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The Big Clock.

It's been 24 years. I think "lately" is not a word that applies. Carrie Fisher's first movie was Shampoo. No other clues needed for me.

Psst. It's not the soil. It's the seeds.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck shared screenwriting credit and an Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting. Damon was nominated for Best Actor and lost, but he was only the fourth person to be nominated for writing and acting in the same movie. Not sure if there's been a fifth since then. Robin Williams won Best Supporting Actor, though he gets top billing in the credits. Damon and Affleck were both in Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [both directed by Kevin Smith, a co-producer of Good Will Hunting who chose not to direct the drama because he was more into comedies]. In the latter movie [Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back], Ben Affleck played himself in one scene and Holden McNeil in another. Holden is the character he played in Chasing Amy. Damon played himself and Will Hunting, his character in Good Will Hunting. Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl's number (how do you like THEM apples?). Boy chases girl to get her back after stealing something from a confidante. The confidante (note, not friend. Psychotherapist. Robin Williams' character). What did he steal? "I gotta go see about a girl." To which Williams replies (in an ad lib): "Son of a bitch stole my line." Roll credits. You're up.

Amended: on one of their other two collaborations, the screenwriters played both themselves AND one other fictional character each: One played himself and a character from a movie that was a wrong guess. The other played himself and the character he plays in the correct answer. You guys are just messing with me by now. Right? You cannot be THIS close and not know.

In the history of the Oscars, only three people were nominated for acting and writing in the same movie. Orson Welles for Citizen Kane Charlie Chaplin for The Great Dictator Sylvester Stallone for Rocky One of the writer-stars of this movie became the fourth. *** Top billing went to an actor who was nominated for best supporting actor. Second billing went to the one referred to in the first clue. *** The screenwriters are also actors who worked together on two other movies (they did NOT write). Both those movies were directed by the same person (a mere co-executive producer on this movie, who did not want to direct because it was more of a drama than he was accustomed to directing). In one of their other two on-screen collaborations, the screenwriters played themselves. *** The trivia on this one is quite obscure. Honestly, I thought screenwriter getting nominated for both writing and acting was a dead giveaway, but then most people probably forgot he was nominated for acting in this one. They won the screenwriting Oscar, and the top-billed star won Best Supporting Actor. *** I can't think of a single "what it's about" fact that would not be a dead giveaway, but I'll try. Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl's number. Boy scores. Boy pushes girl away. Boy chases girl to get her back after stealing something from a confidante. *** WordWolf guessed “Chasing Amy,” which is incorrect. However, people associated with “Chasing Amy” are referenced in the above clues, one directly, the other less so. *** The theft [from the confidante] is the subject of the last line of the movie. *** George guessed "Dogma," which is incorrect but was referenced in one of my earlier clues.

Not a bad guess. Incorrect, but a foul tip rather than swing and a miss.

I can't think of a single "what it's about" fact that would not be a dead giveaway, but I'll try. Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl's number. Boy scores. Boy pushes girl away. Boy chases girl to get her back after stealing something from a confidante.

The trivia on this one is quite obscure. Honestly, I thought screenwriter getting nominated for both writing and acting was a dead giveaway, but then most people probably forgot he was nominated for acting in this one. They won the screenwriting Oscar, and the top-billed star won Best Supporting Actor.

The screenwriters are also actors who worked together on two other movies (they did NOT write). Both those movies were directed by the same person (a mere co-executive producer on this movie, who did not want to direct because it was more of a drama than he was accustomed to directing). In one of their other two on-screen collaborations, the screenwriters played themselves.

Wierwille will be forgotten. PFAL will be forgotten. GSC's Great Mike Debates? No one will care. Actual Errors? Forgotten. Victor Paul Wierwille's delusions of grandeur became TWI's delusions of significance in the history of Christianity. It's a pissant cult that barely touched 100,000 people in a world of 4 Billion. The world population has increased, but the cult's influence has not kept pace. A few years after the life of Christ, the world was turned upside down. The same time since snow fell on the gas pumps, and The Way remains a footnote not even deserving of its own chapter in the book of forgotten cults.

Top billing went to an actor who was nominated for best supporting actor. Second billing went to the one referred to in the first clue.

In the history of the Oscars, only three people were nominated for acting and writing in the same movie. Orson Welles for Citizen Kane Charlie Chaplin for The Great Dictator Sylvester Stallone for Rocky One of the writer-stars of this movie became the fourth. ***

Plagiarism was his way of letting you know he thought you were stupid. Copyrighting his work was his way of letting you know, no, really, he thought you were stupid.

Make it the Bodeans and you've got a deal. P.S. Everyone fakes tongues. Every. Last. One. ;)

Insane and insanely well-off people from China, India, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan, among other locations. Crazy Rich Asians

This might be a good time FOR ME to apologize to all of GSC for SOOOOOO much wasted time.

WW is correct. I'm the LAST person to lecture anyone about taking too long to post the next move.

Am I the only one who thinks Bullinger's Figures of Speech sound a WHOLE LOT like Harry Potter spells? Condescensio! Hypocatastasis! Asyndeton! Polysyndeton! Expecto-Runaroundem!

I always wondered if the Mike Wars would have been more or less interesting if I were an unbeliever as opposed to someone defending the Bible against heresy. Will we find out? Will anyone care? Questions, questions, questions...

While we're here and waiting for the next post, what was the movie in the last Hogan's Heroes clue?

I wasn't sure about B, but A was screaming at me. I would have disclosed A after you confirmed B, but you went and did that anyway.

First one's easy. Stumped on the second.