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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:34 PM
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Poll question: What Movie Do You Think ALL DUers Have Seen In Their Lifetime?
Out of these three, which are the only three I can imagine EVERY DUer has seen, at least once, in his or her lifetime.

1. The Wizard Of Oz - because it came out in the 30's and probably everybody has seen it when they were a kid.

2. The 10 Commandments - because it's played on tv EVERY holiday season.

3. A Christmas Story - because (a) it's a great movie (b) it's played EVERY Christmas Eve and (c) because it's played AROUND THE CLOCK on Christmas Eve.

So, what do you think...did I cover them all, or is there one that I'm leaving out.

Or have you not seen ANY of these movies?
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:37 PM
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1. Probably Wizard of Oz
I say that because I'm about the only person on the planet who hates that movie, and EVERYONE tells me I'm nuts.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:40 PM
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2. What is "A Christmas Story"? I don't know if I've seen it
because the name is not familiar. Give me some info -- I could end up being a DUer who hasn't seen one of these movies.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:41 PM
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3. it's the movie
about the little kid in the 40's, he wants a Red Rider bb gun for Christmas.
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ginantonic40 Donating Member (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:48 PM
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7. Glad you clarified that
I thought maybe you'd meant "A Christmas Carol" (Scrooge). The version with Alistair Sim. I'd bet more people have seen that on Christmas Eve then have seen the Jean Shepard story. (Both are great movies BTW)
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mark0rama Donating Member (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 09:44 AM
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35. A forgettable title...
...for a charming film.

Granted, the original title of the Jean Shepard story ("In God we Trust, All Others Pay Cash"), while a perfectly good title for a book, isn't exactly theater-marquee material.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:42 PM
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15. It's the only Christmas movie I can stand
the rest are just two-bit rewrites of Dickens
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:41 PM
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4. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE! n/t
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:42 PM
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5. I've never seen a Christmas Story...
Now if you took it out and added Jimmy Stewart in "Its a Wonderful Life," you might get nearly everyone.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 09:34 AM
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33. ditto
never seen it
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:43 PM
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6. Seen 1, and 3.

But these two more often:

Sound of Music
and Ben Hur
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:48 PM
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8. Seen them all
Multiple times.

I think I would add Star Wars to the list. Who hasn't seen Star Wars?

MzPip
:dem:
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 09:48 PM
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9. Scrooge, 1951
The all-time best movie version of Dickens' Christmas Carol.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:21 PM
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17. better than...
Mr. Magoo? (!) :evilgrin:
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kcwayne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:15 PM
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10. Charlie Brown's Christmas Special
And the Great Pumpkin Halloween special.
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:17 PM
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11. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
maybe. I'd say Star Wars, but I know there's people here who have never seen it.
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:28 PM
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12. I've seen all three but what does the last option mean?
Does it mean you haven't seen any of them or that you haven't seen all of them?
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:28 PM
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13. one out of three for me
I've never seen "The Christmas Story" or "The Ten Commandments". I should admit that I stopped watching TV at age 15. That was 30 years ago.
:)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:30 PM
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14. If not "A Christmas story" I want to rectify that problem
SEEEE IITT!
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maxanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:50 PM
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16. ET
I'm the only person I know who hasn't seen it.

And you can't make me. :P
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:29 PM
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18. I haven't either.
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maxanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 09:29 AM
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32. Feanorcurufinwe
Have you avoided it deliberately?
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rustydog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:33 PM
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19. Miracle on 34th Street
Natalie Wood version.
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youngred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:34 PM
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20. never seen 10 commandments
and don't want to
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:48 PM
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21. Dr. Strangelove
'Cuz we're a sick crew here.
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lulu1967 Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 12:27 AM
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22. One idea?
I would hope it might be "Bambi".
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 12:52 AM
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23. Gone with the wind. n/t
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 01:06 AM
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24. I'm 58 and have only seen #1 in the list.
And I probably watch 4 or 5 movies a week, so how did I miss those other two?
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CandyCrim21 Donating Member (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:39 AM
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25. What About.........
Ferris Buellers Day Off!!! Classic!
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:42 AM
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26. I can't imagine anyone...
...who hasn't seen Star Wars.

However, I've never sat through Moses leading the children of Israel to a land where the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. ;-) At least not the whole thing. Does seeing a clip of the parting of the Red Sea count?
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:02 PM
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38. I've never seen Star Wars....
just never seemed interesting to me. I think I may be a bit strange...if movies are hugely popular,I might as well stay home. My favourite movie is The Lion in Winter,so that should give you some idea:)
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:11 PM
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42. "The Lion in Winter" pretty much sums up Christmas...
...for those of us in dysfunctional families. :-) I love that movie, and so does my sister-in-law.

Then again, "The Ref" and "A Christmas Story" are also pretty good approximations of the Christmas experience for a lot of us. In "The Ref," a cop confesses to a colleague that he never has seen "It's a Wonderful Life." His fellow officer exclaims, "Don't you LIVE in this country?"
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:34 PM
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44. I *love* Lion In Winter as a Christmas movie!
Shall we hang the holly, or each other?
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:53 PM
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45. One of my very favourite lines...
out of the many magnificent lines in that wonderful film:)
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:36 AM
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27. I have seen all three
I love The Wizard of Oz and have seen it countless times since I was a kid. I used to have a Cairn Terrier, like Toto. I saw The Ten Commandments at a Drive-In with my parents, as a kid. I saw A Christmas Story when it first came out on video and now am addicted to the marathons that they have on Christmas Eve. A great film. The one I think you left out is It's a Wonderful Life. That used to be the ubiquitous Christmas movie until NBC bought it and only shows it once a year.:shrug:
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 09:14 AM
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31. I left it out
because *I* hadn't seen "It's A Wonderful Life" :D
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 05:58 PM
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36. It's a great movie, a real classic, but it didn't make much of a splash
at the time it first came out. Check your TV listings carefully in the weeks before Christmas if you want to see it. It will be on NBC and they will air it just once. It used to be that it was broadcast simultaneously on different channels dozens of times during the Christmas season.:-(
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:56 AM
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28. Carol Moseley Braun was on "Hardball" tonight
and when Chris Matthews asked her what her favorite movie was, she answered The Wizard Of Oz!:-)
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zauberflote Donating Member (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 07:53 AM
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29. Never seen Christmas Story
In fact, never even heard of it before now, and I see lots of movies.
Am I missing something?
But yeah, Wizard of Oz, natch.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:03 PM
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39. I think it's a great movie
It's about a 9-year-old boy, back in the '30s, who wants nothing but a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. I believe that it's WTBS that has it on for 24 hours non-stop starting Christmas Eve. It's generally what's playing at my house for most of that time. Here's a link:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/

Welcome to DU, zauberflote! Glad to have you with us!:toast:
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 07:55 AM
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30. I only seen the Chirstmas Story
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 09:42 AM
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34. It's a Wonderful Life
One of my favs of all time.
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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:00 PM
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37. Sound of Music
That and WoO were the two movies I looked forward to every year as a child... back in the days before HBO and Cinemax. Sigh.
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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:05 PM
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40. I've never seen "A Christmas Story"
but I have seen the others :-)
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indigo32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:10 PM
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41. never seen
the 10 commandments
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 06:14 PM
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43. Debbie Does Dishes
:)
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