# \[verb\]ing \[person's name\] movie titles and rock groups **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515 "2004-10-22T00:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/1 "2004-10-22T00:09:25Z")
Have you noticed how many of these there are, particularly from the last 10 years or so? For some inexplicable reason, they bug me. Everytime I look at CDs or DVDs I come across new ones. Add to the list: **Chasing Amy** **Regarding Henry** **Killing Zoe** **Killing Heidi** **Saving Pvt. Ryan** etc… ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/2 "2004-10-22T00:14:39Z")
**Guarding Tess**. That’s another one. ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/3 "2004-10-22T00:15:43Z")
and **Boxing Helena** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/4 "2004-10-22T00:17:07Z")
Being John Malkovich ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/5 "2004-10-22T00:22:32Z")
Educating Rita Drowning Mona Driving Miss Daisy Eating Raoul ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/6 "2004-10-22T01:26:02Z")
Raising Arizona ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/7 "2004-10-22T01:31:00Z")
Finding Forrester Capturing the Friedmans Raising Helen Deconstructing Harry Raising Victor Vargas Owning Mahowny Watching Ellie Saving Grace Kissing Jessica Stein Losing Isaiah Saving Silverman Teaching Mrs. Tingle Inventing the Abbotts Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Finding Nemo Raising Cain Playing Mona Lisa [This site](http://www.lanceandeskimo.com/chefelf/mis_movie.shtml) also seems appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/8 "2004-10-22T10:37:36Z")
Smashing Pumpkins “‘Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins’. ‘Homer Simpson, smiling politely.’” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/9 "2004-10-22T10:43:30Z")
Flogging Molly ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/10 "2004-10-22T10:49:29Z")
Looking for Richard ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/11 "2004-10-22T11:28:16Z")
:smack: I can’t believe I forgot: _Waiting for Godot_ I just recently played Vladimir. ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/12 "2004-10-22T12:20:22Z")
Hudsin’ Hawk ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/13 "2004-10-22T12:22:29Z")
> [@JRootabega](#): > > Hudsin’ Hawk 😕 The movie is _Hudson Hawk_. Or did I just get whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/14 "2004-10-22T15:47:37Z")
In the case of rock bands, perhaps the ‘Verb/Name’ formula was adopted because all the cool ‘Adjective/Noun’ names were already taken. The 1st three not mentioned yet that came to mind: Breaking Benjamin Running With Sally Hating Brenda ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/15 "2004-10-22T15:59:03Z")
Educating Rita Bringing up Baby The Killing of Sister George Driving Miss Daisy ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/16 "2004-10-22T16:01:03Z")
Sorry for two dupes there How 'bout Teaching Mrs. Tingle? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/17 "2004-10-22T16:54:58Z")
The Taming of the Shrew? Sorry, the only other ones I yhought of were already named. Can’t think of any bands, but one song that fits the pattern is REM’s “Exhuming McCarthy.” ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/18 "2004-10-22T17:08:37Z")
See [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=83590) for some more. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/19 "2004-10-22T17:27:16Z")
Opening next week is one called “Being Julia”. There was also “Surviving Picasso.” Don’t forget “Cuffing The Carrot.” Seriously, its a convention that should be abandoned. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515/20 "2004-10-22T17:30:04Z")
“Listing Schindler” (these are impossible to NOT come up with dumb jokes for) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verb-ing-persons-name-movie-titles-and-rock-groups/270515.md?page=2)