# 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:** ![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, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/61 "2003-08-25T14:51:28Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Labdad \*  
> **HF\_2 would be “The Blues Brothers.” But it’s Cook County, not Clark County.**

Oops, you’re right. Clark County is Las Vegas, huh?

I\_L\_12 = Requiem for a Dream

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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, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/62 "2003-08-25T14:51:56Z")

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I\_L\_12 Requiem For A Dream?

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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, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/63 "2003-08-25T14:53:07Z")

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Do we have any hangers from earlier pages? If so, could we get reposts?

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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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/64 "2003-08-25T14:55:28Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \*  
> \*\*L4L\_13 The Ring!
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You are correct.

My only one from the other page is :

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

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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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/65 "2003-08-25T14:56:58Z")

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L4L\_12 Nightmare on Elm Street?

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/66 "2003-08-25T14:59:29Z")

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Sorry for the numbering screw-up - I can’t figure out the number ing system.

And “Dracula” 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, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/67 "2003-08-25T15:00:32Z")

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Z\_13 “Everything I needed to know about space travel, I learned from Keir Dullea.”

Z\_14 “Everything I needed to know about steer-riding bombs, I learned from Slim Pickens.”

Z\_15 “Everything I needed to know about losing hubcaps, I learned from Steve McQueen.”

Z\_16 “Everything I needed to know about plastics, I learned from Dustin Hoffman.”

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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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/68 "2003-08-25T15:02:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by plnnr \*  
> \*\*Sorry for the numbering screw-up - I can’t figure out the number ing system.
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> And “Dracula” is incorrect. \*\*

Just use your initial(s) and a sequence number for your entries.

In your case p\_something.

Okay?

Would it be Frankenstein, then?

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**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/69 "2003-08-25T15:11:03Z")

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Both **Zeldar** and **lost4life** got rjk\_4, Flight of the Phoenix.

Z\_14 is Dr. Strangelove.

Z\_16 is The Graduate.

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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, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/70 "2003-08-25T15:19:43Z")

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**rjk** is right on Z\_14 & 16

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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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/71 "2003-08-25T15:21:39Z")

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Z\_15 = Bullitt?

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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, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/72 "2003-08-25T15:24:18Z")

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Z\_17 “Everything I needed to know about lack of shower privacy, I learned from Janet Leigh.”

Z\_18 “Everything I needed to know about getting out of straitjackets, I learned from Tony Curtis.”

Z\_19 “Everything I needed to know about being an asshole, I learned from Burt Lancaster.”

Z\_20 “Everything I needed to know about bathing in ice water, I learned from Kathleen Turner.”

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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, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/73 "2003-08-25T15:25:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zeldar \*  
> \*\*Z\_13 “Everything I needed to know about space travel, I learned from Keir Dullea.”  
> Z\_15 “Everything I needed to know about losing hubcaps, I learned from Steve McQueen.”
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2001 A Space Odyssey?

Bullett?

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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, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/74 "2003-08-25T15:32:52Z")

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Right on Z\_13 & 15, **lost4life**

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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, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/75 "2003-08-25T15:35:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \*  
> \*\*Z\_15 = Bullitt? \*\*

Yes. Sorry I missed this earlier.

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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, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/76 "2003-08-25T15:37:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zeldar \*  
> \*\*Z\_17 “Everything I needed to know about lack of shower privacy, I learned from Janet Leigh.”
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> Z\_18 “Everything I needed to know about getting out of straitjackets, I learned from Tony Curtis.”
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Psycho  
Houdini

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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, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/77 "2003-08-25T15:39:59Z")

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Right on Z\_17 & 18, **lost4life**

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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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/78 "2003-08-25T15:43:04Z")

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Z\_21 “Everything I needed to know about knocking out lights with baseballs, I learned from Robert Redford.”

Z\_22 “Everything I needed to know about catching fish, I learned from Spencer Tracy.”

Z\_23 “Everything I needed to know about running along oars, I learned from Kirk Douglas.”

Z\_24 “Everything I needed to know about sleeping bags, I learned from Jack Nicholson.”

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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, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/79 "2003-08-25T15:46:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zeldar \*  
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> Z\_20 “Everything I needed to know about bathing in ice water, I learned from Kathleen Turner.” \*\*

Was she in **Body Heat?**

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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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/80 "2003-08-25T15:47:59Z")

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Z\_20 was indeed Body Heat. Nice work, **lost4life**

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