# Forgotten movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476 "2024-01-02T02:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/221 "2024-01-07T05:49:48Z")
My God, the original 1992 _Meet the Parents_ was pretty fuckin’ dark, wasn’t it? No making a sequel out of _that._ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/222 "2024-01-07T14:00:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > > > I saw “Bank Shot” several years ago on TCM. Don’t recall much about it, though. > > I don’t remember much about it since I saw it as a child. I remember that Scott spoke with a lisp, and I remember the robbers towing the bank down the street. And I remember a scene after they’d painted the bank and the paint was being washed off by sprinklers. ‘Ballantine’ was furious, and the woman said something like ‘The paint said it was water-based, and it sounded so clean!’ Never saw the movie, but I remember the Donald Westlake novel. Any idea why they changed the ringleader’s name from Dortmunder to Ballantine? ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/223 "2024-01-07T14:21:54Z")
I Married a Monster from Outer Space A 1950’s Sci Fi offering, a pretty good film despite the title. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/224 "2024-01-07T14:27:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > > I saw a bit of **ffolkes** on TV some years ago and would like to see it again. I don’t think it’s forgotten, but pretty obscue for a Roger Moore film. > > How about Folks, the 1992 movie with Tom Selleck? It was apparently panned, but my family saw it on VHS before widespread opinions were known and we thought it was pretty good. > > Don Ameche plays a man suffering from end-phase dementia. It’s a comedy, mainly. Did that have Olympia Dukakis as Tom Selleck’s mom? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/225 "2024-01-07T14:34:23Z")
**Only the Lonely** with John Candy, Maureen O’Hara, and Ally Sheedy. Written and directed by Chris Columbus. Sort of like a comic version of **Marty**. It’s not available on DVD, doesn’t stream anyplace, totally gone. > **[Only the Lonely (1991) ⭐ 6.3 | Comedy, Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102598/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_12_act)** > > 1h 44m | PG-13 ETA - Wait - it’s now streaming on Starz, according to the linked IMDB page. I swear it wasn’t before. StG ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/226 "2024-01-07T14:58:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > > > **Hell In The Pacific** (1968) > > Another of my top ten. During WW2 a US Navy pilot and a Japanese Navy pilot find themselves stranded together on an otherwise uninhabited Pacific island. Only two actors in the entire film: Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune, both of whom coincidentally were veterans of the war in the Pacific. > > I learned of this one by reading that it was the basis for _Enemy Mine_. Where did you read that? I remember reading Barry Longyear’s novella in _IASFM_ when it came out. I liked the movie, too. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/227 "2024-01-07T16:46:28Z")
Supposedly because the producers didn’t want people to think that _Bank Shot_ was a sequel _The Hot Rock_. Westlake suggested Ballantine (Dortmunder is the name of a German beer brand.) So the lead character could have been Schlitz or Schaefer or MIller. Even more mystifying is the casting of Robert Redford and George C. Scott as John Dortmunder. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/228 "2024-01-07T17:05:05Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/229 "2024-01-07T17:50:13Z")
I remember now. It was _Dad_, with Ted Danson and Jack Lemmon (1989). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/230 "2024-01-07T18:34:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Where did you read that? I remember reading Barry Longyear’s novella in _IASFM_ when it came out. I don’t remember where I first read it, but there are [so many places](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-m&sca_esv=7e36c6ec19d7ee03&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=AM9HkKmWUBd1LEN_bVRJu9Pj6e9DWG9OjA%3A1704652137568&q=%22hell+in+the+pacific%22+%22enemy+mine%22&oq=%22hell+in+the+pacific%22+%22enemy+mine%22&aqs=heirloom-srp) the similarity is mentioned. There is probably just about zero chance it is all a big coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/231 "2024-01-07T18:37:24Z")
I’ve always assumed Larry David was a fan of that version, if only because of the _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ episode where he accidentally jabs Ben Stiller’s eye with a toothpick. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/232 "2024-01-07T20:07:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > Where did you read that? I remember reading Barry Longyear’s novella in _IASFM_ when it came out. > > I don’t remember where I first read it, but there are [so many places](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-m&sca_esv=7e36c6ec19d7ee03&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=AM9HkKmWUBd1LEN_bVRJu9Pj6e9DWG9OjA%3A1704652137568&q=%22hell+in+the+pacific%22+%22enemy+mine%22&oq=%22hell+in+the+pacific%22+%22enemy+mine%22&aqs=heirloom-srp) the similarity is mentioned. There is probably just about zero chance it is all a big coincidence. Both films (and the Longyear story) were beaten to the trope by Frank Sinatra’s _None but the Brave_. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/233 "2024-01-07T20:56:20Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > I Married a Monster from Outer Space A 1950’s Sci Fi offering, a pretty good film despite the title. I remember watching this one a while ago. It was surprisingly poignant. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/234 "2024-01-08T06:06:18Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **Only the Lonely** with John Candy, Maureen O’Hara, and Ally Sheedy. I used to have the VHS or DVD, as my [ex-]husband loved it. Quite enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/235 "2024-01-08T07:43:56Z")
Look up “product placement” in the dictionary, and there’s a picture of this flick. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/236 "2024-01-08T13:04:12Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Ditto “Rabbit Test”, where Billy Crystal played the world’s first pregnant man. Not only did I see this movie, I was at an appearance by Joan Rivers (who directed) hyping the movie about a week before. And after I saw it it sunk , like a rock, out of sight. I don’t think I’[ve seen it on any television outlet, although I think I saw a VHS tape of it once. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/237 "2024-01-08T13:08:46Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I did forget about that one! How about Mysterious Island? As a Harryhausen fan (and a Bermard Herrmann fan) I loved that film, although it would’ve been a lot better without the voiceover narration. Interesting to see Ealing comedy regular Joan Greenwood in a leading role. The introduction to the relatively recent publication of Verne’s unfinished and forgotten novel _The Shipwrecked Family_ (a sort of precursor to _Mysterious Island_) defends the use of mutated animals in the film, because Verne included them in Shipwrecked (although not the novel “The Mysterious Island”) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/238 "2024-01-08T13:34:16Z")
I didn’t see _Hawmps!_ However, I remember when the movie was released because it was released at the same time as _Midway_ (with Sensurround!) I think back in 1976. The ticket line for Midway extended well into the parking lot. At one point the theater manager walked outside and announced that seats would likely be sold out for the next two show times of _Midway_, but if anyone wanted to see _Hawmps_ it was a funny movie, there was loads of seating available and no line to wait in. Two people as I recall ended up switching over to see _Hawmps_. As it happened, I recall enjoying the movie _Midway_, but found the Sensurround was so deafeningly loud it detracted from the experience. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/239 "2024-01-08T14:07:24Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > As a Harryhausen fan (and a Bermard Herrmann fan) I loved that film, although it would’ve been a lot better without the voiceover narration. Interesting to see Ealing comedy regular Joan Greenwood in a leading role. I haven’t seen Mysterious Island in about 40 years, and I don’t run into many people who remember seeing it. I don’t remember a single line of dialogue and I had forgotten about the giant bees until I saw the preview on YouTube. I remembered the crab though. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/240 "2024-01-08T14:13:35Z")
I saw Only the Lonely once time. In the theater opening weekend. We thought it was cute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476.md?page=13)