fingers chopped off.
Reservoir Dog
pennance?
George
Eric P. Solari
>George
or "sharky's (sharkies) machine".
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>
>Reservoir Dog (geor...@phakt.usc.edu) wrote:
>>What about the Japanese gangster in Black Rain who did it for a ritual of
>>pennance?
>
>>George
>
>or "sharky's (sharkies) machine".
>
>--
>
I think there is a finger chopping scene in "Miami Blues"
were Alec Baldwin tries to hold up a store and someone presses down on
his fingers with a huge knife.
PRETTY GRUESOME!!
Dave
f
kei...@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
> In article <3nm8ms$j...@hprcl192.mayfield.hp.com>, sol...@mayfield.hp.com (Eric P. Solari) says:
>>Reservoir Dog (geor...@phakt.usc.edu) wrote:
>>>What about the Japanese gangster in Black Rain who did it for a ritual of
>>>pennance?
>>or "sharky's (sharkies) machine".
>
> I think there is a finger chopping scene in "Miami Blues"
> were Alec Baldwin tries to hold up a store and someone presses down on
> his fingers with a huge knife.
In "Darkman" (a hugely horrible film), some gangster (played very
well by whoever that guy was who used to play the retarded office
assistant on "LA Law") captures one of his rivals and pulls out his
little chopping tool he uses for cutting the tips off cigars. He
grabs the guy's hand, puts one finger through the hole in the chopper,
and says something like "My first reason for hating you is
(so-and-so)" and SNAP! slices off that finger. Then he puts the
next finger in the hole and says: "My second reason is (SNAP!)
so-and-so". Then: "My third reason is (SNAP!) ... I have seven
more reasons."
Kevin T. Keith
kei...@guvax.georgetown.edu
Marty Saletta
As far as fingers getting chopped off in movies, how about the
boomerang (sp?) scene from The Road Warrior (ok, ok : Mad Max 2)?
Maybe not as gruesome as others, but still pretty cool.
Cheers!
Marty
test
> > In article <3nm8ms$j...@hprcl192.mayfield.hp.com>, sol...@mayfield.hp.com (Eric P. Solari) says:
> >>Reservoir Dog (geor...@phakt.usc.edu) wrote:
>
> >>>What about the Japanese gangster in Black Rain who did it for a ritual of
> >>>pennance?
Wasn't there a scene in The Pope of Greenwich Village? Or maybe the
Eric Roberts character shows up just after having his finger chopped off?
Reuven William Goren
he'd snipped.
Laterer,
Reuven
"Me like Hamlet because him am Prince of Denmark. That make him Danish.
Me love Danish." -- Alistaire Cookie, Monsterpiece Theater
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> Reservoir Dog (geor...@phakt.usc.edu) wrote:
>>What about the Japanese gangster in Black Rain who did it for a ritual of
>>pennance?
>
>
> or "sharky's (sharkies) machine".
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Eric P. Solari
> sol...@mayfield.hp.com
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My favorite finger chopping scene was in Miami Blues. Alec baldwin got his
whacked by an overweight pawn shop chic.
Brian Acosta
b...@selu.edu
Chad Keith
Piano" when Sam Neill, with an axe, cuts off one of (I feel awful..can't
remember her name)'s finger. It was heart breaking.
Holly Hunter??
SoundAdvce
She (the very attractive alien/DNA lifeforce - figure it out yourself!)
cuts off her *own* thumb!!! Then does the same to another (human) woman!
Which one grows back? (Duh!) See the movie!!!!!!
Lou
L.J. Gretton
Roberts. Voight loses a few fingers (actually, more like gets most of his hand
mashed) trying to decouple the engine from the attached car.
Liam
Byung M Lee
some digits removed by Dan Insonato (Game of Death)).
Rey F. Ventus
: In article <3nm8ms$j...@hprcl192.mayfield.hp.com>, sol...@mayfield.hp.com
: (Eric P. Solari) writes:
: > Reservoir Dog (geor...@phakt.usc.edu) wrote:
: >>What about the Japanese gangster in Black Rain who did it for a ritual of
: >>pennance?
: >
: >>George
: >
: > or "sharky's (sharkies) machine".
: My favorite finger chopping scene was in Miami Blues. Alec baldwin got his
: whacked by an overweight pawn shop chic.
: Brian Acosta
: b...@selu.edu
And the chopping scene in "Phantasm" complete with yellow blood!
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: boomerang (sp?) scene from The Road Warrior (ok, ok : Mad Max 2)?
: Maybe not as gruesome as others, but still pretty cool.
: Marty
And let's not forget "True Grit"....... some great finger chopping there
(yeah I know, yuck).
Tammy
Scott Promish
J.A. Browner
Robe." With a clam shell, no less. I know several people who walked out
during this scene.
Cheers,
Jessica
Harold Wexler
Right, Holly Hunter. That IS an effective scene, and of course
one of the LEAST gratuitous finger-choppings on record, given its
thematic importance.
