Newie
A medical equipment salesman takes a house guest to his basement and shows him his elaborate train set which has a town that includes a brothel.
The Re-Animator
Dead Ringers
The Toy
Stealing Harvard
Clue: The house guest is a major burn out case
okay the guy is in the military..still does nothing to jog my memory...:-)
Sgt. Bilko
Down and Out in Beverly Hills?
Newie
A medical equipment salesman takes a house guest to his basement and shows him his elaborate train set which has a town that includes a brothel.
The Re-Animator
Dead Ringers
The Toy
Stealing Harvard
Sgt. Bilko**
Clue: The house guest is a serious** burn out case[/quote]
**I knew that would happen. Note change of adjective!
Newie
A medical equipment salesman takes a house guest to his basement and shows him his elaborate train set which has a town that includes a brothel.
The Re-Animator
Dead Ringers
The Toy
Stealing Harvard
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Sgt. Bilko
Clue:
The house guest is a serious burn out case
The guest is an old associate of the host's wife, whom she has not seen for a very long time.
A Mighty Wind is correct!!!
That was a wild guess.
Newbie:
In a squalid apartment, he listens to a vinyl record. He's in his undershirt. He's blindfolded.
9 1/2 Weeks
Fatal Attraction
Edited to insert a sentence.
Not:
High Fidelity
9 1/2 Weeks
Fatal Attraction
He removes the blindfold, puts on his glasses and examines the record cover. He wants to remember the name of the artist who performed the music. A pile of jazz records and classical sheet music clutter a table in his room.
Swing Kids? Say Anything? Bird?
Thanks, Mac, I needed that! --clue
Not:
Swing Kids
Say Anything
Bird
He studies a photograph in a Princeton yearbook and then stuffs the yearbook into a bag, picks up his suitcase, and heads out for a journey overseas.
The Talented Mr. Ripley? (I need to watch that one again - I don't remember it very well.)

That was a close one. Yes to Talented Mr. R. GO MAC!