HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney)
Subject: Re: DENHOLM ELLIOTT DEAD AT 70
Date: 10 Oct 92 16:36:04 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Windows/DOS Users Ed Group

In article <1992Oct8.134352.24750@sadtler.com> djs@sadtler.com writes:
>In article <1992Oct07.053150.26703@microsoft.com> frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney) writes:
>>Denholm Elliott has died at age 70 of complications from AIDS. Elliott
>>was one of Britain's great character actors.  He was the old
>>philosopher, Mr. Emerson, in ROOM WITH A VIEW, amongst the many roles
>>he acted in a career that started in the late Forties in England. A
>>tiny sampling of his screen credits includes THE COURTSHIP OF DUDDY,
>>KRAVITZ, BLEAK HOUSE, DEFENSE OF THE REALM, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST
>>CRUSADE, MAURICE, TRADING PLACES, and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
>>
>>In later years, he was working constantly. When asked the reason, he
>>said after a certain age one becomes indispensable.
>>
>>He is survived by his second wife, and two (I think) sons and a
>>daughter (I'm doing this from memory).
>>
>
>He also played a British Lieutenant in "The Cruel Sea".
>
>-- 

BTW, I made a silly mistake above. I meant to type THE
APPENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ. Some of my dearest friends
have been a wonderful time jazzing me about this little
Freudian slip.

My apologies.

-- 
Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
	"Well, I'm a little muddled." -- Glinda
From: golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Daniel Day Lewis in Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:38:02 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department

In article <1992Oct13.130203.20191@cs.wayne.edu> faa@athena.cs.wayne.edu (Felicitas A. Atabong) writes:
>After seeing "The Last of the Mohicans", a movie I really enjoyed, I went out
>seeking for other works of Daniel Day Lewis. Last night, I watched the
>"The Unbearable Lightness of Being", a philosophical story worth seeing
>on screen written by Milan Kundera and directed by Philip Kauffman. What
>I found amazing was how difficult it was for me to simply relate the DDL
>in this movie to the one who took upon the leading role once again in
>"Last of the Mohicans."  I've also seen "My Left Foot," and I have to
>say that such an actor should be praised for just his choice in roles.
>He seems so different in all the movies I've seen him in, infact I have
>to look hard just to recognize him (and this is not just because of
>makeup). Just for that, I'd be a big fan of his. But to me he's more
>that that - I think he's an actor with great potential who deserves an
>applause from the movie industry.  He seems to keep in mind the phrase
>"It's not the quantity of movies you do, but the quality of the movies
>that you do."

That's the difference between "acting" and being a Hollywood movie star.
Daniel Day Lewis is an actor...most movie stars are merely celebrities.

Gerald
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From: wildman@athena.mit.edu (Timothy Worsley)
Subject: Re: the absolute worst movie of all time, so bad it's bad
Reply-To: eprice@sybase.com
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 17:12:27 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.205322.23002@cs.ucla.edu>
reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher) writes,
concerning the "180 degree rule"/"breaking the plane":

>I presume that a good filmmaker who knows what he's doing can use the
>effect to good purpose, but that inept ones make it look bad.

First, the canonical way to explain this rule (I always thought) is
with the standard over-the-shoulder conversation shots:

Consider a conversation between two people...

     SOME         ANOTHER
----PERSON--------PERSON-----   this dotted line is "the plane"
      #1            #2

Camera #1 //    \\ Camera #2

As you cut between showing person #2 from (more or less) person #1's
POV (camera #1) and person #1 from person #2's POV (camera #2) both
cameras are supposed to stay on the same side of the line!  Otherwise
the viewer will be confused (that's the theory anyway, if you think
about it it does make some amount of sense too).

Yasujiro Ozu is well known for violating this principle, and shooting
with exactly 180 degree opposite shots, like this:

         Camera #1
            ||
     SOME         ANOTHER
----PERSON--------PERSON----- 
      #1            #2
            ||
         Camera #2

Strangely enough, I actually remember a shot from "Tucker" (which I
have only seen once -- when it came out!) that was a mildly amusing
violation of the 180 degree rule:

  * camera ends here     
 /
 |   TUCKER(?)     SOME OTHER
 \                   PERSON
  * camera starts here

He was doing the standard over-the shoulder shot of "Some other
person" but then tracked around behind Tucker (I think it was) and
showed the same over-the-shoulder shot but from the 180-degree
opposite position!  (I may be misremembering this a little since it
was so long ago, but it was something like that.)

