# "Who am I" in the movies
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 5, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541 "2014-02-05T01:47:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/41 "2014-02-07T16:08:44Z")
Superman: The Movie (the first Christopher Reeves) He builds the fortress of solitude and then the giant floating head of Marlon Brando appears and talks and then says, do you have any questions.
Who am I?
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/42 "2014-02-07T18:02:40Z")
> [@ftg](#):
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> I think movies like _From Dusk Till Dawn_ and _Angel Heart_ are excluded by the OP’s conditions.
You definitely couldn’t show ALL of _ **Angel Heart** _ or \*\*\*Total Recall \*\*\*or even _ **Blade Runner** _ to kids.
But you could show excerpts dealing with the key issues certainly.
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### Author:  [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/43 "2014-02-07T21:16:52Z")
> [@ftg](#):
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> I think movies like _ **From Dusk Till Dawn** _ and _Angel Heart_ are excluded by the OP’s conditions.
Who am I? I am a man who likes to drink alcohol off the toes of vampire strippers!
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### Author:  [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/44 "2014-02-07T22:00:01Z")
Derek Zoolander to his reflection in a puddle:
Derek: “Who am I?”
Reflection shrugging: “I don’t know.”
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### Author:  [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/45 "2014-02-07T22:06:01Z")
Not sure if it’s what you’re looking for, as there’s really no epiphany or monlogue scene, but the entire movie [Regarding Henry](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102768/combined) is an exploration of Henry figuring out who he is.
Harrison Ford stars as a douchebag attorney who is shot in the head and suffers amnesia (amongst obvious physical ailments) as a result. His recovery includes learning what a jerk he’d been and resolving not to be that person any more. There’s a conversation between Henry and his physical therapist near the end of the film where they discuss Henry’s choices for who he wants to be.
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### Author:  [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/46 "2014-02-07T22:21:18Z")
In _Juno_, in the scene where Juno tells her parents she’s pregnant, the dad says something like “We didn’t think you were that kind of girl.” She replies, “I don’t know what kind of girl I am.” I thought that was one of the best bits of dialogue in the movie.
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### Author:  [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/47 "2014-02-08T23:18:14Z")
Thanks, everyone, this has been pretty helpful actually. Now to put some clips together and figure out a way to transition from the Muppets to Tropic Thunder. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/48 "2014-02-12T00:03:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> Well, not by that point, no. She did earlier in the series, though.
Conceded. Would require clips from multiple eps, though.
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### Author:  [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-in-the-movies/680541/49 "2014-02-12T03:14:52Z")
It’s not a movie, but there’s the awesome Act I finale of the Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles:
[I Am What I Am.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lupNzpcpDRk)
Context: Albin’s lover, Georges, has just told him that he’ll have to make himself scarce when the conservative parents of Georges’ son’s fiancée visit. (This after Albin has more or less been the son’s “mother” all his life–Georges’ only indiscretion during his long relationship with Albin was with a woman who had no interest in raising a child.) Albin says that he understands, but when he goes out onstage for his drag show number he breaks down onstage. When the other performers have cleared off, Albin sings this and it’s AWESOME. At the end, when Georges has come out to see what’s going on, Albin hurls his wig in Georges’ face and storms off. Curtain for Act I.
(This is George Hearn, the original Albin, singing it for a concert. I’m sorry I couldn’t find an upload of the original cast album.)
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