Another vague film id request. Minnie?
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Reno
The In Kraut
Scrub that. Don't think this is it
Sorry if anyone got excited
I saw that film at the Scala cinema in Kings Cross and the title then was Devil Times Five. It was terrible.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Yeah, it has a few titles
I bet loads of girls went to see it though because of Leif Garrett, although he was probably a bit too young then
Reno
The In Kraut
He wasn't a famous pop star then, so they wouldn't have. He was a child actor in crappy Z-movies films like that one.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
well that's what I meant when I said he was probably a bit too young then
My friend fancied him. She fancied Andy Gibb as well. The tastes of young girls eh
Reno
The In Kraut
I fancied Mr Spock. The tastes of weirdo young gay boys eh.well that's what I meant when I said he was probably a bit too young then
My friend fancied him. She fancied Andy Gibb as well. The tastes of young girls eh
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Shame this one is 2011 as I quite like the sound of that, although it doesn't really fit in with Cid's description
Reno
The In Kraut
Red State. I thought it was rubbish.
The problem with Cid's first film is that there are lots and lots of films where a group young people get bumped of by another group of people who have different values, so you will find many films like it. If it exists, you will need to have seen it to figure it out, rather than to go by a synopsis which you've found on Imdb. It's the beginning in the park and the fact that there apparently is some sort of anti-capitalist motive for the killings which distinguishes it from loads of similar films.
The problem with Cid's first film is that there are lots and lots of films where a group young people get bumped of by another group of people who have different values, so you will find many films like it. If it exists, you will need to have seen it to figure it out, rather than to go by a synopsis which you've found on Imdb. It's the beginning in the park and the fact that there apparently is some sort of anti-capitalist motive for the killings which distinguishes it from loads of similar films.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Yes, I know it's rubbish. I meant good as in a sort of good match for Cid's description, although I realise it isn't that one.
As for the young people getting bumped off on weekend holidays (or if it's American, vacation), yep, too many of them.
As for the girl possessed, came across this (and it's not this because it's too much like The Exorcist and Cid says it was nothing like that)
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Yes, but as she can't remember exactly what type of group the other lot belonged to (other than anarchist/terrorist), hard to know what to search for.
As for the young people bit, she's already said it's not an American teen slasher type, so that rules out loads, but doesn't really help either
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
... 
. There's a gaping hole in my soul until this conundrum has been solved and the answers to the mysteries revealed. I need closure, dammit 
! 
This is very frustrating, my only consulation is that it's probably even more frustrating for the OP and her most competent "helpers"... But this alone can't change the fact that a satisfying conclusion glimmers with its abscence here. I am utterly, sadly disappointed. And we all will be, if these important questions are left hanging indefinitely. I cross my fingers for a final, miraculous solution to the mysteries- no, not by any supernatural (and by definition impossible, as supernatural powers don't exist) means, but by the power of deduction, reason and Miss Minnie's superior searching skills. 
(It's not forbidden to keep hope alive, ...or is it? 
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(((( thread questions ))))
. There's a gaping hole in my soul until this conundrum has been solved and the answers to the mysteries revealed. I need closure, dammit ! This is very frustrating, my only consulation is that it's probably even more frustrating for the OP and her most competent "helpers"... But this alone can't change the fact that a satisfying conclusion glimmers with its abscence here. I am utterly, sadly disappointed. And we all will be, if these important questions are left hanging indefinitely. I cross my fingers for a final, miraculous solution to the mysteries- no, not by any supernatural (and by definition impossible, as supernatural powers don't exist) means, but by the power of deduction, reason and Miss Minnie's superior searching skills. (It's not forbidden to keep hope alive, ...or is it? )(((( thread questions ))))
kittyP
Pluviophile
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
A bit older there
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I think the film Cid is talking about (with group of friends and anarchist shenanigans) is maybe Dead Babies
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Sounds like it didn't get rave reviews if it is the one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Babies_(film)
Can anyone remember this TV series - Set in Manchester in the 80's (and shown in the 80's - Dunno what channel though). Anyway, it was about these three guys, can't remember what the main protagonist was called, but his mates were called Snapper & Des. And one of them stole a chicken from Gabbots in the Arndale. What they were doing was, well, they were all unemployed and making a living pinching bricks from building sites and selling them on.
