# More Movie Naming Madness **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447 "2008-11-25T17:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/1 "2008-11-25T17:07:28Z")
What would be the name of a movie where playing a version of chicken, where two teens drive their cars towards the edge of a cliff to see who stops last, is a large part of the story? The race is always started with a girl who’s the girlfriend of one of the drivers standing between them and lowering a scarf or handkerchief. The movie was set in the 50s or 60s (probably the 60s) but was probably an 80s film. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/2 "2008-11-25T17:18:39Z")
Sounds like _Footloose_. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/3 "2008-11-25T17:21:06Z")
Grease? Rebel Without a Cause? Or is that too easy? The ‘girlfriend dropping a hankie while the boys race’ is a pretty common movie trope. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/4 "2008-11-25T17:24:36Z")
[Rebel Without a Cause](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7hZ9jKrwvo) is the best and most famous example of the Chicken Run. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/5 "2008-11-25T17:29:58Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > Rebel Without a Cause Probably this, going by the Wikipedia description. ---
**Author:** ![eberhama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@eberhama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eberhama)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/6 "2008-11-25T17:30:01Z")
I believe the '80’s movie your looking for is “The Heavenly Kid”. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/7 "2008-11-25T17:39:53Z")
> [@eberhama](#): > > I believe the '80’s movie your looking for is “The Heavenly Kid”. Hmm… Actually I think that this is indeed the correct answer. Odd that there’s so many movies in which this is a large part of the story! ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/8 "2008-11-25T17:53:35Z")
The scene was also used in “The Lost Boys.” It was also parodied at the end of the John Water’s film “Cry Baby” although the two cars were heading towards each other rather than off a cliff. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-movie-naming-madness/474447/9 "2008-11-25T18:14:59Z")
And just let me note that being a 6 year old, The Heavenly Kid sure didn’t seem like a comedy! Good morality lesson though. I’d recommend it for all little tykes. 😉