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Bernie

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 04:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This is an interesting thread, and I'm not clever enough to get your clues, BUT, I did guess Robin Williams yesterday, and can I just say, that you missed Good Morning Vietnam out of his list? It was another film which helped make his name as an actor, not just a comedian, and I've seen most of his films-what about Hook, and Jumanji, LOL!

Blonde

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 08:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Bernie, The ones you named are all good Robin Williams movies. Good Morning Vietnam is one of my favorites, too. For an actor that was never going to make it in films, he sure has a long impressive list, doesn't he? And an Oscar, too!

Donut

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 09:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
good morning! Excellent on the Johny Depp except i had mostly different movies in mind! i guess he was always crying, dying or riding! Mine were Nightmare on Elm Street for died, crybaby was right, although he was in some other crying movie i think the man who cried or something, scissorshands for worked outside, Don Juan Demarco for lied(he made up a whole personality)I forget, in Brasco was he the undercover cop or the mafia guy- cuz if he was the cop then thats even a better lie. and the rides were sleepy hollow and fear and loathig in Las Vegas, but he also rode a raft in Chocolat.He was also in two psychiatric institution movies so i guess he likes to do his film styles in pairs!
and not frances farmer. This actress is very well known but has been in very few movies as a starring role. The ones with a brother are her main claim to fame, and she does have a famous mother, and otherwise she mostly does cameos and supportive roles
BTW Bernie, i was wondering if you were around, missed seeing you on the boards, and also these resumes are in no way inclusive of all roles!

Blonde

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 09:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hello Donut, I thought of Edward Scissorhands for working outside as well. You're right, Johnny seems to spend a lot of time crying and dying - LOL! I love that he started out typecast as a hunk and went his own way to play such unusual roles. Also liked him in Blow.

A famous mother, I'll have to keep thinking...

Blonde

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 09:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Carrie Fisher

Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi. Luke Skywalker was her brother in the movies.

My kids grew up on these - I know them all by heart!

The movie about Carrie was Postcards From the Edge, starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine, based on her semi-autobiographical book. Debbie Reynolds is her real life mom. I had this in the back of my mind last night but couldn't get the brother connection.

This was another good one, Donut!

Donut

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks! you must see a lot of movies! do you have all-time favorites?

Blonde

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 10:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a great memory, especially for TV and movies for some reason, don't know why. Everyone wants me on their team for Trivial Pursuit - lol! I don't necessarily even see all the movies, I can just remember them from the previews, reviews, press, etc. My hubby uses me instead of the Info button on the remote - lol! This and a buck fifty will buy me a cup of coffee, right?

Anyway, I have a lot of favorites but the ones that come to mind are Gone With the Wind, all the Godfathers (Part 3 for Andy Garcia only), the first two Star Wars (the rest were not scary enough anymore), Dangerous Liaisons, Elizabeth, Body Heat, Pvt. Benjamin, Jerry McGuire. I like Woody Allen, pretty much up to Hannah and her Sisters, but not the latest stuff, can't connect to it. Also Kevin Smith movies, my son and his wife turned me on to those. And I love Jon Cusack's wit so I'll go see about anything with him in it.

Edited to add Memento!

How about you, Donut, what are your favorites?

Donut

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 11:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
boy, you are eclectic! i am soooo sleepy right now so i will think up faves tommorrow, but i can relate to you a lot on the useless memory thing. even when i was a kid, my friends couldnt figure out how i knew who actors were from even before i was born- i dont even know how they got into my head! but now i think all the useless info is squeezing out the pertinent info as i get older and cant remember where i keep my head! and i too read reviews and just know way more movies than i ever see. I havent seen most of the ones in these games! For example, i just cant get myself to go to scary , depressing or heavy movies but i really want to know what happens in them so i always wish there was a spoiler site that would tell me the ending of all the cool movies with plot twists so i could enjoy them without seeing them! Eg, i read a lot about momento, including the entire plot and theories in detail, and that was more than enough for me! well i guess since i am still up i can think of a couple favorites including Searching for Bobby Fischer, Groundhog Day, Shawshank Redemption, Wings of Desire, Camelot, South Park movie made me laugh a lot, Breakfast Club. If you like Cusack, then you shouldve liked one more recent Woody Allen movie, bullets over broadway cuz he was really good in it

Weinermr

Saturday, October 06, 2001 - 11:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<This girl spent a weird night at a spooky house, had a photogenic daughter, and found an unusual use for citrus fruit. She then dabbled in black
magic, but after that found religion and then faced her own mortality.>

I don't think anyone tried this one yet. Is it Susan Sarandon?
night at a spooky house - Rocky Horror Picture Show
photogenic daughter - Pretty Baby
black magic - The Witches of Eastwick
religion - Dead Man Walking
mortality - Stepmom
citrus fruit - can't think of it

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought of a couple I can't believe I forgot: Lost in America (my husband and I can recite lines from that one), Peter Pan and 101 Dalmatians (the original), my two childhood favorites.

