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01-28-2002, 06:21 PM
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Okay, folks, they're telling me I won the last one and to start a new thread so here goes: What movie am I thinking?
Ask me your questions and I'll try and give you correct yes/no responses.
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01-28-2002, 06:33 PM
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Starting off with some of the routine stuff ...
Is it in English?
Any Oscar nominations? If so, any wins?
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01-28-2002, 06:44 PM
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Is it in English? Yes
Any Oscar nominations? No So obviously no wins.
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01-28-2002, 07:02 PM
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Is it an animal movie?
Is it a kid movie?
Is it filmed between 1990 and today?
Is it a thriller?
Is it a romance? |
01-28-2002, 07:19 PM
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Is it an animal movie? No
Is it a kid movie? No
Is it filmed between 1990 and today? No
Is it a thriller? No
Is it a romance? No (I suppose one could argue this but I'm going on the genre according to IMDb.com)
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01-28-2002, 08:47 PM
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Is it a romance? No (I suppose one could argue this but I'm going on the genre according to IMDb.com)
| So this implies that romantic themes play some part in the plot?
Is it a comedy? Drama? (according to IMDB, of course)
Was it released in the 1980s?
Is it an adaptation of another work?
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01-29-2002, 09:48 AM
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Was it released before 1960?
Does the title have more than 2 words?
Is it an action/adventure movie?
Are the first 2 leads listed in imdb male-male? female-male? male-female? female-female? gender unspecified?
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01-29-2002, 11:55 AM
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So this implies that romantic themes play some part in the plot? Yes
Is it a comedy? No Drama? Yes (according to IMDB, of course)
Was it released in the 1980s? No
Is it an adaptation of another work? Yes |
01-29-2002, 12:05 PM
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Was it released before 1960? No
Does the title have more than 2 words? No
Is it an action/adventure movie? No
Are the first 2 leads listed in imdb male-male? No female-male?
No male-female? Yes female-female? No
gender unspecified?
You mean, like the late Divine or Candy Darling? Good one, rightbrain, but NO |
01-29-2002, 12:15 PM
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20 years is too long a span to identify this flick.
Was it released between:
1960 - 1965?
1966 - 1970?
1971 - 1975?
1976 - 1979?
Merci.
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01-29-2002, 02:07 PM
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Is the screenplay adapted from a book?
If so, is the book part of a series? |
01-29-2002, 05:48 PM
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Was it released between:
1960 - 1965? NO
1966 - 1970? NO
1971 - 1975? NO
1976 - 1979?
BINGO!
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01-29-2002, 05:51 PM
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Is the screenplay adapted from a book? YES
If so, is the book part of a series?
NO
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01-29-2002, 06:19 PM
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I'll hazard a guess. It it Bobby Deerfield ? 
Is it one of imdb's 100 worst ranking movies?
Is it one of imdb's 250 top ranking movies?
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01-29-2002, 08:23 PM
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I'll hazard a guess. Is it Bobby Deerfield ? No
Is it one of imdb's 100 worst ranking movies? No
Is it one of imdb's 250 top ranking movies? You're putting me to work here, but after looking at the list the answer is No
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01-29-2002, 09:26 PM
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Is it an American film? If not, is it European?
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01-29-2002, 09:40 PM
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OK, we've just got 87 movies to choose from... 
Does the name of the movie begin with an article (A, An, or The)?
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01-29-2002, 11:13 PM
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Is it a made-for-TV movie?
"Evil is real. And must be opposed!"
[Dang, and I was gonna support it.]
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01-30-2002, 12:00 PM
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Is it an American film? Yes
Does the name of the movie begin with an article (A, An, or The)? No
Is it a made-for-TV movie? Yuck! No.
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01-30-2002, 01:41 PM
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Was it based on a nonfiction book?
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01-30-2002, 06:32 PM
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Was it based on a nonfiction book?
No
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01-30-2002, 09:12 PM
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Is it:
Stay Hungry?
Valentino?
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01-31-2002, 12:05 PM
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Is it:
Stay Hungry? Sorry, No
Valentino? And, no
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01-31-2002, 02:22 PM
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Okay, I've used these settings in imdb power search. Keyword: novel
Year: 1976 - 1979
Genre: drama
Language: English
Country: USA
Exclude: TV movies, Video, TV series
Exclude: Best Dir Oscar, Best Pic Oscar, Top 250, Worst 100
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Is it in this search? 
Also
> the title is either one or two words, no 'a', 'an', or 'the'
> imdb cast leads are male then female
Merci.
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01-31-2002, 02:41 PM
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Is it Kramer vs. Kramer?
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01-31-2002, 06:05 PM
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Okay, I've used these settings in imdb power search.
Keyword: novel
Year: 1976 - 1979
Genre: drama
Language: English
Country: USA
Exclude: TV movies, Video, TV series
Exclude: Best Dir Oscar, Best Pic Oscar, Top 250, Worst 100
Hide AKA
Is it in this search?
Rightbrain: I don't think it will be in that search because IMDb doesn't even list the novel the film's based on; I got that information from another source. But I'll give it a shot after I answer other questions. If the answer is YES I'll let you know. Right now, though, I'll say NO.
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01-31-2002, 06:14 PM
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Also
> the title is either one or two words, no 'a', 'an', or 'the' Yes, that's correct
> imdb cast leads are male then female
Yes
Is it "Kramer vs. Kramer"? No
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01-31-2002, 06:31 PM
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