# Test Your Movie Knowledge: Part III! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493 "2003-08-25T11:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/181 "2003-08-25T19:34:49Z")
Anybody want the answers to my hangers before this closes out? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/182 "2003-08-25T19:40:52Z")
We’ve got about twenty more posts to go… I\_L\_27 “Everything I needed to know about the U.S. Government, I learned from James Whitmore” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/183 "2003-08-25T19:46:16Z")
I\_L\_27 James Whitmore played FDR in one of those movies I heard about… ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/184 "2003-08-25T19:52:39Z")
Wrong!😛 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/185 "2003-08-25T19:53:54Z")
Is using imdb allowed? I thought that was cheating. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/186 "2003-08-25T19:55:58Z")
I\_L\_27 No, it was more like Truman in Give 'Em Hell Harry. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/187 "2003-08-25T20:00:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Is using imdb allowed? I thought that was cheating. \*\* Isn’t that like asking if there are any rules in a knife fight? – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/188 "2003-08-25T20:07:43Z")
Give 'Em Hell, Harry takes the prize. When people get home from work, I’ll start a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/189 "2003-08-25T20:11:39Z")
My hangers: Z\_26 “Everything I needed to know about throwing a hunting knife through a plate glass window at somebody, I learned from Woody Harrelson.” ============ Natural Born Killers Z\_29 “Everything I needed to know about the difference between butter and margerine, I learned from Marlon Brando.” ============ Last Tango In Paris Z\_31 “Everything I needed to know about “sody pop”, I learned from Ben Johnson.” ============= Shane Z\_33 “Everything I needed to know about getting drunk, I learned from Lee Remick.” ============= Days of Wine and Roses (Labdad got this) Z\_35 “Everything I needed to know about being a cheerleader, I learned from Lee Remick.” ============ A Face In The Crowd Z\_36 “Everything I needed to know about assassinating presidents, I learned from Frank Sinatra.” ============ Suddenly ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/190 "2003-08-25T20:26:09Z")
I’ll be late to the next game. Got a parent-teacher thing this evening. My hangers: HF\_12: “Everything I needed to know about swamps, I learned from Sean Connery.” Just Cause HF\_13: “Everything I needed to know about boinking the Queen, I learned from Billy Connolly.” Mrs. Brown HF\_1: “Everything I needed to know about nutrition, I learned from Peter Jackson.” Bad Taste (obscure, I know) HF\_8: “Everything I needed to know about espresso, I learned from Bruce Willis.” Hudson Hawk (doesn’t _anybody_ like this movie?) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/191 "2003-08-25T21:03:24Z")
Better give you my hangers, too: LD\_2 “Everything I know about embalming I learned from Rod Steiger” [**The Loved One**](http://www.imdb.com/Title?0059410). (Y’all MUST see this movie!!) LD\_3 “Everything I know about playing the piano in a strip joint I learned from Timothy Daly” **Diner** This is great fun! I’ll try to play some more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493.md?page=9)