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So last night I saw the trailer for the WWE Films, Halle Berry movie "The Call" about a 991 operator trying to rescue a little girl who's on the line. My question is, wasn't there a film like that a few years ago, where a person had to stay on the phone with someone who was kidnapped? I can swear I remember that plot.
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Cellular? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337921/
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Jun 27, 2013 22:44
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Yes! Thank you. No wondered I was confused. I was getting my bald action heroes confused. I was thinking Bruce Willis, and it was Jason Statham. I also thought it starred some blonde woman, but I wasn't thinking of Kim Basinger.
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Jun 27, 2013 23:39
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Phanatic posted:All I remember about this film is that there were a bunch of different criminals all trying to pull off a robbery in the same high-rise building. It was like some sort of competitive event, the crook who actually got the MacGuffin would be selected for something and there's much killing each other off. It wasn't a comedy. Could also be a mis-remembering of Lucky Number Slevin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425210/)
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Jun 29, 2013 19:30
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I think I saw this in the early to mid 90s. It was one of those crazy women movies from that era. There's a scene were these people are having a bake sale, and some people buy these cookies. But the crazy lady in the movie put glass in the cookies, and I remember specifically one girl biting into them and blood pouring out of her mouth. I'm sure a few others got cut up, too. The bake sale was either being held by a rival company to the one the crazy woman worked at, or by her own company and she was trying to screw over some people that worked there because of sexual rebuff or some stuff like that. I think the crazy woman was a secretary for an important person in the company.
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Jul 1, 2013 09:44
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Detective Thompson posted:I think I saw this in the early to mid 90s. It was one of those crazy women movies from that era. There's a scene were these people are having a bake sale, and some people buy these cookies. But the crazy lady in the movie put glass in the cookies, and I remember specifically one girl biting into them and blood pouring out of her mouth. I'm sure a few others got cut up, too. The bake sale was either being held by a rival company to the one the crazy woman worked at, or by her own company and she was trying to screw over some people that worked there because of sexual rebuff or some stuff like that. I think the crazy woman was a secretary for an important person in the company. The Temp.
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Jul 1, 2013 13:23
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There's a movie that I can only really remember one scene of. A family is out in a field, I can't remember what they are doing, but they have a baby. The baby is wandering around and wanders into the road where he gets hit by an 18 wheeler I think it is? And you see his white shoe rolling down the street and I think I remember seeing a guy scream NOOOOOOOOO! when it happens. Sorry if this is vague or sounds stupid, but this has been bugging me for a bit.
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Jul 1, 2013 13:37
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Cole posted:There's a movie that I can only really remember one scene of. Pet Sematary
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Jul 1, 2013 13:45
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Opopanax posted:Pet Sematary Exactly right. Thanks a lot.
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Jul 1, 2013 13:50
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Thanks!
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Jul 2, 2013 01:15
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Okay, now here is something I vaguely remember. Possibly quite old (I think over 10-15 years ago, maybe even 20 or 30 years) and I seem to vaguely recall it being on TV. The only things I recall is that the main character (I don't remember if male or female) goes off on an adventure to search for someone, and meets up with other characters and so on. At the end, when they are ready to give up, they realize that the doofus they've been travelling with all this time is the idiot they've been looking for, either by recognizing an identifying characteristic (birthmark or scar or something), or recognizing a trinket they are carrying, or by some mannerism or phrase (most likely one). I also seem to remember several false candidates, acting as red herrings. I cannot remember any other details, but I do know that: -It's not one of the Anastasia movies, but it does have the similar trope of a certain clue that confirms the identity of a missing person. -It's not some Japanese Anime/manga from 2000 onwards. -It may or may not be animation, but if it is it's probably Western animation, though I'm not ruling out some sort of really old Japanese anime. -It may or may not be a television series. I cannot recall whether it was in a fantasy setting, or in a modern setting or what. I realize there is little to go on; I wish I could remember more details. Believe me, I would search if I had more details. The only thing that really stands out is the plot twist. Thank you for your time. I'm eager to hear any suggestions.
