# Test Your Movie Knowledge!: Part IIII **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605 "2003-08-25T21:53:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/41 "2003-08-26T04:06:39Z")
HF\_11: Planes trains and automobiles. M\_B 1 : Everything I needed to know about Wyoming, I learned from John Cazale. M\_B\_2 : Everything I needed to know about libraries, I learned from Sean Connery. M\_B\_3 : Everything I needed to know about Hamlet, I learned from Danny DeVito. ---
**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 26, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/42 "2003-08-26T04:35:12Z")
**Mr. Babbington** got HF\_11 correct. M\_B\_1 = Dog Day Afternoon M\_B\_2 = Indian Jones & the Last Crusade? The League of Extrodinary Gentlemen? M\_B\_2 = Renaissance Man ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/43 "2003-08-26T06:23:00Z")
HF\_5: “Everything I learned about knife-fighting, I learned from Sting.” _Dune_ HF\_10: “Everything I needed to know about Crom, I learned from Arnold Schwarznegger.” _Late Night with Conan the Barbarian_ And… MM\_1: “Everything I needed to know about police work, I learned from Kenneth Mars.” ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/44 "2003-08-26T07:41:52Z")
M\_B\_2 = The Name of the Rose. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/45 "2003-08-26T09:31:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*I suck at naming any movie before 1977 Star Wars, so I resorted to Google on some of these: > > Z\_7 = Ghost in the Noonday Sun > > Z\_11 = Lawrence of Arabia > > Z\_12 = The Eiger Sanction > > Z\_13 = Uh, a Death Wish movie? > > Z\_14 = Harry in Your Pocket \*\* I do know the feeling about trying to guess movies that you’ve never seen. You did right well, however. I have not seen your answer for Z\_7, so I can’t say it’s wrong, but it’s not the one I’m after. Z\_11 & 12 are CORRECT Z\_13 is “on the right track” in roughly the right time frame. Additional clue = Jan Michael Vincent. Z\_14 is right. Fun movie if you get a chance to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/46 "2003-08-26T09:40:41Z")
\*\*\*\*\* REPOST OF HANGERS \*\*\*\*\* Z\_2 “Everything I needed to know about unlawful carrying of firearms, I learned from Gene Hackman.” Z\_7 “Everything I needed to know about digging for buried treasure in the yard, I learned from Anthony Franciosa.” Z\_8 “Everything I needed to know about hiding in the shadows and mumbling secrets, I learned from Hal Holbrook.” Z\_9 “Everything I needed to know about no-necked monsters, I learned from Elizabeth Taylor.” Z\_13 “Everything I needed to know about causing a fire in an apartment across the street by shooting a book, I learned from Charles Bronson.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/47 "2003-08-26T11:21:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMensch \* > \*\* > And… > > MM\_1: “Everything I needed to know about police work, I learned from Kenneth Mars.” \*\* Might this be Young Frankenstein? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/48 "2003-08-26T11:32:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*HF\_2: “Everything I needed to know about William Shatner I learned from Jamie Lee Curtis.” \<—Tricky! > > \*\* Is this relying on the fact that Shatner played “Hooker” and Jamie Lee was a hooker in “Trading Places”? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/49 "2003-08-26T11:43:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zeldar \* > \*\*LD\_1 sounds like the arrangement Stewart had in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” serving slop and teaching school and buddying up with Vera Miles and such. \*\* Very good, **Zeldar**! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/50 "2003-08-26T11:45:26Z")
**Z\_8 "Everything I needed to know about hiding in the shadows and mumbling secrets, I learned from Hal Holbrook."** Hmmm - “All the President’s Men”? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/51 "2003-08-26T11:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Labdad \* > \*\ ***Z\_8 "Everything I needed to know about hiding in the shadows and mumbling secrets, I learned from Hal Holbrook."** > > Hmmm - “All the President’s Men”? \*\* Bingo, Daddy-o! ---
**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 26, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/52 "2003-08-26T12:29:27Z")
My thread shall not presih from this earth, but shall have EVERLASTING LIFE! All of mine were guessed, Wag the Dog, Death to Smoochy, Good Morning, Vietnam and a Fish called Wanda. Still need to get Mel Gibson and Hostage situations. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/53 "2003-08-26T12:32:43Z")
