# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![ShadowKatmandu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@ShadowKatmandu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowKatmandu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/101 "2003-01-16T06:10:06Z")
Young girl kills woman upon entering a surreal landscape, makes 3 new friends, and they all set out to kill again. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/102 "2003-01-16T06:17:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShadowKatmandu \* > \*\*Young girl kills woman upon entering a surreal landscape, makes 3 new friends, and they all set out to kill again. \*\* Wizard of Oz? ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/103 "2003-01-16T08:04:08Z")
L4l #6 - Tampopo ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/104 "2003-01-16T10:20:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Jabba > samarm’s is the wonderful Withnail and I, I think. Correct on both counts. “I damand the finest wines known to mankind!” or “I mean to have you, even if it is by burgulary!”. Just one of so many seriously underrated movies. ---
**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, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/105 "2003-01-16T12:50:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*The Doom Generation? > I still wanna know the one about the Peasant, the Wizard, the Knight, and the King :). > \*\* That was Star Wars. It was answered on page 1. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/106 "2003-01-16T12:59:43Z")
Oh. I saw someone guess Star Wars but I didn’t see anyone confirm that it was correct. That’s quite a stretch calling those characters Peasants, Wizards, Kings…etc. I guess I can kind of see Knight = Jedi Knight but whatever… ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/107 "2003-01-16T13:43:39Z")
NDP-Correct - The Big Night & Babbette’s Feast Jabba-Correct - Eat, Drink, Man, Woman Kawliga-Correct - Tampopo L4L #6 - A worker starts thinking for himself, is mistaken for a soldier, falls in love with royalty, then finds himself defending the working class from being destroyed by the military. ---
**Author:** ![Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dc4da7/32.png) [@Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Owl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/108 "2003-01-16T14:37:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\*NDP-Correct - The Big Night & Babbette’s Feast > > Jabba-Correct - Eat, Drink, Man, Woman > > Kawliga-Correct - Tampopo > > L4L #6 - A worker starts thinking for himself, is mistaken for a soldier, falls in love with royalty, then finds himself defending the working class from being destroyed by the military. \*\* It’s that film about the ants … wait … Bug’s Life? ---
**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 16, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/109 "2003-01-16T14:50:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scuba\_Ben \* > \*\*_The Wizard of Oz_? \*\* Correct. That’s how it was reviewed once. ---
**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 16, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/110 "2003-01-16T15:09:59Z")
> [@](#): > > smiling bandit: The Matrix? Dead one. I Thoguht I’d made it harder than that. ---
**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 16, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/111 "2003-01-16T15:56:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Correct. That’s how it {Wizard of Oz} was reviewed once. \*\* Good clue, Ethilrist. And I was going to post a clue for the same movie. Nitpick, though: Dorothy was hired as a contract thief, not a killer. My turn. Ben1: Boy monster rescues girl monster from clutches of big monster, then again from clutches of small monster. Ben2: Ship captain commits barratry; his country’s leaders ask a rival country for help in finding him, claiming he’s planning to start a war. Ben3: (This is a play, not a movie.) Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets Fairy Queen to intervene in the British House of Lords. Ben4: Rich gunslinger seeks clock. Ben5: Government official’s son suffers amnesia, remembers how to kick butt, joins up with a street rat. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/112 "2003-01-16T16:05:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Owl \* > \*\*It’s that film about the ants … wait … Bug’s Life? \*\* Close…but, no. ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/113 "2003-01-16T16:09:47Z")
Ben1: _Shrek_? Ben2: _The Hunt for Red October_? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/114 "2003-01-16T16:10:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scuba\_Ben \* > \*\* > Ben1: Boy monster rescues girl monster from clutches of big monster, then again from clutches of small monster. > \*\* Shrek? I was working on that one myself! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/115 "2003-01-16T16:13:28Z")
Dang, too late :mad: ---
**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 16, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/116 "2003-01-16T16:37:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jabba \* > \*\*Ben1: _Shrek_? > Ben2: _The Hunt for Red October_? \*\* Correct! Two points for Jabba. ---
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/117 "2003-01-16T17:43:05Z")
Ben4: For a Few Dollars More? ---
**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 16, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/118 "2003-01-16T18:54:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raygirvan \* > \*\*Ben4: For a Few Dollars More? \*\* No. I misremembered the plot. Revised clue: Ben4a: Rich gunslinger _finds_clock, seeks _mystic artifact_. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/119 "2003-01-16T21:13:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scuba\_Ben \* > \*\*Good clue, Ethilrist. And I was going to post a clue for the same movie. > Ben4: Rich gunslinger seeks clock. > \*\* Tomb Raider ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/120 "2003-01-16T21:39:48Z")
L4L #7 - Mostly a bunch of people hanging out at a bar, talking about the paperwork needed to leave the country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862.md?page=7)