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Jul 4, 2013 15:37
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Given how much ground that could cover, I think checking out (ugh) TV Tropes may be your best bet: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BirthmarkOfDestiny http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay
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Jul 4, 2013 19:16
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Party Boat posted:Given how much ground that could cover, I think checking out (ugh) TV Tropes may be your best bet: Hey thanks, I thought of using TV Tropes, but I wish they labelled their tropes more intuitively. But yeah, no result. A thing to keep in mind is that it's the main plot of the story and as such resolved at the end, rather than a one-off gag or plot device.
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Jul 4, 2013 19:53
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Possibly somewhere in here then? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItWasWithYouAllAlong
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Jul 4, 2013 20:26
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Hmmm, that one looked more promising, although nothing stands out to me. I'm beginning to think that maybe my "movie" memory is nothing but a figment of my own imagination composed of various impressions from multiple stories and media. Perhaps I'm the one who'll have to write and produce this. Also, TV Tropes is a deadly timewaster.
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Jul 4, 2013 21:13
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PumpkinBat posted:At the end, when they are ready to give up, they realize that the doofus they've been travelling with all this time is the idiot they've been looking for, either by recognizing an identifying characteristic (birthmark or scar or something), or recognizing a trinket they are carrying, or by some mannerism or phrase (most likely one). Reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jewel_of_the_Nile
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Jul 5, 2013 01:04
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I was gonna say that too but the fact that they thought it was a tv show or possibly animated threw me off.
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Jul 5, 2013 01:07
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syscall girl posted:I was gonna say that too but the fact that they thought it was a tv show or possibly animated threw me off. Yea, in this thread (and the identify songs thread) some people have been really off (memories are strange) so I usually throw out anything that pops into my head.
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Jul 5, 2013 01:16
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Hmmm, definitely not this. But thanks for helping. The thing I have in mind has the protagonist look for someone they have a personal connection with. If it helps, what made think about this is when I read a story about a highschool girl looking for a boy that saved her when she was little. After a long story, she realizes it's the loud idiot that she was initially at odds with (but later befriended). What gives him away is when he uses a phrase she recognizes as the same phrase the little boy used when he saved her (the reason why he doesn't recognize her nor remember the incident is because he has amnesia). After I read it, I thought, "Hah, what a cliche, I've seen this plot twist before, and done much better". But try as I might, I could not remember where I first saw it. And no, it's not an episode of Case Closed/Detective Conan either (it was a similar idea about a person saving another as a kid).
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Jul 5, 2013 02:50
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This is probably a real long shot but do you just have a really confused memory of this Twilight Zone episode
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Jul 5, 2013 05:45
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Nope, missed by a mile, but nice try  . Like I said, the protagonist has some personal connection to the person they're looking for.I really should get around to watching the Twilight Zone someday.
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Jul 5, 2013 08:56
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PumpkinBat posted:Nope, missed by a mile, but nice try ...could it be The Princess Bride!
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Jul 5, 2013 09:20
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Chewy Bitems posted:...could it be The Princess Bride! I was wondering when you would show up. And you saved me the trouble of quoting your post.No, it isn't.
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Jul 5, 2013 11:10
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PumpkinBat posted:I was wondering when you would show up. One that popped into my head was one of the Diskworld books, maybe 'Guards! Guards!' (I've not read any of those books in over a decade so probably another one) where it similarly turns out that one of the characters is the rightful heir to the throne(I think) due to one of his companions noticing a birthmark(I think shaped like a carrot or something) but then, the lost heir thing is another, though very similar, common plot twist itself.
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Jul 5, 2013 14:05
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A movie about an all-girls school in a remote location. They all go on a trip to this big rock and one of them disappears. The rest of the story is them trying to find the girl. It's heavily implied that there is some paranormal explanation and I don't think it ends up being explained. I saw it a couple years ago on Starz or something. Seems like it was made in the early 90s? It took place in the past, like the 1800s. I want to say the title was something like "the incident at..." or similar.
