# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/241 "2002-11-24T09:20:19Z")
HPL 8: A man breaks a pinball machine with a wooden ball when momentarily distracted. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/242 "2002-11-24T11:37:37Z")
I’m suprised nobody’s guessed ME 7 yet. It’s a famous bookending scene. Very wet. Swan song. ME 8 - A fighter aircraft buzzes a kid on a bicycle. ME 9 - Two men are trapped in small-town Missouri by a light rain. ME 10 - A lizard explodes in flames after being pushed by Doug McClure. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/243 "2002-11-24T15:28:13Z")
OK, I’ll bite. Is ME 7 Phantom of the Paradise ? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/244 "2002-11-24T16:14:01Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/245 "2002-11-24T16:15:02Z")
“Swan Song” sounds like who? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/246 "2002-11-24T16:25:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > **ME 8 - A fighter aircraft buzzes a kid on a bicycle.** A Brige Too Far ? And I’ll try one : Detop1 : A diva goes on a rampage during a live broadcast ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/247 "2002-11-24T16:28:26Z")
:smack: **Michael Ellis** , I just got it. ME 7 is Sunsert Boulevard ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/248 "2002-11-24T16:43:02Z")
Yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/249 "2002-11-24T16:50:03Z")
HPL 1 - DUNE!!! HPL 8 - Chasing Amy Isn’t anyone going to try mine? A1- A man makes a dead fish sing Mario Lanza. A2- A man laughs when he sees another man frozen beneath the ice. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/250 "2002-11-24T21:17:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alias \* > \*\*HPL 1 - DUNE!!! > > HPL 8 - Chasing Amy > \*\* Yep and Yep. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/251 "2002-11-25T02:58:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by detop \* > \*\* > Detop1 : A diva goes on a rampage during a live broadcast \*\* Howling 3? ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/252 "2002-11-25T03:03:07Z")
A2 - Cliffhanger? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/253 "2002-11-25T03:27:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HPL \* > \*\*Howling 3? \*\* Nope ---
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/254 "2002-11-25T03:40:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alias \* > \*\* > A1- A man makes a dead fish sing Mario Lanza. > \*\* Heavenly Creatures ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/255 "2002-11-25T06:49:43Z")
M1 - a woman is branded with the letter “V” M2 - A man drives a taxi through central park literally. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/256 "2002-11-25T07:25:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mademoiselle \* > \*\* > > M2 - A man drives a taxi through central park literally. \*\* Die Hard with a Vengence. “Are you trying to hit these people?” “No. Well, maybe that mime.” ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/257 "2002-11-25T14:50:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zigaretten \* > \*\*Heavenly Creatures \*\* YES! It seems that you and I, Zigaretten, have the same tastes in movies. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/258 "2002-11-25T15:25:47Z")
## quote: ME1 - Spy Who Loved Me? * * * > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Bingo. \*\* Hey, I answered that on Friday! ME 10 - A lizard explodes in flames after being pushed by Doug McClure. The Land that Time Forgot? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/259 "2002-11-26T03:08:18Z")
Different weird-ass land. And yes, you did answer on Friday. Whoops. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/260 "2002-11-26T04:15:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mademoiselle \* > \*\*M2 - A man drives a taxi through central park literally. \*\* Die Hard 3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533.md?page=14)