# one of the most parodied shots in film history? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155 "2009-06-27T06:52:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/41 "2009-06-28T17:37:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I agree that most of the uses of this shot are being played straight not as parodies. But other people were also mentioned straight imitations of iconic shots so I mentioned it. I don’t think that’s an iconic shot, because what’s it an icon of? It shows up all over the place, but it’s never been tied to one specific film. I think it’s more along the lines of a cinematic cliche, rather than an homage to a famous shot from a specific movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/42 "2009-06-28T18:37:20Z")
Not quite the rotating bone shot, but [Clueless](http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0112697/) has a parody of the low view of the monolith just before it (with a cordless phone shown instead, to the strains of Also Sprach Zarathustra). Can’t find a clip though, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/43 "2009-06-28T19:33:02Z")
> [@Dead\_Badger](#): > > Not quite the rotating bone shot, but … I think the OP is confused about that anyway. It’s not the bone morphing into a satellite which is the most parodied, it’s the monolith/bone scene taken as a whole which is truly famous and often referenced. Like the South Park clip I posted in post #23 - it’s all about the one ape who decides to use the bone as a tool, and that tool happens to be a weapon. That is the pivotal moment. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/44 "2009-06-28T20:52:32Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/45 "2009-06-28T23:46:25Z")
> [@Dead\_Badger](#): > > Not quite the rotating bone shot, but [Clueless](http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0112697/) has a parody of the low view of the monolith just before it (with a cordless phone shown instead, to the strains of Also Sprach Zarathustra). Can’t find a clip though, sorry. And speaking of Also Sprach Zarathustra, when we went to the movies this morning not one but two of the trailers used this music. I’m not sure of the bone is the most parodied scene, but this must be one of the most copied themes - right up there with the theme from Jaws. And people say Hollywood isn’t original. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/46 "2009-06-28T23:55:31Z")
I can’t name a film that has parodied the opening of **2001** , but I’d like to nominate the shower scene in \*\*Psycho \*\*as being mani-parodied, although the only one that comes to mind immediately is **National Lampoon’s Vacation** where Clark (mock) attacks Ellen with a rubber banana. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/47 "2009-06-29T00:00:05Z")
The video game Spore uses it every time your species evolves. A craptastic game btw. Don’t waste your money. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/48 "2009-06-29T01:42:34Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t name a film that has parodied the opening of 2001, but I’d like to nominate the shower scene in Psycho as being mani-parodied, although the only one that comes to mind immediately is National Lampoon’s Vacation where Clark (mock) attacks Ellen with a rubber banana. Mel Brooks did it in _High Anxiety_. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/49 "2009-06-29T01:57:48Z")
Nothing to do with 2001, but one of the most parodied and joked about shots has to be Linda Blair’s pea-soup barfing scene in The Exorcist. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/50 "2009-06-29T16:10:57Z")
As to frequency of reference, I give my vote to the hero walk. Oddly enough, it _The Right Stuff_ the shot is not slow motion, yet it seems always to be in the countless parodies/ripoffs/homages I’ve seen. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/51 "2009-06-29T17:34:31Z")
I’ve also seen the final scene in **The Godfather** quite a bit - where the door (and the entire shot) slowly closes on Kate. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/52 "2009-06-29T19:13:46Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > And speaking of Also Sprach Zarathustra, when we went to the movies this morning not one but two of the trailers used this music. I’m not sure of the bone is the most parodied scene, but this must be one of the most copied themes - right up there with the theme from Jaws. > > And people say Hollywood isn’t original. “O Fortuna” might be even more used than those two. It seems to be used in the trailer for almost every third film and turns up in tons of films, commercials, parodies, etc. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/53 "2009-06-29T20:50:31Z")
Whichever movie first had an overhead shot of a person in anguish because someone just died, reaching towards the sky screaming “NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/54 "2009-06-29T21:21:26Z")
Another much parodied shot…the final scene of _Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid_. Just caught a re-run of a _That 70s Show_ episode that had Eric and Donna doing the freeze-frame thing. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/55 "2009-07-03T15:07:18Z")
For what its worth, the bone being hurled and then becoming a satellite was Kubrick apparently referencing an earlier (wonderful) movie, _A Canterbury Tale_, in which a nobleman’s falcon is thrown upwards and then time moves forward centuries to see the bird become a WWII aeroplane. You can see the shot at 3.14 here: [Youtube fragment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rFWlT5gdgw) ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/56 "2009-07-04T15:28:00Z")
Never saw the film(SoIdont know the name of it) but have seen numerous parodies,the woman sitting opposite a bloke in a resteraunt who very loudly and very publicly fakes an orgasm. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155/57 "2009-07-04T19:04:29Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Never saw the film(SoIdont know the name of it) but have seen numerous parodies,the woman sitting opposite a bloke in a resteraunt who very loudly and very publicly fakes an orgasm. _When Harry Met Sally_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-most-parodied-shots-in-film-history/501155.md?page=2)