# 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:** 5
**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:** [March 20, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/81 "2002-03-20T01:55:05Z")
Okay, this thread is dying fast so let me throw out a few more: NDP 9 - One man crushes a paper cup in an attempt to top another man who crushed a steel beer can. NDP 10 - A man kills time by throwing a baseball against a wall. NDP 11 - A man re-enacts a scene from a popular movie using a snack chip and a condiment. NDP 12 - A woman sells clothes she just stole from a laundromat. NDP 13 - A man complains that you don’t put ketchup on a hot dog. NDP 14 - An apparently experienced actor suddenly panics before having to perform live. NDP 15 - A man is amazed at the revelation that Liberace was gay. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/82 "2002-03-20T02:27:31Z")
> [@](#): > > NDP 10 - A man kills time by throwing a baseball against a wall. The Great Escape > [@](#): > > NDP 15 - A man is amazed at the revelation that Liberace was gay. Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery ---
**Author:** ![Spoonbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/83 "2002-03-20T03:46:09Z")
**Spoonbender2** _(Midnight Run)_ and **Spoonbender3** _(Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)_ were answered correctly. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > NDP 9 - One man crushes a paper cup in an attempt to top another man who crushed a steel beer can. _Jaws_ > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > NDP 12 - A woman sells clothes she just stole from a laundromat. _Fight Club_ **Spoonbender4** : A man bleeds to death while clutching a train schedule. **Spoonbender5** : Two men discuss a trip to Australia. A few minutes later, both men die. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/84 "2002-03-20T03:59:09Z")
> [@](#): > > NDP 11 - A man re-enacts a scene from a popular movie using a snack chip and a condiment. _Clerks_ ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/85 "2002-03-20T04:15:49Z")
**Protesilaus1** : A man fights someone who is dressed as a sports team mascot in a kitchen. **Protesilaus2** : A man loses his gun because an MRI machine is on. **Protesilaus3** : Two men beat up people who insulted them on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/86 "2002-03-20T05:50:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Protesilaus2: A man loses his gun because an MRI machine is on. Jet Li’s _The One_ > [@](#): > > NDP 13 - A man complains that you don’t put ketchup on a hot dog _Sudden Impact_ with Clint Eastwood > [@](#): > > NDP 8 - A prisoner awaiting execution kills a cockroach in order to guarantee that he and another prisoner will still live longer than it. Kubrick’s _Paths of Glory_ ---
**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:** [March 20, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/87 "2002-03-20T06:45:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Spoonbender5: Two men discuss a trip to Australia. A few minutes later, both men die. **Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid** The answers to NDP 8-12 and 15 are correct. Evilhanz is correct with regard to the character and the actor for NDP 13, but the film, I believe, is wrong. NDP 14 is still answered as is NDP 1. (However, as a hint, I will tell you there’s a link between NDP 12 and NDP 1.) NDP 16 - After close inspection, a woman sees that the injuries on a “hurt” boy are fake. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/88 "2002-03-20T07:24:34Z")
> [@](#): > > NDP 14 - An apparently experienced actor suddenly panics before having to perform live. _My Favorite Year?_ ---
**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:** [March 20, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/89 "2002-03-20T07:34:27Z")
Yes. NDP 14 is **My Favorite Year** (“I’m a movie star, not an actor!”) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/90 "2002-03-20T07:49:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Protesilaus \* > \*\ ***Protesilaus3** : Two men beat up people who insulted them on the Internet. \*\* **Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back**. ---
**Author:** ![Abe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@Abe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/91 "2002-03-20T08:45:35Z")
> [@](#): > > - a man and a woman haggles over the price of contact lenses Barbwire? A movie worth watching only for Pamela’s breathy performance, but she and some other guy did haggle over the price of important contact lenses. ---
**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/92 "2002-03-20T15:18:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > Evilhanz is correct with regard to the character and the actor for NDP 13, but the film, I believe, is wrong. Unless he complains about ketchup in another Dirty Harry movie, then it’s Sudden Impact. Check it out at IMDB: [http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0086383](http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0086383): Harry Callahan: “Nobody, but nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog anymore!” ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/93 "2002-03-20T15:37:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Abe \* > \*\* > > Barbwire? A movie worth watching only for Pamela’s breathy performance, but she and some other guy did haggle over the price of important contact lenses. \*\* Correct on both counts and you can also add that it is a perfect example on how to massacre a classic movie (in this case _Casablanca_). ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/94 "2002-03-20T16:40:43Z")
I’ll repeat mine since it seems to have gotten lost: Sub2: A man with a pornographic tie wants to talk about wrestling. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/95 "2002-03-21T00:32:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Unless he complains about ketchup in another Dirty Harry movie, then it’s Sudden Impact. Check it out at IMDB: [http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0086383:](http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0086383:) > Harry Callahan: "Nobody, but nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog anymore! I checked and I was wrong. For some reason, I thought that particular pet peeve of Harry was first mentioned in **Magnum Force** and then again in **Sudden Impact**. (I guess that’s what happens when you try to use scenes from movies you haven’t seen in awhile.) ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/96 "2002-03-21T02:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*Ferris Bueller is right, but Sophie’s Choice isn’t, sorry. Another hint- the movie is French, takes place in Vietnam. \*\* easy one. jean-baptiste baptizes his son, etienne, in a river in the movie “Indochine”- and is promptly arrested by french authorities. cyn, who just reactivated her accounty thing.😃 ---
**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:** [March 21, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/97 "2002-03-21T07:27:44Z")
I’ll drop some hints to a couple of mine that are unanswered and add a new one. NDP 1 - A young English woman washes the headstone at the grave of her mother who died destitute. –Hint: the movie is based on a novel by a well-known American author. –Hint: both the movie and the novel take place in the early 1900’s. –Hint: there’s a link between this movie and the answer to NDP 12 (i.e., **Fight Club** ). NDP 16 - Upon close inspection, a woman notices that the wounds on the “hurt” boy she allowed into her house are fake. As for the new one: NDP 17 - A bank robbery suddenly ends when it turns out the bank has no money. > [@](#): > > Sub2: A man with a pornographic tie wants to talk about wrestling. This is a guess but I’ll say **Barton Fink**. ---
**Author:** ![bifar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bifar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bifar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/98 "2002-03-21T09:19:28Z")
\*NDP 1 - A young English woman washes the headstone at the grave of her mother who died destitute. \* Gotta delurk for this one. Is it The Wings of the Dove, written by American author Henry James, starring the thin and scary Helena Bonham-Carter?? Tell me, tell me, it’s niggling like hell! Bye everybody. Bifar ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/99 "2002-03-21T12:04:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > This is a guess but I’ll say **Barton Fink**. Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/100 "2002-03-21T13:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > **NDP 17 - A bank robbery suddenly ends when it turns out the bank has no money.** **Bonnie and Clyde** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533.md?page=6)