# Special Movie Trivia: Identify the movie from this scene description. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533 "2002-03-11T07:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/181 "2002-11-22T18:31:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\* > L4L - 4 A German lady makes coffee in the desert. > \*\* Bhagdad Cafe z1…a school teacher climbs a hill in her underwear. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/182 "2002-11-22T18:33:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*Run, Lola, Run. \*\* Manni? You are correct. **Bhagdad Cafe** Also correct. ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/183 "2002-11-22T18:36:03Z")
detop - correct t-keela - correct (sorry L4L - haven’t seen Badlands to know if it matched.) ---
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/184 "2002-11-22T18:50:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\* > ME 5 - As if having a bomb go off in mid-flight wasn’t bad enough, the bomb destroyed one of the toilets. > \*\* Airport z2…following an attempted kidnapping, our hero is rescued from a hospital by his chiropractor. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/185 "2002-11-22T18:52:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bomzaway \* > \*\*BWY1: Hundreds of bullets fly through a building, but there’s no sound of gunfire. > > BWY2: A man’s nightmare comes true behind a diner in LA. > > BWY3: A few soldiers, survivors of an avalanche, crawl out of the snow that buried them. \*\* BWY1: is NOT the Matrix. A hint: The building if full of police officers. (This movie is a bit obscure, but the scene is unforgettable) BWY2: is NOT the Player. A hint: The nightmare is a “monster” of sorts, and the man collapses at the sight of it. BWY3: Not LOTR. A hint: The soldiers, prior to the avalanche, were members of a large army. Now only they survive. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/186 "2002-11-22T19:14:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bomzaway \* > \*\*BWY3: Not LOTR. A hint: The soldiers, prior to the avalanche, were members of a large army. Now only they survive. \*\* _Mulan_ ---
**Author:** ![mattymillhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mattymillhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattymillhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/187 "2002-11-22T19:23:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zigaretten \* > \*\*z2…following an attempted kidnapping, our hero is rescued from a hospital by his chiropractor. \*\* Jacob’s Ladder? ---
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/188 "2002-11-22T19:28:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mattymillhouse \* > \*\*Jacob’s Ladder? \*\* BINGO! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/189 "2002-11-22T19:39:16Z")
NDP 26 is “Minority Report” NDP 27 is NOT “Poltergeist” or “The Ring” (Hint: the image on the TV is more of a reflection.) > [@](#): > > L4L - 5 A German scientist is attacked by dogs in Pennsylvania. L4L-5A is “Boys from Brazil” > [@](#): > > ME 2 - A shiny metallic toaster catches fire, severely overcooking a shiny metallic pop-tart. ME 2 is “Time Bandits” For BWY1 I was going to say “Road to Perdition” but I then realized that scene didn’t involve a police station. Instead, my guess is “Assault on Precinct 12 (?)” (the precinct’s number is probably wrong). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/190 "2002-11-22T19:53:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bomzaway \* > \*\* > BWY2: is NOT the Player. A hint: The nightmare is a “monster” of sorts, and the man collapses at the sight of it. > > \*\* A couple of WAG’s. You’re not talking about **AngelHeart** , are you? I didn’t think so… **ME 4 - Adolph Hitler’s visage is blown up by aliens.** The Abyss??? Didn’t the aliens show images of evil things at the end, including Hitler? Hints on old ones: \*\*L4L 2 - It’s Mother’s Day, and a group of soldiers are celebrating with whiskey and hookers. \*\*There were twelve of them. \*\* L4L - 5 A German scientist is attacked by dogs in Pennsylvania. \*\* He was also interested in Hitler and young boys. Previewed and saw that NDP got it. Good one! New ones: L4L - 6 An NRA member watches a bunch of guys drown, then goes for a long walk.(Easy) L4L - 7 A women’s husband has a serious head injury, so she starts sleeping around.(Hard) L4L - 8 A man starts ignoring his ex roommate, a little girl, and a government agent, then wins a really big prize. (medium) ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/191 "2002-11-22T19:58:10Z")
