Guess The Movie

Post by **joni** » Thu May 28, 2020 9:07 am

Multiplicity

Post by **joni** » Thu May 28, 2020 9:07 am

Looks like Keaton

GARY-19 · Post by **GARY-19** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:28 am

joni wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 9:07 amLooks like Keaton

Just one Keaton in this one but yes, it's him.

Getting warm!

I apologize to all for the poor quality of my "stills." Perhaps a third one in yet another aspect ratio would help?

Post by **joni** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:31 am

Gung Ho (1986)?

GARY-19 · Post by **GARY-19** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:36 am

joni wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 10:31 amGung Ho (1986)?

Geez you're so close but still not there!

I think you could probably get it from the mise-en-scene. Maybe especially from the 4:3 still, which shows "a little too much" of the disheveled bed...

Post by **joni** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:40 am

Monsieur Mamma?

GARY-19 · Post by **GARY-19** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:51 am

joni wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 10:40 amMonsieur Mamma?

DING DING DING DING DING

That is CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!

This man knows his Keaton.

Post by **joni** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:53 am

ZING!

GARY-19 · Post by **GARY-19** » Thu May 28, 2020 10:55 am

For the record: the movie is MR. MOM (1983)

According to IMdB, the official French title was "Señor Splat."

Post by **joni** » Thu May 28, 2020 11:03 am

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Thu May 28, 2020 11:09 am

GARY-19 wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 10:55 am For the record: the movie is MR. MOM (1983)

According to IMdB, the official French title was "Señor Splat."

They went with Spanish??

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Thu May 28, 2020 11:17 am

France is legendarily weird at renaming American movies. I remember walking through Paris in the early oughts and being stopped dead in my tracks by posters for the French import of the movie Mean Girls (2004), which was renamed "Lolita Malgré Moi." LOLITA DESPITE MYSELF???

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Thu May 28, 2020 11:24 am

Hahahaha

This isn’t as funny but I was just thinking about how when I was in Paris I posted something somewhere about the new Adam Sandler movie, “Friends Forever,” and Steve was like I think that is a weird French title, it’s actually called “Grownups,” and it was amazing what an abrupt difference it made in how I parsed the movie poster (all those guys laughing going down a water slide). I’d thought it seemed kind of sweet! But no, it was just Man Baby stuff as per usual. FRIENDS FOREVER

Post by **joni** » Thu May 28, 2020 12:42 pm

I've got more stills cued up and ready to go if y'all need clues!

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Thu May 28, 2020 1:11 pm

Austin Powers??

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Thu May 28, 2020 1:20 pm

In Spain in the oughts you had the opposite deal where all film titles were translated to the most literal basic concept of the film. The only one I remember is "Rosemary's Baby" was "El Niño del Diablo"

Post by **joni** » Thu May 28, 2020 1:26 pm

Not Austin Powers

GARY-19 · Post by **GARY-19** » Thu May 28, 2020 2:46 pm

For the record, I was joking about the French title being "Señor Splat."

It was a very good joke.

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Thu May 28, 2020 8:59 pm

[mention]joni[/mention], more stills please!

Post by **joni** » Fri May 29, 2020 10:19 am

Post by **joni** » Fri May 29, 2020 10:19 am

Post by **joni** » Fri May 29, 2020 10:19 am

Bigger clue:

Post by **joni** » Fri May 29, 2020 11:47 am

Need more clues? I've got a real big one queued up.

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Fri May 29, 2020 11:49 am

I don't know if I have seen this movie!! It looks very cool!

Post by **joni** » Fri May 29, 2020 11:52 am

[mention]ritchey[/mention] Clue for you: PSYCHOACOUSTICS

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:30 pm

is that max von sydow? is that a hint for anyone?

Post by **joni** » Fri May 29, 2020 3:47 pm

Evan.V.N.S.J. wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 3:30 pm is that max von sydow?

YEP (RIP)

Ready for another still?

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Fri May 29, 2020 4:49 pm

Is it Strange Brew

Post by **joni** » Fri May 29, 2020 5:41 pm

ritchey wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 4:49 pm Is it Strange Brew

YES! YES! YES!

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Fri May 29, 2020 7:20 pm

Omg I’m shocked I didn’t know it right away/confidently!! There was a period in my life when I watched it like every weekend. “Don’t go in there. BIG skunk in there”

Such a fun one!!! Good call bones

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Sat May 30, 2020 3:17 am

astral hellion · Post by **astral hellion** » Sat May 30, 2020 7:07 am

Repo man!!!!

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Sat May 30, 2020 12:38 pm

DUDE

YES

AMAZING

jamessumneriii · Post by **jamessumneriii** » Sat May 30, 2020 9:57 pm

holy cats the generic product labels in repo man were just actual ralph's products?

astral hellion · Post by **astral hellion** » Sun May 31, 2020 5:43 am

WOW!
YES!
This was another moment of immediate recognition!
WHAT A RUSH!!!

Here’s a new one:

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Sun May 31, 2020 6:28 am

jamessumneriii wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 9:57 pm holy cats the generic product labels in repo man were just actual ralph's products?

That is truly wild.

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Sun May 31, 2020 11:21 am

wow, just a butt... what could it be?

for some reason it makes me think of Withnail and I.

astral hellion · Post by **astral hellion** » Sun May 31, 2020 12:26 pm

It’s not Withnail and I, but I like that guess.
This shot may seem obtuse, but is in fact a key plot point!

Evan.V.N.S.J. · Post by **Evan.V.N.S.J.** » Sun May 31, 2020 3:03 pm

also reminds me of The Royal Tennenbaums, even though I'm pretty sure it's not that!

GARY-19 · Post by **GARY-19** » Sun May 31, 2020 3:23 pm

Pulp Fiction

astral hellion · Post by **astral hellion** » Sun May 31, 2020 4:20 pm

Neither Royal Tennenbaums nor Pulp Fiction.

astral hellion · Post by **astral hellion** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 5:37 am

Here’s another clue:

ritchey · Post by **ritchey** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:19 am

great image! I do not know this movie

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:02 am

My guess is: Real.

jamessumneriii · Post by **jamessumneriii** » Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:07 am

any more guesses? i was gonna run it by two friends with danker film knowledge than me

jamessumneriii · Post by **jamessumneriii** » Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:49 am

they knew but in the interest of sporting fun i will only say this:

they confirmed my suspicion of a HH vibe and reiterated that i should finally watch some of HH's movies

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:27 pm

Wait, is it Videodrome?

jamessumneriii · Post by **jamessumneriii** » Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:01 am

ah by HH i meant the director's initials. but man that would be a LOT of new flesh giblets if all those TVs started popping off

HH = a hometown icon of outer boroughs/LI filmmaking, but not in the horror/weirdo vein that i personally know better off-hand. which is why i asked my boys chat, because both those dudes have been telling to watch this movie specifically(!) for a while now, it turns out

astral hellion · Post by **astral hellion** » Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:40 am

No it is not Videodrome!
Yes it is a HH film! [mention]jamessumneriii[/mention] it sounds like you got the hint/answer/cheat code you needed but lemme just post one more clue to see if anyone can actually guess it (this one really gives it away):

and for good measure/MD appreciation:

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:27 pm

Well, from Google "cheating" I figured out HH is Hal Hartley, which means it can only be one of two movies starring Martin Donovan (Flirt or Amateur?) but I really think the win should go to [mention]jamessumneriii[/mention] for knowing any of this without looking it up