Apologies for the cross-posting to alt.cult-movies, but Ozu *is* a
cult director...  maybe? :-)

Ciao,

-Ed (not Tim), eprice@sybase.com (not wildman@...)
PS anyone who actually does know they're talking about feel free to
flame me and correct anything I said that's really dumb.
From: assist@orion.oac.uci.edu
Subject: Re: "1492" and Sigourney Weaver
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:34:24 GMT
Distribution: world 


In article <22808@galaxy.ucr.edu> stranger@watserv.ucr.edu writes:
>
>Just a reminder...
>
>"1492" comes out on Friday, Oct. 9.  I believe that
>it's bound to be good.  BTW, are there any Gerard
>Depardieu fanatics out there besides me?  I'd like
>to meet you!
>
Kathy, I too happen to think Gerard Depardieu is a fantastic actor.  I 
have seen as many of his movies as I can get hold of in my video store
and have not been disappointed with a single one.  I can't wait to
see "1492"!

Kris
kris@fs2.assist.uci.edu




--
From: mlh@eddy.austin.ibm.com (Mike Haskell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Papillon questions
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:37:32 GMT
Organization: IBM, Austin

In article <1992Oct8.085825.198@sdg.dra.com> brian@sdg.dra.com writes:
>I've seen Papillon from the time he goes into solitary to when he escapes and
>gets to Honduras about 5 times, but never past that point.  Could someone 
>email me a summary of the rest of the movie?
>
>Also, in the beginning, how did he get to the prison?  What was his crime? 

He was convicted of killing a pimp.
Since the fame of his book and the movie about him, the French re-opened
the case, re-examined the evidence, and overturned the conviction.  He
lived the remaining years of his life in Venezula.

>And, what did Dustin Hoffman do to be incarcerated?
>
Forgery & embezzelment.

The book is one of my favorite all time reads (1000 times better than the
flick).  It is written in first-person by Henrique Cherreire (sp?) "Papillon"
himself, via an enterpreter.  Gives a real feel as to what it was like on 
Devil's Island.
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From: djs@sadtler.com
Subject: Re: SNEAKERS question
Organization: Sadtler Research Laboratories
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:11:10 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.005146.4107@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> jm0i@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH) writes:
>dly@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Debbie Yoshihara) writes:
>>What does SNEAKERS stand for?  I didn't catch any reference to it
>>during the movie.  I've even tried to make other words out of the
>>letters, but I'm stumped.  Any one know?
>
>The only reference is as they re-enter the office toward the end, when James
>Earl Jones and his team are waiting for the Redford crew. The River Phoenix
>character says, amid other chatter, something like "The best sneak ever and
>we can't even tell anyone about it."
>
>Evidently the members of the group are "Sneakers", i.e. "those who sneak."
>
>Can anyone confirm or deny?
>-- 

Last week someone posted that the term "Sneakers" is an old IBM slang word
for programmer.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

-- 
D. Sears                                          Email:  djs@sadtler.com
   "I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say 
    things.  More I cannot say." - the man who rules the Universe (HGTTG)
Sadtler Research Labs, Philadelphia 
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From: kimp@rs6412.ecs.rpi.edu (Phil Kim)
Subject: Re: Laservideo cost
Keywords: laser,cd
Reply-To: kimp@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Distribution: rec
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:26:26 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.093642.2593@cc.tut.fi>, toma@cc.tut.fi (Salomaa Tommi) writes:
|> 
|> How much does a laservideodiskplayer (what a word?!) cost in the
|> USA..? And how much do the disks to it cost, for example T2 or
|> Aliens...?? Any idea where to order one ?
|> 
|> PS. I prefer Sony, if available!
|> 
|> Greets: Tommi Salomaa
|>         e-mail internet: toma@cc.tut.fi
|> 
|> -- 
|>                       Live long and Prosper
|> 
|>                      - From : Tommi Salomaa  
|>                 Tampere University of Technology

The cheapest laserdisc player I saw was by Pioneer (???-?201, I think), at $275.  For Sony, Sony MDP-333 costs $370-$450 (MDP-333 is being replaced by MDP-455 at $430), Sony MDP-605 (with autoreverse) costs $600+.

