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The idea in this thread is simply to post an image from a movie or TV show and see who can guess the title correctly.
First image:

Ocelot II
(129,944 posts)Sanity Claws
(22,384 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)Well done.
MuseRider
(35,173 posts)Love it, loved the way they did it and particularly love Tom Hulce!
2naSalit
(101,444 posts)Didn't even take two seconds.
ProfessorGAC
(76,307 posts)That's one if my favorite scenes in the movie.
Buckeye_Democrat
(15,516 posts)One of the funnier scenes:
True Dough
(26,209 posts)
yorkster
(3,746 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)A classic!
Ocelot II
(129,944 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)yorkster
(3,746 posts)Ocelot II
(129,944 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(31,864 posts)MuseRider
(35,173 posts)of Broadway work. Producing etc. I have not seen anything about him lately just a few things not long after Spring Awakening. He did a show based on the music of Green Day called American Idiot. Producer I believe. I cannot remember much else at this point in time though, I am certain there must have been more.
Boomerproud
(9,238 posts)nt
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Bon appetit, Jose!
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)I've always been a big fan of Paul Bartel
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Valley of the Dolls.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)True Dough
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JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)Ellen Burstyn was just amazing in that film! She got a Best Actress Oscar nomination for that role, and should have won.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)You're Burstyn with knowledge!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)Two comic book heroes in wheelchairs debuted during the JFK administration preceding Police Commissioner Ironside on TV by five or six years:
From Marvel Comics:


From DC Comics:
Professor Niles Caulder (AKA the "Chief"

True Dough
(26,209 posts)Thanks for the additional info.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)I know the TV series, but I am not aware of a movie... was it made for TV?
True Dough
(26,209 posts)features movies and TV shows. Multi-media some call it.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)I thought it was just movies for some reason.
WestMichRad
(3,110 posts)Thats actually Angela Lansbury before getting her makeup done!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)A classic!
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)Gonna have to turn up the difficulty level a degree or two!
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)The Yakuza
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)True Dough
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C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)That one was not easy!
Skittles
(170,489 posts)some of his stuff.......
legallyblondeNYC
(153 posts)in a Carol Burnett show sketch.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)I am not familiar with that one.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)Response to True Dough (Original post)
Brother Buzz This message was self-deleted by its author.
Brother Buzz
(39,776 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Anyone else?
Brother Buzz
(39,776 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)But it is Bagdad Cafe!
You know your choice of images/film was tougher than a one-armed pushup when C0RI0LANUS didn't guess it right away! Nice one!
LoisB
(12,667 posts)skypilot
(9,116 posts)*
Brother Buzz
(39,776 posts)Curiously, Bagdad is a genuine Route 66 ghost town in the Mojave desert and the original Bagdad Cafe blew away with the rest of Bagdad; I believe a single palm tree planted next to the razed train station is all that remains.
The film was shot at what was then the Sidewinder Cafe in Newberry Springs, California, 50 miles west of the original site of Bagdad on old U.S. 66. They changes the name of the Sidewinder Cafe to Bagdad Cafe to capitalize on the notoriety and propagate a lot of quirkiness.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,017 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)with the aid of the Jack Palance reveal. I think you likely would have pieced it together as well.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)which has aged like a fine wine:

Niagara
(11,640 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)We have a winner!
You know, Niagara, if Steinbeck had taken any longer to write that book, it would have been The Raisins of Wrath.
Niagara
(11,640 posts)I've watched that movie twice in my life.
Or The Wine of Wrath.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)And there will be a bottle of fine Chardonnay in the mail as your prize!
Niagara
(11,640 posts)I don't drink alcohol.
Can I get a bottle of whole coffee beans in the mail instead?
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Koffee Kult's Thunder Bolt. It's a French roast coffee that some say has a robust body and a slightly sweet aftertaste that's similar to wine.
Niagara
(11,640 posts)Thank you, True!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)
Sanity Claws
(22,384 posts)I actually didnt know the show but I recognized Eve Arden. Looked her up.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)because you are correct!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)
Memento. I saw that one.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)You are right on the money.
Harker
(17,629 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)won't get you arrested in a public place, like a movie theater. Just don't pull a Peewee Herman.
Harker
(17,629 posts)True Dough
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Harker
(17,629 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)you spin me right round!

