Author Topic: ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!  (Read 2532517 times)

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"Q" is The Quick and the Dead
« Reply #580 on: October 24, 2007, 04:04:22 am »
Good western old fashion style.
Plot: A mysterious stranger rides into a homesteading family's life when they are attacked by a ruthless gang.
Starring: Sam Elliott, Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw



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"R" is Roxanne
« Reply #581 on: October 24, 2007, 05:12:21 am »
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"S" is Some Kind of Wonderful
« Reply #582 on: October 24, 2007, 06:44:42 am »
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It's the eighties, it's John Hughes, it's a teen movie...

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"T" is Things Change
« Reply #583 on: October 24, 2007, 10:22:29 am »


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Another David Mammet.

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"U" is Untouchables, The
« Reply #584 on: October 24, 2007, 11:14:35 am »
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"V" is Vera
« Reply #585 on: October 24, 2007, 12:01:22 pm »
a Brazilian movie said to be "better than Boys Don't Cry" by one IMDb user.

It won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema.
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"W" is Witches of Eastwick, The
« Reply #586 on: October 24, 2007, 12:04:25 pm »

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Filmed in beautiful Massachusetts.
The other choice was "Whales of August" filmed in beautiful Maine. 

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"X" is Xia cu da zhang fu
« Reply #587 on: October 24, 2007, 12:11:43 pm »
Per IMDb

Also Known As:Goodbye Darling

A Hong Kong businessman (Raymond Wong) was misinformed that he had developed cancer; therefore, he goes high and low to make sure his wife (Cherie Chung) will be taken care of at the event of his death. This includes finding her a perfect guy to be her new husband.
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"Y" is The Year My Voice Broke
« Reply #588 on: October 24, 2007, 12:42:36 pm »
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"Z" is Zombie High
« Reply #589 on: October 24, 2007, 12:43:45 pm »
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Described by one IMDb reviewer as the worst zombie movie ever made. Amazingly, it stars Virginia Madsen who, fortunately, has gone on to bigger and better things in her career.

==aside==Paul

Yes, Whales of August was filmed in beautiful Maine (Cliff Island, to be exact). Unfortunately, it was a pretty lousy movie. I sat through it in the theater because I wanted to see the scenery...once was enough!
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