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

storm2811 · 16-06-2010 1:17am

OutlawPete wrote: »

Sounds like it might be .. Children In The Crossfire (1984)?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087048/

No,that's what people said when I was on about it though.

I'm nearly sure it's the name of the school and I've looked everywhere,nearly sure it was set in that time aswell.

I know it was on rte a few years ago?

Blue850 · 16-06-2010 11:06pm

Holy Cross by the BBC from 2003.

storm2811 · 17-06-2010 12:16am

Blue850 wrote: »

Holy Cross by the BBC from 2003.

Yeah that's it,thanks!

Looks really unknown,have to try and find somewhere to buy/watch it now.

soups05 · 20-06-2010 10:30pm

ok guys, this is a tough one. a mid 80's film,training montage in martial arts. all i really remember is at the end the hero had to run across wet cement to rescue the damsel in distress.

i think the guy training him could run across water.

it been driving me nuts trying to think of the name but i know there are many on this forum with an almost supernatural memory

20-06-2010 10:36pm

soups05 wrote: »

ok guys, this is a tough one. a mid 80's film,training montage in martial arts. all i really remember is at the end the hero had to run across wet cement to rescue the damsel in distress.

i think the guy training him could run across water.

it been driving me nuts trying to think of the name but i know there are many on this forum with an almost supernatural memory

It has to be Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.

Skip to 1:35 in the trailer to see the wet cement running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0GjSNyn6_c

soups05 · 21-06-2010 1:23am

six mins, it took you only six mins. thats is just amazing.

yes that is the film i was thinking of. i can't belive you knew it from the tiny bit of info. its prob not as good as i remember but at least i know what it was now. thank you so much Darko.

:D:D

showmetheway · 21-06-2010 3:49am

I remember years ago watching a movie about a different type of vampire, basically they couldn't be killed the traditional way, stake through the heart etc but what could kill them was a blade or sword that you could see your reflection in, it was about 15 to 20 years ago I saw it, I remember in one scene they caught one of the vampires and were experiementing on ways to kill him, anybody know this movie?

MrStuffins · 21-06-2010 3:53am

showmetheway wrote: »

I remember years ago watching a movie about a different type of vampire, basically they couldn't be killed the traditional way, stake through the heart etc but what could kill them was a blade or sword that you could see your reflection in, it was about 15 to 20 years ago I saw it, I remember in one scene they caught one of the vampires and were experiementing on ways to kill him, anybody know this movie?

Not sure, but have a look through this list of Top 70 Vampire Movies and see if any of them ring a bell

constitutionus · 21-06-2010 5:39pm

ah remo !

god i loved that. pure chesse but great for it.

didnt this have another name this side of the atlantic though? coulda sworn it was called "remo : unarmed and dangerous."

still have to root it out.

C_Dawg · 22-06-2010 6:17pm

Sounds a bit like Blade 2

22-06-2010 9:26pm

showmetheway wrote: »

I remember years ago watching a movie about a different type of vampire, basically they couldn't be killed the traditional way, stake through the heart etc but what could kill them was a blade or sword that you could see your reflection in, it was about 15 to 20 years ago I saw it, I remember in one scene they caught one of the vampires and were experiementing on ways to kill him, anybody know this movie?

Sounds a lot like the classic Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter.

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

Gaunty · 26-06-2010 6:57pm

I've been racking my brain for this one. Its an old film but in colour. I think it was Audrey Hepburn but i may be wrong. There is a scene where the woman is in the doctors office and they break into song, i think she says something like 'Oh doctor i do declare' and goes 'My heart goes boom diddy boom' or something along those lines. Its quite a famous scene but i cant for the life of me find it! Any ideas?

bad2dabone · 26-06-2010 7:04pm

Gaunty wrote: »

I've been racking my brain for this one. Its an old film but in colour. I think it was Audrey Hepburn but i may be wrong. There is a scene where the woman is in the doctors office and they break into song, i think she says something like 'Oh doctor i do declare' and goes 'My heart goes boom diddy boom' or something along those lines. Its quite a famous scene but i cant for the life of me find it! Any ideas?

is this the song ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKMy15O1tCw

the film is the Millionairess from 1960 with peter sellers and sophia loren

Gaunty · 27-06-2010 1:41am

bad2dabone wrote: »

is this the song ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKMy15O1tCw

the film is the Millionairess from 1960 with peter sellers and sophia loren

That's the one! I'd kiss ya if i could!

plissken · 30-06-2010 12:56pm

Please forgive the ambiguity of the following decription, but the scene has been playing repeatidly on my brain for a while now and i'm yet to figure out what it's from.

