# 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, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/121 "2003-08-25T17:11:38Z")

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Z\_30 “Everything I needed to know about foot massages, I learned from Samuel L. Jackson.”  
Pulp Fiction

HF\_10: "Everything I needed to know about a POW, I learned from David Bowie.  
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

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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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/122 "2003-08-25T17:14:02Z")

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**lost4life** , you got Z\_30 right.

Everybody note that margerine should be margarine in Z\_29.

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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, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/123 "2003-08-25T17:20:02Z")

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I\_L\_16 “Everything I needed to know about directing a children’s chorus, I learned from Deborah Kerr”

I\_L\_17 “Everything I needed to know about automatic weaponry, I learned from Faye Dunaway”

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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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/124 "2003-08-25T17:21:11Z")

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I\_L\_16 The King and I

I\_L\_17 Bonnie and Clyde

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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, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/125 "2003-08-25T17:22:38Z")

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I\_L\_17 “Everything I needed to know about automatic weaponry, I learned from Faye Dunaway”

Bonnie & Clyde

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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, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/126 "2003-08-25T17:22:43Z")

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Z\_28 Marathon Man!

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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/127 "2003-08-25T17:24:08Z")

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HF\_11: Dancer in the Dark  
Z\_28: Marathon Man? (haven’t seen it, but heard the stories)

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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, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/128 "2003-08-25T17:24:20Z")

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Z\_28 is right, Ilsa

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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, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/129 "2003-08-25T17:24:30Z")

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Not the King and I, but within two years of it.

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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, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/130 "2003-08-25T17:29:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by gonzoron \*  
> \*\*HF\_11: Dancer in the Dark  
> Z\_28: Marathon Man? (haven’t seen it, but heard the stories) \*\*

Right you are, on Z\_28, and welcome to the game, **gonzoron**. You must see Marathon Man if you like your dentist. It will make you quit liking dentists.

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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, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/131 "2003-08-25T17:37:23Z")

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I\_L\_18 “Everything I needed to know not to do in a horror movie, I learned from Johnny Depp”

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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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/132 "2003-08-25T17:41:13Z")

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I\_L\_16 An Affair To Remember (Volume I – repeated often and poorly)

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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, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/133 "2003-08-25T17:42:25Z")

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I\_L\_18 Ed Wood

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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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/134 "2003-08-25T17:43:56Z")

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I\_L\_18 = A Nightmare on Elm Street

**lost4life** is right on Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.  
**gonzoroon** got Dancer in the Dark.  
Sorry **Zeldar** , Ned Kelly is not correct for HF\_9.

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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, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/135 "2003-08-25T17:48:28Z")

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HF\_9 Freejack?

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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, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/136 "2003-08-25T17:49:38Z")

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**Z\_32 "Everything I needed to know about flying a crop duster, I learned from Walter Matthau."**

**Zeldar** , “Charley Varrick” is one of my favorite films of all time. Great pick. I was actually trying to come up with a clue for it.

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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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/137 "2003-08-25T17:51:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Labdad \*  
> \*\ ***Z\_32 "Everything I needed to know about flying a crop duster, I learned from Walter Matthau."**
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> **Zeldar** , “Charley Varrick” is one of my favorite films of all time. Great pick. I was actually trying to come up with a clue for it. \*\*

Great! I love it, too, along with Hopscotch and The Laughing Policeman. Our only copy of Varrick was taped off the air and whatever channel “Edited For Content” too many of the good scenes. I may try to get the DVD someday.

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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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/138 "2003-08-25T17:52:31Z")

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Nightmare on Elm Street and Affair to Remember are correct.

I\_L\_19 “Everything I needed to know about housekeeping, I learned from Emily Watson”

I\_L\_20 “Everything I needed to know about housekeeping, I learned from Judith Anderson”

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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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/139 "2003-08-25T17:54:07Z")

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I\_L\_19 Gosford Park

I\_L\_20 Rebecca

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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, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iii/197493/140 "2003-08-25T17:58:27Z")

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Nightmare on Elm Street and Affair to Remember are correct.

I\_L\_19 “Everything I needed to know about housekeeping, I learned from Emily Watson”

I\_L\_20 “Everything I needed to know about housekeeping, I learned from Judith Anderson”

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