# Movie Merger Madness **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030 "2004-07-20T17:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/141 "2004-07-22T18:42:58Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Okay, I think I’m missing one… > > \*\* The Good Son, the Bad, and the Ugly American\*\* > > What’s missing? **The Good Son, the Bad Seed, and the Ugly American** ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/142 "2004-07-22T18:47:51Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Hmm… **An American Werewolf in London Calling**? (That is a documentary, right?) Steee-rike three! Answer: **The Ugly American Werewolf in London** ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/143 "2004-07-22T18:48:21Z")
> [@Hamish](#): > > _Fahrenheit 911 Dalmations_ – or _Fahrenheit 101 Dalmations_ > > In an ego-piece for the Artist Formerly Known, a young man escapes his abusive spouse Apollonia, struggles against racism, and makes a life for himself in early 1900’s America. What is **The Color Purple Rain** , Alex? The dying words of a thief send a burned out cop on a madcap cross country chase for buried treasure - and revenge on the outlaw bikers who killed his wife and son. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/144 "2004-07-22T18:53:32Z")
> [@Kilt-wearin' man](#): > > The dying words of a thief send a burned out cop on a madcap cross country chase for buried treasure - and revenge on the outlaw bikers who killed his wife and son. **It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Max.** A journalist in ancient Roman times decides to move with his wife out to the countryside and leave the hectic life of Rome behind - but runs afoul of the offbeat locals. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/145 "2004-07-22T18:55:31Z")
Bogart, in search of a Big Mac, instead discovers gold while searching for jewelry. His love entanglements with two women result in his becoming a semi-recluse, living with two other men and a donkey. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/146 "2004-07-22T18:55:36Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > **It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Max.** > > A journalist in ancient Roman times decides to move with his wife out to the countryside and leave the hectic life of Rome behind - but runs afoul of the offbeat locals. Add: "… thanks to his manipulative slave.’ ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/147 "2004-07-22T18:55:52Z")
> [@Kilt-wearin' man](#): > > The dying words of a thief send a burned out cop on a madcap cross country chase for buried treasure - and revenge on the outlaw bikers who killed his wife and son. **It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Max** (how many Mad’s in there? ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/148 "2004-07-22T18:57:14Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > A martial arts star fakes his own death to help out the girlfriend of a dead IRA terrorist. He falls in love with her, but she has a secret… Since I never saw one of these movies, this is just a WAG… **The Crying Freeman Game**? The story of a teenage high-class New York escort named Holly, whose given an all-day detention for her wild behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/149 "2004-07-22T18:58:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Steee-rike three! > > Answer: **The Ugly American Werewolf in London** Dammit! Oh, and the Mad, Mad, Max one was funny! ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/150 "2004-07-22T19:00:46Z")
I don’t care that I’m late, I’m posting two more anyway. A retarded man is turned into a genius after his encounter with an eccentric confectioner. Two flaky teens experiment with group sex and travel through time. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/151 "2004-07-22T19:05:19Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > Two flaky teens experiment with group sex and travel through time. **Bill and Ted and Carol and Alice’s Excellent Adventure** And there are enough unanswered clues (what, are there three “active” ones now? Four?) that I’ll refrain from coming up with another for now. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/152 "2004-07-22T19:08:33Z")
> [@Hamish](#): > > Since I never saw one of these movies, this is just a WAG… > > **The Crying Freeman Game**? Nope, not quite. > [@Hamish](#): > > The story of a teenage high-class New York escort named Holly, whose given an all-day detention for her wild behaviour. **The Breakfast Club at Tiffany’s** (Never saw the latter so that’s a guess too.) ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/153 "2004-07-22T19:40:19Z")
I think I got this one: “An astute, well-bred Airedale Terrier grapples with an ethical dilemna upon discovering that the Obedience Competition, in which he is a contestant, has been rigged.” **Best in Quiz Show** as for these, well… “Bogart, in search of a Big Mac, instead discovers gold while searching for jewelry. His love entanglements with two women result in his becoming a semi-recluse, living with two other men and a donkey.” **Treasure of the Sierra Y Tu Madre Tambien**? I doubt it… “A martial arts star fakes his own death to help out the girlfriend of a dead IRA terrorist. He falls in love with her, but she has a secret…” I dunno. Something with the Crying Game. “A journalist in ancient Roman times decides to move with his wife out to the countryside and leave the hectic life of Rome behind - but runs afoul of the offbeat locals thanks to his manipulative slave…” I’m stumpefied. sorry. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/154 "2004-07-22T19:45:45Z")
> [@](#): > > “A martial arts star fakes his own death to help out the girlfriend of a dead IRA terrorist. He falls in love with her, but she has a secret…” > I dunno. Something with the Crying Game. Ah. Duh. **The Crying Game of Death** ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/155 "2004-07-22T20:04:32Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Add: "… thanks to his manipulative slave.’ **The Egg and I, Claudius**?? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/156 "2004-07-22T20:07:53Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **The Egg and I, Claudius**?? Hee. Nope. I will add ‘Comedy’ to the description now, then. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/157 "2004-07-22T20:19:01Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > A retarded man is turned into a genius after his encounter with an eccentric confectioner. **Charly and the Chocolate Factory** [nitpick]The movie was renamed “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/158 "2004-07-22T20:30:25Z")
Reading through the thread has inspired me to this three or four parter: Two Scandinavian wannabe actors, with manequin looks and plastic enhancements foil an ad-exec promoting public transportation while falling in love with a character played by the (former?) wife of the most unpleasant action actor in the world while Martha Reeves sings her signature songs backed up by De Niro, Pacino, Kilmer and Sizemore. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/159 "2004-07-22T20:31:36Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Hee. Nope. I will add ‘Comedy’ to the description now, then. Oh come on! Derek Jacobi! Trying to gather the eggs! Hens flying up his toga! It’s comedy GOLD! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SilentButDeftly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@SilentButDeftly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentButDeftly)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/160 "2004-07-22T20:36:48Z")
> [@](#): > > “A journalist in ancient Roman times decides to move with his wife out to the countryside and leave the hectic life of Rome behind - but runs afoul of the offbeat locals thanks to his manipulative slave…” > I’m stumpefied. sorry. **A Funny Farm Happened on the Way to the Forum**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030.md?page=9)