*Guess the Movie Title*

Eric · Sat 18/05/2013 22:22:45

I like all of Jeunet's films. It's Caro with whom I have issues. I'm pretty excited about The Young and Prodigious Spivet.

Ben X · Sun 19/05/2013 21:20:40

Tramponline, wild guess: The Two Jakes.

Tramponline · Sun 19/05/2013 21:58:45

Nice one, but no.

That's neither Nicholson nor Keitel in this shot, though the protagonists might've gas from time to time - not sure though

.
It's quite a few years older than the Jakes...

Here it is once more so you don't have to go back to the previous page all the time:

Igor Hardy · Sun 19/05/2013 22:57:53

Another wild guess: The Real McCoy?

Tramponline · Sun 19/05/2013 23:12:31

You mean the one with Basinger? Then nope.

That one was realeased 3 yeares AFTER "The Two Jakes"...

Igor Hardy · Mon 20/05/2013 17:42:27

Quote from: Tramponline on Sun 19/05/2013 23:12:31
You mean the one with Basinger? Then nope.

Errr... In that case I meant the other one! Is that it?

Tramponline · Mon 20/05/2013 17:53:11

Nope! None of them is the real McCoy!

Another one then...

That's the dude, that was neither Nicholson nor Keitel in the previous shot...

Igor Hardy · Mon 20/05/2013 17:56:15

Yeah, I was already pretty sure it's Jack Lemmon in that first photo - unmistakable cheekbones. But I still don't know what film of his is this.

Tramponline · Mon 20/05/2013 17:57:46

Quote from: Ascovel on Mon 20/05/2013 17:56:15
Yeah, I was already pretty sure it's Jack Lemmon in that first photo - unmistakable cheekbones. But I still don't know what film of his is this.

HEheheee, nice one Ascovel, didn't see that one before!! During a certain period quite permissible to imagine they're one and the same though!

Yeah, I was hoping that came through, he has got a very 'distinct' profile...

hint: The most serious & menacing you will ever see Jack L...W. Matthau on screen...

Eric · Mon 20/05/2013 18:13:10

Quote from: Tramponline on Mon 20/05/2013 17:57:46hint: The most serious & menacing you will ever see Jack L...W. Matthau on screen...

The most menacing he is off-screen is Charade. The way he

Spoiler

kills James Coburn

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in that film is horrifying.

Tramponline · Mon 20/05/2013 18:25:59

Good point, Eric! Let's say he has a certain brooding menacing quality in the one in question. By the way, you must know that movie. I know that
for a fact!

(don't want to stall the thread for too long...)

Correction:

Quote from: Tramponline on Mon 20/05/2013 17:57:46
hint: The ~~most~~ 2nd or 3rdest most serious & menacing you will ever see Jack L...W. Matthau on screen...

by that hint dropping dude below!v v v

Eric · Mon 20/05/2013 18:28:59

I will just say that you've dern it again, and leave the actual answer for someone else!

Ben X · Mon 20/05/2013 22:01:51

I'm getting very confused here, so I'm going to guess Taking Of Pelham 123.

Tramponline · Mon 20/05/2013 22:38:17

Almost spot on - concerning the year of release.

It's a good movie, but it is REALLY not that well known.

I wouldn't even consider it unfair to consult IMDb.com in this case...

Hint: The book this movie is based on was written by a Swedish couple of crime fiction writers. In it's adaptation
however the setting was changed to some major metropolis in the US. (Clint Eastwood escaped from some famous prison island over there, in some
totally unrelated movie.

)

Edit: Also, check Eric's godawful spelling(!) in the post above. Good hint!

Ben X · Tue 21/05/2013 09:22:07

Quote from: Tramponline on Mon 20/05/2013 22:38:17
I wouldn't even consider it unfair to consult IMDb.com in this case...

That plus the character name gives me... An Investigation Of MURDER.

Snarky · Tue 21/05/2013 09:42:44

Hmmm... SjÃ¶wall & WahlÃ¶Ã¶ suggests...

The Laughing Policeman?

Tramponline · Tue 21/05/2013 14:25:14

Absolutely, Snarky! That's it.
A gritty urban police procedural film with a great bunch of characters. Quite cynical & "honest", in a sense that the protagonists are as clueless as the viewer at times and you see
them following up on many dead-end leads. In certain key scenes it almost feels like an "American Giallo" for some reason (yeah, I know, I'm an oxy-moron!

), but it fits the overall mood of the movie to the point.) Watch it if you can...

EDIT: Dang, sorry bbX1138! Seems like you guessed it first! Stupid alternative titles, it's the same movie:
"The Laughing Policeman" aka "An Investigation of a Murder" (<-- which kind of moron thought that was a good alternative title for that film!!!

)
Sorry Snarky! Blame the international releases!

Yep, your go bbX1138!

Snarky · Tue 21/05/2013 14:35:03

Edit: Ah fuck not again!

Ben X · Tue 21/05/2013 14:36:03

EDIT: sooo... my go?

Also known as "An Investigation Of A Murder"!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laughing-Policeman-Investigation-Murder-Blu-Ray/dp/B00A2I563G

Ryan Timothy B · Tue 21/05/2013 15:57:39

Quote from: Tramponline on Tue 21/05/2013 14:25:14
"The Laughing Policeman" aka "An Investigation of a Murder" (<-- which kind of moron thought that was a good alternative title for that film!!! )

Probably because I likely wouldn't ever watch a movie called "The Laughing Policeman". But "An Investigation of a Murder" sounds better (although still sounds a bit cheesy).