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48. a supernatural being descends from the heavens, gathers a band of followers, heals with a touch,

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:21 PM

Oct 2014

is hunted by the government, dies, comes back to life, ascends back to the heavens while saying he will return some day.

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Summarize a book or movie in one sentence, then let us guess it [View all] begin_within Oct 2014 OP

I know, I know!! femmocrat Oct 2014 #1

My contribution: femmocrat Oct 2014 #2

12 Years A Slave pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #3

Comedy? Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #4

Don't tell me that is "Sucker Punch" Xyzse Oct 2014 #6

The Magnificent Seven. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #10

Yep! Well, Seven Samurai is what I had in mind, but that works too. Xyzse Oct 2014 #14

SP is correct. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #12

That's true. Xyzse Oct 2014 #15

Shutter Island. nt hack89 Oct 2014 #27

OMIGOD! Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #29

Movie. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #5

Lost in Translation? Xyzse Oct 2014 #7

bingo! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #8

Woo hoo!!! I haven't even watched it yet. Xyzse Oct 2014 #9

one of my very favorite movies - superb music, minimal dialog. brilliant moments of comedy NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #13

Nice. The movie I referenced after yours, I think might be too hard Xyzse Oct 2014 #16

Loved the quiet hibbing Oct 2014 #46

Cashback CBGLuthier Oct 2014 #18

Cool! You got it. Xyzse Oct 2014 #19

book. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #11

High school kid meets his older man friend The2ndWheel Oct 2014 #17

Got it I think NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #22

I could watch it again and again The2ndWheel Oct 2014 #26

There's this guy Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #20

When Harry Met Sally? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #21

I've never actually seen that. Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #23

Every movie ever? shenmue Oct 2014 #43

A mis-treated adopted, boy, his friends, and his school are terrorized by an evil force Yavin4 Oct 2014 #24

The Sound of Music? Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #25

You are a bad bad person! hack89 Oct 2014 #28

The Harry Potter books. nt avebury Oct 2014 #49

Yes. They were kind of sick and twisted. Yavin4 Oct 2014 #124

Star Wars Paulie Oct 2014 #141

A man sees strange lights and builds a mountain out of potatoes shenmue Oct 2014 #30

Close Encounters of the Third Kind name not needed Oct 2014 #32

U win! shenmue Oct 2014 #34

A huge, soulless corporation seeks to buy a quaint picturesque village for industrial purposes. Aristus Oct 2014 #31

Local Hero? Or The Milagro Beanfield War? begin_within Oct 2014 #33

Local Hero. Aristus Oct 2014 #35

A story about 3 generations of a family in Florida from frontier to modern life. nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #36

A Land Remembered, by Patrick D. Smith. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #38

Ding! ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #47

Guy wanders around Dublin for awhile, then has sex with his wife. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #37

Sounds like "Ulysses," but I don't know anything about Ireland. n/t DFW Oct 2014 #56

You got it! The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #68

I'm amazed DFW Oct 2014 #71

Off the coast of Long Island, a fish is very hungry shenmue Oct 2014 #39

"We're gonna need a bigger boat." pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #40

Ding! shenmue Oct 2014 #41

movie Bosonic Oct 2014 #42

Rocky? Chan790 Oct 2014 #67

AAADRIIAANNN!! Bosonic Oct 2014 #70

Snatch? Fight Club? shenmue Oct 2014 #87

OMG!!! Hilarious!!!! calimary Oct 2014 #307

Explosion, Hot barely dressed woman, Explosion, Very Big Explosion with Aliens and more dr.strangelove Oct 2014 #44

The Bush/Cheney administration? begin_within Oct 2014 #51

Just about every Michael Bay movie ever made? n/t Chan790 Oct 2014 #61

Winner dr.strangelove Oct 2014 #150

Alien shenmue Oct 2014 #84

Transformers NewJeffCT Oct 2014 #140

Barbarella Paulie Oct 2014 #143

His brother was executed for falsely being acccused of stealing his own cow during the Civil War. nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #45

Sounds like "My Brother Sam is Dead", but that was the Revolutionary War... petronius Oct 2014 #103

