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Friday Puzzler -- Movie Titles

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Friday Puzzler -- Movie Titles

Alex Y

Would you go to see a movie titled "The Male Homo Sapiens with an Overabundance of Accumulated Data"? Probably not, which is why Hitchcock chose instead to call it "The Man Who Knew Too Much".

Here are some more movie titles that never caught on. What were these movies called instead?

1) Greetings, Handtruck

2) Taurus Throwing a Tantrum

3) Occidentally Located Narrative

4) The Gargantuan Facile

5) Solar Satellite of the Members of the Pongidae Family

6) Distance Divided by Time

7) Obliterated from Existence in Conjunction with Atmospheric Vapors in Motion

8) Departing from the Most Populous Metropolitan Area of the Silver State.

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#2

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Henry Higginbotham

4. The Big Easy

5. Planet of the Apes

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#3

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Larry Barrett

2) Bull Durham

3) East of Eden

8) Leaving Las Vegas

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#4

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Alex Y

correct on #4 and #5

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#5

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Alex Y

Correct on #8.

You are headed in the right direction with #2, but not quite there.

Definitely the wrong direction for #3.

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Larry Barrett

Oh yeah, Orient=East, Occident=West

How about combining 2 and 3 = The Bull of the West?

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#7

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Henry Higginbotham

Or West Side Story?

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#8

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Larry Barrett

Henry has this one.

For 1) how about Hello Dolly

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#9

Making progress!

Alex Y

1) Greetings, Handtruck LB: Hello, Dolly

2) Taurus Throwing a Tantrum

3) Occidentally Located Narrative HH: West Side Story

4) The Gargantuan Facile HH: The Big Easy

5) Solar Satellite of the Members of the Pongidae Family HH: Planet of the Apes

6) Distance Divided by Time

7) Obliterated from Existence in Conjunction with Atmospheric Vapors in Motion

\8) Departing from the Most Populous Metropolitan Area of the Silver State. LB: Leaving Las Vegas

On #2, Taurus = Bull is correct for part of the name.

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#10

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Larry Barrett

2 Raging Bull

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#11

correct on #2


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#12

Re: correct on #2

Kevin

Speed

Blown away

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#13

Correct on number 6

Alex Y

I'm not familiar with the movie "Blown Away", but that works for #7 if there is such a title. I was looking for a much more famous movie.

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#14

Ah!

Henry Higginbotham

Gone With The Wind? Somehow when you said "more famous" this came to mind. Before, I'd been stuck on "Twister," which didn't work so well.

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All done!

Alex Y

Nice job, Henry, Kevin, and Larry. Something similar coming this Friday.

1) Greetings, Handtruck LB: Hello, Dolly

2) Taurus Throwing a Tantrum LB: Raging Bull

3) Occidentally Located Narrative HH: West Side Story

4) The Gargantuan Facile HH: The Big Easy

5) Solar Satellite of the Members of the Pongidae Family HH: Planet of the Apes

6) Distance Divided by Time K: Speed

7) Obliterated from Existence in Conjunction with Atmospheric Vapors in Motion HH: Gone with the Wind

\8) Departing from the Most Populous Metropolitan Area of the Silver State. LB: Leaving Las Vegas

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