shutoo Posted April 2 an orchestra precedes the credits in How to Marry a Millionaire Jack Benny plays (3rd) trumpet in the orchestra in The Horn Blows at Midnight 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted April 2 Every movie with Jose Itrubi such as ANCHORS AWEIGH Every movie with Xavier Cugat such as LUXURY LINER Bugs Bunny conducted an orchestra 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted April 2 one thousand six hundred sixty-fifth category Social issues are on trial THE YOUNG SAVAGES (1961) THE BOYS (1962) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1963) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metamorpheus Posted April 2 The Verdict (1982) Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted April 2 Wilde (1997) Inherit the Wind 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paulll Posted April 3 💜💙 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (Not the murder, but the social issue of rape being admitted into testimony and the ethics of lawyers). ❤💙 Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) (Genocide is the big issue, but the social issue is one of racism and bigotry). 💚💛 A Few Good Men (1992) (Again, not the murder. But the social idea of cover ups and honorable morals). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted April 3 Such fantastic examples today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted April 3 ADAM'S RIB -- a sneaky way to talk about gender inequality, and how people let men get away with everything but condemn women immediately. Plus the essential question at the heart of the story-- should the unwritten law apply to women... or apply to nobody? 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted April 3 one thousand six hundred sixty-sixth category Fictional languages A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) Nadsat STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982) Klingon MINIONS (2015) Minionese Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted April 3 Avatar (2009) Na'vi language Nell (1994) she made up her own language Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Parseltongue, Harry can speak to snakes 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted April 3 The Day the Earth Stood Still ("Gort, Klaatu barada nikto") 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Det Jim McLeod Posted April 3 Dustin Hoffman as Mumbles in Dick Tracy (1990) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted April 3 LORD OF THE RINGS -- Tolkien created multiple whole languages STAR WARS -- also, multiple fictional languages 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted April 4 ARRIVAL is all about translating an alien language: Disney's ATLANTIS also has a made-up Atlantian language THE DARK CRYSTAL has some made-up languages in both the movie and the recent series Pretty sure the Swedish Chef is speaking a made-up language: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted April 4 Excellent job yesterday. Thanks for so many good examples. one thousand six hundred sixty-seventh category Based on a Middle Eastern story THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924) SON OF ALI BABA (1952) NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER (1991) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paulll Posted April 4 💙💚 A Thousand and One Nights (1945) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted April 4 The Little Drummer Girl (1984) Kismet (1955) Kismet (1944) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted April 5 one thousand six hundred sixty-eighth category Procedural films THE STREET WITH NO NAME (1948)...police procedural THE DAM BUSTERS (1955)...war procedural GREY GARDENS (1975)...non-fiction procedural Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Det Jim McLeod Posted April 5 The Naked City (1948) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted April 5 Van Heflin finds the Kid Glove Killer using new (for '42) forensic science techniques Rocket science (jet propulsion, gravitational pull) is all explained by Woody Woodpecker in Destination Moon not film, but Columbo is all about the procedure (we already know whodunnit) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
