A Movie Scene Quiz

I know! Cowboy Bob? Or was it Cowboy Pete?

Cowboy Randy?

Cowboy Curtis!!

Recap:

Velociped (the original word for bicycle), which would contain films that feature a protagonist on a bicycle or otherwise is close contact with one (nameless cyclists in the background do not count, nor do tricycles or motorised bicycles).

1. Ladri di biciclette (The bicycle thief, 1948)
2. Aanslag, De (The Assault, 1986), a Nazi collaborator on a bicycle is killed by resistance mebers also on bicycles in front of the hous of the protagonist who is also featured on a bicycle.
3. Honneponnetje (Honeybun, 1988), many stolen bicycles are featured.
4. House of D (2004), protagonist is seen cycling through Paris.
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), famous flying bicylce trip.
6. Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003), protagonist is a cyclecoureur.
7. Jules et Jim
8. Il Postino (1994), postman on a bicycle
9. Jour de fête (1949), Jaques Tati as postman on bicycle
10. Dream, De (1985), Ymkje cycles to town to denounce her lover
11. Het Meisje met het Rode Haar (The Girl with Red Hair, 1981), resistance fighter transports illegal publications on bicycle.
12. Offret (The Sacrfice, 1986), another postman on bicycle
13. Rukajärven tie (Ambush, 1999), bicycle scouts during the war
14. La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful, 1997), Roberto Benigni on bicycle
15. Batoru Rowaiaru (Battle Royale, 2000), schoolboy rides a bike before getting killed.
16. Io non ho paura (I am not Afraid, 2003), village kids cycle through the countryside
17. The Muppet Movie (1979), Kermit rides a bike
18. Kundskabens træ (Tree of Knowledge, 1981), bicycle lamp is used to light up winter scene
19. A Bridge too far (1977), resistance member spies on Germans using bicycle
20. Le Temps du Loup (2003), destitute family moves around with one bicycle
21. Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) - Mr. Chips meets his future wife when he is on a walking tour of the Tyrolean Alps, and she and a friend are on a bicycling tour
22. 40 year old Virgin (2005), virgin rides bike to work
23. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
24. Claudine
25. Friday (Deebo on the stolen bike with the squeaky wheel)
26. The Karate Kid
27. Breaking Away ( bicycle race)
28. Flashdance (rides bike to work)
29. Quicksilver
30. Breaking the Waves
31. The Wizard of Oz
32. The Sound of Music
33. Return to Me
34. Some Like It Hot
35. Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001), heroine finds toy bicycle
36. De Afstand (1981), protagonist and best friend have a bicycle vacation as teenagers.
37. Attention, les enfants regardent (1978), boy cycles home after ditching car with corpse
38. Back to the future (1985), Marty's dad rides a bicycle
39. Eréndira (1983), the photographer rides a bicycle and gets shot
40. Dave
41. Peyton Place
42. Kramer vs. Kramer
43. A Little Romance (steal bikes during French bicycle race (Olivier))
44. The Great Escape (James Coburn steals a bike and rides it across the countryside.)
45. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

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46. Älskar älskar inte (1995), love interest has a bicycle at home, though she never rides it.
47. Populärmusik från Vittula (2004), teacher races a schoolbus on his bicycle (and wins!)

48. Hector (1987), protagonist coaxes a racing bicycle part by part out of a vendor using pies and coaches a coureur
49. Het Debuut (1977), girl cycles to school
50. The Goonies (1985), kid on a bike with training wheels is dragged along by hoodlum in a car.

I guess that makes it Rag time again...

and "W" goes to Paaskynen.

Wow W. There are so many nice words, like whisky, wanton women and a watery grave, but for me, due to childhood trauma (undoubtedly) there can be only one choice here:

WOLF (to make it to 50 we will also accept coyotes and werewolves)

1. Le Pacte des Loups (The Brotherhood of the Wolf, 2001), in the hunt for the Beast of Gevaudan many wolves are killed, wolves are also otherwise involved.

