Archive for January, 2007

No. 24


7 correct guesses (coasterboy, zack, smoothmusic, vistavision, chad, katiecroft, tmantones)

No. 17 was It’s All Gone Pete Tong (2004, Michael Dowse). “Maybe I should write a book. That might take years though, perhaps a pamphlet or brochure.”

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Oscar Ballot

Next month brings us the 2nd Annual Oscar Edition of Shot by Shot, hosted by vistavision. With the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees this morning, Shot by Shot players and attendees of Anthony’s Oscar Party can now submit an Oscar ballot. Your ballot could help your February Shot by Shot score (details to come), or score you awesome prizes at Anthony’s annual Oscar bash.

The deadline for submitting your ballot is Oscar Night, at the start of the telecast: February 25, 2007 at 8 p.m. ET.

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No. 23


5 correct guesses (smoothmusic, zack, vistavision, tmantones, coasterboy)

No. 16 was Clue (1985, Jonathan Lynn). “This is war Peacock. Casualties are inevitable. You can not make an omelet without breaking eggs, every cook will tell you that.”

Here are a few hints that may or may not help as the case may be …
No. 21: French film
No. 22: MGM chick flick

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No. 22


4 correct guesses (katiecroft, chad, zack, vistavision)

Please note: The original aspect ratio for this film (No. 22) was 1.37 : 1

No. 15 was Running Scared (1986, Peter Hyams). “You are the detectives. Go and detect.”

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No. 21


3 correct guesses (chad, monsieurxander, katiecroft)

No. 14 was The Commitments (1991, Alan Parker).

Last hint for No. 15: The film in this shot is at least 15 years old. A film with no connection to this one was released in 2006 bearing the same title as the one in this shot.

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No. 20


10 correct guesses (Coasterboy, CindyLouWho, katiecroft, Chad, rumplefin, monsieurxander, smoothmusic, moe, neal, vistavision)

No. 13 was Monsoon Wedding (2001, Mira Nair).

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No. 19


3 correct guesses (smoothmusic, monsiuerxander, katiecroft)

No. 12 was Without a Clue (1988, Thom Eberhardt). That’s the fabulous Michael Caine at the end of the bar.

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No. 18


3 correct guesses (katiecroft, rumplefin, chad)

No. 11 was Die Hard (1988, John McTiernan).

Here are a few hints that may or may not help as the case may be …
No. 13: Rain is on the way …
No. 15: James R. Thompson Center
No. 17: He made disabilities cool … more specifically, he made hearing loss cool. As cool as hearing loss can be that is.

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