The main guy though, he ended up somehow getting a break & making some money (and in the process somehow doing the dirty on his two mates - One of whom twatted him IIRC. He also did the dirty on his Mrs who was called Maureen Delaney (that was her name as a character not her real name as an actress).
Memorable scene - The guy's mam lived in a tower block and had a coin op electric meter which she fed with ice 50p's made from pressing a fifty pence coin into a bit of plasticine, filling the impression with water & freezing it. When the meter man came round & opened the coin box to be confronted by about one pound fifty and a load of damp rust she shrugged brazenly and went "Terrible damp in these flats".
The main guy though, he ended up somehow getting a break & making some money (and in the process somehow doing the dirty on his two mates - One of whom twatted him IIRC. He also did the dirty on his Mrs who was called Maureen Delaney (that was her name as a character not her real name as an actress).
Memorable scene - The guy's mam lived in a tower block and had a coin op electric meter which she fed with ice 50p's made from pressing a fifty pence coin into a bit of plasticine, filling the impression with water & freezing it. When the meter man came round & opened the coin box to be confronted by about one pound fifty and a load of damp rust she shrugged brazenly and went "Terrible damp in these flats".
T & P
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I’ve just searched for ‘film ID’ as a thread title in this forum, and there are upwards of 50! So not to give pogofish a heart attack, I thought I couldn’t possibly not use one of them for my query. Apologies to anyone who started one of the others and might feel hard done by.
Many years ago, during one of those pleasant Saturday nights in with some mates when you stay up all night getting shitfaced and talking all kind of bollocks, I am sure I recall a friend telling me about a certain intriguing film. IIRC, the premise was about a socially awkward guy living in a rat infested apartment block who catches one of them and instead of killing it decides to spare its life.
Man and rat develop a deep bond, with the human looking after the rat and giving it and others in the colony food and whatnot. Until the man unexpectedly gets a girlfriend for the first time in his life, and when she moves in and sees rats running free about the place, she kills the first one she manages to hit, which happens to be the female mate of the rat that has made friends with the guy. In addition she also gets the guy to turn against the rest of the colony and convinces him to try to get rid of them. Which results in a vicious fight to the death between the former friends.
Does this ring any bell with anyone? Allow for some minor inaccuracies in the details…
Many years ago, during one of those pleasant Saturday nights in with some mates when you stay up all night getting shitfaced and talking all kind of bollocks, I am sure I recall a friend telling me about a certain intriguing film. IIRC, the premise was about a socially awkward guy living in a rat infested apartment block who catches one of them and instead of killing it decides to spare its life.
Man and rat develop a deep bond, with the human looking after the rat and giving it and others in the colony food and whatnot. Until the man unexpectedly gets a girlfriend for the first time in his life, and when she moves in and sees rats running free about the place, she kills the first one she manages to hit, which happens to be the female mate of the rat that has made friends with the guy. In addition she also gets the guy to turn against the rest of the colony and convinces him to try to get rid of them. Which results in a vicious fight to the death between the former friends.
Does this ring any bell with anyone? Allow for some minor inaccuracies in the details…
Ratatouille II?
Reno
The In Kraut
Willard (1971), which is good fun, starring a young Bruce Davidson.
There also was a 2003 remake, which is the rare remake to improve on the original, Crispin Glover is great in this. One of the more underrated (and underseen) horror films of the last couple of decades.
The original film a also got a 1972 sequel called Ben, which is rubbish and is best known for its theme song by Michael Jackson (used to great effect in the Willard remake)
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T & P
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Thank you kindly, sir. Your film knowledge is pretty impressive!
And good to see you back
stdP
One Swiss dinosaur in Polly Gosling's anorak hood
Is there anything about films you don't know Reno? Nice to see you back.
Here's one that's lightly bugged me for years (I think due to some striking cinematography) and will likely stretch the limits of vagueness of clues. I think it was in french, and thus either french or a french/canadian co-production, glimpsed probably on BBC2 at some point in the mid-90s. I can't even remember much of the plot - but I think it revolved around Young Well To-Do Lass falls for Bloke from Wrong Side of the Tracks (Possibly an Ex-Con). It had a contemporary setting, and I seem to remember a strong cyan'n'orange colour cast to the scenes which probably puts it being made in the point in the early 90s when this started becoming fashionable. At some point his and her high-tailed it from france to (I think) canada, and there's a scene in some sort of roadside diner where they're accosted by a group of men at another table; one man in particular I remember very strongly as he was wearing either welding goggles or snow goggles - the circular sort that have cups for the eyes. There's a few other scenes from it that keep popping in to my head - those of the boat journey to canada, and a scene outside a prison where I think the Bloke might get shot, but it's all tenuous as fuck. No, I've no idea who the actors were and don't ever recall seeing them in anything else again, ever
There've been several late-night IMDB and other binges, but so far I'm no closer to figuring it out and I'm beginning to wonder if I've been mis-remembering it all these years.
