# Movies with Ridiculous Hats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927 "2008-08-22T14:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/1 "2008-08-22T14:23:00Z")
I was watching the TV miniseries **Dune** last night on DVD, and Pepper Mill commented “Oh, yeah. That’s the one with the weird hats.” It is. They went out of their way to give everyone in this film the most outsized, ridiculous hats imaginable. One comment from [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com): > [@](#): > > In fact, hats were pretty terrible throughout the series. > **[Amazon.com: Frank Herbert's Dune (TV Miniseries) \[VHS\] : Hurt, William: Movies &...](https://www.amazon.com/Frank-Herberts-Dune-Miniseries-VHS/dp/B000053V8F)** > > Amazon.com It's a mixed blessing, but Frank Herbert's Dune goes a long way toward satisfying science fiction purists who scoffed at David Lynch's previous attempt to adapt Herbert's epic narrative. Ironically, director John Harrison's... This got me to thinking that there seem to be some movies that just attract weird hats. Another example: The 1960 George Pal movie **Atlantis: The Lost Continent**. The excellent Bad-Movie site “And You Call Yourself a Scientist” goes out of its way to criticize the headgear in this one: > [@](#): > > But what really drives the final nail into the coffin of Atlantis, The Lost Continent is - believe it or not - the hats! Nowhere in the world - not even in Melbourne on the first Tuesday in November - will you ever see a bigger collection of ludicrous headgear. Now, you may think it unfair of me to condemn a film on the strength of the actions of a misguided milliner, but the fact is that the hats worn by the characters in this film make it next to impossible to take their actions seriously. It’s bad enough that everyone is stuck with dialogue that sounds like what Shakespeare might have written while he was in kindergarten; having all this fruity oratory emanating from beneath bizarre concoctions of fur, feathers, cardboard and spangles makes the whole thing irresistibly risible. [http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/Rick/liz\_alc.htm](http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/Rick/liz_alc.htm) To which I’d add Jack Palance’s “Split Buter-Top Loaf” hat (as MST3K called it) in **Outlaw of Gor** and his other hats: > [@](#): > > Jack Palance plays an evil priest-king who wears embarassing hats,and,at one point,a skullcap. > **[Amazon.com: Outlaw of Gor : Barberini, Ferratti, Denton, Pala: Movies & TV](https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Gor-VHS-Urbano-Barberini/dp/630130456X)** > > Theatrical release: 1987, Color, Rated: PG-13, running time: 90 mins., Cannon International Pictures, VHS release: 1989 starring Urbano Barberini (Gor), Rebecca Ferratti (Playboy Playmate), & Jack Palance (Shane, City Slickers). An Earthman... Aside from possibly Shirley MacLaine in **What a Way to Go!** , I can’t think of others. Anybody? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/2 "2008-08-22T14:41:49Z")
Maybe someone will make [The 500 hats of Bartholomew Cubbins](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_500_Hats_of_Bartholomew_Cubbins)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/3 "2008-08-22T14:53:26Z")
**Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace**. The prime offender, Queen Amidala, wore an endless array of ridiculous headgear. [Here’s a few of 'em](http://www.mhcable.com/~xennifer/www.xennifer.com/QueenAmidala.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/4 "2008-08-22T15:01:09Z")
Terry Gilliam’s [Brazil](http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/brazil-page-2-more-screencaps/) has some deliberately horrid headgear. Check out the bill on Bob Hoskins’ cap and the shoe on Kathryn Helmond’s head as she talks to her lampshade-wearing friend. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/5 "2008-08-22T15:04:15Z")
On the plus side, an honourable mention ought to go to [Miller’s Crossing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%27s_Crossing). It’s hats, hats, hats all the way down. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/6 "2008-08-22T15:47:23Z")
It’s not a movie, but the first thing I thought of when reading the title was _Firefly_’s _The Message_. “That hat makes you look ridiculous.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/7 "2008-08-22T15:51:27Z")
Not actually a movie, but. . . I always thought it was odd to see the headgear that [John Phillips](http://www.tgoportfolio.com/store/images/categories/030_John_Phillips.jpg) used to wear. Seems an unlikely choice for Southern California. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/8 "2008-08-22T16:06:34Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] **Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace**. The prime offender, Queen Amidala, wore an endless array of ridiculous headgear. [Here’s a few of 'em](http://www.mhcable.com/~xennifer/www.xennifer.com/QueenAmidala.jpg). [/QUOTE] You win. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/9 "2008-08-22T16:17:35Z")
Harry’s hat in **Jaws**. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/10 "2008-08-22T16:42:09Z")
The horse race scene in My Fair Lady as some awesome ladies head gear. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/11 "2008-08-22T16:45:30Z")
[“Pick a Little”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbhnRuJBHLs) from “The Music Man.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/12 "2008-08-22T16:45:48Z")
**Only Angels Have Wings** remains one of the greatest adventure movies ever made, but even I’ll concede that [Cary Grant’s hat](http://www.adelynlee.com/fun/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/angeles_carycall.png) is a little distracting. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/13 "2008-08-22T16:51:26Z")
> [@](#): > > You win. No way. The off-the-wall headgear in the TV **Dune** has thatr beat hollow. I just couldn’t find any pictures. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/14 "2008-08-22T17:01:35Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] It’s not a movie, but the first thing I thought of when reading the title was _Firefly_’s _The Message_. “That hat makes you look ridiculous.” [/QUOTE] The first thing I thought of was: What’s that? A hat? Crazy, funky, junky hat? Overslept, hair unsightly, Tryin, to look like Keira Knightly? We’ve been there, we’ve done that- We see right through your funky hat! (Some of you with young children will probably understand.) The second thing I thought of was Roger Ebert’s review of _Mulholland Falls_, with its wonderful Bulwer-Lytton worthy intro: “They were called the Hat Squad. They were four beefy middle-age guys who drove around in a black Buick convertible, wearing fedoras and chain-smoking, and throwing guys, mostly bad guys, over cliffs.” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/15 "2008-08-22T17:03:16Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Harry’s hat in **Jaws**. [/QUOTE] Ridiculous, yes. But I think most would say that’s some bad hat, Harry. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/16 "2008-08-22T17:03:43Z")
Oh, yeah – another one. John Gielgud’s hat when he played Chang in the 1973 Ross Hunter musical version of **Lost Horizon**. An awful movie by many standards, but that hat was so bad that the Mad satire devoted a panel to it. (John Gielgud? Playing Chang??? I suppose they figured his squint made him look oriental, because he certainly had no makeup for his eyes.) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/17 "2008-08-22T17:05:44Z")
Neil Innes’s [Duck Hat](http://www.theseventhpython.com/GALLERY_3.html) (first photo) from **The Seventh Python** ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/18 "2008-08-22T17:16:37Z")
Here’s one of princess Irulan’s hats from the TV version of **Dune** : [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shaddam%2BIrulan-Giannini%2BCox.jpg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shaddam%2BIrulan-Giannini%2BCox.jpg) Looking at the pictures reminds me that, although not as ridiculous as in the TV version, the headgear in Lynch’s 1984 movie **Dune** as still pretty much out there: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paul%2BMohiam%2BTheBox.jpg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paul%2BMohiam%2BTheBox.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/19 "2008-08-22T17:31:22Z")
Fear Of A Black Hat > **[Fear of a Black Hat (1993)](https://www.imdb.com/media/rm1011850496/tt0106880)** > > Fear of a Black Hat (1993) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927/20 "2008-08-22T17:40:34Z")
I saw a lot of ridiculous hats (all on ladies) in _Elizabeth: The Golden Age._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ridiculous-hats/460927.md?page=2)