Right. It has been some time since I have read it. nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #104

a supernatural being descends from the heavens, gathers a band of followers, heals with a touch, KurtNYC Oct 2014 #48

It's either the Bible or E.T., I can't tell which. :) nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #50

E.T. KurtNYC Oct 2014 #52

Starman, or, The Day the Earth Stood Still? shenmue Oct 2014 #86

A Lithuanian immigrant moves to America and gets a job in the Chicago meat packing industry. nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #53

The Jungle Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #58

ding! ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #60

A poor writer works in restaurant/hotel indusrty in early 1900s Europe.nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #54

Down and Out in Paris and London...? First Speaker Oct 2014 #81

Ding ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #102

3 Movies Bosonic Oct 2014 #55

Star Wars and The Devil's Advocate pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #57

66% correct Bosonic Oct 2014 #59

Missing 33% was Mrs Doubtfire Bosonic Oct 2014 #165

Book: Paris gendarme stumped by the murder of two women in a locked sealed room... Chan790 Oct 2014 #62

Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #63

Yup. n/t Chan790 Oct 2014 #65

Man makes seemingly miraculous escape Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #64

Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge. Chan790 Oct 2014 #66

Who could forget the Twilight Zone episode? Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #69

Incompetent loser blows up a movie set too early, irate producer invites him over by mistake DFW Oct 2014 #72

The Party First Speaker Oct 2014 #82

Birdie Num Num! DFW Oct 2014 #137

Whale sinks boat. rug Oct 2014 #73

"Call me Ishmael." pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #75

Should be "Call me Fishmeal." rug Oct 2014 #77

DUzy! pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #79

ROFL!!!!!!! calimary Oct 2014 #308

Alternatively gratuitous Oct 2014 #76

In the Heart of the Sea petronius Oct 2014 #100

Small-school team wins big. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #74

The Mighty Ducks? Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #80

Waaay to many movies like that sakabatou Oct 2014 #94

Well, there's only one GREAT one: "HOOSIERS". WinkyDink Oct 2014 #158

Hoosiers? Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #78

Book Prisoner_Number_Six Oct 2014 #83

The Shockwave Rider? sakabatou Oct 2014 #89

Right in one. Prisoner_Number_Six Oct 2014 #97

English fop secretly engages in deeds of derring-do Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #85

A Tale of Two Cities. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #88

Good guess, but... Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #91

i think barbtries Oct 2014 #324

They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere... distantearlywarning Oct 2014 #90

That's the one Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #93

Movie: Blast Hardcheese fights against the traitor Kal. sakabatou Oct 2014 #92

Space Mutiny. Chan790 Oct 2014 #264

But it has the funniest nicknames (and I dare you to watch without laughing) sakabatou Oct 2014 #269

Movie: Robots get really bored with watching a car travel during the opening scene. sakabatou Oct 2014 #95

Book: A short man goes on a long walk; loses his uncle's ring. baldguy Oct 2014 #96

Easy. Lord of the Ring's, Return of the King sakabatou Oct 2014 #99

I fought the law.. sendero Oct 2014 #98

Is it either.... femmocrat Oct 2014 #110

Very nice... sendero Oct 2014 #136

Film Jenoch Oct 2014 #101

Peckinpah's Straw Dogs pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #105

Let's do this thing. Dr. Strange Oct 2014 #106

God Emperor Of Dune. baldguy Oct 2014 #107

oops. wrong place. baldguy Oct 2014 #108

You found the Golden Path! Dr. Strange Oct 2014 #115

Book: An orphan returns home, gets rich, starts a new religion, then gets eaten by his friends. baldguy Oct 2014 #109

Stranger in a strange land Paulie Oct 2014 #145

Movie betsuni Oct 2014 #111

Some Like It Hot. :) nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #113

Yup. It's on TV in an hour, haven't seen it in a long time. betsuni Oct 2014 #114

I have The Canterville Ghost coming up on TCM in about 15 minutes :) nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #117

I had videotaped The Canterville Ghost back in the '80s Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #127

Book: a bunch of rabbits lose their home, and go on an epic quest petronius Oct 2014 #112

Watership Down pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #118

You got it! Not sure why that one comes to my mind so quickly petronius Oct 2014 #121

