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Post by persistenceofvision on Nov 5, 2019 17:33:35 GMT
This is somewhat repetetive, but further to Guy Fawkes Day (Nov 5th) - "Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason & Plot"...
13 Movies about political assassins/assassinations, (successes or failures, fictional or factual) - Name the assassin(s) where possible.
01. Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (TVM 2-parter) - Robert Catesby (Richard Coyle) leader and planner of the failed Guy Fawkes (Michael Fassbender) Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an attempt to blow up an assembled Westminster Parliament.
02. Julius Caesar - multiple assassins
03. JFK - Assassin unofficially unknown. Disputed.
04. The Day of the Jackal - pseudonymous Englishman tries to take out de Gaulle.
05. Henry V - Would-be assassins Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scroop, Sir Thomas Grey.
06. The Manchurian Candidate - Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) brainwashed to be an assassin - he foils the evil commie plot
07. The Dead Zone - climaxes with John Smith (Christopher Walken) trying to shoot evil blowhard politician Martin Sheen
08/ Suddenly - John Baron (Frank Sinatra) plans to assassinate the POTUS.
09. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) - assassin was Ramón Mercader (Alain Delon)
10. Dangerous Exile (1957) Col. St Gerard (Keith Michell) tries to kill Louis XVII for the good of the revolution.
11. Angel has Fallen - Mike Banning (Gerard Butler)is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
12. The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade - Charlotte Corday (played by madwoman played by Glenda Jackson) does it with cheap knife
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Post by alfromni on Nov 5, 2019 17:34:41 GMT
This is somewhat repetetive, but further to Guy Fawkes Day (Nov 5th) - "Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason & Plot"...
13 Movies about political assassins/assassinations, (successes or failures, fictional or factual) - Name the assassin(s) where possible.
01. Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (TVM 2-parter) - Robert Catesby (Richard Coyle) leader and planner of the failed Guy Fawkes (Michael Fassbender) Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an attempt to blow up an assembled Westminster Parliament.
02. Julius Caesar - multiple assassins
03. JFK - Assassin unofficially unknown. Disputed.
04. The Day of the Jackal - pseudonymous Englishman tries to take out de Gaulle.
05. Henry V - Would-be assassins Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scroop, Sir Thomas Grey.
06. The Manchurian Candidate - Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) brainwashed to be an assassin - he foils the evil commie plot
07. The Dead Zone - climaxes with John Smith (Christopher Walken) trying to shoot evil blowhard politician Martin Sheen
08/ Suddenly - John Baron (Frank Sinatra) plans to assassinate the POTUS.
09. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) - assassin was Ramón Mercader (Alain Delon)
10. Dangerous Exile (1957) Col. St Gerard (Keith Michell) tries to kill Louis XVII for the good of the revolution.
11. Angel has Fallen - Mike Banning (Gerard Butler)is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
12. The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Played by the Inmates of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade - Charlotte Corday (played by madwoman played by Glenda Jackson) does it with cheap knife
13. The Assassination Bureau - Lord Bostwick (Telly Savalas) and the other members of the Bureau attempt to assassinate all the heads of state of Europe at a secret peace conference. (skipped)
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Post by Catman on Nov 5, 2019 18:50:22 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä)
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Post by alfromni on Nov 5, 2019 18:54:51 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols)
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Post by movielover on Nov 5, 2019 18:58:05 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves)
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Post by alfromni on Nov 5, 2019 19:02:08 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica)
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Post by movielover on Nov 5, 2019 19:10:01 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer)
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Post by divtal on Nov 5, 2019 19:14:04 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer) 06. Anne Of Green Gables/1934 (Anne Shirley)
