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Here's my question:
In the 1973 film "Charley Varrick," at one point Walter Matthau, playing Charley, is in a store buying the following items:
- Dynamite
- Time Delay Cap
- Mercury Switch and Emergency Compartment Lights, One, Two, and Three
The question is - How much did all that cost? (answered)

Tetrachloride
(8,486 posts)red dog 1
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(Remember, this was back in 1973)
jmowreader
(51,608 posts)Economy Hardware on Main Street and the Co-Op on 10th Street both had it.
Tetrachloride
(8,486 posts)jmowreader
(51,608 posts)Farmers and loggers - two of the three industries North Idaho had at the time - use it in their work. Mining also uses it, but St. Maries isn't in the Wallace Mining District and they have explosives dealers in Wallace already.
Tetrachloride
(8,486 posts)my neighbor had some, i am told
wisconsin in red area
Beastly Boy
(11,352 posts)what was the famous Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento wearing?
red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)Didn't Crazy Joe have nightmares about Huple's cat lying on his face and smothering him, and then he'd wake up and Huple's cat WAS lying on his face?
(The character I was thinking of was one of Yossarian's friends)
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)He dreamed about the cat sleeping on his face, and woke to find that it was sleeping on his face, so he gets into a fistfight with the cat because of it - an all out knock-down, drag-em-out brawl.
That scene really captures the whole spirit and tenor of the book for me, the absurdity and circular reasoning. Like how Milo makes money for the syndicate by buying eggs from Malta for 7 cents and selling them for 5 cents. And the need to bomb their own base in order to turn a profit. Or the old man explaining how Italy is actually strong because it is so weak and poor...
The dream of the cat isn't a dream at all, even though he is dreaming it. I think that's my favorite book ever!
It's been a while since I last read it, or saw the movie (I really am overdue for both)... I can't remember which friend of Yossarian was written out of the film.
jmowreader
(51,608 posts)Milo had bought enough unginned Egyptian cotton to fill 100 warehouses in hopes of flipping it for profit. Unfortunately for Milo, there was a glut on cotton and no one wanted Milo's cotton. (It was probably also worthless because you have to gin cotton very shortly after harvest, but that's another issue.) The Germans offered to trade the cotton for the unit bombing their own airbase.
He tried to get rid of it previously in other creative ways, like dipping it in chocolate and serving it in the mess hall as a dessert. "People eat cotton candy, don't they? Well, this stuff's better - it's made out of real cotton."
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)The bombing of the base was part of a deal with the Germans, in order to turn a profit for the syndicate. That was the whole point of it. He justifies all the treason for the sake of profit, and that capitalism makes it patriotic.
jmowreader
(51,608 posts)miyazaki
(2,388 posts)red dog 1
(29,548 posts)("The Matchmaker" starred Janeane Garofalo, Milo O'Shea and Denis Leary)
Harker
(15,208 posts)red dog 1
(29,548 posts)He was also in "Under Siege" among many other well-known movies.
Harker
(15,208 posts)red dog 1
(29,548 posts)Janeane Garofalo, Milo O'Shea, Denis Leary & David O'Hara are all great in it, and it's a very funny movie.
I think you'd like it, Hark.
Harker
(15,208 posts)BOSSHOG
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What is one big difference between Jaws the Movie and Jaws the book?
Harker
(15,208 posts)I also think that Hooper was killed by Bruce in the book.
red dog 1
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VGNonly
(7,800 posts)"My daughter said that you're half Jewish ?"
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)

VGNonly
(7,800 posts)of Major Stovall in Twelve O' Clock High?
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)who used all his civilian lawyer skills and legal skullduggery to keep things moving smoothly for Savage?
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)A fine movie, my personal #1 WW2 film.
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)VGNonly
(7,800 posts)Jack sang it in As Good as It Gets.

Harker
(15,208 posts)What was the number in the working title of what would be published as "Catch-22", and what novel's prior publication led to the change?
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)I want to say it was because of a Leon Uris novel... Mila 18? Or was it QB VII?
I'm going with 18, final answer!
Harker
(15,208 posts)Right on all counts, JoseBalow.
"Catch-VII" sounds (and looks) pretty good, too, though.
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)I recall that Heller and his publisher went back and forth between so many numbers before they landed on 22. I can't remember the justification for it, but it was just right for some reason.