Most "regular" release laserdiscs cost $25-$35.  And "collectible" editions cost any where from $40-$100+.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,alt.cult-movies
From: chil@fraser.sfu.ca (Keith Lim)
Subject: Re: the absolute worst movie of all time, so bad it's bad
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 09:57:29 GMT

wildman@athena.mit.edu (Timothy Worsley) writes:

>Strangely enough, I actually remember a shot from "Tucker" (which I
>have only seen once -- when it came out!) that was a mildly amusing
>violation of the 180 degree rule:

>  * camera ends here     
> /
> |   TUCKER(?)     SOME OTHER
> \                   PERSON
>  * camera starts here

>He was doing the standard over-the shoulder shot of "Some other
>person" but then tracked around behind Tucker (I think it was) and
>showed the same over-the-shoulder shot but from the 180-degree
>opposite position!  (I may be misremembering this a little since it
>was so long ago, but it was something like that.)

Is this so bad? I remember a scene in "The Untouchables" where the four leads
were sitting around a small table, and while they were talking, the camera
went round and round and round and round the table. 

  ____>______>_____
 /                 \
 |        #2       |
 ^   #1 Table #3   v Camera goes round and round and round and round...
 |        #4       | (possibly in the opposite direction)
 \____<______<_____/

I'm sure there are other movies where the camera moves all over the place
while shooting continuously.

-- 
 Keith_Lim@sfu.ca   Simon Fraser University, Burnaby B.C., V5A 1S6, Canada
 Hon Cog Sci; Min Psyc; Forum; Senate; CDSU; URC; ASC; FARSIDE; LEAD; CCCS
No, my opinions do *NOT* reflect those of SFU or of any of the above bodies.

"...many Christians today are content to send their children to the world to
 have their wits sharpened and then wonder that they have no faith in God."
                 --from "The Unequal Yoke and Related Dangers in Education",
                         Rod and Staff Publishers, Inc.
From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: ALIEN 3 soundtrack
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:43:36 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu
In-reply-to: tmiller@prism.gatech.EDU's message of 12 Oct 92 16:31:59 GMT

>>>>> On 12 Oct 92 16:31:59 GMT, tmiller@prism.gatech.EDU (Thomas Miller) said:

tmiller> Does anyone know if this is any good?  I heard a bit of it in
tmiller> Tower Records recently, and it sounded pretty spooky, but I'd
tmiller> need more than just one song/clip to be good if I wanted to
tmiller> buy it...  Thanks for any help,

The CD is in Surround. I was considering buying it because of this.

--
 Scott Streeter                             Keeper of the Star Wars Archive
 ss@wpi.wpi.edu                             wpi.wpi.edu        130.215.24.1
From: 01mbmccabe@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Burroughs
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:53:10 GMT

>> Is this person of any relation to Edgar Rice of the same last name?  Just
>> curious...   Anyone?
>> 
> 
> No relation. Although Phillip Jose Farmer wrote a Tarzan (Edgar Rice)
> type short story in the writing style of William Burroughs called "The Jungle
> Rot Kid on the Nod". As far as I know, that is as close as they get.


Sounds like that could be stretching it _just_ a little....:)


			-Matt
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From: sigma@picasso.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin)
Subject: Re: Under Siege
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 00:55:41 GMT

lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble) writes:
>luckey@rtfm.mlb.fl.us (Jon Luckey) writes:
>> Could Steven actually be breaking new ground in this movie?  ;)
>Hey, in a WILD, OFF-THE-WALL, CREATIVE LEAP they've decided to cut the
>title down from three words to two this time out . . . what more could
>you ask?

I was impressed by Seagal the other night, for the first time.  When
Arsenio asked him to rate his own acting ability on a scale of 1 to 10, he
said "3".  Now, that may be generous, but at least he thinks he's trying to
be humble.

-- 
Kevin Martin
sigma@ipl.rpi.edu
"We're gonna need another Timmy!"
From: uril@yang.earlham.edu (Uri J. Lessing)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: The Dark Backwards
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:41:28 GMT
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

In article <1992Oct12.232503.10478@bsu-ucs.uucp>, 01mbmccabe@bsu-ucs.uucp writes:
> Has anyone heard of or know what happened to/with a film I heard called The
> Dark Backwards?  I saw a preview on The Entertainment Channel about a year ago,
> but nothing since.  
> 
> 			-Matt McCabe
> 			 B.S.U.