A childhood trauma due to a wolf or werewolf, Paaskeynen?


2. Call of the Wild (Clark Gable)
3. Jungle Book - Sabu
4. White Fang
5. Look Who's Talking Now (dog fights wolf)
6. The Wild North (Stewart Granger)

As a kid I read a children's story about a werewolf that caused me sleepless nights. I still find werewolf flicks scarier than other horror.

7. Wolfen (1981), wolves in New York attack the homeless
8. The Day After Tomorrow (2004), wolves in New York attack hapless teenagers
9. Benji the Hunted (1987), small stray dog outsmarts wolf
10. Never Cry Wolf (1983), biologist observes wolves in the wild and tries to become one with them
11. Pervola, sporen in de sneeuw (Pervola, Tracks in the Snow, 1985), brothers in search for their lost father are chased by wolves.
12. Wilderness (1996), librarian turns out to be non-violent werewolf
13. Romasanta (2004), hunt for werewolf features also real wolves
14. Ladyhawke (1985), Rutger Hauer turns into a wolf every night
15. Dances with Wolves (1990), actually the dancing wolf is a coyote
16. The Company of Wolves (1984), fantasies about werewolf myths
17. Wolf (1994), Jack Nicholson as werewolf
18. Misa Mi (2003), girl adopts wolf family
19. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), wolves chased the heroes
20. An American Werewolf in London (1981), after his first night of carnage protagonist wakes up in the wolf pen at the zoo

Whereas the above titles all feature real wolves one way or another, the following only display lycanthropes and other fictional wolves:

21. Ma-ma (1976), musical about the big bad wolf and the seven kids
22. An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
23. The Howling (1981), had five sequels!
24. Underworld (2003), had 1 sequel
25. DarkWolf (2003), very bad SFX
26. Teen Wolf (1985), Michael J. Fox as confused lycanthrope
27. Van Helsing (2004), Dracula is killed by a werewolf
28. Ginger Snaps (2000), had two sequels
29. Dog Soldiers (2002), British soldiers battle werewolves
30. The Runestone (1990), archeologists set loose the Fenris wolf

The only werewolf movie I ever saw.

31. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (and the Wolf Man and Dracula)

32. Big Fish (2003), werewolf circus director
33. DreamKeeper (2003), features the coyote character
34. Silver Bullet (1985), Stephen King's werewolf flick
35. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), professor Lupin is a werewolf
36. The Wolf Man (1941), the first werewolf film I ever saw
37. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), Oliver Reed as a tragic werewolf
38. Legend of the Werewolf (1975), boy brought up by wolves becomes werewolf at circus
39. Balto (1995), wolfdog saves village kids from disease battling wolves and snowstorm.
40. Sans famille (1958), Dolce and Zerbino are eaten by wolves
41. Old Yeller (1957), saves the family from a rabid wolf
42. Laila (1958), Aslak kills a wolf with his puukko to save an ophaned baby

Only 8 more to go. Surely, there are frontier stories featuring wolves that may be more familiar to Americans than to me?

43. Silence of the North - Ellen Burstyn
44. Jeremiah Johnson

45. Dracula (the one with Frank Langella. He changes into a werewolf. Bela Legosi probably does also but i don't remember)

"White Fang" was my favorite (but raggedy already mentioned it).

That reminds me:
46. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), does the same thing, arrives in England as a large wolf. There were real wolves in the book, but I can't remember if they made it into the film.
47. The Messenger (1999), Joan of Arc is surrounded by wolves in a vision
48. L'Enfant sauvage (The Wild Child, 1970), the wild boy of Aveyron lives with wolves before he is found (in a wolf den)

Only 2 more, perhaps there are cattle driving westerns that feature wolves or coyotes?

Lots of wolves and coyotes howling in the westerns and wilderness movies, but I don't remember actually seeing them. I guess the campfires kept them at a safe distance.


49. Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman

Were there any wolves in Bambi, or just cuddly forest animals?

No big bad wolf in Bambi. Only cuddly fellows like Thumper and Flower.