Movie plots in 25 words or less

[obie]

If you've seen "The Player", you know that the producer played by Tim Robbins insists on all movie idea pitches be made in 25 words or less. Can you explain you favorite movie in 25 words or less?

Citizen Kane
Guy makes millions running a newspaper. He blows some on women and stuff, then runs for public office and loses. He dies alone and unfulfilled.

The Wizard Of Oz
Girl kills a couple of wicked witches and makes some weird friends. Monkeys can fly. Little people sing a lot.

Star Wars
People fight with glowsticks and robots act like they're human. Girl princess has hair shaped like danishes. Hero blows up bad planet in the end.

[MeridianFC]

Casablanca - Dame on the run, shows up in his gin joint with new/old Beau. Gotta run, round up the usual suspects.

Miller's Crossing - Tom's gotta protect main potato eater from crazy dago. Everything's insideoutski. Does he love Verna? Who knows Caspar & Schmata are dead.

the Quiet Man - He's killed a man you know and all she wants is her stuff. Fight across Irish countryside. Mr. Og Flynn's says sorted.

[obie]

Goodfellas
Irish / Italian mongrel lives it up with mobsters, then turns against them when the Feds arrive. Pesci kills a made man, then gets whacked himself.

The Mission
Killer and priest try to save Amazon kids from slavery but the Pope does nothing, lets them get killed by Spanish soldiers. Nice scenery, though.

Amadeus
Lousy composer dedicates his life and work to God but gets nothing in return so he kills Mozart.

Wings of Desire
Angels swoop around Germany and comfort people but one decides to become human. He sees that everything's a lot nicer in color.

[Nobby]

A Clockwork Orange
A malchick keen for ultraviolence, in out in out, and Ludwig Van, his glazzies lidlocked, viddies sinny's red red vino, learns its wrong, horribly wrong.

[Nobby]

Barry Lyndon is right out of the movie...

Part I
By what means Redmond Barry acquired the style and title of Barry Lyndon.

Part II
Containing an account of the misfortunes and disasters which befell Barry Lyndon.

[skipshady]

The Big Lebowski
Guy pees on Dude's rug. Dude tries to get new rug, has to deliver ransom instead, goes bowling, fights Nihilits, loses friend, drinks White Russians.

[cj herrera]

Apocalypse Now
Evil lies at our very core. Attempts to suppress it are illusory and vain. Martin Sheen gets totally loaded and cow is hacked apart. Vietnam.

Top Gun
Tom Cruise is a cocky jerk in a jet.

Cocktail
Tom Cruise is a cocky jerk behind a bar.

The Color of Money
Tom Cruise is cocky jerk who plays pool.

Days of Thunder
Tom Cruise is a cocky jerk in race car.

Old School
Idiocy lies at our very core. Attempts to suppress it are illusory and vain. Will Ferrell gets totally loaded and a frat is started. Mid-life.

[MeridianFC]

She's Gotta Have It - Nola likes three men who represent three different aspects of masculinity. There's nudity. She ends up alone.

Do The Right Thing - Racial tensions run high on hot day in Bed-Stuy. Sal and Mookie argue. There's violence. What's the right thing? Hmmmm.

Crooklyn - Hey it's a quasi autobiographical look at Spike's, though focusing more on his sister's, life in 1970's Brooklyn!

[DoctorJones24]

Shark Sandwich - Shiit Sandwich.

(Ok, not a "movie," but I couldn't resist)

[skipshady]

Originally posted by cj herrera
Top Gun
Tom Cruise is a cocky jerk in a jet.

Cocktail
Tom Cruise is a cocky jerk behind a bar.

The Color of Money
Tom Cruise is cocky jerk who plays pool.

Days of Thunder
Tom Cruise is a cocky jerk in race car.Very nice.

Also,
Jerry Maguire
Tom Cruise is cocky jerk sports agent. Cocky jerk athlete helps find true love.

Vanilla Sky
Tom Cruise is cocky jerk with a jacked up face. Penelope Cruz is hot.

