# 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:** 15
**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 27, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/281 "2002-11-27T17:40:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TigoleBitties \* > \*\*–A man drinks with another as they both wait for a cold death of a oncoming blizzard. \*\* That would be John Carpenter’s The Thing. I love that movie. The game kicks butt, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/282 "2002-11-27T18:34:05Z")
Well, all the ones I knew have been solved, so… Av1: A man walks out of an airplane crash almost unharmed, holding a baby. Av2: A man refuses to sell a piece of original art to an anxious father. Av3: A woman kills a policeman, and regrets it instantly. ---
**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, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/283 "2002-11-27T18:49:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian \* > \*\*Well, all the ones I knew have been solved, so… > Av2: A man refuses to sell a piece of original art to an anxious father. > \*\* Mickey Blue Eyes??? Hints on old ones: L4L - 14 A man mistakes an exterminator’s vehicle for a police car. The name of the exterminator is **Grebleips** L4L - 15 A man sleeps under his couch. He’s pretending it’s a coffin. ---
**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 27, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/284 "2002-11-27T19:19:08Z")
> [@](#): > > L4L-12 A detective chastises a co-worker on his choice of condiments. It is a Dirty Harry movie but it’s “Sudden Impact” (This one was done by me awhile back.) As for NDP 25, let me add a few more hints: NDP 25 - As a San Francisco detective silently recuperates from a mental breakdown triggered by a traumatic case, he listens to a Mozart composition as his occasional girlfriend describes of the piece’s therapeutic effect. ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/285 "2002-11-27T19:40:49Z")
L4L - 15: Harold and Maude? f2: A repressed suburban homeowner is punched in the stomach by a dimunitive tow truck driver. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/286 "2002-11-27T19:41:28Z")
L4L 14 **Duel**. One of Steven Spielberg’s first movies about an ordinary man being chased by a crazed trucker. ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/287 "2002-11-27T19:45:02Z")
L4L 14 - Duel? ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/288 "2002-11-27T19:45:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\*It is a Dirty Harry movie but it’s “Sudden Impact” (This one was done by me awhile back.) > > As for NDP 25, let me add a few more hints: > > NDP 25 - As a San Francisco detective silently recuperates from a mental breakdown triggered by a traumatic case, he listens to a Mozart composition as his occasional girlfriend describes of the piece’s therapeutic effect. \*\* Oh they’re all the same! Sorry, didn’t mean to re-use yours (maybe I read it and repeated it unknowingly because it was so good:D ). And sorry for the incorrect answer. Something about San Francisco triggered **Vertigo**? f2: A repressed suburban homeowner is punched in the stomach by a dimunitive tow truck driver. Vacation! Duel is correct! ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/289 "2002-11-27T19:48:13Z")
L4L: _Mickey Blue Eyes_ isn’t the film I was thinking of, but I haven’t seen it, so it’s possible. Not the one I wanted though. Small hint: I thought of the movie that is Av2 while writing the description for Av1. ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/290 "2002-11-27T19:49:52Z")
Vacation wasn’t what I had in mind… ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/291 "2002-11-27T19:52:24Z")
Let’s see- For those who didn’t know about Duel, Grebleips is Spielberg backwards. Harold and Maude was correct, but alas, it was answered a ways back. And regarding Vacation, I guess he doesn’t get hit by the tow truck driver, who also doesn’t happen to be diminutive… ---
**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 27, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/292 "2002-11-27T20:21:52Z")
Finally! NDP 25 is “Vertigo.” Now, a new one: NDP 28 - A gila monster crawls under a rock. Is L4L - 15 “Vampire’s Kiss?” ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/293 "2002-11-27T20:26:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\* > > Is L4L - 15 “Vampire’s Kiss?” \*\* Correct-a-mundo! ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/294 "2002-11-27T20:27:13Z")
f2 hint: the actor playing repressed suburbanite did work with Chevy Chase several years earlier. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/295 "2002-11-27T20:37:03Z")
f2 Neighbours ? ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/296 "2002-11-27T20:40:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian \* > \*\* > Av2: A man refuses to sell a piece of original art to an anxious father. > \*\* **Unbreakable** I think. I’m really curious as to the others. ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/297 "2002-11-27T20:41:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by detop \* > \*\*f2 Neighbours ? \*\* That’s the one I was try to think of. I had vague recollections of the scene, but just couldn’t get it, no matter how hard I pounded on my head! Well, is that correct? ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/298 "2002-11-27T20:43:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alias \* > \*\ ***Unbreakable** I think. I’m really curious as to the others. \*\* _Unbreakable_ it is, **Alias**! I think I’ll wait a little longer to give hints on the others. It would really surprise me if nobody got the 3rd one. ---
**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, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/299 "2002-11-27T20:55:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frankd6 \* > \*\*L4L - 15: Harold and Maude? > > \*\* :smack: Boy I am screwing up today. Harold and Maude was the correct answer to one I posted on the previous page. L4L 15 was Vampire’s Kiss starring Nicholas Cage. Is it happy hour yet? ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/300 "2002-11-27T21:01:21Z")
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