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Continuing from Helena Bonham Carter, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Deep Roy Flash Gordon

1) oldiesman started the thread, and had the opening post. You can tell it wasn't me, because it was heavy on the AI content. 2) If, for some reason, someone thinks me and oldies are the same person, we're not. There's still a few people who've met us both (like Raf) and there was a time on this board, long ago, where we tended to be diametrically opposed on many threads, almost to the point of a fist fight. (Had we been in a bar or something, I was sure at least once it would have escalated to the alley outside.) We still disagree on quite a bit, but not to that degree. 3) Actually addressing the question, Although not an official Harvest Festival, I think that the State Fair or County Fair practiced in a number of places acts as a de facto Harvest Festival. The traditional events include judging produce (like pumpkins) and livestock (like hogs) and contests like pie eating and so on. I know the one in Texas, at least, is in early October- possibly to avoid conflicting with Thanksgiving, and with Halloween. But for a place not dependent upon a harvest, it's pretty close to a harvest time. If it's a coincidence, it's an interesting one.

For those of you not US citizens, happy Thursday.

In the European version, they add a brief scene after what you saw. Scotty and his ex are back together, and on the radio is an announcement that the husband was arrested after a manhunt. Opinions differ on the fall. To me, it seems obvious that Judy felt very guilty, and she saw a shadowy figure approaching her, and her guilty conscience said it was someone or someTHING come to get her and punish her for her misdeeds. She panicked and turned to run. Since she was where she was, there was a chance to turn and take one step before she sailed out into the air...and, being heavier than air, to fall from the tower. Scotty had brought Judy up to the tower because he wanted to confront her with the truth, and prove he understood- too late- what had happened. She was trying to talk her way out of this (out of guilt, etc) when they were interrupted. A lot of people, if fleeing, will not allow themselves to be backed into a corner, they will keep heading for empty space and away from a corner. Scottie wasn't brought up on charges because he didn't commit a crime- except, perhaps, trespassing.

Eh, Randy Quaid?????? I'm trying to remember somebody "Lauter". but he's not famous (as if Randy Quaid is...)

I only know one- "Anchorman..."

Ladies and gentlemen, the triumphant return of THE!

"I've just had an apostrophe." "You mean an epiphany." "Lightning has just struck my brain." "That must hurt."

Richie in his first recording session- recording "Come On, Let's Go," exactly the same, for take after take. By the end, the audience sympathized with Bob, who fell asleep in the middle and only woke up when the music stopped. We didn't hear a difference either. BTW, did anyone besides Raf catch my reference to the infamous coin toss?

She really backed the wrong horse there. She was Richie's girlfriend, then went for his brother Bob, who had the motorcycle and flash. Then Richie, a stable guy, became a star, and she was with Bob, who was neither faithful nor sober, often.

Richie's mom convinced a bar owner to have Richie do a performance there. Richie's brother Bob thought rock was lost on the bar regulars. Richie apparently agreed upon reflection, since he changed his playlist, and switched to more Country/Western sounding songs.

This is "LA BAMBA," the story of Ritchie Valens.

"Michael's going to be a Lawyer of Tomorrow!" "Oh? Well, welcome to the slammer of today!" "Water? She ain't drinkin' nothin' but the best from now on... Kool-Aid!"

So, the correct answer was "Vertigo", which means that George got it right.

I wasn't sure if I heard that while they were buckling up or not.

Is anybody else OK with it if I answer this one? (If nobody answers, maybe I'll flip a coin or something.)

Apparently, it's none of those, so it must be the other one. The 1966 "BATMAN" TV show?

Hm Could be a few things, most of them by Gerry Anderson. "Thunderbirds?"

Well... Well... Well.... Well....

I know I've seen this. I mean, in the past few years as well.

For everybody who never saw the movie, there were a few clues that pointed in the right direction. "One of the main characters is seen early in the movie, in a high-rise apartment. It is his friend's apartment, not his own, and he is visiting. Otherwise, we'd have a rather curious question to pose to the character or the director." Ah, if Scotty had been suffering from vertigo, and kept the high-rise apartment when there were plenty of places to live that were on the ground floor, the audience would have complained. "One of the most famous shots of the film was achieved by zooming the lens in while simultaneously pulling the camera back." Hitchcock managed to convey the feel of vertigo when Scotty was in a stairwell by doing this. The viewer can feel the disorientation. (I don't have vertigo, and it gave me a wince.) "The director has a "don't blink" cameo towards the beginning of this movie, in front of the shipyard, carrying a trumpet case." Not many directors make a point of being in their movies, but Hitchcock is famous for his cameos.

It IS Hitchcock, and it IS Vertigo.

Probably THE GOONIES.

So it's George's turn.

So, do you at least have the director? If so, there's a few very specific clues that should narrow it down.