# I can name that movie in 15 words **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664 "2003-06-23T01:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/21 "2003-06-23T10:28:13Z")
BH1) The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts. BH2) So take your flunky and dangle. BH3) Ya see, me and the lord have an understanding. BH4) You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers. BH5) In the fifth, my ass goes down. ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/22 "2003-06-23T12:17:42Z")
BH1) Lawrence of Arabia BH2) Miller’s Crossing BH3) Blues Brothers BH4) Oh, Brother Where Art Thou BH5) Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/23 "2003-06-23T12:30:50Z")
HD1) Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! HD2) I’m gonna find me two waitresses and pull me a Fredo. HD3) That’s a bad hat, Harry. HD4) They’ll never catch me… because I’m fucking inocent! HD5) No, you learn the rules! We Greeks invented democracy! ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/24 "2003-06-23T13:37:36Z")
RS1) Nothing funny – I just like talent. RS2) There is nothing between us. There has never been anything between us. Just air. RS3) Careful what you shoot at. Most things in here don’t react too well to bullets. RS4) What do you wanna discuss now? My favorite color? RS5) Leave the gun. Bring the cannoli. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/25 "2003-06-23T13:48:02Z")
**SK1) We faced temptation, and did not bend, goddamn praise the lord!** Tremors! ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/26 "2003-06-23T13:54:22Z")
RS3) **The Hunt For Red October**? ---
**Author:** ![Spoonbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/27 "2003-06-23T14:20:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RobuSensei \* > **RS4) What do you wanna discuss now? My favorite color?** _A Few Good Men_ SB1: “Are you doing the litmus configuration?” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/28 "2003-06-23T15:08:06Z")
HD1: **Animal House** RS5: **The Godfather** Sub1: You’re going to be the Eleventh Commandment: ‘Thou shalt not get away with it.’ Sub2: What’s the point of living if you don’t have a dick? Sub3: First I get my name in the phone book and now I’m on your ass. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Stranger\_Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Another\_Stranger\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Stranger_Me)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/29 "2003-06-23T15:08:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hüsker Düde \* > \*\*HD2) I’m gonna find me two waitresses and pull me a Fredo. > > HD3) That’s _some_ bad hat, Harry. > > \*\* _Swingers - Don’t remember who said it_ _Jaws - Brody_ How about this one: “When someone asks you if you’re a god, you say YES!” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/30 "2003-06-23T15:33:00Z")
GB1) Stay out of trouble. GB2) I’m not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou. GB3) Olives? Where the hell do you think you are, man? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/31 "2003-06-23T16:48:28Z")
GB2 is _Fargo_ and that “litmus configuration” one is on the tip of my brain. Oh! Oh! Oh! ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/32 "2003-06-23T17:14:20Z")
DM1) I should’of known better; every happy moment in my life has come from lying. DM2) Well come on down here, Hammerhead, and I’ll SHOW it to ya! DM3) Hell of a thing, killin’ a man. DM4) This is NOT Mel Torme. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/33 "2003-06-23T17:19:19Z")
DM3: The Unforgiven ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/34 "2003-06-23T17:34:47Z")
BH6) Then there’s copper, which is the only pipe I use. BH7) Do me a favor. Just kick my ass, ok? BH8) I don’t rightly know. I just kinda woke up a-holding it. BH9) I’m a good shot; what do you want from me? BH10) One of these days I gotta get myself organizized. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/35 "2003-06-23T18:22:05Z")
BH7: **This is Spinal Tap** BH9: **Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid** ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/36 "2003-06-23T18:50:45Z")
You’re right, **Teegus**. [Cookie](http://www.doitwithdairy.com/images/cookie.jpg) for you. BH10 is from Taxi Driver, if I’m not mistaken. GH2) Because I bought it in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/37 "2003-06-23T19:56:33Z")
**Ol’Gaffer** wrote > [@](#): > > BH9: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid This may be correct, but not the movie I had in mind. It’s from a pretty famous movie and scene. Good job, **Hüsker Düde** for BH1-5, **Ol’Gaffer** for BH7, and **Short Guy** for BH10. Oh, another of my faves, wish it was spoken by the good guy: BH11) You don’t know me. You only think you know me. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/38 "2003-06-23T19:57:04Z")
_Sub2: What’s the point of living if you don’t have a dick?_ Donnie Darko _“When someone asks you if you’re a god, you say YES!”_ Ghostbusters SML1) I have an endless capacity for useless information SML2) Of course you don’t have wings. You’re a boy. SML3) Tricky, tricky, tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/39 "2003-06-23T20:12:05Z")
SML2) Of course you don’t have wings. You’re a boy. - **The Dark Crystal** DM4) This is NOT Mel Torme. \*\* - Top Secret!\*\* GB1) Stay out of trouble. - **RoboCop** GB2) I’m not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou. - **Fargo** Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664/40 "2003-06-23T20:12:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bill H. \* > \*\*DM3: The Unforgiven \*\* [Nitpick]It is **Unforgiven**. **The Unforgiven** is a completely different movie.[/nitpick] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-name-that-movie-in-15-words/183664.md?page=3)