It went STRAIGHT TO VIDEO, but it was really bizaare.  Judd Nelson played 
the worst stand up comedian of all time who develops a gimmick when a 
third hand grows out of his back.  Bill Paxton is great as his wigged out 
best friend who has a thing for obese women.  Big Wayne Newton is also 
fantastic as Judd Nelson's agent.  A very strange dark comedy.
-- 

Uri J. Lessing |  Earlham College |  Richmond, Indiana
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
From: st1sq@Jane.UH.EDU (Charles Foster Kane)
Subject: Re: best movie titles
Reply-To: st1sq@Jane.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 06:54:01 GMT

In article <23.287AA.9@sansome.com>, gj@sansome.UUCP (Gerry Johnson) writes:
>I want to know what people's favorite movie titles are. I mean those titles
>that are so good you want to see the movie without even knowing what it's
>about. Those titles that are like a line of poetry.

The only movie I ever watched >just< because of the title was a movie called

" I Dismember Mama "

Guess what? 

It sucked.
:)
From: peterme@ocf.berkeley.edu (Peter Merholz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Cronenberg actors (was Re: Identify this quote)
Date: 9 Oct 1992 17:52:17 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: earthquake.berkeley.edu

Talk about Cronenberg actor snubs.... Peter Weller should easily have been
nominated for his role as William Lee in NAKED LUNCH, and Judy Davis for
supporting actress.. Never mind Cronenberg for Director, and whoever for
cinematography...
Sheesh!

--Peter M.
From: cb366@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark B. Bendiksen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Wicked, Bad, Scary Movies. (Recommendations anyone?)
Date: 8 Oct 1992 13:19:42 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In article <1992Oct6.155450.43633@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, brnt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
:
|>      I'm looking for some really frightening movies.  I don't want any of
|> those sophomoric, gore movies that hollywood seems to think are scary, but
ty
|> actually aren't.  I want some "I can't turn the light out until tomorrow
|> morning because bad things might be coming for me" movies.  Email or Post,
|> s'all the same to me  

Rosemary's Baby....definitely one of the most chilling pieces of
cinema ever....


Mark B. Bendiksen
cb366@freenet.cwru.edu
-- 
"If we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto,
 We'll just be bogus, too."-- Dr. Jeff Spicolli
From: smith@ctron.com (Larry Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Movies with people wearing clear plastic
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:13:03 GMT
Reply-To: smith@ctron.com
Organization: Cabletron Systems, Inc.

In article <70#pxrm.allyn@netcom.com>, allyn@netcom.com (allyn) writes:
>I am curious if any of you out there know of any other flicks with scenes
>of people wearing clear plastic. 

To each his own.  There is a girl wearing clear plastic jeans who is followed
for a short time (as he takes notes) by H. G. Wells in _Time_After_Time_, in
the segment just after his arrival in the future.

Larry Smith (smith@ctron.com)  No, I don't speak for Cabletron.  Need you ask?
-
How about we all do something reasonable?  I bet that'll confuse 'em!
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From: mmedina@halcon.dpi.udec.cl (Mario Medina C.)
Subject: Deckard's name in Blade Runner
Summary: What was Lt. Deckard's First Name?
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:54:13 GMT
Distribution: rec.arts.movies
Organization: Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion - Chile

	Hi!

	Me and a coupla friends were just wondering...
	What was Deckard's first name in Blade Runner?
	All we could remember was his being called Lt. Deckard several times.
	
	Maybe the book upon which it's based says something...


		Mario Medina C. (Still without .sig)

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From: le01167@portal.lasc.lockheed.com (Ron Nadel)
Subject: Re: WORST SEQUEL????
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co. - Rye Canyon
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 04:22:39 GMT

In a word...Godfather III

Ron
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From: donnell@morayeel.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Subject: Re: the absolute worst movie of all time, so bad it's bad
Organization: none
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 22:03:37 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.211939.2200@news.acns.nwu.edu> ssc@nwu.edu (Steven Chung) writes:
>In article <1992Oct14.161138.3957@news2.cis.umn.edu> donnell@barnacle.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous) writes:
>
># What the hell was bad about "Cool World". My friends and I not only like
># the film, but we want to LIVE THERE! Seriously, I thought it was fine.
># Why do  so many people hate it so much? <I liked it as a Good film, not
># a bad movie>
>
>I don't know--how about no plot, no character development, no acting (esp.
>Kim Basinger), no plausible human/cartoon interaction...
>All in all, even worse than Highlander II (a friend's comment--I managed to
>avoid this one).
>

Gee, I must have been watching another movie. Sorry.
I agree about Kim Basinger though. But when has she ever acted?
As for Highlander II, there is no way that "Cool World" was worse. No WAY!
"Cool World" was also heavily tampered with by the studio. But I am getting
awfull tired of hearing that. Standard cop-out.

