# How many films can you spot in this picture? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242 "2006-06-10T22:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/41 "2006-06-11T10:15:46Z")
The Naked Runner ? (you think the figure next to the phone booth is running?) The Tuxedo Se7en Red Eye. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/42 "2006-06-11T13:04:33Z")
black dog ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/43 "2006-06-11T14:31:58Z")
Jackass ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/44 "2006-06-11T14:33:13Z")
Barb Wire ---
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**Pretty certain ones:** Anaconda Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Pacifier Scorpion King The Rock Twister Toy Story Saw II Napeoleon Dynamite The Ring The Matador The Da Vinci Code Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels Twelve Monkeys Big Fish Taxi Swordfish Phone Booth Titanic The Hills Have Eyes Crash Red Dragon 21 Grams Chicken Run The Hand That Rocks the Cradle A Clockwork Orange Layer Cake Dragonfly Man on the Moon The Raven XXX The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch, The Tiger and the Wadrobe Beetlejuice Anchorman The Thirteenth Floor One Hour Photo Broken Arrow Tears of the Sun Dancing With Wolves Toy Soldiers The Pink Panther Jarhead Pete’s Dragon Four Weddings and a Funeral **Uncertain ones:** Jumanji? Sneakers? Casper? The Mask? Blade? Domino? Dante’s Peak? The Birds? Flipper? Darkroom? The Fly? Casino? The Mask? Stealth? Final Destination?/United 93?/Executive Decision? Bigfoot? Both Barrels Blazing? Route 7? Shrek? Boomerang? Signs? The Money Pit? Apocalypto? The Castle In the Sky? Ten of Spades? Green Eggs and Ham? Rush Hour? Dark Star?/Lone Star? Le Ballon Rouge? The Eye? Revolver? ---
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Shark Tale The Eye -\> Goldeneye The Thin Red Line Hollywood or Bust Rush Hour -\> Timecop Chocolat? The Bone Collector? (the dice) Santa and the Devil? Sahara? And of course, Hollow Man! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/47 "2006-06-11T15:35:37Z")
[QUOTE=Reply] **Pretty certain ones:** The Da Vinci Code [/quote] Don’t think so, more likely _Mona Lisa_ or _Mona Lisa Smiles_ unless you can tell me where _code_ comes from. [quote] The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch, The Tiger and the Wadrobe/quote] That would be _The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe_ > [@](#): > > Pete’s Dragon No, I don’t think so, that would be too literal. All of the others are more oblique clues than just a picture of the title character. It’s definitely _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_ > [@](#): > > **Uncertain ones:** > > Both Barrels Blazing? Blazing Saddles. > [@](#): > > Ten of Spades? I think it’s both _10_ and _Green Card_ > [@](#): > > The Eye? _Red Eye_ perhaps ---
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Oops, some of those were obviously repeats. I somehow missed most of the first page. Judging from the previous posts, there are some uncertainties. What do you guys think: -Mona Lisa Smile or Da Vinci Code? -Can Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe also represent Pete’s Dragon & Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? -Is Beethoven the white bust on the left? Could it also be Hollywood & Bust, given the “Walk of Fame” star beneath the bench? And anyone know who the soccer(?) guy in the lower left is? ---
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[QUOTE=Peter Morris] Don’t think so, more likely _Mona Lisa_ or _Mona Lisa Smiles_ unless you can tell me where _code_ comes from. [/quote] That does make more sense. > [@](#): > > The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch, The Tiger and the Wadrobe/quote] That would be _The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe_ Could it be both? There’s definitely a lion, witch, and wardrobe in there. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/50 "2006-06-11T15:57:00Z")
So, what haven’t we accounted for? It seems that Jarhead is carrying a flyswatter. There are two drinks and what looks like a cake above Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Something (maybe two) is (are) on the lamppost. There is a knife (dagger?) in a palm tree. A warrior (?) on the rooftop near the boomerang. Is that a remote control near “the ring”? let me know if these have been covered… ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/51 "2006-06-11T16:00:29Z")
It’s Mona Lisa Smile, not the Davinci Code. Bend it like Beckham was mentioned (the soccer guy). It’s definitely both Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/52 "2006-06-11T16:05:23Z")
I think _Thirteen_ is almost certain - it is a recent movie and _The Thirteenth Floor_ is very dubious for a building that states _Thirteen_ on the facade and is far from 13 stories high. ---
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Flyswatter: SWAT (police movie)? Lamppost 1: The Pacifier (Vin Diesel) Lamppost 2: Mask? The Mask? Man in the Iron Mask? Phantom of the Opera? Zorro? Knife in tree: Blade? Warrior: Zulu? Remote: Don’t think it’s a remote… Domino, maybe? And what about the revolver, the bullet, the milk/cocktail stand, the willow & other trees in the background, and the hole in the ground beneath the flipper? ---
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Oh, and what about that weird earthern figurine thing behind the flyswatter? It looks REALLY familiar but I can’t quite place it… ---
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Could the willow be _Willow_? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/56 "2006-06-11T17:39:08Z")
[QUOTE=FilmGeek] So, what haven’t we accounted for? It seems that Jarhead is carrying a flyswatter. [/quote] Oh, so that’s what it is. I thought it was a brush. > [@](#): > > There are two drinks and what looks like a cake above Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. _Cocktail_ and _Layer Cake_ > [@](#): > > Something (maybe two) is (are) on the lamppost. The Mask (Or possibly [Mask](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089560/) > [@](#): > > There is a knife (dagger?) in a palm tree. Blade? > [@](#): > > A warrior (?) on the rooftop near the boomerang. Zulu > [@](#): > > Is that a remote control near “the ring”? [Domino?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421054/) ---
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[QUOTE=Reply] And what about … the hole in the ground beneath the flipper? [/QUOTE] The Black hole. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/58 "2006-06-11T17:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Reply] Oh, and what about that weird earthern figurine thing behind the flyswatter? It looks REALLY familiar but I can’t quite place it… [/QUOTE] Mannequin? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242/59 "2006-06-11T17:51:54Z")
Bullitt The Dish What’s up with the huge foot in the middle? I was going to say My Left Foot, but that looks like a right foot. What gives? And what is that to the right of the orange? And what’s up with the pitcher or mug next to the cocktail? > [@Reply](#): > > Oh, and what about that weird earthern figurine thing behind the flyswatter? It looks REALLY familiar but I can’t quite place it… It has a similar form to those cave paintings from The English Patient, but that seems too indirect compared to the other clues. Also, the pacifier could also be [Dummy](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0246592/) (which is Brit-speak for pacifier). ---
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whats with the hair on the plant between the jarhead and the old english phone booth? Hairspray, perhaps? The sportcoat on the tree is killing me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-films-can-you-spot-in-this-picture/360242.md?page=4)