Thread: Task of the Year for 2011

The Challenge
This year the theme is hollywood. A collection of the most memorable movie moments of all time. I realize most people will not have seen all of them, so if you need clarification, just ask. I’ll try to describe them as best I can.

The Rules
You must each task; each one in its own dream, you can't do more than one in the same dream.

Additional Information
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Steal Dorothy’s red slippers. Tap them three times and see what happens.

Dorothy wears ruby slippers throughout the entire movie, and the Good witch of the East tells her that all she needs to do to get back to Kansas is to tap her heals together three times and repeat “There’s no place like home.” After which, she wakes in her own bed.



Gone with the Wind (1939)
Convince Rhett to take back Scarlett

Rhett is angry with Scarlett and completely given up on her. She is begging him to stay with her. Asking him "Where shall I go? What shall I do?" To which he replies: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” It’s one of the most quoted lines in movie history



Casablanca (1942)
Ask Sam to play something for you, see what he plays.

In this scene, Ilsa is in Rick’s bar in Casablanca, Morocco. Sam is the piano player and an old friend of both of them. Ilsa asks him to play a song for her, but he pretends not to know what she is talking about because Rick had told him never to play it because Ilsa broke his heart. She finally convinces him to sing “As Time Goes By,” making Rick come over to yell at him and sees Ilsa for the first time since they broke up in Paris.



Psycho (1960)
Save Janet

Janet is in the shower and Norman (the psychopathic killer) attacks her with a large knife. He is seen only as a shadow in the shower curtain.



The 300 Spartans (1962)
Fight in the battle of Thermopoly

The Spartans and a number of various other Greek soldiers force the invading Persians into a bottleneck between impassible mountains and the ocean. Although the Persians had over a million men and there were only 300 Spartans and about a thousand other greeks, the Spartans held the pass for three days because of their superior weapons and skill. Historical accounts from both sides show that this battle actually happened.
* You may use the recent remake as you reference if you have never seen the original



The Godfather (1972)
Ask the Godfather for something

During his daughter’s wedding, the godfather hears requests for favours. Johnny asks him for help landing a movie role, because his career is hurting, which is granted and leads to one of most famous scenes where the producer finds the severed horse head in his bed.



The Exorcist (1973)
Help perform the exorcism

Father Karras is assisting father Dyer attempt to perform an exorcism on Morgan, who is possessed by a demon. The demon is amused by the priest’s attempt to rid it from the young girl, taunting them and using Father Karras relationship with his recently dead mother to infuriate him, and she howls and makes the room into a disaster zone. During this both priests repeat the famous words: "The power of Christ compels you."



Star Wars (1977)
Blow up the Death Star

Luke Skywalker flies down a long corridor, with Darth Vader and other imperial troops on his tail. He shuts off his computer and uses the Force to target a small shaft that is known to be a weakness of the moon-sized space station. His torpedos go in and they haul ass before the Death Star explodes.



Jaws (1975)
Kill the shark

Chief Brody is alone on the sinking Orca as the shark circles him. During a failed attempt of the shark to kill Brody, he manages to shove a scuba tank into the sharks mouth. He then climbs to the top of the mast and fires a rifle at the shark, trying to hit the tank. He finally hits it and the shark explodes from the compressed air.



Grease (1978)
Race against “Greased Lightning”

Danny and his friends have build a hotrod named "Greased Lightning" and their rival “gang” the Scorpions challenge him to a race for papers. They hold the race at some sort of drainage ditch. The race is to the end of it and back.



Indiana Jones (1981)
Open the Ark of the Covanent

Indiana Jones and Marion turn away and don’t look as the Ark is opened and proceeds to fire lightning bolts out of it, like the bible references and kills all of the Nazis, before closing itself



A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Destroy Freddy with his own glove

Serial child murderer Freddy Kruger stalks the children of the parents who burned him alive in vigilantly justice in their dreams. He wears a glove with razor blades on each finger and slaughters them one at a time with it. Being a dream world, Freddy can manipulate the entire world, making him impossible to hide from. He allows his victim to run and hide from him for his own amusement.