The film maybe a comedy or a light hearted action film. Throughout, the protaganist(s) is fearful of his/their lives as two hitmen are hot on their heels for a reason I cannot remember. The hitmen have aquired quite a menacing reputation as their known to take polaroid photographs of their victims after their deaths. Midway or near the movies end the protaganists are caught by said hitmen and driven to a vacant lot. Here it is revealed that the hitmen have never actually killed anyone, but instead thier modus operandi is to merely smear tomota ketchup on their victims and then taking a posed photo, thus faking the deaths of their targets to their boss.

It's not a lot to go on I know, but if you know the film I'm sure the above will instantly click, many thanks.

billymitchell · 30-06-2010 4:28pm

Nearly started a new thread for this, completely missed the sticky!!! :rolleyes:

Should be easy enough this one. It is a war movie based in Germany before the collapse of the Berlin wall. Its about a bunch of american soldiers stationed there, basically running amok selling drink, guns, drugs etc. The only other part of the film I can think of is some soldiers get really drunk, drive off in a tank through town, then drive in the petrols pumps at a service station and blow the station and themselves up.
The film is only about a a couple of years old at the most and I think I may have seen it in the IFI.

Basq · 30-06-2010 4:40pm

billymitchell wrote: »

Nearly started a new thread for this, completely missed the sticky!!! :rolleyes:

Should be easy enough this one. It is a war movie based in Germany before the collapse of the Berlin wall. Its about a bunch of american soldiers stationed there, basically running amok selling drink, guns, drugs etc. The only other part of the film I can think of is some soldiers get really drunk, drive off in a tank through town, then drive in the petrols pumps at a service station and blow the station and themselves up.
The film is only about a a couple of years old at the most and I think I may have seen it in the IFI.

Hmm... think that's Buffalo Soldiers billymitchell.

30-06-2010 4:42pm

billymitchell wrote: »

Nearly started a new thread for this, completely missed the sticky!!! :rolleyes:

Should be easy enough this one. It is a war movie based in Germany before the collapse of the Berlin wall. Its about a bunch of american soldiers stationed there, basically running amok selling drink, guns, drugs etc. The only other part of the film I can think of is some soldiers get really drunk, drive off in a tank through town, then drive in the petrols pumps at a service station and blow the station and themselves up.
The film is only about a a couple of years old at the most and I think I may have seen it in the IFI.

It's Buffalo Soldiers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rT7QhC8qVs

marmaduke.. · 01-07-2010 6:07am

hey, this has been playing on me mind for some time now..

Few years ago caught a French film( on TG4 IIRC) about a young police officer from a quiet, rural part of the country who is transfered to a particuarly gritty part of Paris, he has a cool as **** leather jacket

and is killed in the end

.. anyway really enjoyed it and have been trying to find it desperatley but the title escapes me...

many thanks

Otis Driftwood · 01-07-2010 8:29am

plissken wrote: »

Please forgive the ambiguity of the following decription, but the scene has been playing repeatidly on my brain for a while now and i'm yet to figure out what it's from.

The film maybe a comedy or a light hearted action film. Throughout, the protaganist(s) is fearful of his/their lives as two hitmen are hot on their heels for a reason I cannot remember. The hitmen have aquired quite a menacing reputation as their known to take polaroid photographs of their victims after their deaths. Midway or near the movies end the protaganists are caught by said hitmen and driven to a vacant lot. Here it is revealed that the hitmen have never actually killed anyone, but instead thier modus operandi is to merely smear tomota ketchup on their victims and then taking a posed photo, thus faking the deaths of their targets to their boss.

