Movie Identification (Post here if you're looking for the name of a movie)

MapForJ · 11-09-2011 11:13pm

barneysplash wrote: »

Here's one:

It is an American film.

Probably from 1970s - 1980s.

It is about a revolt in a prison. The prisoners take over part
of the prison, later the uprising is crushed by the authorities.
Many prisoners are shot without justification.

The little bit I remember is that there are a couple of prisoners
hiding in a store room kind of place. One of the prisoners is
a kind of nerd and is wearing glasses. When the guards come
to check the room, they shoot all the guys, and the guy with
the glasses is shot through the glasses in his eye.

Any ideas?

Brubaker?

Worztron · 12-09-2011 12:28pm

This was a foreign movie (possibly Spanish). I remember a scene where 2 people were playing a Fifa game on a console in an apartment. Anyone know the title?

barneysplash · 12-09-2011 3:13pm

MapForJ wrote: »

Brubaker?

It's not Brubaker, only watched that recently. An excellent film as well.

I think the one I am after is slightly older.

Here is another one I'm after:

It's from the 80s-90s.

Jurgen Prochnow is in it.

He is a criminal-type guy.

He is interrogating some other man.

He has small vials of insulin, I think that the other man needs.

When the other guy has told him everything, Jurgen
gives him one of the vials. The other guys injects
the contens of the vial into his arm.

Jurgen then drinks one of the vials of liquid. I think this means
that the one he gave the other guy was poison.

The scene then dramatically cuts to a jumbo jet taking off very noisily.

Any ideas?

saintsaltynuts · 12-09-2011 3:20pm

What was that film years ago about this old geezer going around a big pointy castle with bloody big fangs for teeth biting young ones necks off?I cant think of the name first off its really drivin' me batty.

One_More_Mile · 12-09-2011 3:27pm

Here one for ye- A horror movie that was on RTE years ago -early to mid 80s, these people on a yaught rescue a guy in a life raft who claims all the other people on his boat got sick & died. Very creepy - think the guy they rescued turned out to be the devil- scared the life outta me as a child

grohlisagod · 12-09-2011 3:30pm

barneysplash wrote: »

It's not Brubaker, only watched that recently. An excellent film as well.

I think the one I am after is slightly older.

Here is another one I'm after:

It's from the 80s-90s.

Jurgen Prochnow is in it.

He is a criminal-type guy.

He is interrogating some other man.

He has small vials of insulin, I think that the other man needs.

When the other guy has told him everything, Jurgen
gives him one of the vials. The other guys injects
the contens of the vial into his arm.

Jurgen then drinks one of the vials of liquid. I think this means
that the one he gave the other guy was poison.

The scene then dramatically cuts to a jumbo jet taking off very noisily.

Any ideas?

Could it be Dune? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28film%29

I haven't seen the film just thought it sounded vaguely similar.

MapForJ · 12-09-2011 4:25pm

barneysplash wrote: »

It's not Brubaker, only watched that recently. An excellent film as well.

I think the one I am after is slightly older.

Here is another one I'm after:

It's from the 80s-90s.

Jurgen Prochnow is in it.

He is a criminal-type guy.

He is interrogating some other man.

He has small vials of insulin, I think that the other man needs.

When the other guy has told him everything, Jurgen
gives him one of the vials. The other guys injects
the contens of the vial into his arm.

Jurgen then drinks one of the vials of liquid. I think this means
that the one he gave the other guy was poison.

The scene then dramatically cuts to a jumbo jet taking off very noisily.

Any ideas?

anything here

barneysplash · 12-09-2011 4:45pm

grohlisagod wrote: »

Could it be Dune? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28film%29

I haven't seen the film just thought it sounded vaguely similar.

No it's definitely not the misunderstood classic sci-fi flop, Dune.

Jurgen is in that film, but he plays a good guy.

You could be thinking about the famous bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5whVyDoLLc

The one I'm after is a modern day crime-thriller type.

Thanks for trying though!

Note to Map for J: Thanks for that list, will pick through it and post
if I get any hits!

Feu · 12-09-2011 6:07pm

One_More_Mile wrote: »

Here one for ye- A horror movie that was on RTE years ago -early to mid 80s, these people on a yaught rescue a guy in a life raft who claims all the other people on his boat got sick & died. Very creepy - think the guy they rescued turned out to be the devil- scared the life outta me as a child

Dead Calm - Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and Billy Zane?

One_More_Mile · 12-09-2011 6:14pm

Feu wrote: »

One_More_Mile wrote: »

Here one for ye- A horror movie that was on RTE years ago -early to mid 80s, these people on a yaught rescue a guy in a life raft who claims all the other people on his boat got sick & died. Very creepy - think the guy they rescued turned out to be the devil- scared the life outta me as a child

Dead Calm - Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and Billy Zane?

