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Movies by Wikipedia Descriptions #1

Can you name these movies by excerpts from their Wikipedia descriptions?
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Last updated: October 13, 2019
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First submittedOctober 11, 2019
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Doc unveils a time machine built from a modified DeLorean
Back to the Future
The film stars Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale
The Wizard of Oz
It was the first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first
feature film from Pixar
Toy Story
Gruber interrogates Nakatomi executive Joseph Takagi for the code to the building's vault
Die Hard
Kate realizes mid-flight that Kevin was left behind
Home Alone
He tried to have the iconic line "I'll be back" changed as he had difficulty
pronouncing the word I'll
The Terminator
The first Marvel film with a predominantly black cast
Black Panther
When high school student Laurie Strode drops off a key at his former home so her
father can sell it, Michael begins stalking her throughout the day
Halloween
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
The Princess Bride
Two Academy Awards, for Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer) and Best Original Song
with "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
The Lion King
The plot revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who leads the Spartans
into battle against the Persian "God-King" Xerxes
300
It stars Jesse Eisenberg as founder Mark Zuckerberg
The Social Network
He also develops a talent for ping-pong, and becomes a sports celebrity as he competes
against Chinese teams in ping-pong diplomacy
Forrest Gump
When adjusted for inflation, it is still the most successful film in box-office history
Gone with the Wind
When a policeman remarks that the planes got him, Denham tells him,
"No, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast"
King Kong
The film's success led to two sequels, a prequel trilogy, a sequel trilogy, two anthology films,
and various spin-off TV series
Star Wars
The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street
gangs of different ethnic backgrounds
West Side Story
... running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as part of his training regimen
Rocky
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Level 84
Oct 13, 2019
Nice, a good mix of recent and classic.
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Level 88
Nov 13, 2019
Fun, thanks!
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Level 66
Dec 21, 2019
For a while I thought Laurie was a guy... "dropped off a key at his former home". I must ve read that sentence 8-10 times couldnt wrap my head around it, what was what..
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Level 72
Dec 22, 2019
So it wasn't just me. yeah, Laurie seems to switch gender pronouns in the clue. Quizmaster, are we reading it wrong? Does the "his" make more sense as Being Michael Meyers in the full paragraph this is pulled from?
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Level 77
Oct 5, 2020
Yeah...i read that as Laurie was pretty gender fluid there. Really confusing the way it was written.
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Level 75
Oct 2, 2021
I think the problem is that some of these descriptions are so heavily edited that they're barely recognisable in the Wikipedia article. The Halloween clue is adapted from these two sentences on Wikipedia:

"On Halloween, he sees high school student Laurie Strode drop off a key at the long-abandoned Myers house that her father is trying to sell. Laurie notices Michael stalking her throughout the day but her friends Annie Brackett and Lynda Van der Klok dismiss her concerns."

I'm not sure this clue can really be described as a Wikipedia description, especially since it confuses pronouns and implies that Laurie's father wants to sell a key.

Maybe Wikipedia has been edited since the quiz went up though.

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Level 72
Dec 21, 2019
Another movie quiz that fits my Jetpunk Golden Rule: "When in doubt, type The Princess Bride."
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Level 67
Oct 2, 2021
This can be remedied by watching The Princess Bride
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Level 53
Oct 2, 2021
A good rule, but one that doesn't work so well on geography quizzes!
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Level 40
Jan 17, 2021
Just missed Halloween :(
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Level 67
Oct 2, 2021
Can you accept Blade for Black Panther?
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Level 89
Oct 2, 2021
The cast of Blade is not “predominantly black.”
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Level 48
Jul 7, 2023
Read your comment carefully. Then reread it until you understand what's wrong with it.
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Level 77
Jul 7, 2023
Looking at IMDB, it seems only two of the ten top-billed actors in the film were black. Most of the main cast, aside from Blade, appear to be white.
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Level 51
Oct 2, 2021
Easy, got them all.
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Level 67
Jul 9, 2023
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Level 67
Jul 9, 2023
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