# Five-word movie summary game !! SPOILERS !! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985 "2002-08-08T16:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/81 "2002-08-16T15:17:53Z")
19: Taxi Driver 20: Jaws Still waiting to hear if 18 is right ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/82 "2002-08-16T15:50:34Z")
No, no, \*\* jjimm \*\* - don’t disqualify mojo! \* Women on the Verge… \* was a film TITLE, and the correct one, I might add, in response to my guess-the-title movie summary ( #17). Kn(wracked with guilt for making \*\* mojo \*\* use 8 words)ckers ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/83 "2002-08-16T15:59:36Z")
Oh, how right you are, Kn(pointing out the errors of my ways)ckers. I do apologise. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/84 "2002-08-16T17:13:11Z")
18 through 20 are all correct, **NYR407**. Sorry 'bout that. 🙂 1. You get to _be_ him. 2. Based on true story. Not. ---
**Author:** ![TalkingHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TalkingHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkingHead)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/85 "2002-08-16T17:19:33Z")
1. Being John Malcovich 2. True Stories ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/86 "2002-08-16T17:29:31Z")
21, yes. 22, dunno, maybe. Not the one I had in mind, though. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/87 "2002-08-16T17:44:42Z")
Hmm, three days and no answers to my last two (_Seven_ was correct). Well, I didn’t think they were too obscure, but I’ll give 'em away: 1. _La Femme Nikita_ 2. I would accept either _The Wages of Fear_ or _Sorcerer_ So, let’s have some more: 1. Kid plays undead dodge-ball. 2. Can time travel prevent disease? ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/88 "2002-08-17T00:40:35Z")
1. _The Blair Witch Project_ (or _The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_) 2. _Twelve Monkeys_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/89 "2002-08-17T13:00:13Z")
**RadioWave** , neither was the one I had in mind, but I’ve seen the former and heard enough about the latter to know they both apply. Point awarded. I was thinking of _Fargo_. 1. Smart bomb outwits dumb bombers. 2. Pot fantasy fuels paranoid kidnapping. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/90 "2002-08-17T13:54:29Z")
1. Dark Star? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/91 "2002-08-17T21:49:23Z")
Correct-a-mundo! ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/92 "2002-08-18T01:21:04Z")
Gosh, I’ve been ignoring this… **Baldwin** got my #4 right with _Miracle Mile_. **Kn\*ckers** sort of got #6 with the half-guess of Ken Branagh’s _Hamlet_. It’s Hamlet’s first line, so you didn’t have to sit through too much to see it. 🙂 Nobody got #5 (_Closet Land_) or #7 (_War of the Worlds_). #26 is _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_. #23 sounds horribly familiar, but I can’t get it. New ones: **#27 - Bill Murray sprays Richard Nixon** **#28 - House in Seattle builds itself** ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/93 "2002-08-18T02:28:14Z")
Hacking, Halle Barry’s breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/94 "2002-08-19T13:18:42Z")
If anyone still cares, #9 was Labyrinth. 28: Rose Red? ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/95 "2002-08-19T16:35:37Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\*28: Rose Red? \*\* You are correct Sir! _grin_ ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/96 "2002-08-19T17:15:15Z")
Eeeexellent. A terrible film, I must say. But I’m glad that the evenings I wasted watching it were not all in vain. I was going to try to think of more, but I’m too lazy at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/97 "2002-08-19T17:20:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\*Eeeexellent. \*\* Ooh, I spelled that even wronger than I’d intended to. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/98 "2002-08-19T19:51:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian \* > #26 is _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_. Haven’t seen it, but it’s not the one I had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/99 "2002-08-19T20:32:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\* > Haven’t seen it, but it’s not the one I had in mind. \*\* Damn! Your description fits the bill, with the minor quibble that pot was one among many drugs they were using that fueled the paranoid kidnapping in _Fear and Loathing_. If it isn’t that, I haven’t a clue. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985/100 "2002-08-19T21:29:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian \* > If it isn’t that, I haven’t a clue. A clue, you say? Sure: 26, part 2 (five more words): Disgruntled coworkers improve office morale. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-word-movie-summary-game-spoilers/122985.md?page=6)