The Criterion Spinal Tap's been out of print for ages. There's another version out there, that's the one most people have. (Same goes for all of the out-of-print ones, I think -- Criterion let their rights lapse, so someone else released them.)
Angel: Miss me? Lilah: Only in the sense of…no.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Jessica - Nov 27, 2004 5:22:45 am PST #6274 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Gus - Nov 27, 2004 10:40:33 am PST #6275 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Well, no one at the tv wiki can answer this, nor can anyone on the IMDB discussion forums. I guess it is time to bring out the big guns, and unleash the Buffistas.
"… an 80s-vintage teen-oriented movie or TV movie in which a kid with a little red wagon was going around in the background (as a subplot) arranging an incredibly complex chain of deals. It was handled like a running gag, except at the end, the kid was shown walking off having accomplished what he wanted. Anyone got a title on this?"
Steph L. - Nov 27, 2004 10:50:59 am PST #6276 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
It wasn't Better Off Dead, was it?
Gus - Nov 27, 2004 10:54:53 am PST #6277 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Steph, I think the running gag there was the paperboy determined to collect. It also got a shout-out in "Say Anything."
DXMachina - Nov 27, 2004 1:20:48 pm PST #6278 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Radio Flyer?
Lilty Cash - Nov 27, 2004 8:17:54 pm PST #6279 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Better Off Dead is what came to mind, but I know it's not it. This is very familiar, though. Crap. This will drive me nuts.
Lyra Jane - Nov 28, 2004 9:26:59 am PST #6280 of 10001
Up with the sun
The kid making deals question rings dim bells for me, too, but I also can't place it.
The Criterion Spinal Tap's been out of print for ages. There's another version out there, that's the one most people have.
I just checked, and I have the Criterion one. Is it worth anything?
Oh, and THANK YOU everyone for going on about The Incredibles until I felt I had to see it. It was really an amazing movie.
Zenkitty - Nov 28, 2004 9:44:32 am PST #6281 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The kid-making-deals thing put me in mind of Fresh, which I haven't seen for a while, but it's not that. Do you remember the main plot at all?
Anne W. - Nov 28, 2004 10:16:48 am PST #6282 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I just got back from seeing National Treasure. It was good, cheesy fun. It was what The DaVinci Code would have been if the author had enough sense to realize that the story's premise was inherently silly.
Gandalfe - Nov 28, 2004 10:35:29 am PST #6283 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Ugh. I had someone at my work trying to argue that the DaVinci Code was historically true. I had a really rough time with not smacking him.