #2 must be “Notting Hill,” so since Melville’s answer isn’t official yet I’m seconding that.
#1 sounds sort of like “The Recruit,” only I don’t think that was a Mac or a hotel…just a computer and a bar. Dammit.
Is #3 “DOA”?
Now we’re getting somewhere!
Proteus, you win the Most Persistent award. That one gave you some trouble, but you figured it out!
Is #5 “A Stolen Life”?
Oooh, Evn gets it with the inborn gay knowledge of Bette Davis!
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OK, I cheated and IMDBed and Googled around with your clues, but #6 has to be The Flim-Flam Man. With George C. Scott the Oscar-winner and father of Indie actor Campbell Scott and Lolita herself Sue Lyon.
Well, I made #6 cheatable, but I didn’t make it an easy cheat!
WAG: is #1 Shopgirl?
It’s good as WAGs go, but wrong.
D’oh! How did I not get The Flim-Flam Man?! One of my favorite Scott movies, I watch it every time it comes up on T.V., which means I’ve seen it 15-20 times at least.
Wow, Melville, I’ve only seen it like 3 times. Shame on you!
IS number one the DaVinci Code?
Sorry, Serenity, no. I’ll wait until California wakes up for final guesses, then I’ll post the answers.
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