# Test Your Movie Knowledge: Part III!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493>\
**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:** 20\
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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/41 "2003-08-25T14:30:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zeldar \*  
> \*\*L4L\_8 Phone Booth
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> L4L\_9 Eating Raoul
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> L4L\_10 Princess Bride? \*\*

All correct!

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**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, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/42 "2003-08-25T14:31:17Z")

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Excellent, **plnnr**! Bonus also (Z\_7)

I\_L\_9 (should be P\_2?) Wizard of Oz

I\_L\_10 (P\_3?) M

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**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, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/43 "2003-08-25T14:33:47Z")

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I\_L\_11 Sorry Wrong Number? (p4?)

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**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, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/44 "2003-08-25T14:34:50Z")

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I\_L\_8 (P1?) Dracula?

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/45 "2003-08-25T14:36:49Z")

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L4L-11 Everything I know about making noodles I learned from Tsutomu Yamazaki

L4L-12 Everything I know about dreams, I learned from Heather Langenkamp

L4L-13 Everything I know about videography, I learned from Naomi Watts

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**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, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/46 "2003-08-25T14:36:58Z")

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IL\_4 and 5, Dr. Zhivago and Cast Away are correct. Noone has gotten Gary Oldman and PCP. Not Dracula!

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**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, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/47 "2003-08-25T14:37:16Z")

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Looks likfe a fun game. The ones I knew are already answered and I don’t have any ideas on the others without searching IMDB. So I’ll throw a few out:

Some director/actor ones:

HF\_1: “Everything I ever needed to know about nutrition I learned from Peter Jackson.”

HF\_2: “Everything I ever needed to know about Clark County property taxes I learned from Steven Spielberg.”

Mainstream:

HF\_3: “Everything I ever needed to know about being EE-VILL I learned from Harvey Korman.”

HF\_4: “Everything I ever needed to know about being a mechanical gigilo I learned from Jude Law.”

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**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, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/48 "2003-08-25T14:39:19Z")

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L4L\_13 The Ring!

I\_L\_10 “Everything I needed to know about Spanish Meteorology, I learned from Rex Harrison”

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**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, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/49 "2003-08-25T14:40:32Z")

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Z\_9 “Everything I needed to know about flying small airplanes, I learned from Jimmy Stewart.”

Z\_10 “Everything I needed to know about holding up banks, I learned from Ernest Borgnine.”

Z\_11 “Everything I needed to know about doing nasty things to everybody, I learned from Patty McCormack.”

Z\_12 “Everything I needed to know about flying critters, I learned from Rod Taylor.”

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**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, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/50 "2003-08-25T14:41:48Z")

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I\_L\_10 My Fair Lady

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**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/51 "2003-08-25T14:44:45Z")

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**Zeldar** , LD\_1 is correct. It’s “Chinatown”. Try again on LD\_2. “The Collector” is incorrect.

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**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, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/52 "2003-08-25T14:45:01Z")

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L4L\_11 Tampopo?

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/53 "2003-08-25T14:47:07Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zeldar \*  
> \*\*Z\_11 “Everything I needed to know about doing nasty things to everybody, I learned from Patty McCormack.”  
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The Bad Seed?

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**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, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/54 "2003-08-25T14:47:09Z")

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LD\_2 No Way To Treat A Lady?

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**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, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/55 "2003-08-25T14:48:23Z")

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Z\_11 is right, **lost4life**

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/56 "2003-08-25T14:48:23Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zeldar \*  
> \*\*L4L\_11 Tampopo? \*\*

Correct…I mean, how many movies are there about noodle making?

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**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, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/57 "2003-08-25T14:48:44Z")

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I\_L\_10 My Fair Lady is Correct.

I\_L\_11 “Everything I needed to know about about beanies, I learned from Jack Nicholson”

I\_L\_12 “Everything I needed to know about losing weight, I learned from Ellyn Burstyn”

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**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, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/58 "2003-08-25T14:49:04Z")

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HF\_2 would be “The Blues Brothers.” But it’s Cook County, not Clark County.

Z\_9 “Spirit of St. Louis”?  
Z\_10 “The Wild Bunch”?  
Z\_11 “The Bad Seed”  
Z\_12 “The Birds”

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**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, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/59 "2003-08-25T14:49:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lost4life \*  
> \*\*Correct…I mean, how many movies are there about noodle making? \*\*

That’s all I know of – unless you start counting spaghetti westerns

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**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, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/60 "2003-08-25T14:50:43Z")

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**Labdad** nailed Z\_9-12!

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