Also Good Will Hunting (couldn't believe people that young wrote it), Terms of Endearment, The Jerk (we recite lines from that one, too), and Three Days of the Condor.

I can't watch the really heavy or gory ones, either. Although I liked Silence of the Lambs because I thought it depicted evil, not movie gross out, like Hannibal. I will probably never watch Hannibal.

And South Park is a guilty pleasure that has grown on me since my twentysomething kids insisted I watch it!

Memento wasn't too gross or scary. Not even close to Shawshank, which I thought was great but made me squeamish. Memento is more of a mystery with a psychological viewpoint than a thriller, I thought. The way it was made was so unique and very smart. It's hard to follow, but worth it for the payoff. If you miss some of the details along the way, don't worry, they probably won't be important to being able to understand the whole thing. You gotta watch it, Donut, I think you'll like it! I didn't think I would like it either, based on what I read, but I loved it.

Wow, how cool to find someone else who just randomly absorbs movie trivia! If you think my movie list is eclectic, you should see my CD list on the Incredible Thread of Lists - lol!

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Weinermr, Susan Sarandon is correct! The citrus fruit is the lemon juice scene from Atlantic City.

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is one from yesterday, still unanswered:

He started out on the farm, then became the man many women want to find, then the man too many women fall for, then a downright deadly psycho, and finally ended up becoming himself.

Weinermr

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Blonde, I think this is Anthony Perkins, but right now I can only get Friendly Persuasion and Psycho out of your clues. I'll think some more on the rest of it.

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
She got her start using a power tool, then completed her training by emulating Audrey Hepburn. She went on to learn the meaning of truth, but soon after lost her memory, moved to Europe and got a little tipsy while finding herself and her true love.

Donut

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
blonde, another favorite albert brooks-Defending your life, sarandon was a good one, really hard but perfect! so far i can only think of burt reynolds in the man that loved woman for the one above but i know i am wrong

weiner, delilah said she kidnapped you yesterday, but glad to see you are still around- i think you are hiding on the serious sites these days! if your funny bone strikes, go visit mole haiku and especially the Whats with lisas occupation thread, Did either of you catch the movieshow on radio today? Wein, i caught in on the internet, finally found a radio station still streaming( i guess a lot are off now due to disputes with unions) and it was in Oregon so i thought of you!

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, Weinermr, it's not Tony Perkins. Psycho would be too obvious!

Hint for #2: Who is the guy a lot of single women are trying to find?

Hint for #4: Assassin.

Weinermr

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I'll guess Julia Ormond, but I can't give you the names of the films except the (bad) Sabrina remake. Sometimes I know a film but can't remember the title. Am I right?

Weinermr

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Donut - I was away from home from midday Friday through this evening. I'm so mad at myself! I missed the Mole on Friday night. I did a brain freeze and completely forgot it was on, and forgot to tape it too. Rats! And then I didn't get to hear the Movie show on the radio, so I'm two for two!

Yep I've been kinda serious lately, but I love these movie threads so keep them coming, and Blonde too has some great ones.

I wish I was more encyclopedic about movie TITLES. When you describe a movie I probably know it, and who was in it, but I always blank on the titles. Same with the names of songs - I know the song, just can't remember the title.

It was nice of Delilah to let me go, wasn't it?

Weinermr

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Blonde - John Malkovich!
Being John Malkovich
Places in the Heart
In the Line of Fire
Making Mr. Right
one more

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Weinermr, it's not Julia. Wrong hair color!

BTW, glad to see you made it out of Gun/Nicole territory! Happy to see they broke out the cheap wine and mellowed out, though.

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Malkovich is correct! And so are the 3 movies you guessed!

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually 4 movies. The one remaining is one of my favorites. John was very sexy in that one!

Weinermr

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dangerous Liaisons (sp?)

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 12:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yep - that's the one that got me hooked on John!

Blonde

Sunday, October 07, 2001 - 01:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He lived in a house with lots of fun friends, took a big trip, then lived out a little kid's fantasy. Last seen in Hollywood living a flamboyant lifestyle with some shady companions.