# 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:** 2
**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 22, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/21 "2003-01-22T00:35:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*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. \*\* hmmm… Perhaps it satisfies the criteria better on a different one. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/22 "2003-01-22T01:09:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > I’ll add my own as penance: > > A certain melody incites drugged people to violence. Is that _Strange Brew_? And while I don’t know exactly what key the song “Do-Re-Mi” is in, I’m pretty sure that in Austria, it would be understood as part of the ‘solfeggio’ system (as it developed in England) rather than strictly the key of C. I can only think of a fairly easy one : A patriotic melody is a real knock-out. ---
**Author:** ![Toffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/23 "2003-01-22T03:42:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*How about: The song is really a coded message. \*\* Telefon? **minor7flat5** , your #4 is “For a few dollars more”, rather than #1? OK, how’s this: Beethoven is like the calm before the storm, but does tend to get a little \*\*\*\*ing boring. ---
**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 22, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/24 "2003-01-22T12:44:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*How about: The song is really a coded message. \*\* Close Encounters? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Toffe \* > **your #4 is “For a few dollars more”, rather than #1?** Yup! Now what’s #1? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Toffe \* > **I’m pretty sure that in Austria, it would be understood as part of the ‘solfeggio’ system (as it developed in England) rather than strictly the key of C.** I was afraid of that when I posted it… Oh well. Here’s a couple more: 1. A recognized tune from a shower soloist invokes a bitter memory. 2. A brisk dance is required to encourage a balky piece of machinery. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/25 "2003-01-22T14:33:25Z")
#1 sounds like _Clockwork Orange_. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/26 "2003-01-22T15:31:09Z")
German waitress is forced to sing to a room full of French soldiers. Initially humiliated, her song eventually brings soldiers to tears. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/27 "2003-01-22T16:01:14Z")
A song in A-flat gives a diva her comeuppance. (I _think_ I have the key correct.) ---
**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 22, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/28 "2003-01-22T17:10:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*#1 sounds like _Clockwork Orange_. \*\* I guess these things are too darned vague. Clockwork Orange would fill the bill for #1 precisely; but that’s not what I had in mind. Here’s a more specific version: 1. The length of a tune extends a man’s suffering; one of the musicians is saddened by this. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/29 "2003-01-23T03:51:25Z")
\*\* 4. The final note determines a man’s death.\*\* The Man Who Knew Too Much. **German waitress is forced to sing to a room full of French soldiers. Initially humiliated, her song eventually brings soldiers to tears.** Paths of Glory ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/30 "2003-01-23T04:06:49Z")
Nightclub owner instructs musician to operate his instrument, reasoning that since he operated likewise for a female acquaintance then he can surely do it for the nightclub owner. ---
**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 23, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/31 "2003-01-23T05:14:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > \*\*Nightclub owner instructs musician to operate his instrument, reasoning that since he operated likewise for a female acquaintance then he can surely do it for the nightclub owner. \*\* Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/32 "2003-01-23T06:35:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **9. A recognized tune from a shower soloist invokes a bitter memory.** A Clockwork Orange. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/33 "2003-01-23T07:08:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*How about: The song is really a coded message. \*\* It’s not from a movie, but… The first Darkwing Duck episode. “Close your eyes, little girl blue, inside of you lies a rainbow. Yellow blue, red blue, purple two, blue, purple and green, and the yellow.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/34 "2003-01-23T07:53:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minor7flat5 \* > \*\*10. A brisk dance is required to encourage a balky piece of machinery. \*\* Oh crap…I have this memory of people tapdancing in an elevator to make it move, and _cannot_ remember the film… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/35 "2003-01-23T07:54:40Z")
:smack: Is it _Thoroughly Modern Millie_? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/36 "2003-01-23T08:14:51Z")
Is #1 “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”? ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/37 "2003-01-23T08:24:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*:smack: Is it _Thoroughly Modern Millie_? \*\* I didn’t ask, but I’m betting you’re right! Cuz I concur! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/38 "2003-01-23T08:55:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scuba\_Ben \* > \*\*A song in A-flat gives a diva her comeuppance. (I _think_ I have the key correct.) \*\* Might another clue for this be: “Pay no attention to the man – or the woman – behind that curtain”? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/39 "2003-01-23T15:43:52Z")
Very good, **jr8** , that would be a valid secondary clue. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088/40 "2003-01-23T22:02:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > \*\* > **German waitress is forced to sing to a room full of French soldiers. Initially humiliated, her song eventually brings soldiers to tears.** > > Paths of Glory \*\* Correct. Now, another one: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony prompts a formerly recalcitrant heroine to renounce her previously held anti-semitic beliefs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-a-musical-clue/149088.md?page=3)