Oh, I see my mistake.
I saw the photo of the queen next to "40. The Bad Seed (the gardener is a key character)" and thought that the photo had somehow changed from the nutsy gardener into the queen.
Glad I'm not hallucinating.
Thanks for straightening me out.
Duh. I'm with you now, Roberta. eoe got it. That was the Queen presenting flowers to Wandeljw for a job well done.
44. Widow's Peak (Mia Farrow has a rose garden in the cottage provided for her)
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)
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)
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)
19. Steel Magnolias
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!
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)
29. The Secret Garden (duh!)
30. To Kill a Mockingbird
31 The Constant Gardener
32. The Bible (Eve picks an apple off the tree in the Garden of Eden)
33. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
34. Gone to Seed
35. Caddy Shack (Bill Murray plays a gardener)
36. The Magnificent Seven
37. Intolerance (the Hanging Gardens of Babylon)
38. Little Shop of Horrors (1960 and 1986)
39. Calendar Girls
40. The Bad Seed (the gardener is a key character)
41. My Fair Lady
42. Phenomenon (John Travolta has a hungry bunny trapped inside his fenced veggie garden)
43. Bed of Roses (Christian Slater is a florist)
44. Widow's Peak (Mia Farrow has a rose garden in the cottage provided for her)
46. Meet Nero Wolfe (Nero Wolfe was a Rex Stout detective who was also a botanist. He had an orchid garden in his town house, where he could botanize. The move starred Edward Arnold and was made in 1936.)
Good one, Roberta. I'm shooting for 50.
47. Sense and Sensibility - Emma Thompson is seen working in garden.
48. Blow - Johnny Depp tends prison garden
49. Dokter Pulder zaait papavers (1975, When the Poppies bloom again), a gardening village doctor.
50. Night of the Hunter (Lillian Gish and her chilluns are in the garden when the fugitive kids show up)
Bravo. We reached 50.
Thought about hockey for "H", but changed my mind. Thought "hitchhiking" might be more challenging.
H = Hitchhiker/Hitchhiking scene
1. It Happened One Night
2. The Hitcher (1986), Rutger Hauer as the quintessential creep
3. EuroTrip (2004), US teens hitching in Europe
4. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
5. Minnâ-yatteruka! (1995, Getting any?)
6. Menolippu Mombasaan (2002, One-way ticket to Mombasa)
7. Les Valseuses (1974, Going places)
8. Dumb and dumber (1994)
9. Messidor (1979)
10. O Melissokomos (1986, the Beekeeper)
11. Monster
12. Urban Cowboy
Recap
H = Hitchhiker/Hitchhiking scene
1. It Happened One Night
2. The Hitcher (1986), Rutger Hauer as the quintessential creep
3. EuroTrip (2004), US teens hitching in Europe
4. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
5. Minnâ-yatteruka! (1995, Getting any?)
6. Menolippu Mombasaan (2002, One-way ticket to Mombasa)
7. Les Valseuses (1974, Going places)
8. Dumb and dumber (1994)
9. Messidor (1979)
10. O Melissokomos (1986, the Beekeeper)
11. Monster
12. Urban Cowboy
14. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Uma Thurman with gigantic thumbs, perfect for hitchhiking)
15. F*cking Åmål (1998, Show Me Love)
16. Sans toit ni loi (1985, Vagabond)
17. De Verwording van Herman Dürer (1979, The Demise of Herman Durer)
18. Honneponnetje (1988, honeybun)
19. Nóz w wodzie (1962, Knife in the Water)
20. 3 petites filles (2004)
20. A Walk in the Clouds- Keanu Reeves hitching a ride in upper Cali
21. A Place in the Sun-Monty Clift hitched his way to a new life
22. The Long Hot Summer - Paul Newman hitched a ride with Lee Remick
23. The Getaway - Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw hitched to cross the border
24. Thelma & Louise - Brad Pitt
Oooh. Good ones.
25. Easy Rider - Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda pick up a hitchiker and take him to a hippie commune
26. Crash (2004) (Larenz Tate hitches a ride with Ryan Phillippe)
Raggy, we have a double no. 20
