# Guess the movie from a musical clue **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088 "2003-01-16T22:57:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/1 "2003-01-16T22:57:21Z")
One more Guess the Movie thread anyone? How about guessing movies based on a musical clue… Specifically, I am referring to music that participates in the plot somehow, and not the background score. Here’s a few to prime the pump. If you have an answer, please provide a quote if appropriate as well. [list=1] [li]The length of a tune extends a man’s suffering.[/li][li]A ditty was deemed to have more notes than proper.[/li][li]A gang of chaps made sure they could play louder than anyone else.[/li][li]The final note determines a man’s death.[/li][li]The key of A averts a sure beating.[/li][li]The key of B-flat unlocks something.[/li][li]The key of B saves a fellow’s family.[/li][li]The key of C becomes a song.[/li](couldn’t think of something for D-flat to continue the progression) [/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/2 "2003-01-16T23:07:38Z")
\<1\> Could be \*Per qualche dollaro in più \*. When the music from Del Indio’s wristwatch stopped playing, they both had to draw. (Look for a reference to this music in the Trivia section of the movie _Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels_, added by me). \<3\> “Play La Marseillaise!!” _Casablanca_ \<4\> That Bugs Bunny episode where dynamite is attached to a piano key and Yosemite Sam can’t stand that Bugs is playing the wrong note? 😃 \<6\> _Wargames_, where he plays back a recording of the keycode to get out of his holding cell inside NORAD? ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/3 "2003-01-16T23:16:07Z")
1. Amadeus, where the Franz Joseph (?) tells criticizes a Mozart opera, saying “Too many notes.” Although maybe this doesn’t count, since it was a Broadway show first. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/4 "2003-01-16T23:24:04Z")
A gang of chaps made sure they could play louder than anyone else. “This Is Spinal Tap” “This goes to eleven…” ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/5 "2003-01-16T23:29:06Z")
Whistle, tilt head, Whistle again. ---
**Author:** ![WonTon\_Sean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WonTon\_Sean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonTon_Sean)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/6 "2003-01-16T23:30:39Z")
1. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? ---
**Author:** ![Omorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Omorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omorka)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/7 "2003-01-17T01:38:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minor7flat5 \* > The key of B-flat unlocks something. - Jumping Jack Flash \* - the key of the song is the agent’s password. “Speak English, Mick!” ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/8 "2003-01-17T02:05:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alto \* > **2. Amadeus … "Too many notes."** Right. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Stephe96_ > \*\*“This Is Spinal Tap” > > “This goes to eleven…”\*\* Of course! > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Omarka_ > **_Jumping Jack Flash_ - the key of the song is the agent’s password. "Speak English, Mick!"** Got it. Say, anyone have some to contribute? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/9 "2003-01-19T19:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minor7flat5 \* > \*\*One more Guess the Movie thread anyone? > > [list=1] > [li]The key of C becomes a song.[/li](couldn’t think of something for D-flat to continue the progression) > [/list=1] \*\* I’m guessing that you’re thinking of “Do-Re-Mi” from “The Sound of Music”? (I believe it’s actually in the key of D) For D-Flat: - A song from a balcony - the singer worries if she’s “said too much” ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/10 "2003-01-19T20:03:17Z")
evita? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/11 "2003-01-19T20:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irishgirl \* > \*\*evita? \*\* Too easy, huh? ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/12 "2003-01-20T05:24:29Z")
I’ve seen #2 (A ditty was deemed to have more notes than proper.) in an episode of the Jeeves and Wooster series on PBS. IIRC, it was from one of the original stories. Bertie says “This song has too many notes!” as he tries to play the piano. “A simple syncopated rythm, sir” says Jeeves. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/13 "2003-01-20T20:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by K364 \* > **I’m guessing that you’re thinking of “Do-Re-Mi” from “The Sound of Music”? (I believe it’s actually in the key of D)** Got it. Now I have to drag that film out and see if it is really in D. Considering that a significant portion of the world’s population calls our C “Do”, it would be pretty funny if the kids were singing D when they said that word. Still waiting on these: 1. The length of a tune extends a man’s suffering. 2. The final note determines a man’s death. 3. The key of A averts a sure brawl. 4. The key of B saves a fellow’s family. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/14 "2003-01-20T21:52:10Z")
Didn’t I get #1 in my first post? Even if it’s not the film you’re thinking of, I think it satisfies your criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/15 "2003-01-20T22:11:06Z")
The final note in a popular song allows the police to figure out where the last victim will be. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/16 "2003-01-20T22:36:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*The final note in a popular song allows the police to figure out where the last victim will be. \*\* The January Man okay: Play the wrong note…plunge through the floor ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/17 "2003-01-20T22:37:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*The final note in a popular song allows the police to figure out where the last victim will be. \*\* **Calendar Girl**? (A bit of a stretch, I always thought…) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/18 "2003-01-20T22:42:08Z")
…not fast enough **and** I didn’t get the name of the movie right. :smack: I’ll add my own as penance: A certain melody incites drugged people to violence. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/19 "2003-01-21T00:25:00Z")
“Pop Goes the Weasel” in a Three Stooges short. 🙂 How about: The song is really a coded message. ---
**Author:** ![ParadoxJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ParadoxJim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParadoxJim)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/20 "2003-01-21T00:36:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Roadwalker \* > \*\*okay: > Play the wrong note…plunge through the floor \*\* **Goonies?** I was thinking of posting that one 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088.md?page=2)