Quiz: Taglines (finished!)
Submitted by 1922 on Thu, 02/10/2005 - 09:20
Tags:
- You are cordially invited to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (by cramoukji)
- You are cordially invited to dinner... and a murder! Murder by Death (by dgeiser13)
- Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire. Schindler's List (by cramoukji)
- Who says Vampires are no laughing matter? The Fearless Vampire Killers (by cramoukji)
- When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms. Hotel Rwanda (by AAA)
- What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound? Airplane! (by Rushmore)
- We bury our sins, we wash them clean. Mystic River (by directorspen)
- This is Maggie the Cat... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (by cramoukji)
- This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future. The Graduate (by Rushmore)
- Think of the perfect crime... then go one step further. Sleuth (by Cosgrove)
- They've taken his wife. Now he's taking action. Frantic (by cramoukji)
- They're already here. War of the Worlds (by cramoukji)
- There's nothing like a good robbery... to bring a family together. Family Business (by cramoukji)
- There were three men in her life. One to take her... one to love her... and one to kill her. Once Upon a Time in the West (by grandpa_chum)
- The searing classic of paradise lost. East of Eden (by cramoukji)
- The most magnificent picture ever! Gone with the Wind (by P Pogo)
- The legendary epic that's as big as Texas Giant (by directorspen)
- The greatest adventure of escape ever filmed! Papillon (by cramoukji)
- The dawn of a new art! The Birth of a Nation (by cramoukji)
- Somebody said get a life... so they did. Thelma & Louise (by jpthompson)
- Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie. The War of the Roses (by cramoukji)
- On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody. Taxi Driver (by Rushmore)
- Man Has Made His Match... Now It's His Problem Blade Runner (by Rushmore)
- It's a strange world. Blue Velvet (by P Pogo)
- It was 1973, and the climate was changing. The Ice Storm (by P Pogo)
- In space no one can hear you scream. Alien (by cramoukji)
- In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves. Sideways (by Rushmore)
- His Hangups Are Hilarious Harold and Maude (by Rushmore)
- He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary. Dead Poets Society (by cramoukji)
- Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it! Being There (by cramoukji)
- For Three Men The Civil War Wasn't Hell. It Was Practice! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (by directorspen)
- For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it. Midnight Cowboy (by Rushmore)
- Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. The Shawshank Redemption (by cramoukji)
- EARTH Take a good look. It could be your last. Independence Day (by cramoukji)
- Desperate, he took a female role and became a star. If only he could tell the woman he loves. Tootsie (by cramoukji)
- Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. A Clockwork Orange (by cramoukji)
- Be afraid. Be very afraid. The Fly (by Rushmore)
- Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts? Bowling for Columbine (by cramoukji)
- An Adventure 65 Million Years In The Making Jurassic Park (by directorspen)
- All the power on earth can't change destiny. The Godfather, Part III (by jpthompson)
- Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension! Vertigo (by Rushmore)
- Accountancy, Murder, Amnesia, Torture, Ecstasy, Understanding, Redemption Amateur (by dgeiser13)
- A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination. Dune (by P Pogo)
- A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood. A Fish Called Wanda (by dgesier13)
- A Powerful Story of 9 Strange People! Stagecoach (by Rushmore)
- A new- and altogether different- screen excitement!!! Psycho (by Rushmore)
- A nervous romance. Annie Hall (by AAA)
- A man went looking for America and couldn't find it anywhere! Easy Rider (by Rushmore)
- A Love Story In The City Of Dreams Mulholland Dr. (by cramoukji)
- A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution Doctor Zhivago (by dgeiser13)
Author Comments:
Final Score:
cramoukji: 19.5
Rushmore: 12
dgeiser13: 4
directorspen: 4
P Pogo: 4
AAA: 2
jpthompson: 2
Cosgrove: 1
grandpa_chum: 1
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! EXCELLENT WORK!
1 who's afraid of virginia woolf ?
8 cat on a hot tin roof
26 Alien
is 13 Invasion of the body snatchers?
36 A clockwork orange
is 35 Tootsie ?
These I'm sure of so I'll stick to them
Everything was correct, except #13 (or rather #12).
9. The Graduate (i love that Tagline)
"In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves." = Sideways ?
Be afraid. Be very afraid. = The Fly
Correct.
7) Mystic River
17) Giant
31) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
36) A Clockwork Orange
39) Jurassic Park
Great.
Only #36 was already guessed by cramoukji.
41. Vertigo
48. Easy Rider
Claro.
also
6.Airplane!
41.Vertigo
I think number three is that recent movie with Haley Joel Osment, Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt I don't remember what it was called
Number four is Mel Brooks' Dracula starring Leslie Nielsen, isn't it ?
11 could be Payback with Mel Gibson
I think I know number 12...
13 is the movie with Sean Connery and Matthew Broderick about three generations of criminals uniting for one big bank heist I don't know the title either
Is 12 the sci-fi comedy with David Duchovny, Evolution?
#3: No, the tagline is from a well-known film (I think we all know this film).
#4: Hmmm, could have been Brooks' version, but it isn't.
#11: No, that's not Payback.
Hint: #4 + #11: same director!!!
#12: So do I. :) It's not Evolution.
#13: Family Business? That's it!
It's Polanski's Bal des Vampires, I don't know the english/american title
and so 11 would be Frantic
That's right. (English title: The Fearless Vampire Killers)
I think 42 is Amateur.
