Meme

[tahnan]

Sure, I'm a sucker for a meme. Yadda yadda, IMDb keywords for a single movie, yadda, guess. All movies guaranteed to be uniquely defined by the keywords. Keywords alphabetized for each movie; movies alphabetized by first keyword. Feel free to post guesses in the comments.

1. Blindness / Flood / Radio Station
2. Charades / Kite / Knife in Thigh
3. Cheating at Cards / House Painter / Telegraph Office
4. Coney Island / Lobster / Pygmalion
5. Cop Killer / Handcuffs / Work Ethic
6. Exchange Student / Snow / Voice Impersonator
7. Fibonacci / Judaism / Paranoia
8. Grocery Store / Orphanage / Stuttering
9. Havana Cuba / Head Cold / Sewer
10. Narcolepsy / Rich Snob / Told in Flashback

As a bonus hint, one of these movies (I won't say which one) is the only movie for which "Rolltop Desk" is a keyword. Another one is the only movie for which "University of Wisconsin" is a keyword. "Fibonacci" would be unique if it weren't for that recent thing with Tom Hanks.

(Quick personal note to Ms. Smith, if she's still reading--hi, got your email, terribly far behind on answering things, will reply soon.)

Comments

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

5. His Girl Friday

Gotta say, I was originally thinking LA Confidential, but then I remembered I have the brain of a pancake.

[dr_whom]

Wait, if (5) is His Girl Friday and (1) is O Brother, Where Art Thou, how come only one movie has "Rolltop Desk" as a keyword?

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

Fine question. But in fact, His Girl Friday is the only movie in the IMDb with "Rolltop Desk" as a keyword. It didn't even occur to me that it'd be right for O Brother, too.

[dr_whom]

I wonder if I might have guessed (5) if I hadn't spotted the rolltop desk in O Brother and stopped looking for it elsewhere. Well, probably not; Reservoir Dogs seems like a pretty good match too.

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

reservoir dogs is a good choice, too. i was definitely thinking la confidental, but the handcuff thing is a big deal in HGF.

gotta say, some of the best hats used in the movies sat atop the savvy head of hildy johnson.

[luckylefty.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the movie versions, but presumably both versions of The Front Page should also have "rolltop desk" as a keyword.

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

Nice! I wasn't positive anyone would get that one.

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

i love roz russell. guess i better icon that somehow...

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

http://www.suberic.net/~tahnan/Rosalind.gif ? (Can you tell I finally got around to installing a graphics editor?)