LonesomePolecat Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I know there are movies with jockeys weighing in such as SEABISCUIT and I think A DAY AT THE RACES, so to represent them all I submit this Norman Rockwell painting: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 How about ANCHORS AWEIGH...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Weighty titles: REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS (1995) ANCHORS AWEIGH THE FAT MAN (1951) Weighty characters & plot points: THE CRUCIBLE -- Giles Corey saying "More Weight!" "The Fat Man" -- Sidney Greenstreet as Gutman in MALTESE FALCON "Stupid Fat Hobbit!" -- Sean Astin as Sam in LORD OF THE RINGS: COLUMBO -- "Lovely But Lethal" -- Vera Miles runs a fat farm on the side MASH -- "The MASH Olympics" -- Hawkeye & B.J. help a soldier lose weight to stay in the army while Klinger tries to gain weight to get kicked out of the army THE SANTA CLAUSE -- Tim Allen suddenly gains a lot of weight as part of his Santa transformation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Just now, TopBilled said: two thousand three hundred twenty-ninth category 80s horror FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)SWAMP THING (1982)A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) Wow you just beat me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 26 minutes ago, LonesomePolecat said: Wow you just beat me! I deleted my earlier post, because I wanted to add another weighing title. I will repost today's category below... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 two thousand three hundred twenty-ninth category 80s horror FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)SWAMP THING (1982)A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemaman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 The Shining 1980 An American Werewolf in London 1981 Cat People 1982 Cujo 1983 Christine 1983 Firestarter 1984 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Bricks Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Swamp Thing (1982) C.H.U.D. (1984) Maniac Cop (1988) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Ghost Story Prom Night Chopping Mall 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 POLTERGEIST (1982) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 two thousand three hundred thirtieth category Hazardous conditions SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (1948) deals with sub-zero temperatures. THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953) involves the hauling of nitroglycerin. SILKWOOD (1983) -- the hazards of nuclear waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemaman Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 The Andromeda Strain 1971 a group of scientist are working to fight an deadly microscopic organism and they are wearing spacesuits to protect themselves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemaman Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Hellfighters 1968 special firemen that fight oil well rig fires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA — extreme heat NANOOK OF THE NORTH — extreme cold K19 THE WIDOWMAKER — nuclear meltdown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I think any realistic movie about space travel counts, but certainly something like MAROONED or APOLLO 13 where they are in trouble in space 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemaman Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Blood and Sand 1941 being an matador and fighting the bull. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 two thousand three hundred thirty-first category Architects THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING (1955) — Ray Milland SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993) — Tom Hanks THE LAKE HOUSE (2006) — Keanu Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemaman Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 The Fountainhead 1949 The Towering Inferno 1974 Interiors 1978 Housesitter 1992 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Bricks Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 The Black Cat (1934) Boris Karloff plays an architect who built his house on the site of a WWI massacre http://pre-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlackCat193425.png Twelve Angry Men (1957) Henry Fonda's character is an architect Death Wish (1973) Charles Bronson's character is an architect Breathless (1983) Valerie Kaprisky is an architecture student Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Tom Hanks plays an architect (probably in other movies too) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948) — Reginald Denny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGGerald Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Indecent Proposal (1993) Jungle Fever (1991) Towering Inferno (1974) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 THE COCOANUTS — Out hero, Bob Adams, is a young architect who wants to buy a lot to build a house (yes, the movie has a plot!!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausterlitz Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Kirk Douglas in Strangers When We Meet (1960) Albert Finney in Two for the Road (1967) John Cassavetes in Tempest (1982) Brian Dennehy in The Belly of an Architect (1987) Richard Gere in Intersection (1994) Gary Cole in The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) Michelle Pfeiffer in One Fine Day (1996) Matthew Broderick in The Cable Guy (1996) Liam Neeson in Love Actually (2003) Steve Martin in It's Complicated (2009) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE — George Bailey dreams of being a big time architect but instead builds houses for the Bailey Building and Loan CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT — Barbara Stanwyck almost marries a boring architect who gets a home building gig with her magazine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 two thousand three hundred thirty-second category Extended family WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO AUNT ALICE? (1969)UNCLE BUCK (1989)MY COUSIN VINNY (1992) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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