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Million-Dollar Movie Week

Carlos Giron
Atlanta, GA
Golf Caddy

Says as the son of immigrants, movies helped teach him English.
A favorite was Empire Strikes Back, and he thought Yoda grammar was correct and he used it in school.

Topic Tree
'50s Movies
West Side Story
The Godfather
Voices in My Head
Stand By Me
Jack Nicholson
Arthur
Pretty Woman
Big-Screen Ink
Netflix Clip
Cult Classics
'80s Flicks
Jack Black
Madonna
Starring Roles



$100 (Starring Roles):
The title character of the 2008 film "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is a what?
A. Space alien B. Dog
C. Small child D. Very bad kisser

Spoiler

B. Dog [:08]

$200 (Madonna):
According to a review, the 1996 film "Evita" tried to revive "two things long thought dead: Madonna's acting career and the" what?
A. Horror film B. Movie musical
C. Medical drama D. Spy thriller

Spoiler

B. Movie musical (:09)

$300 (Jack Black):
As its title implies, the Jack Black movie "Be Kind Rewind" is set primarily in what kind of establishment?
A. Pet store B. Coffee shop
C. Bakery D. Video store

Spoiler

D. Video store (:10)

$500 ('80s Flicks):
Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short all wear sombreros on the movie poster for what 1986 comedy?
A. Three Amigos! B. Crocodile Dundee
C. Back to School D. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Spoiler

A. Three Amigos! [:08]

$1000 (Cult Classics):
In a 1971 cult classic, what does an older woman say to a younger man when he says, "I like you Maude"?
A. I like you, Fred B. I like you, Walter
C. I like you, Harold D. I like you, Robert

Spoiler

C. I like you, Harold (:07)

Carlos will return tomorrow with all lifelines intact.

According to BuzzerBlog, Carlos goes a very, very long way up the money tree tomorrow.
Read more here, including speculation from primetime $1M winner Ed Toutant,
and see a YouTube clip previewing the $100,000 question:

*WARNING - Some Spoilers*
http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/wh ... arch-11th/

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Carlos Giron
Atlanta, GA

I vaguely remember him from my audition.

So far, so good.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Million-Dollar Movie Week

Carlos Giron
Atlanta, GA
Golf Caddy

Says as the son of immigrants, movies helped teach him English.
A favorite was Empire Strikes Back, and he thought Yoda grammar was correct and he used it in school.

Funny story and a nice hook for movie week.

Wow - nihil obstat® so far.

They ran another, longer story about him in the Atlanta Journal today starting at the bottom of the front page. They discussed the similarity between him (a golf caddy) and the Slumdog Millionaire (which he hasn't seen yet).

silverscreenselect wrote:They ran another, longer story about him in the Atlanta Journal today starting at the bottom of the front page. They discussed the similarity between him (a golf caddy) and the Slumdog Millionaire (which he hasn't seen yet).

Here's the URL for that article. There is one quote from Meredith that is somewhat spoilerish, though non-specific.

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/pri ... e0311.html

Then Meredith says this:

She’s not an evil host like in “Slumdog Millionaire,” she says, but she has seen the million won only twice. The hardest moments are when somebody rushes and answers and gets it wrong, she says. Of course, “if you know it,” she says, “you know it.”

Seeing someone rush an answer is hard for you, Meredith? Should I put your name down in opposition to The Damned Clock?

I'm not really sure it's comparable to Slumdog Millionaire. Hmmm a guy learned english from movies, has seen every movie known to man and is doing well on Movie Week? Wow, I wonder how that happens?! That's just a little different from the Slumdog plot.

sunflower wrote:I'm not really sure it's comparable to Slumdog Millionaire. Hmmm a guy learned english from movies, has seen every movie known to man and is doing well on Movie Week? Wow, I wonder how that happens?! That's just a little different from the Slumdog plot.

Yeah, but you know that the Slumdog theme is going to be big with next season's auditions, particularly with the state of the economy.

"Let's find lots of needy, suffering, deserving young contestants. And can we find some long-lost girlfriends to reunite with them on-air?"

MarleysGh0st wrote:

sunflower wrote:I'm not really sure it's comparable to Slumdog Millionaire. Hmmm a guy learned english from movies, has seen every movie known to man and is doing well on Movie Week? Wow, I wonder how that happens?! That's just a little different from the Slumdog plot.

Yeah, but you know that the Slumdog theme is going to be big with next season's auditions, particularly with the state of the economy.

"Let's find lots of needy, suffering, deserving young contestants. And can we find some long-lost girlfriends to reunite with them on-air?"

For me with the first part, how about three out of four? Passing for young is a lost cause.

As for the second, I think GW might disapprove.

gsabc wrote:For me with the first part, how about three out of four? Passing for young is a lost cause.

As for the second, I think GW might disapprove.

I don't know, it'd be pretty tough on them to discard the "young" part. Just how long have you been a slumdog, gs?

sunflower wrote:I'm not really sure it's comparable to Slumdog Millionaire. Hmmm a guy learned english from movies, has seen every movie known to man and is doing well on Movie Week? Wow, I wonder how that happens?! That's just a little different from the Slumdog plot.

He's:

(A) Fairly young
(B) Ethnic
(C) Works at a low prestige, presumably low paying job
(D) Not classically well educated
(E) Presumably not too well off
(F) Only knows a limit subject area but presumably knows it very well.

Just in case you missed the episode and you're waiting for the March 11th transcripts, Carlos

Spoiler

won $250,000. He got stumped by the penultimate question, used three lifelines, but decided not to risk it. However, his last guess was correct.