# Test Your Movie Knowledge!: Part VII **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661 "2003-09-15T01:23:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [September 19, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/141 "2003-09-19T18:10:31Z")
I\_L\_24 “Everything I needed to know about Emmanuelle Beart, I learned from Jon Voight” I\_L\_25 “Everything I needed to know about cheap johns, I learned from Jodie Foster” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/142 "2003-09-19T19:06:56Z")
I\_L\_25 “Everything I needed to know about cheap johns, I learned from Jodie Foster” _Taxi Driver_? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/143 "2003-09-19T19:12:09Z")
Tea Elle, Reilly for Magnolia then. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/144 "2003-09-20T00:16:08Z")
I\_L\_26 “Everything I needed to know about Asia Carrera, I learned from Julianne Moore” Taxi Driver is correct. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/145 "2003-09-20T01:54:08Z")
I\_L\_24: Mission Impossible (Voight/Beart) lissener, you’re still wrong. Sorry. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/146 "2003-09-20T14:34:08Z")
I\_L\_27 “Everything I needed to know about good ol’ southern hospitality, I learned from Judith Anderson” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/147 "2003-09-20T15:20:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > \*\*I\_L\_27 “Everything I needed to know about good ol’ southern hospitality, I learned from Judith Anderson” \*\* I’m tempted to say “Rebecca,” since Manderly was in Cornwall (I think), about as far south as you can be in England. But I’ll go with “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” with Dame Judith as Big Momma. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/148 "2003-09-20T15:57:12Z")
One of those is correct.😃 ---
**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:** [September 20, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/149 "2003-09-20T18:40:28Z")
I\_L\_28 “Everything I needed to know about Abe Lincoln, I learned from Olivia DeHavilland” ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/150 "2003-09-20T23:26:07Z")
I can’t believe no one got (unless I missed it) sub-2 Biloxi Blues (chris walken/pushups) FG-1 Everything I needed to know about cherry pits, I learned from Veronica Cartwright. FG-2 Everything I needed to know about xenomorphs, I learned from Bill Paxton. FG-3 Everything I needed to know about stairs I learned from Sergei Eisenstein. FG-4 Everything I needed to remember about Sammy Jankis I learned from Guy Pearce. FG-5 Everything I needed to know about asthma I learned from Sean Astin. (I’ve got four years of film school just sitting in my brain… so I’ll stop at five). ---
**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:** [September 21, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/151 "2003-09-21T01:43:06Z")
FG-2 Everything I needed to know about xenomorphs, I learned from Bill Paxton. ID4 FG-4 Everything I needed to remember about Sammy Jankis I learned from Guy Pearce. Memento ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/152 "2003-09-21T02:02:46Z")
FG-5 Everything I needed to know about asthma I learned from Sean Astin. The Goonies B-6 [I’m guessing on the number here] Everything I needed to know about how to scare away angry guard dogs I learned from Helen Hunt. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/153 "2003-09-21T04:52:02Z")
B-6 Pay it Forward? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/154 "2003-09-21T14:23:06Z")
FG-1 Everything I needed to know about cherry pits, I learned from Veronica Cartwright. _The Witches of Eastwick_ FG-3 Everything I needed to know about stairs I learned from Sergei Eisenstein. _The Battleship Potemkin_ ---
**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:** [September 21, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/155 "2003-09-21T15:33:11Z")
I\_L\_30 “Everything I needed to know about the son of God, I learned from John Turturro.” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/156 "2003-09-22T10:39:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > \*\*I\_L\_30 “Everything I needed to know about the son of God, I learned from John Turturro.” \*\* The Big Lebowski? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/157 "2003-09-22T13:50:34Z")
Ding\* Ding\*. I\_L\_31 “Everything I needed to know boomerangs, I learned from Peter O’Toole” ---
**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:** [September 22, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/158 "2003-09-22T17:39:20Z")
I\_L\_32 “Everything I needed to know about ash piles, I learned from William Powell” ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/159 "2003-09-22T20:17:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > \*\*B-6 Pay it Forward? \*\* Nope, the movie I’m thinking of is much older than Pay It Forward. Hint: Think big hair and bad clothes. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661/160 "2003-09-22T20:50:18Z")
FG-1, 3, 4, and 5. Right. Ilsa\_Lund: Bill Paxton was not in ID4. Bill Pullman was. Try again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-vii/201661.md?page=9)