Eyes Wide Shut
Tom Cruise is cocky jerk, goes to secret orgy.

[carolinab]

Blazing Saddles - Who knew Mel could make racism funny? Not to mention beans. Black sheriff unites townspeople against Hedy Lamarr, railroad. Oops, that's Hedley.

Young Frankenstein - There wolf, there castle. Frankenstein's grandson gives his creation life! Terri Garr has great knockers.

[skipshady]

American Pie
Four boys make pledge. Encounters with webcam, pie, laxative, band chick and Stiffler's mom. Hilarity ensues.

Bring It On
Cheerleaders.

American Beauty
Middle aged loser wants daughter's friend. Quits job, smokes weed, works out and dies. Creepy neighbor boy has creepier dad.

[obie]

The Best Years Of Our Lives
After World War II, GIs come home. It's hard. One wishes he had his hands back. All this takes three hours to say.

Ben Hur
Banished leader comes back to defend his honor and country. He wins big chariot race. But then Jesus arrives, making everything else irrelevent.

Monty Python And The Holy Grail
King Arthur searches for old cup. He rounds up knights to look, but all are thwarted by the French. Arthur gets arrested, blank screen, music.

No Way Out
Costner looks for Russian spy Yuri, sleeps with Sean Young (pre-insanity, kinda cute), finds out bad things about the President. Costner is Yuri.

Memento
.(remember can't - thinks he) murder wife's his avenge to order in Pantoliano Joe killing into Moss Anne-Carrie by duped is Pearce Guy

[carolinab]

Originally posted by obie
Memento
.(remember can't - thinks he) murder wife's his avenge to order in Pantoliano Joe killing into Moss Anne-Carrie by duped is Pearce Guy [/B]

So fabulous.

[whirlwind]

The Matrix
Machines use us for Duracells. Never fight a woman wearing latex. Lawrence Fishburne is a snappy dresser. Sunglasses - Whoa.

Fellowship of the Ring
Elijah Wood looks forlorn, hand out, holding a ring on his palm, while taller guys hack evil New Zealanders to bits.

[Nobby]

Magnolia
Earl is dying. Frank is a cocky jerk. Claudia and Jim meet. Stanley pisses in his pants. Jimmy collapses. Linda goes over the top. Frogs.

[cj herrera]

Seven Samurai
Poor town hires crew of hungry ronin to fight off outlaws. Mifune kicks ass as farmer who wants to be samurai. Brilliant slo-mo death scenes.

Ronin
IRA hires crew of international ex-spooks to retrieve briefcase. Deniro kicks ass as spook who never left. Brilliant wrong-way car chases.

Magnificent Seven
Seven Samurai with Winchesters, Stetsons and Mexicans. Yul Brenner never takes his hat off.

[obie]

Punch-Drunk Love
Angry nobody finds strength in woman obsessed with him, love in Hawaii, drives to Utah, faces down phone sex merchant getting haircut.

A Mighty Wind
Wha' happened? Insane Mitch kisses Mickey, New Main St. Singers are a cult founded by porn star, and Folksmen ea_ a_ _oe's.

The Terminator
Time traveler Arnold kills all Sarah Conners except the one that matters. (Why not just send another cyborg further back in time?)

Spirited Away
Girl's parents become pigs and she has to work in ghost bathhouse to save them. Slime and stench abound but unicorn saves the day.

Pulp Fiction
Godlike Samuel stops bullets, talks about burgers. Uma needs adrenaline to restart heart. Bruce doesn't take the fall, kills guy, meets gimp. Travolta shot dead.

[Nobby]

Taxi Driver
Lonely New York taxi driver takes a nice girl to a porno, befriends a teenaged hooker, fails to assassinate a politician, kills a pimp instead.

[cj herrera]

My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Rush Hour
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka!
Undercover Brother
Born in East LA
Soul Man
Aladdin
The Guru
The Phantom Menace
(… ad infinitum)
Ethnic stereotypes are heee-larious.