No much more obscure than that.more supernatural.

patch · 12-09-2011 6:25pm

I think its the Devils Triangle with Doug McClure.
Scared my young mind many years ago on RTE.
The flapping swordfish on the wall in particular....

bhk123 · 12-09-2011 6:44pm

I need help identifying this movie i partly remember

its a sci fi movie, i think a tv movie, i think the hero has a passmaker that he needs to recharge (not sure about that) he has a computer he speaks to (female voice), and there is a terrorist i think that kidnaps a girl that knows about some new element or somthing ..... not sure.... but! i am sure about the ending in wich the hero beats the villain in a virtual reality in a game that looks like half life( a fist person shooter) using the rocket luancher i think. tnx in advance

One_More_Mile · 12-09-2011 8:13pm

patch wrote: »

I think its the Devils Triangle with Doug McClure.
Scared my young mind many years ago on RTE.
The flapping swordfish on the wall in particular....

Well done- thats the one. Didnt sleep for a week after it. Must track it down & see how badly it aged

clever_name · 13-09-2011 3:49am

bhk123 wrote: »

I need help identifying this movie i partly remember

its a sci fi movie, i think a tv movie, i think the hero has a passmaker that he needs to recharge (not sure about that) he has a computer he speaks to (female voice), and there is a terrorist i think that kidnaps a girl that knows about some new element or somthing ..... not sure.... but! i am sure about the ending in wich the hero beats the villain in a virtual reality in a game that looks like half life( a fist person shooter) using the rocket luancher i think. tnx in advance

sounds something like virtuosity

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114857/

bhk123 · 13-09-2011 4:13am

i dont think the hero was black....

Worztron · 13-09-2011 8:12am

Worztron wrote: »

This was a foreign movie (possibly Spanish). I remember a scene where 2 people were playing a Fifa game on a console in an apartment. Anyone know the title?

Does anyone know this one?

SnakePlissken · 13-09-2011 9:22pm

barneysplash wrote: »

Here is another one I'm after:

It's from the 80s-90s.

Jurgen Prochnow is in it.

He is a criminal-type guy.

He is interrogating some other man.

He has small vials of insulin, I think that the other man needs.

When the other guy has told him everything, Jurgen
gives him one of the vials. The other guys injects
the contens of the vial into his arm.

Jurgen then drinks one of the vials of liquid. I think this means
that the one he gave the other guy was poison.

The scene then dramatically cuts to a jumbo jet taking off very noisily.

Any ideas?

Not Interceptor perchance?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104516/

barneysplash · 13-09-2011 10:17pm

SnakePlissken wrote: »

Not Interceptor perchance?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104516/

Possibly, I will have to hunt down a copy of that one.

Thanks for the input!

Worztron · 14-09-2011 8:12am

2 boys are in a hospital. It may have been a Spanish movie. Does anyone know the title? It was made in either the 1990s or 2000s.

Riskymove · 14-09-2011 8:29am

barneysplash wrote: »

It's not Brubaker, only watched that recently. An excellent film as well.

I think the one I am after is slightly older.

sounds like its about the Attica Prison revolt

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080392/

Riskymove · 14-09-2011 8:34am

bhk123 wrote: »

I need help identifying this movie i partly remember

there is a terrorist i think that kidnaps a girl that knows about some new element or somthing .....

The Fifth Element?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/

bhk123 · 14-09-2011 1:33pm

no its not the fifth element ,mm.... it might be from 1990 -2000 and it might be some sort of a sci fi mini series .... agian i am only sure about the female voice computer and about the virtual reality aspect and the ending other than that....

barneysplash · 14-09-2011 1:35pm

Riskymove wrote: »

sounds like its about the Attica Prison revolt

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080392/

The timeline sounds about right. Will track down a copy and confirm.

Thanks for the input!

Could be this one either:

Against the wall

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109053/

Will have to watch out for a bookish-sort of inmate in any trailers that
are online.

The hunt continues!!!

jwilldub · 14-09-2011 4:36pm

Worztron wrote: »

Does anyone know this one?

That might be Duck Season (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407246/)

clever_name · 14-09-2011 6:49pm

Worztron wrote: »

2 boys are in a hospital. It may have been a Spanish movie. Does anyone know the title? It was made in either the 1990s or 2000s.

There are a few scenes of a hospital type dormitory in The Orphanage.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/

deman · 14-09-2011 9:00pm

Years ago when I was a kid (late 70s/early 80s), I watched a post-apocalyptic film and I remember the main group was attacked by a bunch of giant scorpions on a desert road. That's when my dad decided the film was too scary for me to watch.

Never know the name of it or saw it again.

Any ideas?