screencap Friday: what the flick? #60
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one guess per comment -- no fair hogging all the guesses.
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posted by MailmanClavin (Fri Feb 27 09, 2:59PM)
I am going to go with my first instinct since thinking about it hasn't helped me. I guess Rain Man.
posted by Kate (Fri Feb 27 09, 3:02PM)
The Terminal?
posted by Althea (Fri Feb 27 09, 6:50PM)
MaryAnn, I have no guess but wanted to let you know, this is the first time the picture has been clear. Up to now all I've seen was shapes, colors and shadows. This'll be the reason some of my guesses have been very off the wall. Last week I tried copying them to a picture editor where I changed the contrast brightness. Lo and behold, an actual picture! A horse - a guy hunched over, writing, shot between some glass bottles - an actual man's back (the Chicago pic)! So, this week, what did you do different?
BTW, folks, I tried looking up the signature as a character name in IMDB and got nowhere.)
posted by Althea (Fri Feb 27 09, 6:51PM)
That is, I changed the contrast AND brightness.
posted by NorthernStar (Sat Feb 28 09, 5:43AM)
Hmm, that's a British prescription (and for someone who's exempt from paying too!)
So...Trainspotting?
posted by Kenny (Sat Feb 28 09, 3:28PM)
I'm going for Sicko.
posted by Jan Willem (Sat Feb 28 09, 6:32PM)
Dirty Pretty Things?
posted by Alex Knapp (Sat Feb 28 09, 10:57PM)
Gridlock'd?
posted by Jo (Mon Mar 02 09, 3:52AM)
Adding to NorthernStar's sharpeyed comments - the character is also over 80 years old and named E Warsop. Still can't pinpoint the movie - so will guess at Brassed Off...
posted by Stuart (Mon Mar 02 09, 7:44AM)
Althea, I used to have the same issue, but it went away once I got a nicer monitor. Some CRTs are just very dark.
posted by Althea (Mon Mar 02 09, 11:55AM)
Grrr...with gritted teeth I thank you, Stuart, for the info about the monitor. Yet another thing I want to replace with a sweet new LCD but can't do yet. Still though, what was it that made this pic come through clear while the others didn't?
posted by Tonio Kruger (Tue Mar 03 09, 10:33PM)
Shallow Grave?
posted by Alex Knapp (Mon Mar 16 09, 12:51AM)
Aghh! What was this?
posted by par3182 (Sun Mar 22 09, 12:23AM)
have you forgotten about this?
posted by MaryAnn (Sun Mar 22 09, 2:41PM)
Sorry, guys -- this one slipped away from me.
Kenny wins: It's *Sicko.*
As for the issue of image clarity: this was produced in exactly the same way as every other screengrab image. I didn't do a single thing differently.