Name that movie....(possible 56K warning)

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Sat May 28, 2016 7:42 am

Max Peck wrote:I am ashamed that I not only have never heard of the movie, but I don't recognize one single name on that poster. A youth filled with Famous Monsters and Fangoria, wasted.

Depends on when you grew up. In the early 60's when I was 12-13, I discovered the joys of staying up late Saturday nights to watch Chiller Theater (first called Shock Theater) hosted by the great John Zacherley. (Zacherley or "Zacherle" as he was known at time is still alive an kicking at 97. I'd love to see Gilbert Gottfried get him for the podcast). Most of the movies were Plan 9 quality or worse, and they had a very small library from which to draw, so they would show the same 20 or 30 movies over and over. Some of the movies I pretty much have memorized are:

Plan 9
The Brain From Planet Arous
Frankenstein's Daughter
Not Of This Earth
Robot Monster
It! The Terror From Beyond Space

And so forth. HSD, despite being a Poverty Row production (the makeup looks like a Halloween mask) was written and directed by star Clarke, and had some surprisingly good suspenseful moments. It was an interesting 180 degree take on the werewolf story.

Zacherle aka "The Cool Ghoul" in his lair.

Also at the same time, independent television stations were a new thing and had a tough time coming up with programming since a)original programs are expensive to produce and b)syndication was still a pretty new idea. One of them in New York had a show called Million Dollar Movie, which showed the same film Mon-Fri at 7PM and 2 or 3 times in a row on Sat and Sun. When it was a genre film my friends and I had no problem watching the damn thing 11 times in a week.

I think I can still recite the opening lines from Rodan.

JetFred · Post by **JetFred** » Sat May 28, 2016 7:53 am

You, sir, are an old nerd.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Sat May 28, 2016 10:05 am

And damn proud of it.

JetFred · Post by **JetFred** » Sat May 28, 2016 2:53 pm

Rightfully so. I'd take it if I had time, but I'm off to exercise my redneck roots at the local speedway. I'll be back later and probably go 3/4 movie nerd then. Never go full movie nerd.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sat May 28, 2016 3:46 pm

JetFred wrote: I'll be back later and probably go 3/4 movie nerd then. Never go full movie nerd.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Mon May 30, 2016 9:17 pm

Time to get back on track. Because I was trying to recall the name of this movie yesterday and did some googling...

I'm going to start off with the main character. Though I don't know if that will actually be helpful to anyone.

JetFred · Post by **JetFred** » Mon May 30, 2016 9:22 pm

Totally wild guess because I haven't seen it...The Magic Christian?

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Mon May 30, 2016 9:53 pm

Incorrect. (And I've never even heard of that one.)

nasai · Post by **nasai** » Mon May 30, 2016 10:21 pm

I knew I hadn't seen it, so I googled it. Sure enough... I never did catch that. Guess this is my ticket.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Mon May 30, 2016 11:05 pm

nasai wrote:I knew I hadn't seen it, so I googled it. Sure enough... I never did catch that. Guess this is my ticket.

It's an acquired taste. Definitely an odd movie. But one that I used to really like (I haven't seen it in ages, so I don't know if it still holds up).

"Odd socks. Sometimes I go to the laundromat with pairs and come home with odd socks. And sometimes I go with odd socks and come home with pairs." (One of my favorite quotes from the movie.)

A couple more images. I'm running out quickly, though, so I'll probably just have to give it up and let someone else try.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Tue May 31, 2016 7:02 pm

1985's

Someone go.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:19 pm

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Tue Jun 14, 2016 11:05 pm

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:34 am

Seems like it should be an easy guess... if you've seen the movie. I'm 99.99% sure that I have not. Though I appreciate that someone else is posting a new movie.

I'm a bit worried though. What happens if there are three "stumps" in a row? Will the thread implode?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:28 am

We switch to Monty Python films.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:03 am

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:41 am

famous actors yet I have no idea what the movie could be

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:54 am

It does seem to be pretty obscure, given that the wikipedia article for the star doesn't even mention it. From what I gather, you'd have had a much better chance of catching it in the theatres if you were in the UK rather than the USA.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:10 am

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:18 am

It appears that I am incapable of assimilating the concept that a man named "Eric Lomax" is not, in fact, a Bond villain.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:21 am

I thought he was the protagonist in the Travelling Salesman problem.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 5:12 pm

Shinjin · Post by **Shinjin** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 1:35 am

Looks like Bill Murray, so I don't think it's Shakes the Clown

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:52 am

Shinjin wrote:Looks like Bill Murray, so I don't think it's Shakes the Clown

It is Bill Murray. It is not Shakes the Clown.

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 11:00 am

and that looks like bruce willis.

what's with those obscure movie with well known stars?

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 12:46 pm

Most likely independent movies with a limited release. Then they're not seen again until they appear on VOD. Sort of like the one I had posted earlier with Tatiana Maslany and Richard Dreyfuss.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 1:01 pm

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 12:17 am

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:40 am

Oh... is that the new one? Where he goes to the middle east to find a ... singer?

IMDB says Rock the Kasbah.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:55 am

TheMix wrote:Oh... is that the new one? Where he goes to the middle east to find a ... singer?

IMDB says Rock the Kasbah.

Yes

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:09 pm

BTW, was it worth watching? I like Bill, but he can be hit or miss lately.

Here's one that may be easy. It's a bit older.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:57 pm

TheMix wrote:BTW, was it worth watching? I like Bill, but he can be hit or miss lately.

Not really. I found it interesting only because it's based loosely on Setara Hussainzada.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:59 pm

Noted. Thanks. I won't go out of my way then.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 12:37 am

TheMix wrote:Noted. Thanks. I won't go out of my way then.

I watched it because it was available on Netflix and they make it easy to skip past the boring parts.

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:46 am

I'm probably way wrong but Kill bill?

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:55 am

Looks like Cobra.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 1:31 pm

McNutt wrote:Looks like Cobra.

You would be correct. My "give it away" shot was going to be of the knife.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 1:50 pm

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 1:57 pm

On Golden Pond ?

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 2:03 pm