# 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:** 14
**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 26, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/261 "2002-11-26T06:16:35Z")
This is a blind guess but is Detop1 “The Fifth Element”? Let me restate NDP 25 again: NDP 25 - As a detective recuperating from a mental breakdown triggered by a traumatic case listens to a Mozart composition, his occasional girlfriend tells of the piece’s therapeutic effect. ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/262 "2002-11-26T06:48:08Z")
-A bloodstained girl clutching a teddy bear grins as she surrounded by reporters -A man drinks with another as they both wait for a cold death of a oncoming blizzard. -A man pulls himself from ultimate evil with the help of the sun and a pendant necklace -A man confronts a giant on the third floor -A group of people are thanked by a killer and put in his ‘cool book’ -Two men cannonball wine and some funky turf ---
**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, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/263 "2002-11-26T07:15:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TigoleBitties \* > **-A man pulls himself from ultimate evil with the help of the sun and a pendant necklace** The Evil Dead. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/264 "2002-11-26T07:46:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TigoleBitties \* > \*\* > -Two men cannonball wine and some funky turf \*\* Maybe I’m getting old but I don’t even know what this means. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/265 "2002-11-26T15:52:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > **This is a blind guess but is Detop1 “The Fifth Element”?** Sorry, no. [quote] _Originally posted by TigoleBitties_ **-A man drinks with another as they both wait for a cold death of a oncoming blizzard.** John Carpenter’s The Thing ? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/266 "2002-11-26T16:59:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TigoleBitties \* > \*\* > > -A man drinks with another as they both wait for a cold death of a oncoming blizzard. > > -Two men cannonball wine and some funky turf \*\* The Thing was also my guess. Is the other one Caddyshack? ---
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/267 "2002-11-26T18:08:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TigoleBitties \* > **-A bloodstained girl clutching a teddy bear grins as she surrounded by reporters** Don’t Say a Word. > [@](#): > > \*\*-A man drinks with another as they both wait for a cold death of a oncoming blizzard. \*\* Alive? ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/268 "2002-11-26T23:53:04Z")
QUOTE]A man confronts a giant on the third floor [/QUOTE] Harry Potter and the Sorceres Stone ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Revell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Revell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revell)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/269 "2002-11-27T08:01:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TigoleBitties \* > \*\*-A group of people are thanked by a killer and put in his ‘cool book’ \*\* **From Dusk Til Dawn** and said by George Clooney ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/270 "2002-11-27T13:09:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TigoleBitties \* > \*\*–A man drinks with another as they both wait for a cold death of a oncoming blizzard. > > -f \*\* _The Man who would be King_? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/271 "2002-11-27T14:08:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flowerchild \* > \*\*QUOTE]A man confronts a giant on the third floor > Harry Potter and the Sorceres Stone ? 😃 \*\* That was my first thought, because it does take place on the third floor (IIRC), but Harry is not a man, and the thing was not a giant (an ogre?). Maybe they worded it incorrectly. I’m bored at work, so here’s a couple: L4L-11 An evil man who lives on an island uses thumbs to hurt people. L4L-12 A detective chastises a co-worker on his choice of condiments. L4L-13 A guy dies on a bus in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/272 "2002-11-27T14:37:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\* > L4L-12 A detective chastises a co-worker on his choice of condiments. > > \*\* **Dirty Harry**? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/273 "2002-11-27T14:43:46Z")
L4L-11 Spy Kids L4L-13 Midnight Cowboy ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/274 "2002-11-27T14:46:41Z")
F 1.1(a) An old man chases his grandson through his tomato plants. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/275 "2002-11-27T14:50:35Z")
_The Godfather_ ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/276 "2002-11-27T14:51:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frankd6 \* > \*\*F 1.1(a) An old man chases his grandson through his tomato plants. \*\* The Godfather And everyone who answered was correct with mine ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/277 "2002-11-27T15:00:13Z")
Oops, too late. L4L - 14 A man mistakes an exterminator’s vehicle for a police car. L4L - 15 A man sleeps under his couch. L4L - 16 The only survivors were a baby and an alcoholic. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/278 "2002-11-27T15:03:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\*Oops, too late. > L4L - 16 The only survivors were a baby and an alcoholic. \*\* **The Andromeda Strain**. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/279 "2002-11-27T15:15:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\ ***The Andromeda Strain**. \*\* You get a cookie! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/280 "2002-11-27T15:28:58Z")
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