Movie Quiz 50

[caffeinated]

Another Friday rolls around and we come to movie quiz number 50, (53, if you count the few bonus quizzes I've posted along the way). Not that there's anything special or momentous about this one; I just noticed the "50" when typing out the thread title. It's really just another movie quiz that I hope you all enjoy.

There are eight screenshots below. Most of them should be fairly recognizable if you've seen the films. So, which of these movies can you identify?

Please answer with movie numbers only, not titles..

Good luck!

As usual, I'll post the answers Sunday morning-ish.

 

[Loveridden]

I know #1, and just recently watched #5

 

[evilfrog]

I think I know all of these! Haven't seen 2 in about 25 years!
Nice mix of movies. I was just thinking that quiz 50 means you've been doing these for about a year. Time flies...

 

[bobsyeruncle]

Got 'em. Thanks, caff.

 

[caffeinated]

I'm gonna stick with the two-word clue thing, mostly because it's easy and I'm lazy.

1. pedophile comeuppance
2. reform school
3. fourth Ryan
4. salesman stereotype
5. dystopian gun-fu
6. paraplegic infiltrator
7. bullying stepfather
8. ♫ Workin' at... ♫

Perhaps not the best set of clues ever, but hopefully they're at least a little bit helpful.

 

[technovapir]

Well, I only know 2,4,6 & 8 this week. I haven't seen 8 in so many years, but it all came back when I saw that pic!!

 

[bobsyeruncle]

More hints if you need 'em:

1. The idea for the movie came from a news story on 20/20 producer David W. Higgins saw about young Japanese girls who would lure older businessmen to a location with the promise of meaningful conversation and would assault and mug the men with a gang of other girls once the men arrived. This led him to wonder, "What if the person you expect to be the predator is not who you expect it to be? What if it’s the other person?"
2. Sean Penn is a teen delinquent who gets sent up to a Juvenile Correctional Facility. It's not a place where troubled kids are reformed, but rather a place where they grow tougher, angrier, and more prepared for a life of adult crime. Most of the wardens and counselors seem to have lowered themselves to the role of zookeepers.
3. A mother is about to learn three of her sons have died in quick succession fighting in WWII in Normandy. A general orders her last remaining son, missing in action, be found and returned home immediately. Tom Hanks is the company commander tasked with doing so.
4. Kurt Russell is a used-car salesman with aspirations of running for senate. The owner agrees to help him as long as Kurt helps keep the business going, but he dies in an accident staged by his younger brother who stands to inherit the business and the life insurance money. That pits Kurt against the younger brother and the future of the dealership.
5. Christian Bale is a warrior-priest and enforcement officer in a future dystopia where both feelings and artistic expression are outlawed and citizens take daily injections of drugs to suppress their emotions.
6. Disney's Pocohontas with a humongous budget in space.
7. The film, based on the memoirs of its author as a youth, is named after an actual magazine published by the Boy Scouts of America.
8. A comedy originally conceived as a disco musical. Richard Pryor is a hustling, greedy evangelist whose promise of riches fools most. Various 70's-era celebs drop in.

 

[caffeinated]

This week's answers:

1. Hard Candy
2. Bad Boys
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Used Cars
5. Equilibrium
6. Avatar
7. This Boy's Life
8. Car Wash

Thanks for playing!

 

[Loveridden]

I suspected #6 and with your clue I knew that one too. Thanks for another great quiz!!

 

[bobsyeruncle]

Thanks caff.

 

[technovapir]

Thanks Caff! Now, I have a hankering to see Carwash!

 

[caffeinated]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think I saw Car Wash listed among Comcast's free On-Demand movies this month. If I can confirm that tonight, I'll definitely be checking it out.

You know... now that I'm thinking about it, I might actually have it on DVD! Hmm... I need to look into that.

 

[technovapir]

Car Wash was one of several silly movies I remember from "ahem" my youth.... TGIF was another one. Both had theme songs that were played waaaay too much on the radio. Yes, back when we only had a few channels....
I wouldn't mind seeing TGIF again too. Ah, the 70's memories!

 

[vaporgalinfla]

I only knew #8. Love that movie! I've also watched Saving Private Ryan, but didn't recognize the scene. Perhaps now that I'll have a bit more time for the next few weeks, I can take time to figure out your movie quizzes! Thanks for doing this each week.

 

[bobsyeruncle]

Well, I knew the Saving Private Ryan scene was the landing at the beaches at Normandy. The date showing helped. But, it did take me a little while to pin the war movie down.

 

[evilfrog]

The washed-out colors are the giveaway. Most older war movies that I've seen used either black and white or full color. That scene in The Big Red One, for example, was bright and sunny with almost garish colors... as you would expect from Sam Fuller.