Catch-22 is one of my favorite books, and Leon Uris is one of my favorite authors too. Now if I could only remember where I left that damned Phillips head...
Harker
(15,208 posts)On the subject of numbers in titles, "Three Days of the Condor" was based on James Grady's novel "Six Days of the Condor."
Must have been in a hurry.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)The polite Czech who played juror #11, what was his occupation?
Harker
(15,208 posts)Which is what the deleted one below said.
What a fine film.
Harker
(15,208 posts)VGNonly
(7,800 posts)mentioned by name?
Harker
(15,208 posts)in a Kurosawan "after the rain" moment.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)to be nominated for Best Picture and nothing else?
Response to VGNonly (Reply #29)
Harker This message was self-deleted by its author.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)based on mob mentality.
Harker
(15,208 posts)Another favorite of mine.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)witnessed a lynching?
Harker
(15,208 posts)A semi-educated guess.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)There is a common thread with the three films I mentioned.
nuxvomica
(13,017 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 25, 2024, 03:37 PM - Edit history (1)
Edit: nevermind. Further research shows this is not true. The movie Dear Ruth appeared in 1947 with the name "William HOLDEN" over "Joan CAULFIELD" but while Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951, the character Holden Caulfield appeared in a short story as early as 1941. While this is not true, it should be.
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)What was the room number?
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)red dog 1
(29,548 posts)red dog 1
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Can you name any or all of them?
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)Best known as the Swamp Fox.
Thomas Hurt
(13,929 posts)VGNonly
(7,800 posts)Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Rod Steiger all turned down the role in this film. What role was it?
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)Gene Hackman was good, but he wouldnt have been my first choice.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)I got nothing.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)Rod Steiger deeply wished he had taken the role.
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)BOSSHOG
(40,280 posts)I tried pushing her out a window once in Little Rock. Who is her?
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)
BOSSHOG
(40,280 posts)She must have the bladder the size of a peanut. Great Movie. I always wondered what happened to Imogene. She was kinda summarily dismissed after she and Addy Got rid of Trixie.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)Better known in a Mel Brooks film.
So creepy he wasnt creepy.
Burton something or other
An old movie that never gets old. Even in black and white. It had to be in black and white.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)He was also Lyle, 2nd in charge to Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles.
Bayard
(24,145 posts)Made enough of an impression on director Lawrence Kasdan that he gave him a major part in, "Silverado?"
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)VGNonly
(7,800 posts)was the top grossing film of 1981. What was 2nd?
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)such as The Thin Man and Bringing Up Baby?
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)
Lived a good dog life 1931-1951
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)Skippy got paid more than most actors at the time
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)VGNonly
(7,800 posts)"I like my whisky old and my women young" ?
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)But not the first dog to ever appear in a Hollywood film. Petey from Our Gang was also a famous Hollywood silent film star, but I'm not sure if he first appeared anywhere before Rin Tin Tin or not.
There were a bunch of other famous film dogs pre-Hollywood that were famous, one early German Shepherd star from Germany, and a couple of popular stars from Britain and France I think.
I'm going with Rin Tin Tin, final answer!
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)(It was one of the dogs you made reference to)
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)If it's just early film from anywhere then I think the German dog, but I do not recall it's name.
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)He was in many silent films in the 1920s & 1930s and was the most famous dog in the world.
His story is related in the book "Kinship With All Life" by J. Allen Boone (Great book)
brush
(58,042 posts)SupportSanity
(1,168 posts)How much money did Signor Ferrari have to offer Sam to leave Rick's Cabaret and come work at the Blue Parrot?
brush
(58,042 posts)Kindding. What was the amont?
Earlier Sam had said he didn't have time to spend what he made at Rick's when Rick asked him if wanted to work at the Blue Parrot.
SupportSanity
(1,168 posts)About asking a question after the answer, why not?
brush
(58,042 posts)And btw, it was Captain Renault who left with Rick to begin a beautiful new friendship at the free-French garrison at Brazzaville.
sakabatou
(43,260 posts)Harker
(15,208 posts)The scene called for about 5 or 6 archers to fire many of those arrows. Certain arrows used guided wire or even stop motion.
Harker
(15,208 posts)and quite a few came to mind.
He made some harrowing films.
legallyblondeNYC
(56 posts)Harker
(15,208 posts)"Mrs. Robinson", "my wife", and "my mother"?
legallyblondeNYC
(56 posts)It was largely about her lack of individuality.
