# Guess the movie from the plot outline **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862 "2003-01-11T00:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/81 "2003-01-15T15:50:28Z")
_Ethilrist / lost4life_ Darn me! Those are very good answers, but the ones I have in mind are mainstream blockbuster movies, nothing subtle. ---
**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 15, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/82 "2003-01-15T16:12:27Z")
Kalifornia is subtle? ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/83 "2003-01-15T16:14:27Z")
LFL #1: I think it was called “The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down”. Or was it called “Speed”, I can’t remember. :dubious: Two failed actors spend the weekend in a cottage, and one of them is nearly buggered by the others gay uncle. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/84 "2003-01-15T16:17:10Z")
By the way I thought of Kalifornia, but then I didn’t think it really forced the couple to re-asses their relationship. Or did it? :dubious: (ok enough gratuitous use of the new smiley!) ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/85 "2003-01-15T17:17:58Z")
**raygirvan** : > [@](#): > > \*Eccentric inventor uses his greatest invention … \* > > Time After Time? Right-oh. [sub]Damn. I need to keep track of these trivia threads more often.[/sub] Okay… SKEE2: Two buddies go on the road, meet up with some larcenous ladies, and try to settle a financial problem with an old friend. SKEE3: A football star (American Football, that is) meets a girl and an egghead, and goes on a trip with them to try to change the weather (among other things). SKEE4: A former military man is arrested, gets offered a job, and watches damn near everyone around him die, before he completes his work. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/86 "2003-01-15T17:20:28Z")
Nertz. Forgot the footnote: None of these flicks are very obscure, hence the rather terse descriptions. ---
**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 15, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/87 "2003-01-15T17:46:22Z")
SKEE4: Escape from New York. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/88 "2003-01-15T18:08:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skeezix \* > \*\* > SKEE2: Two buddies go on the road, meet up with some larcenous ladies, and try to settle a financial problem with an old friend. > \*\* Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. Samarm you are correct. (You needed both answers to be right) L4L #2 - A journalist spends a week looking for the creator of a short video. ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/89 "2003-01-15T18:31:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\*L4L #2 - A journalist spends a week looking for the creator of a short video. \*\* The Ring. ---
**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 15, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/90 "2003-01-15T18:55:04Z")
SKEE3: Flash Gordon ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/91 "2003-01-15T19:04:53Z")
Well, hell, y’all picked me off 1, 2, 3. Err, 2, 3, 4, that is. [sub]That’s what I get for just using the last 3 bad movies I watched. Though #4 _could_ have been the sequel, as well.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/92 "2003-01-15T19:38:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 23skidoo \* > \*\*The Ring. \*\* Correct. **Foooood** L4L #3 - A restaurant prepares for the arrival of a famous musician. L4L #4 - A French chef prepares a meal for some Danes. L4L #5 - A chef deals with his daughters and his inability to taste. L4l #6 - A truck driver in a cowboy hat goes to great lengths to teach a woman to cook properly. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/93 "2003-01-15T20:40:21Z")
L4L #3 is “Big Night.” L4L #4 is “Babette’s Feast.” ---
**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 15, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/94 "2003-01-15T21:37:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Young woman travels to a foreign country and accidentally kills the first person she meets, then gets hired as a contract killer to murder the victim’s sister. \*\* _The Wizard of Oz_? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/95 "2003-01-15T21:55:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scuba\_Ben \* > \*\*_The Wizard of Oz_? \*\* If that’s correct, that’s a good one! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/96 "2003-01-15T22:50:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raygirvan \* > **5. An unwanted travelling companion sparks off life-changes that make a couple reassess their relationship.** The Doom Generation? I still wanna know the one about the Peasant, the Wizard, the Knight, and the King :). (and what the _hell_ is that ugly new smiley supposed to be?) ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/97 "2003-01-15T23:03:33Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. An unwanted travelling companion sparks off life-changes that make a couple reassess their relationship. I think its “Michael”. Kinda vague, though. Let me try. “Computer Geek has life altering experience, finally starts to notice the gorgeous women around him, and finds new work in altering pre-existing software.” ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/98 "2003-01-16T01:40:59Z")
{i]Scuba\_Ben Ethilrist: Young woman travels to a foreign country and … The Wizard of Oz?\* Ah, yes: brilliant, both in the question and answering it. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/99 "2003-01-16T01:53:17Z")
L4L#5: Is it _Eat, Drink, Man, Woman_ **samarm’s** is the wonderful _Withnail and I_, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/100 "2003-01-16T05:26:32Z")
**smiling bandit** : The Matrix? [sub]And if so, how coincedental that I happen to be watching it as I type? Hey, didn’t that cat just run through the room a minute ago?[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862.md?page=6)