It's not a lot to go on I know, but if you know the film I'm sure the above will instantly click, many thanks.

White Men Cant Jump.

billymitchell · 01-07-2010 4:20pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It's Buffalo Soldiers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rT7QhC8qVs

Thanks Darko and Basquille. I was only thinking this morning, that it may not have been in the IFI recently, might have thrown a few people off!!
Must go "get" that film again, good show

alabandical · 03-07-2010 7:27pm

Well folks. I remember a film scaring the bejaysus out of me as a nipper in the eighties. I think it was about various groups of people stumbling across a house in the middle of nowhere and one by one getting killed by things in the house. Very generic I know, but one scene I do remember is when a teddy bear comes to life, grows to about eight foot, and he starts ripping a man to shreds. Any thoughts?

03-07-2010 7:38pm

alabandical wrote: »

Well folks. I remember a film scaring the bejaysus out of me as a nipper in the eighties. I think it was about various groups of people stumbling across a house in the middle of nowhere and one by one getting killed by things in the house. Very generic I know, but one scene I do remember is when a teddy bear comes to life, grows to about eight foot, and he starts ripping a man to shreds. Any thoughts?

Sounds kinda like The Pit

alabandical · 04-07-2010 11:17am

Deleted User wrote: »

Sounds kinda like The Pit

Thanks for the reply Darko. I don't think it was this one - I seem to remember the teddy bear belonged to a little girl and it it attacked her father.

04-07-2010 2:37pm

alabandical wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Darko. I don't think it was this one - I seem to remember the teddy bear belonged to a little girl and it it attacked her father.

Ah, in that case it's Demonic Toys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6fokAYjMQ

Richard Dower · 04-07-2010 9:36pm

It was a Indie movie, anyone know what it was called?...heard it was a rather good movie

indough · 04-07-2010 9:38pm

the woodsman

artielange · 04-07-2010 9:38pm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361127/

The Woodsman

Melion · 04-07-2010 9:39pm

Was watchable, nothing spectacular

Mr. Presentable · 04-07-2010 9:40pm

The Woodsman

He's a paedophile in it

red_ice · 04-07-2010 9:40pm

isn't he a method actor?

SB-08 · 04-07-2010 9:43pm

Havent seen it, will pick it up if I see it going cheap on DVD. Bacon is easily one of the most underated actors ever - the fact he has never even been nominated for an Oscar is beyond ridiculous. An excellent actor who seems to only get supporting roles these days.:mad:

astrofool · 04-07-2010 9:45pm

Sleepers? Was a pretty big movie at the time, with a lot of star names.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117665/

nm, answered by others, wonder was he typecast after this

theteal · 04-07-2010 9:47pm

red_ice wrote: »

isn't he a method actor?

:D

wasn't he doing bold stuff in Sleepers also? Durty fecker!

Ghost Train · 04-07-2010 9:51pm

good tense movie, nothing too shocking but very good performance from Kevin Bacon

Richard Dower · 04-07-2010 10:11pm

SB-08 wrote: »

Havent seen it, will pick it up if I see it going cheap on DVD. Bacon is easily one of the most underated actors ever - the fact he has never even been nominated for an Oscar is beyond ridiculous. An excellent actor who seems to only get supporting roles these days.:mad:

He won an Emmy this year for best actor, Taking Chance is an excellent tv movie.

danger_mouse_tm · 04-07-2010 10:16pm

A recent movie trailer i saw involved a guy taping black plastic to his doors and windows. It was one of those disease movies (eg carriers/28 days later) where people were been told to stay off the streets. I think his wife or somebody was trying to get into the house. Make sense to anyone?

04-07-2010 10:22pm

danger_mouse_tm wrote: »

A recent movie trailer i saw involved a guy taping black plastic to his doors and windows. It was one of those disease movies (eg carriers/28 days later) where people were been told to stay off the streets. I think his wife or somebody was trying to get into the house. Make sense to anyone?

It's Right at Your Door.

danger_mouse_tm · 04-07-2010 10:46pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It's Right at Your Door.

Brilliant. That's been bugging my wife for so long. 6.3 on IMDB. I think i will give it a watch Thanks again !

