# What movie is this scene from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-scene-from/783637 "2017-04-03T03:41:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-scene-from/783637/1 "2017-04-03T03:41:32Z")
When I was a kid my parents were really laissez faire about my TV viewing with the exception of nudity and sex, go figure. Stephen King Is ok, but boobs and butts are not.:rolleyes: This occurred in the late 90s when I was between 7-9 years old. I have no idea what the plot or even genre it was. This is all I remember: \*A woman, possibly African American, is walking down a staircase like she’s making a grand entrance. \*She is wearing a long flowing gown, sort of like a wedding dress. \*The building is on fire, with fabric (curtains? drapes?) going up in flames around her. \*She has lost an arm or hand and all you see is a bloody stump.:eek: She is sort of in a trance/stupor and doesn’t appear to notice the missing limb. I don’t remember if this was part of a dream or what. But it gave me nightmares for days. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-scene-from/783637/2 "2017-04-03T14:21:26Z")
Could it have been a comedy? Carol Burnett, perhaps (though I’m not recalling any particular scene, but I can imagine her doing another GWtW parody featuring “while Atlanta burns”). ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-scene-from/783637/3 "2017-04-03T14:54:06Z")
Could it be the Bruce Willis movie “The Siege”? That film has a scene where a Broadway theatre has been bombed and a well-dressed woman descends a staircase looking dazed, she turns around and her arm is missing. ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-scene-from/783637/4 "2017-04-03T18:49:55Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Could it be the Bruce Willis movie “The Siege”? That film has a scene where a Broadway theatre has been bombed and a well-dressed woman descends a staircase looking dazed, she turns around and her arm is missing. That is it! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-scene-from/783637/5 "2017-04-03T20:36:48Z")
I just recently re watched that movie. It holds up and became more relevant post 9/11 and even more so now. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-scene-from/783637/6 "2017-04-04T03:57:17Z")
It was the first movie I watched after 9/11, I’m weird that way.