Since the Countess and I are moving over the next few days, it might be a while before I can check in. If anyone else wants to take my turn, feel free. If no one has jumpe din by the time I get back online, I'll post one.
I knew it was a bit vague, but it's hard to do this. Let's try again.
A traveler returns home after a long journey with lots of questions for the folks back home. Fortunately, the answers are provided before things get ugly.
That's the one! Buck threatened "Bug" with a hatchet, a power drill, and a golf club. He didn't actually threaten the elementary school principal with a rat, but suggested that she get one to chew her mole off!
The high school scenes were shot at New Trier West High School in Northfield, IL. The West campus was opened to handle the baby boomers in the New Trier school district. With the ensuing decline in enrollment, the West campus was closed, so it was available for the film. Since then, it was used as a junior college campus for a while; now it's the freshman campus for the high school (with New Trier East handling the upperclassmen).
Some other New Trier graduates can be seen HERE (near the bottom of the page)
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GeorgeStGeorge
"High Noon"?
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bingo!
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Since the Countess and I are moving over the next few days, it might be a while before I can check in. If anyone else wants to take my turn, feel free. If no one has jumpe din by the time I get back online, I'll post one.
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GeorgeStGeorge
Okay, then.
A homecoming causes a lot of concern for the folks back home.
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Raf
Too many possibilities.
Superman Returns
The Return of Martin Guerre
Sommersby
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I knew it was a bit vague, but it's hard to do this. Let's try again.
A traveler returns home after a long journey with lots of questions for the folks back home. Fortunately, the answers are provided before things get ugly.
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Happy Feet?
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GeorgeStGeorge
I haven't seen "Happy Feet," so I don't know how well it fits the clue; but, no. This movie is about thirty years old. I'm pretty sure you've seen it.
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Raf
Oh, duh.
Star Trek: The Motionless Picture
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GeorgeStGeorge
That's the one. If someone hadn't gotten it soon, I'd have changed "traveler" to "voyager".
You're up, Raf.
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Raf, old man, it's your turn!
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Oh,yeah. ummm....
Horse thief kills chief law enforcement officer and gets thanked by the head of state.
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Okay, here's a WAG.....Wyatt Earp?
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Nope.
Horse thief turned brazen serial robber kills chief law enforcement officer, gets thanked for it by head of state.
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GeorgeStGeorge
It's got to be a Robin Hood flick. I'll guess "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves."
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I'd have accepted any variation of "Robin Hood" except for Disney's.
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The hero is a near-indigent gambler who threatens people with a hatchet, a rat, a power drill, and golf club.
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now I see
Drill Bit Taylor?
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GeorgeStGeorge
No. This movie is significantly older. (Though not as old as I am!)
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Not that this is likely to help most of you, but several scenes from the movie were filmed at my high school.
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now I see
Billy Jack?
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GeorgeStGeorge
No. This movie is a comedy. Its star died in 1994. (Hard to believe it's been that long.)
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now I see
Is it Uncle Buck? (A true classic.)
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That's the one! Buck threatened "Bug" with a hatchet, a power drill, and a golf club. He didn't actually threaten the elementary school principal with a rat, but suggested that she get one to chew her mole off!
The high school scenes were shot at New Trier West High School in Northfield, IL. The West campus was opened to handle the baby boomers in the New Trier school district. With the ensuing decline in enrollment, the West campus was closed, so it was available for the film. Since then, it was used as a junior college campus for a while; now it's the freshman campus for the high school (with New Trier East handling the upperclassmen).
Some other New Trier graduates can be seen HERE (near the bottom of the page)
George
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