BluePlanet · 05-07-2010 6:50pm

Ok this is a toughie.

Spagetti Western, probably made in the late 70's.
Not sure who stars in it.
I remember it was set during the winter of colorado or montana or some mountainy place.
I'm not sure what happened but the hero had killed or wronged some indian tribe and they sent warriors to track and kill him.
The warriors would always be sent alone.

I remember the hero surviving in the cold, hand to hand fighting when a warrior would track him down. I remember something about an indian burial ground possibly at the end of the film.

Any ideas?

mike65 · 05-07-2010 7:28pm

Dubbed, subtitled or English language? Anyone even vaguely famous in it?

bnt · 05-07-2010 8:22pm

I did a search on The Spaghetti Western Database, and it sounds like Navajo Joe with Burt Reynolds. Except that it's from 1966, the wronged hero (Burt) is in the Navajo tribe, and the palefaces are the bad guys. How.

Paddy Samurai · 05-07-2010 8:49pm

Not a a spagetti western if its the one i'm thinking about.
Based on your description I reckon its Jeremiah Johnson.Was one of my favourites at the time ..............................watched it about 20 times .:D

An American soldier goes west to escape the Mexican War and becomes a mountain man. He is taken in by an old trapper who teaches him how to survive. After unavoidably violating an Indian burial ground, he loses his new Indian wife and their adopted child to vengeance, and a vendetta between him and the Crows ruins his idyllic life as a fur trapper. Gorgeous scenery and a great role for Will Geer in a thoughtful meditation on the American West.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/

alabandical · 05-07-2010 9:07pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah, in that case it's Demonic Toys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6fokAYjMQ

Thanks darko - not this movie but looked on its page and someone mentioned it was similar to Dolls - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092906/
That was the one! Looks a lot tamer than I remember. Cheers!

Kess73 · 05-07-2010 9:20pm

BluePlanet wrote: »

Ok this is a toughie.

Spagetti Western, probably made in the late 70's.
Not sure who stars in it.
I remember it was set during the winter of colorado or montana or some mountainy place.
I'm not sure what happened but the hero had killed or wronged some indian tribe and they sent warriors to track and kill him.
The warriors would always be sent alone.

I remember the hero surviving in the cold, hand to hand fighting when a warrior would track him down. I remember something about an indian burial ground possibly at the end of the film.

Any ideas?

Defo Jeremiah Johnson as Paddy said.

Great film. Robert Redford is excellent in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzjN8YJt55g

05-07-2010 10:44pm

alabandical wrote: »

Thanks darko - not this movie but looked on its page and someone mentioned it was similar to Dolls - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092906/
That was the one! Looks a lot tamer than I remember. Cheers!

I actually thought about Dolls when I was remembering killer toy films but I don't remember the giant killer teddy bear, must dig out the DVD and give it a rewatch.

mike65 · 05-07-2010 11:05pm

how could anyone mistake Jeremiah Johnson for a Spagetti/Pasta western?

BluePlanet · 06-07-2010 10:06am

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Not a a spagetti western if its the one i'm thinking about.
Based on your description I reckon its Jeremiah Johnson.Was one of my favourites at the time ..............................watched it about 20 times .:D

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/

Wow, that has to be it!
Thanks.

Was thinking it was "The Mountain Men" with Charleston Heston but looking at the screenshots, it just couldn't be.

BluePlanet · 06-07-2010 10:11am

mike65 wrote: »

how could anyone mistake Jeremiah Johnson for a Spagetti/Pasta western?

Filmed during the 70's.
Set in the wild west.
Lot's of Indians.
Lot's of shooting.

I'd classifiy it under Western if I stocked shelves at a movie store.

mike65 · 06-07-2010 10:30am

Spagettis were Italian backed low budget flicks, usually shot in Spain (hence "Pasta") very few were shot in the USA or had any geniune mainstream stars Robert Redford was one of the most bankable names of Hollywood in the 70s.

Trivia note -

Clint Eastwood (who did make a few Spagettis in his early career) was pencilled in to star in JJ with Sam Peckinpah directing but passed on it. Pity cos that would have been a heck of mix of talents.

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