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Jul 7, 2013 17:26
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wa27 posted:A movie about an all-girls school in a remote location. They all go on a trip to this big rock and one of them disappears. The rest of the story is them trying to find the girl. It's heavily implied that there is some paranormal explanation and I don't think it ends up being explained. Picnic at Hanging Rock?
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Jul 7, 2013 17:35
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therattle posted:Picnic at Hanging Rock? Yep, that's it. Thanks!
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Jul 7, 2013 17:40
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Not a specific movie, but can anyone name movies where a criminal gets caught by the cops and then hired to do a job for them?
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Jul 10, 2013 06:25
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Steve Yun posted:Not a specific movie, but can anyone name movies where a criminal gets caught by the cops and then hired to do a job for them? Payback (sorta) Snitch (sorta) White Lightning
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Jul 10, 2013 06:31
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Mainly I'm trying to complete the "Fast and Furious ___ is ______ with cars" matrix, and the only one that nobody figured out was 2.
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Jul 10, 2013 07:24
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So I have been watching Threads thanks to the thread on unnerving wiki's, and it made me think. A few years ago I remember watching a movie on Netflix that was from the 70s/80s...and it was told in first person from the point of view of a nuclear warhead that got lost in shipping. I watched it while playing StarCraft, so my memory is hazy, but I think it was kind of tongue-in-cheek about what could happen if someone got ahold of a warhead that we didn't know about. I thought it was directed by Richard Linklater, but I'm not turning up anything. I think the bomb had a name that it gave itself based on the printing on it's casing, like MARY or something similar. I've checked my Netflix instant queue (because I'm terrible and never clean it out) and am not finding it. I tried looking at this list, but no luck.
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Jul 10, 2013 08:23
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Doctor_Acula posted:So I have been watching Threads thanks to the thread on unnerving wiki's, and it made me think. Sum of All Fears?
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Jul 10, 2013 14:10
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Steve Yun posted:Mainly I'm trying to complete the "Fast and Furious ___ is ______ with cars" matrix, and the only one that nobody figured out was 2. Fast and Furious 2 is The Fast and the Furious with more cars.
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Jul 10, 2013 14:17
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This is an old movie (1930s or 40s maybe?), I can't remember whether it's black and white or not. It's an implied off-screen death scene, the man is old and the whole thing's very peaceful. There's a looong still shot of a bedroom door while a slow version of the Merry Widow Waltz plays.
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Jul 10, 2013 16:00
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Kleptocracy posted:This is an old movie (1930s or 40s maybe?), I can't remember whether it's black and white or not. Wild guess: Shadow of a Doubt? Only connection being that it uses the Merry Widow waltz extensively.
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Jul 10, 2013 17:11
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Jedit posted:Fast and Furious 2 is The Fast and the Furious with more cars. For a moment there, it did turn into Smokey and the Bandit 2 (trucks vs cops)
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Jul 10, 2013 18:33
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Tardigrade posted:Wild guess: Shadow of a Doubt? Only connection being that it uses the Merry Widow waltz extensively. Nah, definitely not. I remember the part about the old man dying because I was bawling my eyes out at that point 
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Jul 10, 2013 19:50
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Kleptocracy posted:Nah, definitely not. I remember the part about the old man dying because I was bawling my eyes out at that point Heaven Can Wait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iS_t1iSUbw&t=190s
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Jul 10, 2013 21:47
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Steve Yun posted:Not a specific movie, but can anyone name movies where a criminal gets caught by the cops and then hired to do a job for them? La Femme Nikita (and the remake, Point of No Return)
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Jul 10, 2013 22:16
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Steve Yun posted:Not a specific movie, but can anyone name movies where a criminal gets caught by the cops and then hired to do a job for them? Sort of along these lines could be The Dirty Dozen. 48 Hours is a pretty good example. You could also use The Rock potentially. XXX is an actual good example of this plot. Maybe Escape From New York and it's sequel.
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