Nice to see you back.Here's one that's lightly bugged me for years (I think due to some striking cinematography) and will likely stretch the limits of vagueness of clues. I think it was in french, and thus either french or a french/canadian co-production, glimpsed probably on BBC2 at some point in the mid-90s. I can't even remember much of the plot - but I think it revolved around Young Well To-Do Lass falls for Bloke from Wrong Side of the Tracks (Possibly an Ex-Con). It had a contemporary setting, and I seem to remember a strong cyan'n'orange colour cast to the scenes which probably puts it being made in the point in the early 90s when this started becoming fashionable. At some point his and her high-tailed it from france to (I think) canada, and there's a scene in some sort of roadside diner where they're accosted by a group of men at another table; one man in particular I remember very strongly as he was wearing either welding goggles or snow goggles - the circular sort that have cups for the eyes. There's a few other scenes from it that keep popping in to my head - those of the boat journey to canada, and a scene outside a prison where I think the Bloke might get shot, but it's all tenuous as fuck. No, I've no idea who the actors were and don't ever recall seeing them in anything else again, ever
There've been several late-night IMDB and other binges, but so far I'm no closer to figuring it out and I'm beginning to wonder if I've been mis-remembering it all these years.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
U-Turn?Is there anything about films you don't know Reno?
Here's one that's lightly bugged me for years (I think due to some striking cinematography) and will likely stretch the limits of vagueness of clues. I think it was in french, and thus either french or a french/canadian co-production, glimpsed probably on BBC2 at some point in the mid-90s. I can't even remember much of the plot - but I think it revolved around Young Well To-Do Lass falls for Bloke from Wrong Side of the Tracks (Possibly an Ex-Con). It had a contemporary setting, and I seem to remember a strong cyan'n'orange colour cast to the scenes which probably puts it being made in the point in the early 90s when this started becoming fashionable. At some point his and her high-tailed it from france to (I think) canada, and there's a scene in some sort of roadside diner where they're accosted by a group of men at another table; one man in particular I remember very strongly as he was wearing either welding goggles or snow goggles - the circular sort that have cups for the eyes. There's a few other scenes from it that keep popping in to my head - those of the boat journey to canada, and a scene outside a prison where I think the Bloke might get shot, but it's all tenuous as fuck. No, I've no idea who the actors were and don't ever recall seeing them in anything else again, ever
There've been several late-night IMDB and other binges, but so far I'm no closer to figuring it out and I'm beginning to wonder if I've been mis-remembering it all these years.
U Turn (1997) - IMDb
U Turn: Directed by Oliver Stone. With Sean Penn, Billy Bob Thornton, Abraham Benrubi, Richard Rutowski. A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
www.imdb.com
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I posted this on the Frames thread but Epona reckons it should be here (Thanks)
OK Urban movie experts I am looking for the title of a Sci-Fi movie that was about a billion year old alien artifact that landed in Mongolia and was investigated by a group of fairly stereoptypical humans (free thinking hippy scientist, rigid military types, woman with unhappy past etc). It was a short title possibly only one word.
I have no other information about it other than I am sure I have seen it (on telly) and it is probably less than 20 years old.
OK Urban movie experts I am looking for the title of a Sci-Fi movie that was about a billion year old alien artifact that landed in Mongolia and was investigated by a group of fairly stereoptypical humans (free thinking hippy scientist, rigid military types, woman with unhappy past etc). It was a short title possibly only one word.
I have no other information about it other than I am sure I have seen it (on telly) and it is probably less than 20 years old.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I just posted on the other thread to suggest Annihilation which starred Natalie Portman who's husband had died/disappeared investigating the same alien thingy
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Nope it wasn't that, the artifact was a giant cone shaped thing balanced on its point
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Arrival? (Starred Amy Adams)
