A Movie Scene Quiz

3. Being There (Peter Sellers plays Chance the gardener)

4. Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

4. The Godfather
5. Minority Report
6. The Last Emperor

Recap:

G = A scene involving Gardening (a garden being "A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit." (But, no farming, such as cultivation of crops, please.)

1. Dark Victory (Bette Davis is tending her garden when she realizes she is going blind.)
2. American Beauty
3. Being There (Peter Sellers plays Chance the gardener)
4. Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
4. The Godfather
5. Minority Report
6. The Last Emperor

7. Soul Food
8. Saving Grace

9. Friday (Stanley mowing his lawn and Miss Parker watering her garden)

Hey, Raggedy, we have two #4's up there. Joefromchitown got in before me...

11. Gods and Monsters

12. Mrs. Miniver (the stationmaster grows a breed of rose which he names for Mrs. Miniver, Mrs. M. later finds the wounded German pilot in her own rose garden)

Hi Mac. Thanks for catching that.

G = A scene involving Gardening (a garden being "A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit." (But, no farming, such as cultivation of crops, please.)

1. Dark Victory (Bette Davis is tending her garden when she realizes she is going blind.)
2. American Beauty
3. Being There (Peter Sellers plays Chance the gardener)
4. Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
5. The Godfather
6. Minority Report
7. The Last Emperor
8. Soul Food
9. Saving Grace
10. Friday (Stanley mowing his lawn and Miss Parker watering her garden)
11. Gods and Monsters
12. Mrs. Miniver (the stationmaster grows a breed of rose which he names for Mrs. Miniver, Mrs. M. later finds the wounded German pilot in her own rose garden)

13. Sitting Pretty (the nosy neighbor pollenates roses with a feather)

14. The Big Sleep (first scene takes place in a greenhouse amidst General Sternwood's orchids)

speaking of greenhouses...

15. The Days of Wine and Roses (one of the most harrowing scenes of a desperate alcoholic that I've ever seen)
16. Return to Me(Minnie Driver's character has a beautiful flower garden behind the family restaurant)
17. Indecent Proposal (Woody begs Demi to tell him about that one night while in their vegetable garden)
18. In the Heat of the Night (slaps all around while in the greenhouse)

eoe, I was just getting ready to post "In the Heat of the Night". What a great scene.

Recap:

G = A scene involving Gardening (a garden being "A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit." (But, no farming, such as cultivation of crops, please.)

1. Dark Victory (Bette Davis is tending her garden when she realizes she is going blind.)
2. American Beauty
3. Being There (Peter Sellers plays Chance the gardener)
4. Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
5. The Godfather
6. Minority Report
7. The Last Emperor
8. Soul Food
9. Saving Grace
10. Friday (Stanley mowing his lawn and Miss Parker watering her garden)
11. Gods and Monsters
12. Mrs. Miniver (the stationmaster grows a breed of rose which he names for Mrs. Miniver, Mrs. M. later finds the wounded German pilot in her own rose garden)
14. The Big Sleep (first scene takes place in a greenhouse amidst General Sternwood's orchids)
15. The Days of Wine and Roses (one of the most harrowing scenes of a desperate alcoholic that I've ever seen)
16. Return to Me(Minnie Driver's character has a beautiful flower garden behind the family restaurant)
17. Indecent Proposal (Woody begs Demi to tell him about that one night while in their vegetable garden)
18. In the Heat of the Night (slaps all around while in the greenhouse)

Raggedy, You missed 13:

13. Sitting Pretty (the nosy neighbor pollenates roses with a feather)

Thanks Roberta. It will be in the list next time.

19. Steel Magnolias

20. Driving Miss Daisy (stop messin' with my azaleas!)

I loooved Seller's character in Being There!

21. Green Card (1990), Brontë
22. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Samwise is Frodo's gardener
23. The Karate Kid (1984), Mr Myagi
24. Swimming Pool (2003), Marcel
25. Spoorloos (1988), Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu's character; you'll never look at your flowerbed the same way again!

Paaskeynen: I never tire of watching Sellers in "Being There".


26. Far From Heaven (Dennis Haysbert as the gardener)
27. All That Heaven Allows (Rock Hudson as the gardener)

28. Born Free (Elsa has an encounter with the elephants in the vegetable garden)