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Post by alfromni on Nov 5, 2019 19:14:50 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer) 06. Anne Of Green Gables/1934 (Anne Shirley) 07. The Prince and the Pauper (Henry VIII)
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 5, 2019 19:15:45 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer) 06. Anne Of Green Gables/1934 (Anne Shirley) 07. The Prince and the Pauper (Henry VIII) 08. Annie (Little Orphan Annie)
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Post by alfromni on Nov 5, 2019 19:19:11 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer) 06. Anne Of Green Gables/1934 (Anne Shirley) 07. The Prince and the Pauper (Henry VIII) 08. Annie (Little Orphan Annie) 09. Scaramouche (Lenore)
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Post by movielover on Nov 5, 2019 20:43:45 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer) 06. Anne Of Green Gables/1934 (Anne Shirley) 07. The Prince and the Pauper (Henry VIII) 08. Annie (Little Orphan Annie) 09. Scaramouche (Lenore) 10. Doubt (Sister James)
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Post by persistenceofvision on Nov 5, 2019 21:36:20 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer) 06. Anne Of Green Gables/1934 (Anne Shirley) 07. The Prince and the Pauper (Henry VIII) 08. Annie (Little Orphan Annie) 09. Scaramouche (Lenore) 10. Doubt (Sister James) 11. Black Narcissus (Sister Clodagh)
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Post by movielover on Nov 5, 2019 21:53:32 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer) 06. Anne Of Green Gables/1934 (Anne Shirley) 07. The Prince and the Pauper (Henry VIII) 08. Annie (Little Orphan Annie) 09. Scaramouche (Lenore) 10. Doubt (Sister James) 11. Black Narcissus (Sister Clodagh) 12. It (Beverly Marsh)
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Post by persistenceofvision on Nov 5, 2019 22:29:48 GMT
November 5th is also National Love Your Red Hair Day
13 Movies with Red-Haired Characters (name the character)
01. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Nausicaä) 02. The Five Pennies (Loring "Red" Nichols) 03. Boogie Nights (Amber Waves) 04. Warrior Queen (Boudica) 05. Annie Hall (Alvy Singer) 06. Anne Of Green Gables/1934 (Anne Shirley) 07. The Prince and the Pauper (Henry VIII) 08. Annie (Little Orphan Annie) 09. Scaramouche (Lenore) 10. Doubt (Sister James) 11. Black Narcissus (Sister Clodagh) 12. It (Beverly Marsh) 13. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Miss Brodie)
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Post by persistenceofvision on Nov 5, 2019 22:38:34 GMT
Since November 6 is National Stress Awareness Day...
13 Movies in which someone FREAKS OUT (say who)
01. The Producers (Gene Wilder, when he thinks Zero Mostel is about to crush him)
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Post by Catman on Nov 5, 2019 22:40:58 GMT
Since November 6 is National Stress Awareness Day...
13 Movies in which someone FREAKS OUT (say who)
01. The Producers (Gene Wilder, when he thinks Zero Mostel is about to crush him) 02. Spirited Away (Chihiro when she discovers her parents have turned into pigs)
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Post by persistenceofvision on Nov 5, 2019 22:45:23 GMT
Since November 6 is National Stress Awareness Day...
13 Movies in which someone FREAKS OUT (say who)
01. The Producers (Gene Wilder, when he thinks Zero Mostel is about to crush him) 02. Spirited Away (Chihiro when she discovers her parents have turned into pigs) 03. Withnail and I (Paul McGann has one of many panic attacks: 'My thumbs have gone weird!')
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 5, 2019 23:08:03 GMT
Since November 6 is National Stress Awareness Day...
13 Movies in which someone FREAKS OUT (say who)
01. The Producers (Gene Wilder, when he thinks Zero Mostel is about to crush him) 02. Spirited Away (Chihiro when she discovers her parents have turned into pigs) 03. Withnail and I (Paul McGann has one of many panic attacks: 'My thumbs have gone weird!') 04. The Shining (Jack - frequently ! )
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Post by persistenceofvision on Nov 6, 2019 0:02:12 GMT
Since November 6 is National Stress Awareness Day...
13 Movies in which someone FREAKS OUT (say who)
01. The Producers (Gene Wilder, when he thinks Zero Mostel is about to crush him) 02. Spirited Away (Chihiro when she discovers her parents have turned into pigs) 03. Withnail and I (Paul McGann has one of many panic attacks: 'My thumbs have gone weird!') 04. The Shining (Jack - frequently ! ) 05. The Aviator (DiCaprio has bacillophobic panics)
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