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= August 18 =

Not entirely unlike The Dove
I'm trying to remember a movie I saw many, many years ago. At first I thought it was The Dove, since the plot involved a man hitting the high seas and spending much of the movie, there. I even remembered that title, but judging from our plot synopsis I think I might be confusing two different movies. The movie I am thinking of features a main character (white), and the inciting incident that gets him out on the water is his accidental stabbing of his friend (black). The white character and the black character were in a kitchen together preparing food; I think it was at the black character's home, but it may have been in a restaurant setting. As the white character is holding a knife, a door opens behind him, causing him to fall forward and (don't run with scissors, kids) accidentally stab the black character. The door was opened, I think, by the black character's mother or grandmother, and she understandably freaks out, since from her perspective she didn't see an accidental stabbing, but what looked like a deliberate act.

The main character flees, believing his friend to be dead. He takes a boat and sails for quite a while, and it's here that my memory gets fuzzy, and I remember only the bare outlines of the plot. In the end, the main character returns home; he finds out that his friend survived the stabbing, and all is forgiven. The movie seemed to be from around the same era as The Dove, and I'm struggling to figure out why I either conflated the two movies in my memory, or why such an important plot point as the stabbing would be omitted from our article. Any help? Evan (talk&#124;contribs) 15:39, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Guardians of the Galaxy - Awesome Mix Tape #2
I saw the movie over the weekend. What was the song played in the movie on the Awesome Mix Tape #2 (not #1)? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 17:57, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * According to Slate, the two songs heard from Awesome Mix Tape #2 are Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and I Want You Back by the The Jackson 5. Matt Deres (talk) 03:26, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 22:13, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Pretty popular Movie from early 1980s
This was a somewhat popular movie from around 1984. I saw it on an airline flight and later it was on TV a couple of times. A woman wins a vacation to France, something to do with a subscription to a murder mystery magazine or something like that. She gets there and somehow gets knocked in the head where she thinks shes actually in the mystery as the main character. There was a train scene where she grabs some woman and says "I always catch my man, even when he's a woman!" and tries to rip off her wig. I think a romance as well with a French policeman, but not sure. Its been many years...anyone know this film? -OberRanks (talk) 21:09, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * American Dreamer. -- Jayron  32  21:25, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Awesome! Thank you!! -OberRanks (talk) 22:31, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't think it was very popular. It only made $5 million, and I bet it cost more than that to make.  Looking at the movie poster, I can see why it might have lost money.  Despite being hand drawn, both the main characters look downright ugly, even discounting 80's style.  And people don't normally go to see movies starring all ugly people.  What were they thinking, in going with that poster ? StuRat (talk) 14:20, 19 August 2014 (UTC)