Bright eyes... Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #123

Movie: A federal agent in Chicago hampers the work of an enterprising American job creator petronius Oct 2014 #116

The Untouchables ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #119

Yup! petronius Oct 2014 #120

Book and Movie betsuni Oct 2014 #122

The Great Gatsby? shenmue Oct 2014 #125

Yes, The Great Gatsby betsuni Oct 2014 #126

Book Lilyhoney Oct 2014 #128

The Catcher in the Rye? ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #129

That's got to be it! Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #132

You are correct. Lilyhoney Oct 2014 #156

This story begins with a man winning his farm in a game of poker. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #130

The Grapes of Wrath? shenmue Oct 2014 #131

Before the Dust Bowl. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #188

Gone With The Wind! betsuni Oct 2014 #208

DING! ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #221

Three (actually 4) French guys, brandishing swords, kill a bunch of people. Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #133

The Three Snickers? betsuni Oct 2014 #134

The Three Butterfingers. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #135

The Three (Four) Paydays sarge43 Oct 2014 #153

Frat shut; goes nuts. nt LiberalEsto Oct 2014 #138

Animal House Paulie Oct 2014 #144

oh, that's easy ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2014 #139

contact. n/t orleans Oct 2014 #175

worst adaptation ever... ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2014 #176

Chinese speaking girl learns there may be dragons after all Paulie Oct 2014 #142

Mulan? shenmue Oct 2014 #168

Neg. Sorry. This one is in black and white. Paulie Oct 2014 #187

This is available on DVD now. Paulie Oct 2014 #278

Here's a short clip. But it does show the film title. Don't read if Ya still want to guess Paulie Oct 2014 #328

Company throws great Christmas party but new computer fires EVERYONE Paulie Oct 2014 #146

Office Space? shenmue Oct 2014 #167

Nope. Much older Paulie Oct 2014 #185

Desk Set Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #213

This message was self-deleted by its author Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #214

You got it! Paulie Oct 2014 #253

It's a Wonderful Life? shenmue Oct 2014 #190

Back in that time, computers were people who computed not machines Paulie Oct 2014 #192

Man forgets himself completely but his true love ends up being his secretary Paulie Oct 2014 #147

American Psycho? shenmue Oct 2014 #170

Nope. Also much older. Paulie Oct 2014 #186

Random Harvest First Speaker Oct 2014 #216

Yep, you got it! Paulie Oct 2014 #254

Bad actor comes out of the rain and into the lives of two females Paulie Oct 2014 #148

No more guesses on this one? Paulie Oct 2014 #277

I demand a hint, this is bugging me. betsuni Oct 2014 #280

The bad actor in the movie was well rewarded in real life Paulie Oct 2014 #327

The Goodbye Girl betsuni Oct 2014 #329

Bingo! Paulie Oct 2014 #348

man in white suit defends justice even when all around him thinks a kid is a thug. Paulie Oct 2014 #149

12 Angry Men betsuni Oct 2014 #151

Yep! Paulie Oct 2014 #155

Females argue about child rearing techniques; men get hurt. sarge43 Oct 2014 #152

Alien? betsuni Oct 2014 #157

Yes and Aliens. n/t sarge43 Oct 2014 #159

Guy has issues with big pale aquatic mammal sarge43 Oct 2014 #154

Moby Dick sakabatou Oct 2014 #160

Yup. n/t sarge43 Oct 2014 #162

Movie: A guy, ousted from his job by a psychopath, builds things sakabatou Oct 2014 #161

nm. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #199

What did you post? sakabatou Oct 2014 #204

I meant to reply to the OP. nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #205

Oh ok sakabatou Oct 2014 #206

Movie: Morgan freeman is God. Then he makes someone else God, until that person is overwhelmed. UrbScotty Oct 2014 #163

Bruce Almighty sakabatou Oct 2014 #164

Movie NewJeffCT Oct 2014 #166

Star Wars or Batman shenmue Oct 2014 #169

Book, then movie geardaddy Oct 2014 #171

A Clockwork Orange? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #172

Horrorshow my droogie! geardaddy Oct 2014 #173

Book.... mrmpa Oct 2014 #174

The Mayor of Casterbridge First Speaker Oct 2014 #177

Yes, absolutely correct............. mrmpa Oct 2014 #232

Guy kills working class girlfriend whom he got pregnant Enrique Oct 2014 #178

An American Tragedy, ie A Place in the Sun First Speaker Oct 2014 #179

correct Enrique Oct 2014 #181

Genetic superman in future Utopia refuses to marry until he finds the meaning of life First Speaker Oct 2014 #180