TK2 - (hint 1)Three friends who were in law enforcement together wind up at odds and one is executed by the other two for doing something they all three are guilty of. (hint2) Another member of the trio dies later, regretting the execution of the first. Admits to the sole surviving friend that they had killed him for doing the same thing they were guilty of. hint 3 : My guys died going to Montana as well! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/192 "2002-11-22T20:12:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wendell Wagner \* > \*\*lost4life writes: > > \> And I still take The Ring TV over Poltergeist TV ! > > The problem with this whole game is that many of the scenes that we’re supposed to guess are described so vaguely that they could be found in half a dozen films. Come on, people, if you’re going to make this game work, be a little more specific in your descriptions so that they don’t apply to a dozen films. \*\* Yeah…ME7 could be An American Werewolf in London, The Sixth Sense or Life in The Fast Lane…all three feature dead men with the gift of gab. My WAG is that NP27 is Requiem for a Dream. Can I add some? EL1: a disgusted therapist throws a phone through a closed window. EL2: a bemused boy finds a bra on an outdoor table and calls after the girl who left it behind. EL3: a used car ad avertises that dead hookers in the trunk come standard. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/193 "2002-11-22T20:19:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > **ME 4 - Adolph Hitler’s visage is blown up by aliens.** Contact ? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/194 "2002-11-22T20:29:02Z")
Is L4L - 7 “Breaking the Waves”? L4L - 8 is “A Beautiful Mind” L4L 2 is “The Dirty Dozen” I think TK2 is “Lonesome Dove” (which, strictly speaking, was a TV mini-series and NOT a movie.) Oh, and NDP 27 is NOT “Requiem for a Dream”. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/195 "2002-11-22T20:47:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\*_Mulan_ \*\* Mulan it is! Leave it to the father of a girl. 😉 Since I’m not going to be around for a week, I’ll answer the other two: > [@](#): > > BWY1: Hundreds of bullets fly through a building, but there’s no sound of gunfire. This is from an old John Carpenter movie call **Assault on Precinct 13**. A large gang gets a hold of a bunch of machine guns with silencers and take it out on the local police. > [@](#): > > BWY2: A man’s nightmare comes true behind a diner in LA. Mullholland Drive. One more as I leave. BWY4: A man gets some Nitroglycerine on his hand. He let’s the liquid drip off his hand and it lands on the floor with sharp pops. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/196 "2002-11-22T20:48:31Z")
> [@](#): > > BWY2: A man’s nightmare comes true behind a diner in LA. **Mulholland Drive**? A new one (lawoot1): a couple of groupies are being spied on by guys from a band. One groupie s topless, the other is a man, dressed as a nun, pretending to be a woman. ---
**Author:** ![taichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@taichi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taichi)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/197 "2002-11-22T20:49:15Z")
Newbie here so be gentle… EL1: a disgusted therapist throws a phone through a closed window. That movie with Sarah Jessica Parker …er…If Sally Falls or soemthing like that. Always a Saturday afternoon movies EL2: a bemused boy finds a bra on an outdoor table and calls after the girl who left it behind. Empire Records…Liv Tyler left the bra behind when she got rejected by Rex Manning (also Michael Carrington in Grease 2) EL3: a used car ad avertises that dead hookers in the trunk come standard. er…sounds like a trailer for Analyze That… ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/198 "2002-11-22T20:55:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\*Is L4L - 7 “Breaking the Waves”? > > L4L - 8 is “A Beautiful Mind” > > L4L 2 is “The Dirty Dozen” > > I think TK2 is “Lonesome Dove” (which, strictly speaking, was a TV mini-series and NOT a movie.) > > Oh, and NDP 27 is NOT “Requiem for a Dream”. \*\* YES! Good one on Breaking the Waves. Since I won’t be around for the weekend, I’ll give a hint on my last one. **L4L - 6 An NRA member watches a bunch of guys drown, then goes for a long walk.(Easy)** Okay, it’s the president of the NRA.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/199 "2002-11-22T21:00:24Z")
[http://www.darryl.com/badges/](http://www.darryl.com/badges/) “Badges, we don’t need no stinking badges.” lost4life “Aside from a spoof in Blazing Saddles, I really only know it from Sierra Madre. I’ve heard people say it a lot, but I kind of took it as common knowledge, seeing how Bogart was fairly popular.” John Belushi put this phrase back into popularity. It has been used dozens of times in the entertainment field. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/200 "2002-11-22T21:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\*L4L - 6 An NRA member watches a bunch of guys drown, then goes for a long walk.(Easy) Okay, it’s the president of the NRA.:rolleyes: \*\* I think you should describe the scene and the character, not the actor, but whatever. 🙂 The Ten Commandments. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533.md?page=11)