Yes, that's it.
2. Murder by Death
38. Bowling for Columbine
44. A Fish Called Wanda
50. Doctor Zhivago
SORRY, but I had overseen your post till P Pogo made me aware of it.
P.S.: cramoukji beat you for Bowling for Columbine (yes, yes... 4 minutes).
Wow, I can't believe Murder by Death was right. That was a complete guess.
Oh, really? Then you guessed very well. :)
38 Bowling for Columbine ?
15 The Blue Lagoon ?
"Ha made their lives extraordinary" Mr Holland's Opus ?
The more I think about number twelve the more I get frustrated... isn't it a stupid Macaulay Culkin movie ?
"Hope can set you free" Shawshank redemption ?
#38, #33 and #18 (below) are correct.
#29 is another film, much more famous (the same for #15).
#12: No, fortunately (!) it is not a movie with Macaulay Culkin.
Thanks for your interest!
18 could be Papillon
Final batch for today... I hope memory serves me
3 could be Schindler's List
number 12 I finally got cos I knew it had to deal with Aliens
and "He made their lives extraordinary" is Dead Poets Society
12 is war of the Worlds
now I got me a headache thank you for the brain-busting fun
Fantastic! Finally you got #12!
Thanks once more for your contribution. Sorry for the headache. :)
Isn't #10 "Sleuth"?
Indeed.
22. Taxi Driver
44.A Fish Called Wanda
45. StageCoach
All right.
A Fish Called Wanda goes to dgeiser!
5. Schindler's List
47. Annie Hall
I'm going on guesses here.
I see that #3 is Schindler's List...so I'll say Hotel Rwanda.
Surely that's correct. Oh, I'm not calling you Shirley... :-)
32. Midnight Cowboy
Yup.
40. The Chronicles of Riddick
Very interesting..."All the power in the universe can't change destiny". Actually that's the tagline of The Chronicles of Riddick.
The solution is probably less obvious. :)
15 is East of Eden
Love story in the city of dreams is Mulholland Drive and I'd like to point out that it's a lousy tagline for such a wicked movie
Yes, I also think that the weak/banal tagline doesn't fit very well together with this unforgettable movie.
I think that this strong/brilliant tagline does fit perfectly together with this forgettable movie:
The skill of gymnastics, the kill of karate Gymkata
Yakmalla, y'all!
0dysseus
True, true...
As dgeiser said,
2 is Murder by Death
Also,
16 Gone with the Wind
24 Blue Velvet
25 The Ice Storm
43 Dune
Thanks so much for making me aware of dgeiser's post. I had really overseen it.
Your solutions are right!
23. Blade Runner
Sure.
I know 14... i just can't think of it.
I am ABSOLUTELY sure you know it.
well... that put me over the top, i can't believe i didn't see it... Once Upon A Time In The West... now i feel silly.
Na...better late than never. :)
Is 34 Armageddon or Deep Impact or still another movie ? I'd say Armageddon
Isn't 19 an old movie considered by many as an important turning point in the history of early american cinema but is really much more a sickeningly racist silent movie about the Civil War ? Namely, DW Griffith's Birth of a nation ? If it is, I refuse to be awarded this point as I won't accept being linked to such a disgusting piece of white suprematist propaganda shame shame
#34 is definetly one of those recent disaster films, but it is not Armageddon nor Deep Impact.
#19: Yup, that is The Birth of a Nation. So, you don't want a point for that?
Your view about this film is definetly correct, but was this racist message really Griffith's intention? I can hardly imagine that. However the film is surely one of the most important ones in film history...
Is 34 The Day After ?
No.
46.Psycho
Yes.
Independence day, by any chance ?
That's it.
numbers 20 and 21 look sad not having been answered... I know 20 but it's a "chick flick" so I won't answer LOL but seriously, 21 sounds familiar... it's got to be a movie about not being in love... or the dangers of love... or lust... but at the same time it looks like a comedy tagline hhmmmm... am I on the right track of thought ?
#20: This depends always on how you'd define "chick flick". Honestly I liked the film...
#21: It IS about the dangers of love and yes, the film is a comedy (with a lot of black humour)!
a chick flick would be a movie primarily targeted at the female audience... when used by me it is NOT a judgement on the quality of the movie... I love lots of chick flicks like Animal Husbandry (Someone Like You) for example... hmmm, 21 could be The War of the Roses then... but well, I didn't really enjoy number 20 though Susie is once again at the top of her game (did I mention I was a Rocky Horror addict ?)
Hey, have you voted in my shallow poll about lovely tv actresses ?
Hmmm... I see. Well, I guess #20 is then quite probably such a film.
#21 is in fact The War of the Roses.
Poll: Now I have. :)
#20 is Thelma And Louise
#40 is The Godfather part III
it was a bit easier to find T&L with all the clues I gave, wasn't it ?
I'll give 0.5 points for that, OK?
Woo-hoo, and two other of world's mysteries have been resolved. Excellent.
Could Number 31 simply be "Being There" ?
...and the title is even mentioned in the tagline...
finally, someone has found
Great guess, cramoukji!
His Hangups Are Hilarious = Harold And Maude
Brilliant!!! Now we have got them all! Last point for you, Rushmore.
it's funny because for ages i thought the answer was "the Big Lebowski" but i looked and saw it wasn't then i was lost..untill it hit me. :-0