Originally posted by JJ123
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I've recently watched, and enjoyed, two films from the 1970s...always fun to delve into that particular film-stock era. For the first time, I watched Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges, and The Long Good-Bye with Elliot Gould. Enjoyed both of them; the former perhaps a bit more, as Good-Bye, while extremely cool and entertaining (I liked it a lot, and as always, Gould tends to deliver, whether hosting an old Saturday Night episode or what have you - you've got to love that Star Trek sketch), was actually a different, almost weird film in some ways (forgive me, too tired tonight to write a whole essay about that aspect; those who have seen it will perhaps know what I mean; and besides, I have a bit of other writing now to do).
Now, I wanted to see if anyone could help me identify a few films that have popped into my mind recently.
The first I'm thinking of was, I believe, perhaps a television movie, and for some reason I think it was on the Fox Network in the early 1990s. The basic gist is this: it's sort-of like the I Know What You Did Last Summer set-up: a car drives over a homeless person in Las Vegas (I have no idea if that is right; trust none of these details, although they are all I have to go on) and the driver wants to report it, but her friend, who wants to go to law school, begs her not to, and to convince her, says it will ruin her hope to become an on-air broadcast reporter. The driver relents, although is guilty about it throughout. The law-student concocts a scheme to bury the guy and cover everything up. I remember one scene in particular where she needs to get the receipt and paperwork from the body shop that is replacing the windshield, because I guess as a law student she realized that something like that would have to be reported to the police. You know what happens next...the police find the body and things start to close in on the friends in the car. I think the driver eventually did become an on-air reporter and actually had to cover the revelation of the body. At the end, and I have to say, this ending got me so aggravated, because the law student I think did become a lawyer, and when things started really getting tight around them, was able to negotiate an immunity deal with the prosecutor's office...she told her friend something like "they just want the driver," with a pained expression meant to show empathy but just made her look like a conniving jerk. For some reason, I thought an actress from the series Eight is Enough was in this, thought she was the lawyer-jerk, but it does not seem to be on her IMDB page. Anyway...anyone else see this obscure entry?
The next one I only recall as a commercial, I never saw it. All I can recall is, it seemed to be a kids' film, Disney-like, live-action, although probably not from Disney...just the sort-of fast-paced, cartoonish type of movie that probably didn't do much at the box office and most people would see via rented VHS tape in a clamshell from a mom/pop store (remember those days?). Here's all I remember: I think a kid had a large spider in a jar and placed it on another kid's chest while the latter was lying in bed. I assume to freak the kid out. That's it, that's all I recall. I think it was a comedy, not horror or anything like that. If you can say what this one is, assuming this is not a phantom memory on my part, you win some sort of prize, whatever that would be.
The last one is indeed horror, and I never saw it all. It came on one evening many, many years ago, on the local independent UHF broadcast station, and I came in the middle of it. It had something to do with twins, and I am not sure if it was supernatural or not, or if what was happening was all a ruse. All I can say is some older woman in it tells one of the twins that he needs to play the game. Just play the game, for some reason. And I think at the end, there was a barn, and something to do with wine barrels, and maybe a fire. Maybe one of the twins did it but he faked his death or something, and that had something to do with the game. That's about all I recall.
Okay, anyway, those are the clues. Not a big deal if I never get the names, really more curious than anything else. (And I don't think I could watch that first one again anyway...what a jerk that girl was at the end!) (I should also mention that sometimes I get a deja-vu feeling on discussion boards, since I bounce around between a few of them...I hope I have not posted this query before, feels as if I have, and if I have, then my apologies for repeating myself...am getting older, I have to say)
Now, I wanted to see if anyone could help me identify a few films that have popped into my mind recently.
The first I'm thinking of was, I believe, perhaps a television movie, and for some reason I think it was on the Fox Network in the early 1990s. The basic gist is this: it's sort-of like the I Know What You Did Last Summer set-up: a car drives over a homeless person in Las Vegas (I have no idea if that is right; trust none of these details, although they are all I have to go on) and the driver wants to report it, but her friend, who wants to go to law school, begs her not to, and to convince her, says it will ruin her hope to become an on-air broadcast reporter. The driver relents, although is guilty about it throughout. The law-student concocts a scheme to bury the guy and cover everything up. I remember one scene in particular where she needs to get the receipt and paperwork from the body shop that is replacing the windshield, because I guess as a law student she realized that something like that would have to be reported to the police. You know what happens next...the police find the body and things start to close in on the friends in the car. I think the driver eventually did become an on-air reporter and actually had to cover the revelation of the body. At the end, and I have to say, this ending got me so aggravated, because the law student I think did become a lawyer, and when things started really getting tight around them, was able to negotiate an immunity deal with the prosecutor's office...she told her friend something like "they just want the driver," with a pained expression meant to show empathy but just made her look like a conniving jerk. For some reason, I thought an actress from the series Eight is Enough was in this, thought she was the lawyer-jerk, but it does not seem to be on her IMDB page. Anyway...anyone else see this obscure entry?
The next one I only recall as a commercial, I never saw it. All I can recall is, it seemed to be a kids' film, Disney-like, live-action, although probably not from Disney...just the sort-of fast-paced, cartoonish type of movie that probably didn't do much at the box office and most people would see via rented VHS tape in a clamshell from a mom/pop store (remember those days?). Here's all I remember: I think a kid had a large spider in a jar and placed it on another kid's chest while the latter was lying in bed. I assume to freak the kid out. That's it, that's all I recall. I think it was a comedy, not horror or anything like that. If you can say what this one is, assuming this is not a phantom memory on my part, you win some sort of prize, whatever that would be.
The last one is indeed horror, and I never saw it all. It came on one evening many, many years ago, on the local independent UHF broadcast station, and I came in the middle of it. It had something to do with twins, and I am not sure if it was supernatural or not, or if what was happening was all a ruse. All I can say is some older woman in it tells one of the twins that he needs to play the game. Just play the game, for some reason. And I think at the end, there was a barn, and something to do with wine barrels, and maybe a fire. Maybe one of the twins did it but he faked his death or something, and that had something to do with the game. That's about all I recall.
Okay, anyway, those are the clues. Not a big deal if I never get the names, really more curious than anything else. (And I don't think I could watch that first one again anyway...what a jerk that girl was at the end!) (I should also mention that sometimes I get a deja-vu feeling on discussion boards, since I bounce around between a few of them...I hope I have not posted this query before, feels as if I have, and if I have, then my apologies for repeating myself...am getting older, I have to say)
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