# Identify this movie I never saw but maybe you did. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-i-never-saw-but-maybe-you-did/226746 "2004-01-30T13:32:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 30, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-i-never-saw-but-maybe-you-did/226746/1 "2004-01-30T13:32:37Z")
I saw the shorts once. There is a scene where 2 apparent crooks are in a car trying to get away from somewhere. The actors are ??? and ???. The guy behind the steering wheel begins a rave about the fact that his accomplice has stolen a manual car. He seems to politely explain that there is more modern technology that doesn’t require him to change gears, he is obviously furious… And the movie was …? ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-i-never-saw-but-maybe-you-did/226746/2 "2004-01-30T13:56:36Z")
That sounds like it might be _Bandits._ Were the guys Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thorton? I vaguely recall a similar run of dialogue in that film. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-i-never-saw-but-maybe-you-did/226746/3 "2004-01-31T14:19:56Z")
No I saw that (in fact I have one of the goofs on IMDB for it). It was an earlier movie, say 1999 or 2000. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-i-never-saw-but-maybe-you-did/226746/4 "2004-01-31T14:27:30Z")
There was a vaguely similar scene in Turner & Hooch, where cop Tom Hanks commandeers some random person’s car to pursue a criminal, and he berates the unwilling car donor for not having a car with “a little bit of muscle.” Probably not what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-i-never-saw-but-maybe-you-did/226746/5 "2004-01-31T18:42:30Z")
Maybe ‘Quick Change’ with Bill Murray & Randy Quaid? or ‘The Hot Rock’ with Robert Redford & George Segal? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-i-never-saw-but-maybe-you-did/226746/6 "2004-01-31T19:06:20Z")
Definitely not _Quick Change._ ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-i-never-saw-but-maybe-you-did/226746/7 "2004-01-31T19:26:45Z")
Nah, You’re right, **Scarlett67** They tried to make a getaway by taxi, right? The Hot Rock sounds more probable though, now I come to think of it. I know George Segal drove a car and Robert Redford was making sarcastic remarks about it. \*::having ‘Afghanistan Bananastand’ in my head now:: \* **🙂**