Harker
(17,629 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)A broken one!

True Dough
(26,209 posts)
Pluvious
(5,336 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)Aw shucks, it wasn't really that big of a deal.
But do you have a link to the documentary? I'd like to watch it!
dgauss
(1,502 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)dgauss-umentary!
dgauss
(1,502 posts)elleng
(141,926 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,373 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)you gotta beat the man!

Response to True Dough (Original post)
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True Dough
(26,209 posts)
VGNonly
(8,447 posts)Billy Wilder could be the best director ever.
Niagara
(11,640 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)the original Gone in 60 Seconds, wasn't it, Niagara?
Niagara
(11,640 posts)One of my favorite movies!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)you could beat that car in a drag race?
Niagara
(11,640 posts)with an Olds Hurst 442!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)a hearse after you leave 'em in the dust!
Niagara
(11,640 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)I loved watching reruns of this show when I was a kid:


Mad_Dem_X
(10,168 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)you are!
Niagara
(11,640 posts)
rogerballard
(4,017 posts)Jack Webb / Harry Morgan
Niagara
(11,640 posts)It's a supernatural horror movie.
Harker
(17,629 posts)I saw it when it first appeared on TV, and while I don't recall this particular scene, it looks like an automotive garage - and this guy has the look and vibe of the era.
And I remember it's a favorite of yours.
Niagara
(11,640 posts)The actor playing "Buddy Repperton" is William Ostrander. He ran for the Democratic Party for an election to the California State Assembly in 2018 but lost the race.
Yes, you are correct. "Christine" is in my Halloween rotation!
Harker
(17,629 posts)Hey, that's "Cougar" from "Top Gun" getting his testes twisted.
Niagara
(11,640 posts)Yes, that's John Stockwell.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)in Back to School
rogerballard
(4,017 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Lost Highway, by the late David Lynch (RIP).
rogerballard
(4,017 posts)I was really surprised to see Hope Lange in Blue Velvet
LSparkle
(12,156 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,776 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Great cameo in Back to the Future.
Brother Buzz
(39,776 posts)Huey Lewis mostly grew up in Mill Valley, but attended an East Coast prep school. However, he took one summer course at Tamalpais High School (machine shop) and was entered onto the Tam alumni reunion list. When his class reunion came up the committee sent out a Have you seen? list. One of the missing persons was Hugh Anthony Cregg.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)You should email them and assure them that Hugh is "Workin for a Livin'."
True Dough
(26,209 posts)
boonecreek
(1,462 posts)Both Bea Benedaret and Smiley Burnett passed on during production.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Too bad about Benedaret and Burnett.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
rogerballard
(4,017 posts)L O V E this movie, poor Red Dick lol
"Let me take you south of my border, just north of my garter, Where everything's on order, for you, Where it's sweet like a potion, Feel the heat, Feel the motion"..
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)Another timeless classic from Paul Bartel!
"I'm Richard Barker. Most folks around here call me Red Dick... On account o' my hair."
rogerballard
(4,017 posts)

True Dough
(26,209 posts)
It's too bad there were just a couple of seasons!
rogerballard
(4,017 posts)I think it came on Channel 9 Ontario and we got it in Michigan.
rogerballard
(4,017 posts)

JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
skypilot
(9,116 posts)*
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)Good job!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)
Harker
(17,629 posts)From the novel by James Clavell.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Harker
(17,629 posts)It was all the rage.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)The Thorn Birds?
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)Which movie was this?

Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)You know, I've never seen the full film. I have caught it on TV in progress several times and seen portions of it (a lot of them overlapping) but just haven't made the time to watch it all. It runs nearly 3 hours.
Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)Definitely recommend you take the time to sit and watch it from one end to the other. I've seen it multiple times.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Al, Peggy, Kelly and Bud Bundy.
Married... with Children.
Thanks, Jose!
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,168 posts)JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)sakabatou
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JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Jose, did you see the post a little ways up from Sakabatou with the blue marble? I'm stumped by that one. Any idea?
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)My guess would be Howl's Moving Castle, or maybe Akira? I dunno, I don't recognize the quote either, and anime is not my forte.
And yes, Blue Velvet... Mommy loves you!
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)It's Jerry Seinfeld's apartment, Newman!
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)for correct!
johnp3907
(4,267 posts)JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)The Jeffersons?
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)That's it
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Harry Bentley and Tom Willis were visiting and I asked them to confirm.

Skittles
(170,489 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)can't be THAT old, but I don't recognize it.
Response to True Dough (Reply #163)
Skittles This message was self-deleted by its author.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)That was a little before my time. But I did watch The Newhart Show when they were innkeepers in Vermont with frequent visits from Larry and his brother Darrell and his other brother Darrell.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)I must be a geezer
True Dough
(26,209 posts)is try to wear it well!
Skittles
(170,489 posts)or.....maybe not so funny
Alpeduez21
(2,032 posts)JoseBalow
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True Dough
(26,209 posts)loving the smell of napalm in Vietnam?
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)or Wagner in this film.
Figarosmom
(10,958 posts)JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)This movie is older
Figarosmom
(10,958 posts)That's got to be it since you said it's older. I know I've seen that scene before.
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)Figarosmom
(10,958 posts)But I was so sure I saw it when I was in the kitchen getting a snack to watch the movie and I thought it was Tequila Sunrise.
Then I figured it had to be while watching old movies and Peter OToole popped onto my head.
johnp3907
(4,267 posts)
Figarosmom
(10,958 posts)Wake ...something I think. Just can't pull it out of my head, a brick wall
johnp3907
(4,267 posts)Figarosmom
(10,958 posts)Hate those kind of movies. Psychos don't need any more ideas or normalization
johnp3907
(4,267 posts)Tikki
(15,082 posts)A favorite:

Tikki
Doc_Technical
(3,748 posts)Niagara
(11,640 posts)
LuckyCharms
(22,297 posts)Niagara
(11,640 posts)JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)Niagara
(11,640 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)It's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood!
Niagara
(11,640 posts)I really had to dig for this thread.
I've been trying to come up with vintage movie/television scenes!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)He isn't Tom Cruise! And I don't know the movie either. Maybe I was the wrong person to start this thread!
Niagara
(11,640 posts)Someone on DU knows the movie!
I moved the thread back up to the top in The Lounge so people will look at it.
If you ask it, they will answer it!
Niagara
(11,640 posts)But this actor who plays this character in this movie has a extremely brief scene. I had to use what I could find.

LuckyCharms
(22,297 posts)Niagara
(11,640 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)is more like it!
Niagara
(11,640 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)kinda reminds me of a mix between Jaws from the James Bond movies and Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men.


JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)Richard Kiel
True Dough
(26,209 posts)I'm not crazy! I'M NOT CRAZY!!!
I'm going to show this to my wife. She'll never believe it!
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
dai13sy
(570 posts)JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)
True Dough
(26,209 posts)And this was a pretty good song from the soundtrack:
JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)A great and underrated film from 1983
True Dough
(26,209 posts)Part of a bigger cast, of course:

Harker
(17,629 posts)Lee Majors and Richard Long.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)We have a winner!
True Dough
(26,209 posts)
Harker
(17,629 posts)True Dough
(26,209 posts)Harker
(17,629 posts)If one factored in all the at bats where I stand there gaping, I'd be deep on a minor league team's bench.
True Dough
(26,209 posts)are caught looking sometimes!
Harker
(17,629 posts)I'm going to try posting a few curves and sliders one day.
True Dough
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JoseBalow
(9,392 posts)Before Bill Bixby was The Magician.
I always loved Mrs. Livingston
True Dough
(26,209 posts)And I'm sure Mrs. Livingston loved you back!