					--Judex--

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From: ts_rost@pavo.concordia.ca (*TsR)
Subject: Re: Shooting in circles 
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Concordia University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:40:00 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.180832.12803@jade.tufts.edu>, gharris@jade.tufts.edu (George W. Harris) writes...
>In article <YORK.92Oct13143458@oakland-hills.lucid.com> York@Lucid.COM writes:
>>In article <seaverw.41.0@columbia.dsu.edu> seaverw@columbia.dsu.edu (W. A. Seaver) writes:
>>
>> [long discussion of circular panning deleted]

Also done in Pacific Heights... the scene where Melanie Griffith is talking with
their lawyer, in the lobby of a courthouse..


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From: dascoser@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (david serchay)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: The Princess Bride - Script?
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:53:09 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

boltz@chopin.psu.edu (Mark Boltz) writes:

> I'm looking for anyone who may have a copy of the script to the Princess
> Bride that they could email me.  If so, send it out to
> 
> boltz@vivaldi.psu.edu
> 
> if you could. I like the movie a lot, but find Montoya and others hard to
> understand in some places.  (Like the duel with Wesley).  Thanx.
> 
> 
> ------------------------                        -----------------------------
> boltz@vivaldi.psu.edu                         The Pennsylvania State Universi
> "Buster" Boltz, Toonster Extraordinare                "...no relation"
> "Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?"
> 					Count Oxenstierna (1583-1654)
> ------------------------                        -----------------------------

Same here. 

Dascoser@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
From: cje@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Cthulhu's Jersey Epopt)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: GREEN LANTERN: The Motion Picture
Date: 14 Oct 92 14:22:41 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Miskatonic U. Computer Operations & User Services

>JB>Personally, I think Robert Redford would be a better choice -- IMHO, he's
>JB>a better actor, and he *was* the "model" after whom GL was created 

Hmm?  James, what are you talking about?  The Hal Jordan GL was created in
1959, long before Robert Redford was around.  I'd love to know who Gil Kane
based Hal Jordan on, but Redford's not it.

eric.walker@channel1.com (eric walker) writes:

> I've heard that the original Green Lantern was going to be named "Alan Ladd"
> instead of Alan Scott.  The writers of the comic had the idea of creating an
> Aladdin-like character, with a magic ring and all, and the name "Alan Ladd"
> could be taken from the name "Aladdin."  But then the writers went to the
> movies and saw that there already was a blond star named Alan Ladd in 
> existence - and so he became Alan Scott.

Almost got the story right.  I believe an editor nixed "Alan Ladd" as being too
unbelievable as a name, resulting in much kicking of selves when Alan Ladd
became popular in films.  The publicity they could have had...


-- 
Yog-Sothoth Neblod Zin,

Chris Jarocha-Ernst			Rutgers University Computing Services
Internet: cje@gandalf.rutgers.edu       BITnet: JAROCHAERNST@ZODIAC
From: cn@otter.hpl.hp.com (Colin Needham)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 08:58:59 GMT
Subject: The Actors List (Ko-Mil) Part 5 of 8
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
From: firestar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lipton Ann Meredith)
Subject: Re: Another SNEAKERS question
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 00:51:59 GMT


>>>I just saw SNEAKERS this past weekend and have a question:
>>>
>>>In the scene when Marty Bishop decides that the name of 
>>>the black box stands for something else and he was playing
>>>around with the letters what phrase did he spell before 
>>>he came to "TOO MANY SECRETS"  I did not have my glasses 
>>>on and neither did my pal, so we missed it.  All we know
>>>is that it got a big laugh.
>> 
>> COOTY RAT SEMEN
>
> You're missing an "S".  How about SOCRATES TOY MEN?
>

It was actually COOTYS RAT SEMEN, so they did use the S.  

Firestar

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