Harker
(15,208 posts)I can also see where she's something of an archetype as well.
Thanks!
sakabatou
(43,260 posts)Which film was this?
jmowreader
(51,608 posts)Luc Besson had fleshed out the "Divine Language" Leeloo spoke well enough that it it was usable in conversation.
sakabatou
(43,260 posts)sakabatou
(43,260 posts)sakabatou
(43,260 posts)Which film is it?
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)sakabatou
(43,260 posts)Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)Perhaps traditional animated film is throwing me. Can you volunteer the decade it was made?
Bambi?
sakabatou
(43,260 posts)It wasn't Disney. It wasn't Dreamworks.
The studio's first animation works was in the early 2000s.
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)Claymation, or old school cells?
sakabatou
(43,260 posts)Digital animation has replaced using cells. However, it still is regarded as "traditional" animation. Most TV cartoons are done digitally.
A traditional animation with 3D elements would be Beauty and the Beast. Need more hints?
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)sakabatou
(43,260 posts)The main characters (not the villain) can be described as a selfless hero; a masked idiot; a coward; cute but deadly. A fifth character is a trained soldier, but has no indoor voice.
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)Masked man set during WW1? - I got nothing
sakabatou
(43,260 posts)The major villain in the film has dream/hypnosis powers.
The masked idiot cannot for the life of him, quite remember the main hero's name. The mask itself is in the shape of an animal, and covers his whole head.
The coward is most powerful when he's asleep/unconscious.
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)sakabatou
(43,260 posts)Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)Can we rule out Russian?
sakabatou
(43,260 posts)However, it's still ongoing, and the final season will come out sometime next year. Yes, it's also a TV series.
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)Im officially giving up.
Brother Buzz
(38,027 posts)Im riffing on scenes Ive seen from a fictionalized Rasputin film.
Still chewing!
JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)sakabatou
(43,260 posts)sakabatou
(43,260 posts)Harker
(15,208 posts)That's my "The Price is Right" bid.
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)red dog 1
(29,548 posts)It's an even amount, __dollars, no cents.
Harker
(15,208 posts)No scents, either!
Five bucks?
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)It was eight bucks, for all of the following:
- dynamite
- time delay cap
- Mercury switch & emergency compartment lights, one, two & three
Harker
(15,208 posts)red dog 1
(29,548 posts)Harker
(15,208 posts)Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" films?
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)red dog 1
(29,548 posts)Angleae
(4,658 posts)
jmowreader
(51,608 posts)red dog 1
(29,548 posts)Harker
(15,208 posts)was it The Night Tripper himself?
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)He wrote songs recorded by;
- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Linda Ronstadt
- Frankie Laine
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
and others
Harker
(15,208 posts)Agh.
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)Harker
(15,208 posts)VGNonly
(7,800 posts)
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)the Linda Ronstadt clue. I knew that Mike wrote Different Drum.
La Coliniere
(1,071 posts)what is the only piece of classical music heard in the movie?
red dog 1
(29,548 posts)JoseBalow
(5,655 posts)"at the sound of the falling tree?"
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)VGNonly
(7,800 posts)Americans were cast as Canadians so they could portray British Subjects without English accents. Name the films, both from the 1950's.
Harker
(15,208 posts)Bizarre.
VGNonly
(7,800 posts)In The African Queen 1951, Charles Allnut (played by Humphrey Bogart) as written in the novel had a thick Cockney accent. Bogey was unwilling to even try to attempt it, so he became Canadian. John Huston directed it.
In The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957, American Geoffrey Horne was cast (as Lt. Joyce, another member of the commando team). His backstory was that he was from Montreal. Horne is still living, age 91. Another tidbit, Spiegel wanted an American actor with big star power to increase profits. In the Pierre Boule novel the character was British. He was changed to American, William Holden was cast as "Commander" Shears. Sir David Lean directed.
Lean also directed Lawrence of Arabia, produced by Spiegel. Boule wrote Planet of the Apes. John Huston also directed Treasure of the Sierra Madre, starring Bogart and Huston's father Walter.
Harker
(15,208 posts)Coincidentally, I'm on a Bogart spree lately, and was about to borrow a copy of "The African Queen", which I haven't seen in over forty years.
Also, I recently picked up a copy of "Bonjour Tristesse" for a buck at my library's little bookshop. I haven't seen it yet, but I recognized Geoffrey Horne in the cast.