A simple gardener Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2014 #182

Being There Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #193

Correctamundo! Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2014 #229

Silent Running? shenmue Oct 2014 #194

A Man sees the future but only 2 minutes ahead BlueJazz Oct 2014 #183

is the same man an airline pilot who was LEFT BEHIND? azurnoir Oct 2014 #196

yes (Next) BlueJazz Oct 2014 #197

thanks azurnoir Oct 2014 #198

Book: A Texas newspaper columnist writes about an evil governor logosoco Oct 2014 #184

Shrub by Molly Ivans Paulie Oct 2014 #189

Yep! Too bad that went straight to real life and not just a movie! nt logosoco Oct 2014 #191

A man leaves his cave to share his knowledge. nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #195

Thus Spake Zarathustra...? First Speaker Oct 2014 #217

Ding! ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #219

You do not talk about it. nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #200

Fight Club. Chan790 Oct 2014 #201

Ding! ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #202

Fight Club shenmue Oct 2014 #209

A main character's brother can do things. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #203

Rainman shenmue Oct 2014 #210

Nope. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #220

O Brother, Where Art Thou? shenmue Oct 2014 #222

"I knew it was you." nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #223

The Godfather? shenmue Oct 2014 #224

DING! ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #226

Kthx! shenmue Oct 2014 #227

wouldn't this technically be The Godfather Part II? n/t ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2014 #281

The hotel was evil n/t Duer 157099 Oct 2014 #207

There's two that immediately come to mind...both based off stories by Stephen King. Chan790 Oct 2014 #211

Yes. Duer 157099 Oct 2014 #212

Short novel: The funeral of a man killed in a car crash as perceived by his young son Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #215

A Death in the Family First Speaker Oct 2014 #218

Yes! Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #231

Gorgeous women screw the mob over and live happily ever after together. n/t Aerows Oct 2014 #225

Bound? Chan790 Oct 2014 #266

Movie betsuni Oct 2014 #228

Dark City? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #233

No betsuni Oct 2014 #235

Aha! You gave it away--North by Northwest! pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #236

Yes! His poor suit. betsuni Oct 2014 #237

Book OxQQme Oct 2014 #230

OK JonLP24 Oct 2014 #234

Musical comedy film about the struggle for succession to the throne in medieval England pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #238

Monty Python and the Holy Grail? betsuni Oct 2014 #239

Older than that pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #240

The 60s movie "Camelot"? betsuni Oct 2014 #241

Older than that... pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #242

The Court Jester? betsuni Oct 2014 #244

Bingo! pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #245

I remembered a movie like this and thought Donald O'Connor, but it was Danny Kaye. betsuni Oct 2014 #246

It's a fun thread pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #247

Message auto-removed Make7 Oct 2014 #243

Message removed manually pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #250

A nobody becomes top dog in an extreme war environment until it all comes crashing down pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #248

Duck Soup? n/t Chan790 Oct 2014 #257

Sorry, no pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #258

W...? First Speaker Oct 2014 #259

Nope. Main character is a soldier. pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #260

There is a lattice of coincidence.... sendero Oct 2014 #249

Lattice pray that I can solve this pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #251

This one may need another clue pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #270

ok.. sendero Oct 2014 #273

Repo Man? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #274

But.. sendero Oct 2014 #275

Movie moral: When drag racing do not wear loose sleeves that might catch on door handle pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #252

Rebel Without Applause betsuni Oct 2014 #255

Nicely done pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #256

A married guy gets bored ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #261

American Beauty? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #262

Ding! ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #268

Amphibian leads group of animals to Hollywood... Phentex Oct 2014 #263

Does this involve a m�nagerie � trois? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #265

Musical in which cops don't get no respect pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #267

West Side Story? Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #287

Well done, Officer Krupke! :) pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #290