From the III thread: HB\_1 Everything I needed to know about roller skates, I learned from Lucille Ball. HB\_2 Everything I needed to know about playing softball, I learned from Dean Cain. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/54 "2003-08-26T12:42:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*From the III thread: > > HB\_1 Everything I needed to know about roller skates, I learned from Lucille Ball. > HB\_2 Everything I needed to know about playing softball, I learned from Dean Cain. \*\* I can’t even guess on these. I saw one Lucille Ball movie: The Long Long Trailer. I don’t remember skates in it. If I’ve seen Dean Cain at all, I don’t know of it. I’d guess from IMDB lists, but that’s all they’d be: guesses, without any basis. Post some more clues, please. Perhaps I can do better than blind guessing. Somebody else will surely get these two for you. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/55 "2003-08-26T13:44:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zeldar \* > \*\*\*\*\*\*\* REPOST OF HANGERS \*\*\*\*\* > > Z\_2 “Everything I needed to know about unlawful carrying of firearms, I learned from Gene Hackman.” > > Z\_9 “Everything I needed to know about no-necked monsters, I learned from Elizabeth Taylor.” > > Z\_13 “Everything I needed to know about causing a fire in an apartment across the street by shooting a book, I learned from Charles Bronson.” \*\* I’m going to guess at some of your hangers: Z\_2 could be “Unforgiven” (no firearms allowed in Hackman’s town) or “French Connection” (Popeye Doyle’s ankle holster) Z\_9 “The Flintstones”?? John Goodman’s a no-necked monster (yeah, I know - it’s grabbing at straws). Z\_13 “Telefon”? If you posted a clue for “Charley Varrick,” you’ve got to be a sucker for Don Siegel films. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/56 "2003-08-26T14:02:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Labdad \* > \*\*I’m going to guess at some of your hangers: > > Z\_2 could be “Unforgiven” (no firearms allowed in Hackman’s town) or “French Connection” (Popeye Doyle’s ankle holster) > > Z\_9 “The Flintstones”?? John Goodman’s a no-necked monster (yeah, I know - it’s grabbing at straws). > > Z\_13 “Telefon”? If you posted a clue for “Charley Varrick,” you’ve got to be a sucker for Don Siegel films. \*\* Z\_2 is Unforgiven (although I was unsure if Hackman had had similar situations in other films) Z\_9 may be a bit obscure. Think Tennessee Williams. (Not The Flintstones,) Z\_13 Not Telefon. I had to check Siegel’s IMDB page to be sure that I have seen (and enjoyed) many of his things. I know he and Eastwood had a great collaboration over the years and that Unforgiven is even dedicated to Don and Sergio to acknowledge Eastwood’s debt to Siegel. For a little more help on this film, think Jan Michael Vincent. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/57 "2003-08-26T14:07:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zeldar \* > \*\*Z\_9 may be a bit obscure. Think Tennessee Williams. (Not The Flintstones) \*\* Got it! “No necked monsters” are children, right? So the film is “Suddenly Last Summer” ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/58 "2003-08-26T14:09:36Z")
HB\_1 Lucille Ball is not the actress usually associated with this role. In fact, many people think she was a total miscast in _this_ version of the broadway show turned movie. HB\_2 Dean Cain plays an actor in this ensemble cast movie. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/59 "2003-08-26T14:13:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Labdad \* > \*\*Got it! “No necked monsters” are children, right? So the film is “Suddenly Last Summer” \*\* Getting closer! Liz was in that, and it was Williams. And yes, the no-necks were Sister Woman’s brats. That ought to zoom on in for you. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/60 "2003-08-26T14:14:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*HB\_1 Lucille Ball is not the actress usually associated with this role. In fact, many people think she was a total miscast in _this_ version of the broadway show turned movie. > > HB\_2 Dean Cain plays an actor in this ensemble cast movie. \*\* HB\_1 must be Mame then. HB\_2 still would be a WAG. Sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605.md?page=4)