In honor of Orien Rose, all movies must start with a vowel.
I’ll start you with an easy one, and then you go on and post the next question.
Easy one:
“Falling Slowly”
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Once.
“Oh stewardess! I speak jive. “
Airplane!
“When you were 168 pounds, you were beautiful.”
On the Waterfront?
^Correct!
Neat!
Because he doesn’t believe it exists, a Christian priest is able to walk through the walls of a fortress.
Uh oh. Evn, that may be a stumper. Hint?
Upon entering the fortress, the title character is reunited with the woman he accidentally stabbed to death in the opening scene. Earlier in the film, what the men think is the sun shining through the fog turns out to be a giant angler fish, which promptly eats some of them.
Well, that definitely proves that I haven’t seen that movie.
I’ll bet you’d really enjoy it. Who doesn’t like vikings?
I’ve never seen it, but could it be El Topo?
It is not. But you got the first letter right.
Erik the Viking?
If that’s right, here’s my clue:
A chase through fog ends with a detective shooting his partner.
Trevor’s right! Yay!
Oh, and I believe the answer is Insomnia. If that’s right…
The love interest of the main character lives in a palace off the coast of India. The actress who played the love interest also played the love interest of the same main character in a different movie.
Correct!
No idea on your latest, Evn.
I believe you mean Octopussy (if you stretch the definition of “love interest” just a teensy bit). Is that right?
I stretched the definition. All you!
She doesn’t marry for love, but when her husband gives her syphillis, she’s pretty pissed off.
Is it The Aviator?
Not even close!
Didn’t Howard Hughes have syphillis? That’s kind of close…
Deb, it’s on the tip of my brain. There’s a pregnancy test involved in the discovery of the syphillis, right? Why can’t I think of it?
Ohmigods, you GUYS. It’s really famous and it won the Oscar and you’re totally going to kick yourselves. Oscar winning Best Picture here.
Out of Africa.
Oh, my clue.
An actress who played the short-lived TV version of the character from this film has starred in two graphic novel adaptations.
Is that too confusing?
Elektra/i>?
No.
Then yes, it’s too confusing. 😉
I’m having trouble with “starred in” graphic novels. Cuz like, no people in them.
Sorry. The film I’m thinking of had a spin-off TV show briefly. The actress who played the TV version of the character from the film has some film work of her own: the two graphic novel adaptations, one of which has not been released yet.
Is one of the graphic novel adaptations in questions Sin City 2?
No, but close: Sin City is the one that has been released.
I’m at a complete loss.
Here’s another clue about the movie I’m thinking of:
It’s based on a novel written by the Dickens of Detroit.
Then it must be Out of Sight, the actress in question being Carla Gugino.
Correct! Sorry that was so circuitous.
Wow, I just read the whole conversation and I have no idea what any of it meant. But Out of Sight is a good movie.
I’ll toss out a fairly easy one, then check back when I get home from work (in about 20 minutes or so):
This movie is referenced at the end of a broadway musical, when the president of the United States remarks, “Her adopted father was a powerful billionaire, so I suppressed the urge to laugh in her face.”
The movie itself was also originally a broadway musical.
Annie
Yup. Back to Deborah.
I hate this fucking movie.
Okay, not enough of a clue.
In this “concept” musical, actors sang in naturalistic voices (their own, often untrained). One very talented actress was asked to sing less well because her beautiful voice didn’t fit the movie’s style.
Evita?
Is it Everyone Says I Love You?
I have a question about the previous question. If the movie is Annie, what’s the Broadway musical it’s referenced in?
Reefer Madness.
Talk about circuitous.
Mel, it’s Everyone Says I Love You? The singer who was “too good” was Goldie Hawn.
I don’t effing hate it, but it’s not my favorite Woody Allen film. I just tried to watch it again this past weekend on cable and it was very frustrating. All the musical scenes are staged and shot with great confidence, but having performers who are, at best, singing and dancing amateurs at the center keeps ruining it. Woody seems to know all the moves of movie musicals, but if the singers and dancers can’t sing or dance, and it’s not a parody, then what’s the point?
For anyone who still wants to play, here’s an easy one: “It’s showtime, folks.”
All That Jazz.
^Right.