Friday, June 29, 2007

"Perfect Crime"

Updated
Some background before the quotes.

As some of you may have noticed, I like me some themes. Every post has had a song title as the subject, and I like to think that the song has had something to do with the post. I've referenced the Beatles the Beach Boys and Bowie, as well as other artists that do not start with B. The above quote is Guns and Roses, way to go Moheggie. The picture is from The Great Train Robbery.

My friend Mark and I run a game. It is a crime themed game where our friends play the part of criminals trying to pull various heists. For those of you unfamiliar with the role playing games, it is something like Oceans 11 meets Dungeons and Dragons. Anyway, we send out emails every few weeks to remind the players what is going on and whose turn it is to bring the Mountain Dew. As the subject to each of these emails I have sent out I included a quote from a film in the crime genre. Some of these will be hard, some easy.

I sent the first 12 of these out as a contest for my players, and I would be remiss if I did not mention that Rick Davis won that contest. And while I have you here, let me also congratulate Chris and Orin. I mentioned Chris in this post. I still can't say exactly what he's doing in Atlanta, but now its both of them and I am still very jealous. Players Pat and Ash recently moved closer so we hope to see them a whole lot more. Lauren just got a new job, Chris and Kate are gearing up for Pennsic, Bobby has already got his tickets for Transformers, and if anybody sees Ted, tell him we miss him! On to the quotes!

1. “So, what does a man with thirty-five million dollars' worth of gold do at night? Watches his big-ass TV.” The Italian Job (2003 remake)

2. “Ten oughta do it, don't you think? You think we need one more? You think we need one more. All right, we'll get one more.” Ocean's Eleven (2001 remake)

3. “Back when I was picking beans in Guatemala, we used to make fresh coffee, right off the trees I mean. That was good. This is shit but, hey, I'm in a police station.” The Ususal Suspects

4. “What color are their hands now?” The Great Muppet Caper

5. “We grow copious amounts of ganja, yah? And you're carrying a wasted girl and a bag of fertilizer. You don't look like your average horti-fucking-culturist! That's what I mean Willie!” Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

6. "Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money!" Heist

7. "Is he cool?" "My motherfucker's so cool, when he goes to sleep, the sheep count him." Heist

8. "If he'd just pay me what he's spending to make me stop robbing him, I'd stop robbing him." Butch Cassidy and the Sunset Kid

9. "There is a beautiful woman in my bed and a dead man in my bath." The Pink Panther Strikes Again

10. "We three kings be stealin' the gold" Three Kings

11. “I looked at the clock, 'cuz I was saying to myself "Where could he be going at five to seven with that sawed-off shotgun?" A Fish Called Wanda

12. "You look down, they know you're lying and up, they know you don't know the truth. Don't use seven words when four will do. Don't shift your weight, look always at your mark but don't stare, be specific but not memorable, be funny but don't make him laugh. He's got to like you then forget you the moment you've left his side. And for God's sake, whatever you do, don't, under any circumstances..." Ocean's Eleven (2001 remake)

13. "Gentlemen, your communication lines are vulnerable, your fire exits need to be monitored, your rent-a-cops are a tad under trained. Outside of that everything seems to be just fine." Sneakers

14. "If we all do our jobs, we will each be rewarded according to our just desserts." The Spanish Prisoner

15. “I bet you went up to Mrs. Lincoln at the Ford Theatre and said "How was the show? Did I miss anything?" Hudson Hawk

16. "What can I tell you? I'm the bad guy." Hudson Hawk

17. “We protect our government's communications, we try to break the other fella's codes. We're the good guys, Marty.” Sneakers

18. "He knew the risks, he didn't have to be there. It rains... you get wet." Heat

19. "You tried to get in a suckers share on a score that I set up, from the beginning! " The Score

20. "You're saying I violated section 34/Double-D?" Inside Man

21. "I'm gonna flee from the scene of the crime in the nick of time. " Bandits


Bonus: {This is dialogue, not one person.}
"Do you play?"--- "Try me."- The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 original)

Rules:


Jeff and all my players have already seen 1-12.
Try it without "cheating" on the Internet until Monday. Monday I will post answers and open the flood gates to the Internet. I will say that all of these movies are crime/caper related films. Most of you will have at least heard of most of these films. I hope I'm getting this up in time to let Dave have a chance before he leaves on holiday.

6 comments:

Jeff said...

PHURZT!

13. Sneakers
14. No clue.
15. Hudson Hawk (damn, but I love that crappy movie)
16. Hudson Hawk again? I'm pretty sure the creepy bad guys ays this.
17. Isn't David Straitharn's character named Marty in Sneakers? But perhaps this is something involving intelligence stuff...
18. Dang. I've seen this. Dang.
19. Urm, Out of Sight? Dang.
20. Dang.
21. DANG!

Bonus: Benny & Joon? Ocean's 13? Casino Royale? Dang it.

I really blew at this. I'm looking them all up.

Dave Y said...

1. No idea. Probably the remake of The Italian Job I never bothered to see.

2. Definitely Ocean's 11

3. Usual Suspects

4. Don't know

5. No clue

6. Sounds familiar, but I don't know it offhand.

7. Intrigued, but clueless

8. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid I think

9. I think I may have seen this one.

10. Three Kings - love that film.

11. If I haven't seen this one I want to.

12. Ocean's Eleven again.

13. Sneakers, definitely

14. Dunno

15. Haven't seen HH, but I know Jeff-o has, so HH it is.

16. Don't know.

17. Sneakers again

18. Don't know.

19. Ooh, out of sight is a good guess.

20. Haven't seen it

21. Don't know.

Bonus: Don't know.

Wow - I did pretty poorly at that.

Moheggie said...

Hi Davey! Jeff sent me your blog link...said I should check it out.

Anyway, to get down to biznizz...

"Perfect Crime" - I sincerely hope you are referencing song #5 off of GNR's Use Your Illusions 1.

If so, 2 high fives.
If not, I will dutch ball you.

Maren said...

Hmmm. Pretty tough. I only got #12 for certain. Waiting for Monday.

Unknown said...

1. Italian Job is correct, it is the remake.
2. Ocean's 11 the remake.
3. Usual Suspects and Dave is on a roll.
8. Butch Cassidy it is.
10. Three Kings, even more of a gimmie than #2, but still, a right answer is a right answer.
12. Ocean's remake.
13. Both correct it is Sneakers
15. Hudson Hawk it is. By the way, this was the subject line for the email when the crew was trying to steal a bed from an antique store that shared a back alley with...wait for it... Ford's Theater.
16. Right on target Jeff.
17. Correct on Sneakers, but it is RR who's charecter is named Marty
19. Sorry, not Out of Sight.

Still no on the Bonus as well.

Hope that tides you over for now. I migt get a chance to update them all later today at work, otherwise it will be later tonight. Let's hear some more noise out there people. I know a few people who read this blog that should know more of these...

Dave Y said...

Clearly, I need to rewatch my Mamet films... I actually had seen most films on the list.