# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/141 "2002-06-10T22:37:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lenin \* > **L1: A tanker is shot at by a rocket, only to reveil it is carrying milk instead of gasoline.** Three Kings > [@](#): > > \*\*L3: A man shoots tied up man in the head, then uses a meat cleaver to get the suitcase on his arm. \*\* Snatch Give me a second I will think of some. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/142 "2002-06-11T01:25:43Z")
No answers from me, just more questions! Grundy1: A man tosses a makeup mirror to his wife, then vomits blood all over her floor. Grundy2: A woman rents a motorboat to deliver a surprise gift to a man she just met ---
**Author:** ![lenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/143 "2002-06-11T02:20:26Z")
Okay, mine were too easy… **L4** : A Jewish man lost in the woods, his glasses broken, mistakes several Nazis for his companions. (hint: it’s a French film) **L5** : One man questions another about the sanitary napkin on his head. **L6** : A man who removes a maggot from his breakfast is asked, “Are you going to eat that?” ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/144 "2002-06-11T03:38:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > > \*\* A group of saliors burst into singing “A long Way to Tipperary” despite the first officer’s objection. \*\* **Das Boot** New one: A teenage couple is making out in a bombed out building. A kid starts to throw stones at them. He yells “Damn Canadians! They come over here and take our women!” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/145 "2002-06-11T03:51:41Z")
**Waenara** : **Hope and 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:** [June 11, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/146 "2002-06-11T06:36:57Z")
> [@](#): > > L6: A man who removes a maggot from his breakfast is asked, “Are you going to eat that?” “The Shawshank Redemption”? ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/147 "2002-06-11T06:38:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > \*\* > Grundy2: A woman rents a motorboat to deliver a surprise gift to a man she just met \*\* The Birds ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/148 "2002-06-11T12:56:49Z")
A Civil War Captain gets his dying wish as the Bridge his brigade has been dying for is Blown up by two “volunteers”. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/149 "2002-06-11T20:03:56Z")
\*\*Rilchiam \*\* **Hope and Glory** Yup. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/150 "2002-06-11T20:19:50Z")
kingpengvin: _The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly_. New one: A modicum of snuff proves to be most effectacious. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/151 "2002-06-12T05:05:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kawliga \* > \*\*The Birds \*\* That’s correct. My other was: Grundy1: A man tosses a makeup mirror to his wife, then vomits blood all over her floor. and a new one: Grundy3: A man enters a seemingly deserted village. A dog trots by carrying a severed hand in its mouth. (I don’t know if the same scene exists in the remakes; I’m looking for the original.) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/152 "2002-06-12T05:07:39Z")
> [@](#): > > L5: One man questions another about the sanitary napkin on his head. Is it _Raising Arizona_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/153 "2002-06-12T07:26:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > Grundy3: A man enters a seemingly deserted village. A dog trots by carrying a severed hand in its mouth. (I don’t know if the same scene exists in the remakes; I’m looking for the original.) Is that _Yojimbo_? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/154 "2002-06-12T08:25:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jabba \* > \*\*Is that _Yojimbo_? \*\* Hai! ---
**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 22, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/155 "2002-11-22T07:27:22Z")
Okay, let’s see if there’s any life left in this thread. NDP 25 - A recuperating man who’s listening to a composition by Mozart is told of the piece’s therapeutic effect. NDP 26 - A man eating breakfast is annoyed by the characters on a cereal box. NDP 27 - Although it’s turned off, a disturbing image is seen on a TV screen. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/156 "2002-11-22T08:39:28Z")
Lok 2: A man buying tickets for a trip on a ship answers a woman who calls him by the wrong name. Lok Roy, there you are…“Quigley Down Under”, w/ T.Selleck TK1- “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.” (the first time it was said on film) TK2- Three friends who were in law enforcement together wind up at odds and one is executed by the other two for doing something they all three are guilty of. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/157 "2002-11-22T08:42:00Z")
NDP 27 - Although it’s turned off, a disturbing image is seen on a TV screen. Poltergeist? ---
**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 22, 2002, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/158 "2002-11-22T08:46:39Z")
ME 1 - The usual relationship between oil tanker and submarine is reversed dramatically. ME 2 - A shiny metallic toaster catches fire, severely overcooking a shink metallic pop-tart. ME 3 - Pretty girls forget to count to ‘one’ before releasing nerve gas. ME 4 - Adolph Hitler’s visage is blown up by aliens. ME 5 - As if having a bomb go off in mid-flight wasn’t bad enough, the bomb destroyed one of the toilets. ME 6 - A furturistic spaceship is full of rusting pipes and boilers. ME 7 - A dead man just won’t shut up. ---
**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 22, 2002, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/159 "2002-11-22T08:49:58Z")
Whoops, that should have been ‘shiny metallic pop-tart’. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-movie-trivia-identify-the-movie-from-this-scene-description/97533/160 "2002-11-22T11:35:23Z")
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