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Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 16, Week 6

Last week's still life with Speak & Spell, which of course came from E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, generated some interesting recollections about the film. Like me, many of you haven't seen it in years, and there's a shared hesitancy in revisiting it. The film got to me back in '82, but now I'm afraid I've grown too cynical to care about a precocious youngster and a stranded alien. Maybe I'm wrong.

The Elvis Costello connection is that actor Robert MacNaughton sings a few bars of Accidents Will Happen. The best incorrect guess went as follows: Regarding Declan MacManus, I have no idea what the connection is, except perhaps: He is not Neil Diamond and did not write and sing an insipid song about the film. Sounds like someone needs to turn on their heartlight.

This week: unquestionably one of the worst films ever made. This is not an opinion, but rather a hard, cold fact. Name this so-bad-it's-good travesty. Submit your answers to this address. Good luck!

New York, New York?

May 14, 2008 in Film | Permalink

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I can't believe you own this on DVD.

Posted by: wells | May 14, 2008 12:56:12 PM

I'm with wells.

Posted by: roujin | May 14, 2008 2:36:43 PM

You gotta take the sour with the sweet. Plus, I'm a sucker for the genre, as you know.

Posted by: Filmbrain | May 14, 2008 4:05:13 PM

Do you? I have a fairly extensive DVD collection, and I probably buy more than I should, but the one thing I don't purchase are films I deemed bad, or better yet, "unquestionably...the worst".

Posted by: steve | May 15, 2008 7:12:29 AM

It would figure I am finally able to identify one of the screen caps and this is it.

Posted by: Erin D. | May 15, 2008 6:32:40 PM

I don't know -- I'd think that "unquestionably the worst" movie of all time would be almost as interesting to see as the best movie of all time.

I don't own this movie, but for some reason, I'm dying to see it!

Posted by: Will | May 15, 2008 8:04:46 PM

I've seen this movie from beginning to end, and it is chock full of "WTF?!?" Moments.

Posted by: Juanita | May 16, 2008 8:48:02 PM

cool is the rule but sometimes bad is bad.

Posted by: mike | May 17, 2008 3:18:17 AM

If I'm not mistaken, quoting Huey Lewis in the blogosphere is a punishable offense.

Just looking out for your best interests, Mike.

Posted by: Filmbrain | May 17, 2008 9:00:21 AM

those triangles scare me to this very day.

Posted by: dubarry | May 19, 2008 4:49:02 PM

Madame Dubarry! How nice to hear from you after all this time!

Posted by: Filmbrain | May 19, 2008 5:40:38 PM

Those aren't "triangles," they're BIM marks!

Posted by: ARBOGAST | May 20, 2008 7:00:19 PM

i can smell a kinski post right through the tubes of the internets.

Posted by: dubarry | May 22, 2008 2:46:58 PM

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