any idea what film is this?
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232 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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On catch up of 24 serie 7 and at point where president is refusing to give into the terrorists.

This sparked a memoery of a film I watched where the president DID give into demands, and this spiralled out whereby the "terrorists" knew they had the upper hand and that the country was then pliable to any demand they wanted.

Not much to go on for you lot but its driving me nuts trying to remember the film.

Arese

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210 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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Pride and Prejudice?

Guvna

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203 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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I have got another one.

It is a gangster film, I think with robert de niro, all I remember is him having a wet shave and hitting somebody over the heat with a baseball bat while a load of people are sat around a table.

Any ideas?

Arese

21,238 posts

210 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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Wizard of Oz?

boomboompow

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207 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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Guvna said:
I have got another one.

It is a gangster film, I think with robert de niro, all I remember is him having a wet shave and hitting somebody over the heat with a baseball bat while a load of people are sat around a table.

Any ideas?
The Untouchables? scratchchin Pretty sure I saw the scene your describe quite recently (mafia meet, all round a round-table yeah?) and The Untouchables is the only de Nero film I've seen in the past few months.

jimmyjimjim

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261 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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Sounds more like Goodfellas.

Guvna

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203 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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boomboompow said:
Guvna said:
I have got another one.

It is a gangster film, I think with robert de niro, all I remember is him having a wet shave and hitting somebody over the heat with a baseball bat while a load of people are sat around a table.

Any ideas?
The Untouchables? scratchchin Pretty sure I saw the scene your describe quite recently (mafia meet, all round a round-table yeah?) and The Untouchables is the only de Nero film I've seen in the past few months.
Just did a google and thats the one! About Al Capone in the prohibition.

Cheers

ninja-lewis

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213 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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boomboompow said:
Guvna said:
I have got another one.

It is a gangster film, I think with robert de niro, all I remember is him having a wet shave and hitting somebody over the heat with a baseball bat while a load of people are sat around a table.

Any ideas?
The Untouchables? scratchchin Pretty sure I saw the scene your describe quite recently (mafia meet, all round a round-table yeah?) and The Untouchables is the only de Nero film I've seen in the past few months.
My thoughts too.

Custard Test

Original Poster:

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232 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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Arese said:
Pride and Prejudice?
That's the one, thanks!



Ahh fk it, I guess I will never know. It'll come back to me some day I was just hoping....


Vipers

33,433 posts

251 months

Friday 25th June 2010
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Talking about films, a friend of mine was telling me her OH was very good at puzzles, I asked her if she remembered an autistic boy who cracked a puzzle, which was supposidly uncrackable, it was in fact the best security system the USA had, so they set out to kill the kid, stared Bruce Willis.

Anyway couldnt remember it, so googled Willis's films and came across the film, "Mercury Rising", good film.

Anyway I then went out and brought the Scottish Daily Mail, which I don't usually do, and reading through, there was an article on swimming in rivers and ponds.

The article sarted with "With the mercury rising................." spooky or wot?

Totally useless post, but just thought I would share that with you.




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aclivity

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211 months

Saturday 26th June 2010
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viper said:
Anyway I then went out and brought the Scottish Daily Mail, which I don't usually do, and reading through, there was an article on swimming in rivers and pond
Where? Where did you bring it to?

Civpilot

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263 months

Saturday 26th June 2010
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ninja-lewis said:
boomboompow said:
Guvna said:
I have got another one.

It is a gangster film, I think with robert de niro, all I remember is him having a wet shave and hitting somebody over the heat with a baseball bat while a load of people are sat around a table.

Any ideas?
The Untouchables? scratchchin Pretty sure I saw the scene your describe quite recently (mafia meet, all round a round-table yeah?) and The Untouchables is the only de Nero film I've seen in the past few months.
My thoughts too.
It is indeed the untouchables. The guy who gets the bat was formally in charge of a production house that was just taken down by Ness and the boys. Great scene in the build up too...

"what is that which gives me Joy? Baseball" hehe

Vipers

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251 months

Saturday 26th June 2010
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aclivity said:
viper said:
Anyway I then went out and brought the Scottish Daily Mail, which I don't usually do, and reading through, there was an article on swimming in rivers and pond
Where? Where did you bring it to?
I brung it to work................ self confessed ste speller, well spotted.




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becksW

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234 months

Saturday 26th June 2010
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To OP I asked hubby as he is usually very good for remembering films but the only one he could think of was Air Force One but he knows it doesn't quite fir the plot you've described. Hope you get your answer soon, it'd bug me aswell!

Don't suppose you can remember anything else about it at all?

Edited by becksW on Saturday 26th June 22:46

DBSV8

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261 months

Sunday 27th June 2010
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was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a pool of gasoline .............you idiot

becksW

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Sunday 27th June 2010
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DBSV8 said:
was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a pool of gasoline .............you idiot
It may be obvious to others but I don't get this post paperbag

DBSV8

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261 months

Sunday 27th June 2010
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becksW said:
DBSV8 said:
was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a pool of gasoline .............you idiot
It may be obvious to others but I don't get this post paperbag
what was the name of the film and who was the actor who said this .....pretty obvious if you follow the previous gangsta quote

Edited by DBSV8 on Sunday 27th June 17:54

Custard Test

Original Poster:

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232 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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becksW said:
To OP I asked hubby as he is usually very good for remembering films but the only one he could think of was Air Force One but he knows it doesn't quite fir the plot you've described. Hope you get your answer soon, it'd bug me aswell!

Don't suppose you can remember anything else about it at all?

Edited by becksW on Saturday 26th June 22:46
I wish I could, it's just a vague memory. thanks though Becks. I am fairly certain it wasn't AirForceOne.

Conian

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Monday 28th June 2010
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becksW said:
Air Force One
What would the sequel be called?

DBSV8

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Tuesday 29th June 2010
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becksW said:
DBSV8 said:
was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a pool of gasoline .............you idiot
It may be obvious to others but I don't get this post paperbag
The answer was Robert de Niro in Backdraft