Book and movie: Kid has fun with monsters sakabatou Oct 2014 #271

Where the Wild Things Are? ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2014 #282

Yup sakabatou Oct 2014 #291

Book: Bedtime story goes hilariously wrong sakabatou Oct 2014 #272

�Badges? We ain�t got no badges! We don�t need no badges! U4ikLefty Oct 2014 #276

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #279

Humpty Dumpty was murderd after being used for genetic-engineering experiments. krispos42 Oct 2014 #283

The ship sank n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2014 #284

Titanic? sakabatou Oct 2014 #293

Correct... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2014 #300

Former military man and martial artist LWolf Oct 2014 #285

Billy Jack? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #286

Yes. LWolf Oct 2014 #298

A couple struggles with alcoholism. One recovers, the other doesn't Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #288

Jack Lemon & Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses mackerel Oct 2014 #289

Yes! Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #294

Book: Children become animals sakabatou Oct 2014 #292

Russian misfits join partroopers and are sent to fight and die in Afghanstan Kaleva Oct 2014 #295

�Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up SteveG Oct 2014 #296

Wizard of Oz sakabatou Oct 2014 #301

and it actually appeared in a tv listing. SteveG Oct 2014 #306

These guys ruin someone's life over a $1 bet. nt ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #297

Trading Places. Lilyhoney Oct 2014 #303

Ding ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #304

Crazy ship captain plays with marbles. my ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #299

Film: Marbles kill people sakabatou Oct 2014 #302

A composer has his work stolen by a man who sold his soul to the devil. CBGLuthier Oct 2014 #305

A hit man holds a cab driver hostage while killing people in various parts of Los Angeles. Initech Oct 2014 #309

Collateral, starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #316

Ding! Initech Oct 2014 #318

James Bond travels to exotic locales in search of a computer disk that could start WWIII. Initech Oct 2014 #310

A group of five police officers get stoned while tracking down drug dealers. Initech Oct 2014 #311

Disgruntled employee burns down building after getting fired and being denied a piece of cake. Initech Oct 2014 #312

Office Space pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #321

Yeah..... Initech Oct 2014 #331

Top secret government agency assembles six super heros to stop New York City from being destroyed. Initech Oct 2014 #313

A group of actors filming a Vietnam war movie get roped into a real Vietnam war. Initech Oct 2014 #314

Tropic Thunder pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #322

London's top police officer is transferred to a small town where he unlocks a death-filled mystery. Initech Oct 2014 #315

A billionaire heir is held hostage in the middle east, comes back and builds a suit of armor. Initech Oct 2014 #317

A boxer takes a fall and makes off with the cash, ending up in a pawnshop basement of horrors n/t Duer 157099 Oct 2014 #319

Tarentino's Pulp Fiction? mackerel Oct 2014 #326

Movie betsuni Oct 2014 #320

An American in Paris? pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #323

Yes. My favorite number: betsuni Oct 2014 #325

Two men wanted for murder in Alabama reach out to their sleazy New Jersey based lawyer cousin. Initech Oct 2014 #330

My Cousin Vinny pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #334

A young Indian boy and a man eating tiger are the sole survivors of a deadly ship crash. Initech Oct 2014 #332

Life of Pi pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #335

An astronaut narrowly escapes death 15 times before heading her way back to earth. Initech Oct 2014 #333

Gravity pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #336

A reporter and a hacker team up to solve an infamous unsolvable murder/kidnapping case. Initech Oct 2014 #337

A baseball manager and his assistant come up with a new formula to win games and it works. Initech Oct 2014 #338

A musical playwright and his accountant set out to make the world's worst musical and succeed. Initech Oct 2014 #339

Springtime for Hitler! pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #340

In WWII, a movie theater owner teams up with an infamous Jewish led American unit to kill Hitler. Initech Oct 2014 #341

Inglourious Basterds sakabatou Oct 2014 #342

TV: A famous robot is in sleep mode, transfered power. sakabatou Oct 2014 #343

Book and Movie: Sheldon Cooper Oct 2014 #344

The Wizard of Oz :) pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #345

Yes! Sheldon Cooper Oct 2014 #346

I could tell you... pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #347

LOL! Sheldon Cooper Oct 2014 #349