Use the description or scene to identify the movie.
1. Her older sister makes the father of her illegitimate child sleep in the barn…and she joins him there.
Hint: A period piece set in Ireland.
Solved by Maurinsky.
2. He’s a writer who asks a coat check girl to explain the plot of a novel to him.
Solved by Melville.
3. The women in this movie are a bored yachtswoman, a pipeline worker, a concert cellist, and an executive secretary.
Hint: A wild ride with the Mujahadeen.
Solved by George.
4. When the owners of the loft arrive, he is wearing his own underwear on his head.
Hint: He’s an Englishman who also speaks Russian.
Solved by Ken.
5. A dream disguises the name of a New York nightclub.
Hint: The dream sequence is the most celebrated part of this classic film by a renowned director.
Solved by George.
6. Despite her mother’s urging, she doesn’t want to learn how to make aloo gobi.
Solved by Amy.
7. He meets his girlfriend when he hides behind her legs under her retail counter at Bloomingdale’s.
Solved by Melville.
# 2 is In A Lonely Place, #7 is Moscow on the Hudson
Is #3 Witches of Eastwick?
No, but it’s an interesting guess. Michelle Pfeiffer is a cellist, as I recall.
coulda been the oboe.
Is number 6 “the Joy Luck club”?
And number three I think is Octopussy.
Sorry Daven, 0 for 2.
#6: “Why cook aloo gobi, when you can Bend It Like Beckham?”
#4 was a great movie. I remember like it was yesterday except I was wearing her underwear on my head.
Thanks for getting the quote, Amy. I thought it was a gimme.
Proteus. did you mean to guess a movie?
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#4 – A Fish Called Wanda
Is #5 Lost Weekend?
Ken, yes. Tom, no.
# 5 New York, NewYork?
There’s a dream sequence in New York, New York? I must have slept through it.
God, I hate that movie.
You’re off by more than thirty years.
Is #5 Hitchcock’s Spellbound? I don’t remember the nightclub reference, but the rest fo the clues seem to fit.
And how cool is it that K-K-K-Ken got the Fish Called Wanda answer?
#3 The Living Daylights–had to be a Bond somewhere in the quiz.
Good job, George! The dream sequence in Spellbound was directed by Salvador Dali. A game of Blackjack (21) in the dream led to The 21 Club.
Is #1 Dancing at Lughnasa?
Awesome, Maurinsky. I thought that would go unsolved!
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