# If you can identify this movie by this vague recollection, you're reallly good! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2011, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849 "2011-04-10T07:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/1 "2011-04-10T07:32:18Z")
I’ve had this vague recollection of a scene from a movie etched in my memory since early childhood. It’s fuzzy, but for some reason, this little vignette has been stuck in my mind for over 20 years. I just thought about the movie again today for some reason, and I have concluded that the Dope is my last hope for ever identifying this movie. Okay, so it’s a movie in color from the late 70s-80s. Definitely not after 1992. A woman goes to see a guy in his house or office. They talk for a bit, and at some point he says something to the effect of, “until the day I die,” and then he immediately dies. I think he dies in a chair while saying that phrase. I also think the film cuts to a new scene right after that. Like I said–it’s very vague. This thread is kind of a hail-Mary. I’d be happy with any wild guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/2 "2011-04-10T15:41:32Z")
Chances Are (1989)? ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/3 "2011-04-10T18:55:58Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > Chances Are (1989)? Maybe: Is there a scene where a guy dies in a chair? On IMDB, it says that some guy is killed crossing the street. I’m sure it’s not a street death scene. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/4 "2011-04-11T18:09:22Z")
Any other guesses? Really, I’ll take any wild guesses at this point… ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/5 "2011-04-11T20:47:41Z")
Comedy or drama? Is the scene supposed to be funny or poignent? ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/6 "2011-04-11T22:15:49Z")
I’m thinking comedy, or at least it it’s not supposed to be that sad. The woman walks in, and the guy is fine. And then suddenly dies in a chair. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/7 "2011-04-11T22:19:51Z")
Chances Are is a comedy about re-incarnation, which fits. I can’t recall if one of the death scenes is inside, but I seem to recall that he was bonked on the head inside at one point and taken to the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/8 "2011-04-11T23:18:52Z")
Could it be [The End](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077504/) with Burt Reynolds? IRC there was a scene with an older man who talks about how healthy he is, then dies. I don’t think there was a woman in the scene, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/9 "2011-04-12T01:43:01Z")
Not a movie, but it sounds like the [very first sketch ever on Saturday Night Live.](http://www.hulu.com/watch/3530/saturday-night-live-the-wolverines) ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-identify-this-movie-by-this-vague-recollection-youre-reallly-good/577849/10 "2011-04-12T04:49:23Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Could it be [The End](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077504/) with Burt Reynolds? IRC there was a scene with an older man who talks about how healthy he is, then dies. I don’t think there was a woman in the scene, though. This may be it. I can’t find the whole movie online, though, so I’ll have to get it from Netflix or something. > [@kunilou](#): > > Not a movie, but it sounds like the [very first sketch ever on Saturday Night Live.](http://www.hulu.com/watch/3530/saturday-night-live-the-wolverines) Great sketch, but I"m sure it wasn’t this one.