# 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:** 6
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/101 "2002-03-21T17:53:57Z")
> [@](#): > > 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! Yes, yes, and yes (but she’s not that scary). Also, NDP 17 is **Bonnie and Clyde**. NDP 16 is still up for grabs. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/102 "2002-03-21T20:15:39Z")
> [@](#): > > NDP 16 - Upon close inspection, a woman notices that the wounds on the “hurt” boy she allowed into her house are fake. Aha! It just came to me – _ **Rushmore** _! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/103 "2002-03-21T20:21:59Z")
Some more from me (I forget how I was numbering them, so deal with it): JBATS-A: A man tells another man that he knows his wife is a dyke, to get him angry. JBATS-B: A group of men are tied up, only being released once they pass a test. JBATS-C: A man who has impregnated his own daughter, is found stabbed. ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/104 "2002-03-21T20:29:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*JBTS-C: A man who has impregnated his own daughter, is found stabbed. \*\* Cider House Rules. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/105 "2002-03-21T20:49:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*Some more from me (I forget how I was numbering them, so deal with it): > > JBATS-A: A man tells another man that he knows his wife is a dyke, to get him angry. Slapshot. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/106 "2002-03-21T20:51:10Z")
**MickNick** and **Munch** … yup, both right. ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/107 "2002-03-21T21:43:28Z")
> [@](#): > > NDP 16 - Upon close inspection, a woman notices that the wounds on the “hurt” boy she allowed into her house are fake. > > Aha! It just came to me – > > Rushmore! Jack Batty … you are right! Time to add some more: NDP 18 - As it pulls onto a highway, an overloaded pick-up truck almost falls on its side before righting itself. NDP 19 - A cab almost runs over two men as they cross a street. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/108 "2002-03-21T22:15:33Z")
I still have one that has been hanging around like old luggage… - A man saves and then sleeps with his boss’ mother. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/109 "2002-03-22T00:15:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*BATS-B: A group of men are tied up, only being released once they pass a test. \*\* The Thing (John Carpenter version) ---
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/110 "2002-03-22T00:50:52Z")
BATS C= Cider House Rules ---
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/111 "2002-03-22T00:52:05Z")
oops…already said. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/112 "2002-03-22T00:54:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\* > > The Thing (John Carpenter version) \*\* Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/113 "2002-03-22T02:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\*NDP 19 - A cab almost runs over two men as they cross a street. \*\* Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home ---
**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 22, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/114 "2002-03-22T06:16:55Z")
> [@](#): > > NDP 19 - A cab almost runs over two men as they cross a street. > > … > > Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home Sorry, it’s not. NDP 20 - A woman tells a man he’s dumb but the fact that he is doesn’t bother her. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/115 "2002-03-22T08:17:19Z")
Try this one. Lok 1: An authority figure is yelling about everyone conspiring against him, then he throws a rock through a poster. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/116 "2002-03-22T13:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Lok 1: An authority figure is yelling about everyone conspiring against him, then he throws a rock through a poster. _TThe Shawshank Redemption_ ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/117 "2002-03-22T16:07:24Z")
NDP writes: \> NDP 19 - A cab almost runs over two men as they cross a street. This is too vague. It fits a lot of movies. It could be, for instance, the “Hey, I’m walking here. Can’t you see I’m walking here?” scene of _Midnight Cowboy_. O.K., here’s a few: WW1: A man tries to impress a blind date with his musical tastes by playing an Oscar Peterson record as she comes to his apartment, while also leaving out a Bartok album. WW2: A man calls his guru and says, “I forgot my mantra.” WW3: A man asks extraterrestrials what he can do to improve the world and they say, “Tell funnier jokes.” WW4: As a husband and wife arrive at a Thanksgiving dinner, she tells him she’s pregnant. And what’s the connection between all of these films? ---
**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 22, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/118 "2002-03-22T17:39:50Z")
Good guess Wendell Wagner. NDP 19 IS **Midnight Cowboy.** WW2 is **Annie Hall** and the connection is that they are all Woody Allen movies. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/119 "2002-03-22T23:46:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > > NDP 20 - A woman tells a man he’s dumb but the fact that he is doesn’t bother her. \*\* A Fish Called Wanda? ---
**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 23, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/120 "2002-03-23T00:49:28Z")
> [@](#): > > A woman tells a man he’s dumb but the fact that he is doesn’t bother her. \*\* > > … > > A Fish Called Wanda? No, but I’ll rephrase the clue so another hint is added: A woman tells a man he’s dumb but the fact that he is doesn’t bother her (in fact, she rather enjoys it). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533.md?page=7)