# One sentence summaries that miss the point -- The Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 20, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166 "2009-03-20T14:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/121 "2009-03-24T19:59:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > #22 (added clue) Bank owner sends man with woman’s name to find crop duster > #22 (added clue) Crop duster swaps dental records so sidekick gets the blame > #22 (added clue) Crop duster “boxes the compass” with bank owner’s secretary Undeniably completely wrong, but searching [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039380/) for crop duster comes up with episode 4 of Pushing Daisies, which sounds strikingly similar. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/122 "2009-03-24T20:04:22Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > Undeniably completely wrong, but searching [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039380/) for crop duster comes up with episode 4 of Pushing Daisies, which sounds strikingly similar. Okay, if you can’t get it from [this list](http://www.imdb.com/keyword/crop-duster/), it must mean you never saw the movie. More’s the pity. It’s worth getting an uncut version because places like AMC will butcher out the better parts. Flix or Encore or even Netflix would be a better try. I do recommend the movie (once you figure it out). ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/123 "2009-03-24T20:15:39Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I’m gonna inject this one in here. > > Fair Warning: It’s not a movie. > > 1. (I Believe?) Hammurabi was actually a pretty good computer programer. In binary, at least. I’ll take a guess at Snow Crash. ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/124 "2009-03-24T20:25:19Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Okay, if you can’t get it from [this list](http://www.imdb.com/keyword/crop-duster/), it must mean you never saw the movie. More’s the pity. It’s worth getting an uncut version because places like AMC will butcher out the better parts. Flix or Encore or even Netflix would be a better try. I do recommend the movie (once you figure it out). Looking at that list it seems that \*Charley Varrick \*would come closest, which indeed I haven’t seen (and never even heard of). But to be honest, I think it’s quite an obscure film as well (it only has about 2800 votes). The boxing the compass remark briefly made me think of License to Kill, where I thought that it may have been an eufemism for James screwing the girl, but the other hints didn’t make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/125 "2009-03-24T20:27:40Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > Looking at that list it seems that \*Charley Varrick \*would come closest, which indeed I haven’t seen (and never even heard of). But to be honest, I think it’s quite an obscure film as well (it only has about 2800 votes). > > The boxing the compass remark briefly made me think of License to Kill, where I thought that it may have been an eufemism for James screwing the girl, but the other hints didn’t make sense. To avoid beating this horse any longer, it is indeed _Charley Varrick_. ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/126 "2009-03-24T20:34:04Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > To avoid beating this horse any longer, it is indeed _Charley Varrick_. Sorry to take the fun out of that one, but I had to know what it was. Still, I don’t think anyone would’ve guessed it. Another one of mine: 1. Amazing that a car crash can make you believe anything. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/127 "2009-03-25T03:28:19Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > I’ll take a guess at Snow Crash. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/128 "2009-03-25T04:34:09Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > …70. Amazing that a car crash can make you believe anything. _Crash_ ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/129 "2009-03-25T07:22:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Crash_ Nope. That would be too easy. One more clue: 1. Amazing that a car crash can make you believe anything. AND 70. Insane lovers are never good for your skin. We also still have 67: Boy gets sick of beans, wants soup (and sausage) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/130 "2009-03-25T13:44:21Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > 1. Amazing that a car crash can make you believe anything. > AND 70. Insane lovers are never good for your skin. Abre los Ojos? ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/131 "2009-03-25T13:55:44Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Abre los Ojos? Close enough. I’d have thought that Vanilla Sky would be more mainstream, but they are essentially the same film. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/132 "2009-03-26T06:17:54Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > Close enough. I’d have thought that Vanilla Sky would be more mainstream, but they are essentially the same film. I was just about to say Crash. No, **not Crash 2004** , Crash 1996. (Which I haven’t seen, but I know the plot.) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/133 "2009-03-27T20:15:29Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > 1. Adolescents learn a valuable lesson about the importance of supervising young children during swimming. Friday the 13th ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/134 "2009-03-28T03:57:24Z")
Additional summaries for still-unanswered movies: 28 - Cryptic Bible citations R Us! 53 - Many horses appear 54 - Open casting call: Dublin 55 - Again with the Nazis! ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/135 "2009-03-28T05:51:12Z")
71 - Women’s undergarments make good signaling devices. 72 - Large cats are easily confused. 73 - Pets! Their what’s for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/136 "2009-03-28T09:17:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Additional summaries for still-unanswered movies: > > 28 - Cryptic Bible citations R Us! > 53 - Many horses appear > 54 - Open casting call: Dublin > 55 - Again with the Nazis! 1. Once 2. The Producers ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/137 "2009-03-28T13:54:00Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > 1. Once > 2. The Producers Alas, no to both. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/138 "2009-03-28T14:51:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Additional summaries for still-unanswered movies: > > 28 - Cryptic Bible citations R Us! Not “The Da Vinci Code” is it ? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/139 "2009-03-28T16:09:38Z")
> [@lee](#): > > 71 - Women’s undergarments make good signaling devices. > > 73 - Pets! Their what’s for dinner. I’m certain 71 is a movie where somebody waves a red petticoat to stop a train, but I can’t quite place the movie. Is it _Candleshoe_? 73: _Babe_? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/140 "2009-03-28T16:14:28Z")
Wait, I just thought of it. 71: _The Railway Children_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166.md?page=8)