I think the old man in the car is from the Billy Crystal film, "Forget Paris". (The old man plays Debra Winger's father) > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Cummings [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, 10 December 1998 22:59 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Contrib idea > > Hey, fellow screen scribblers - > > I don't know if this is the proper address to reach all of you with an > idea > for commentary. But, here goes. > > I teach screenwriting. ('nuf credentials) > > I have stored in my cerebral memory bank a number of little moments in > film > which I think of as "throat-lumpers." > > Let me give you an example: > > In the movie "Priest" there is a scene where the young gay cleric has > been > caught doing a number with a pickup guy in a car and is brought before > a > grim old sergeant. When the officer asks what his profession is, the > man > says "parish priest." Well, sitting there, I knew the whole weight of > the > Mother Church was going to fall on the poor bastard in the persona of > this > old cop. Instead he winks and says, "Well...ye little divil ye!" And > the > whole audience gave a gasp and then began to laugh stertorously. > > Now, help me pin down another one. In this scene somebody is taking an > old > man in a ride in his car. The old man has, probably, Alzheimers', and > he > keeps on repeating in a singsong voice a TV ad slogan for Toyota. > It's > "(....something...something)..ho! ho! Toyota!" Whoever wrote that > produced > a scene of fucking genius! What movie was it? What was the actual > jingle? > > And...do you have a favorite throat-lumper? > > Fraternally, > > > El Chingon de San Miguel, Mexico > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama. ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.