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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?"
It wasn't Better Off Dead, was it?
Steph, I think the running gag there was the paperboy determined to collect. It also got a shout-out in "Say Anything."
Radio Flyer?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
I saw Alexander this weekend. Mainly because I like Colin Farrell. I was kind of meh about the whole thing, although I was expecting that so it wasn't a surprise.
If anyone else has seen it, there was some stuff I was confused about. It looked like someone was trying to poison him (Alexander) when that boy brought him the cup and then he threw it away. How did he know that? Also, the movie implied that both Alexander and Hephaestion were poisoned. Was it supposed to be unclear who was behind that ?