Three scenes that I haven't seen mentioned yet (not sure how old this
thread is, though):
Roberts Blossom chopping his own fingers off in the prison workshop
after warden Patrick McGoohan takes his painting supplies away in
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ.
Not a "chopping", but a gruesomely vivid moment nonetheless: the
sleazy hotel manager getting his fingers shot off by Travis Bickle
in TAXI DRIVER.
Similarly: Christian Slater giving, and then losing, the finger
to an armed Winona Ryder in HEATHERS.
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Anette Mageau
In "Farewell my Concubine"
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The prostitute mother cuts off her 8 or 9 yr old's extra finger so she
can give him away to a troupe of actors
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How about the maniacal laughing Bruce Campbell lopping off his possessed
hand in Evil Dead 2 ?
<sure it's a corny cheezy bad movie; it's one of my favourite>
REAL FINGER CHOP?
Remember DARKMAN?
Didn't he pretend like he was cutting off his finger with one of those cigar-
muncher thingeys?
<I don't know what the hell they're called, but it was weird>
by the way, Darkman and Evil Dead 2<trilogy> were all done by the same guy SAM
By the way, Darkman, and the whole Evil Dead trilogy were done by the same guy, SAM RAIMI....<he's great!>
A
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Ryan Ham
in Mad Max?
J.A. Browner
> Didn't some dude get his fingers chopped off by a boomerang
> in Mad Max?
Warrior"
Cheers,
Jessica
Cochise
can't remember the name -braindead) and one of the other actors chops
off all his fingers in the prison woodshop. Clint walks over, fearless, puts
them in a box, and gives the box to the guard.
Phineas
Animal
UHF!!!!
The Weird Al Yankovich movie!!
Emo Phillips is the shop instructor on a tv show with weird al and he's demonstrating proper use of a Table Saw.
it's hilarious
Matt Wilschke
Darkman, where Larry Drake uses a cigar cutter on some poor
guy?
Michael Soderberg
>On Deadly Ground and Stick
>-=-Phineas
And you have that lovely scene in "Jason goes to Hell" where this
bounty-hunter twists a kid's fingers off. But, OK, they're not _chopped_ off.
-Mike
Keith Bailey
own fingers....
wig...@nando.net
I know this is a little vague, but I believe I once saw a scene where
someone cut off his own finger, and then started roasting the stump over
a candle. If anyone can tell me this movie, that'd be cool.
--Moriarty--
"Son of a Bit..., that's gonna leave a mark."--Tommy Boy--
L. A. MacKenzie, Jr.
One of the sailors in "The Enemy Below" (a depth charge rolls down the rack
over his fingers.
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Jamie T Doran
scene where a young Japanese man, who is after the position of the head
mob guy, cuts off his finger at a meeting table to appease the old boss.
This was a ploy to allow him to get close to the guy so he could kill him.
Kalle Kula
with a knife to save his friends - a friend you can count on!!!
Andy Ball
individually by one of the "Chens", during the torture scene on the boat.
Chen subsequently dispatched by our hero, to the extreme glee of the
audience (via speargun).
Should've used a spoon (it would hurt more).
- Andy
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Michael Soderberg
>From: y...@somehost.somedomain (Kalle Kula)
>Subject: Re: fingers chopped off.
>Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 14:19:44 GMT
>In a norwegian film, The Nightguard, is it a guy,who is handcuffed, who chops his finger of
>with a knife to save his friends - a friend you can count on!!!
Actually, the movie isn't norwegian, it's danish. But the scene is just as
good anyway!
-Mike
Kalle Kula
Jean Burrows
off by unfriendly types using a sharpened clam shell.
Matthew G. Zinno
MIAMI HEAT
(I think that's the right title)
starring Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Sharon Connolly
certainly qualifies. Another film is "The Pope of Greenwich Village"
starring Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah and Eric Roberts. It's gut
wrenching and Eric plays the de-fingered character really great! The
movie is a must see for those who like either Mickey, Daryl or Eric.
Don House
Also, does anybody know the exact quote from the final shootout?
Something like "That's awful bold talk for a one-eyed fat man."
Don House
Tony O'Brien
>Also, Black Robe, in which the Jesuit priest has at least one finger cut
>off by unfriendly types using a sharpened clam shell.
AND... "The Piano" <--- jealous husband (Sam Neil) swings an axe...
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>Ryan Ham <rh...@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>
>> Didn't some dude get his fingers chopped off by a boomerang
>> in Mad Max?
>
>Hmmm, now that you mention it... although technically it was "Road
>Warrior"
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jessica
No, technically it *wasn't* "Road Warrior". Technically, it was
"Mad Max". Made in Australia as "Mad Max". Released in Australia
as "Mad Max". Released in the US as "Road Warrior".
For all you know, Ryan may have seen the film under the title "Mad Max"
and not as "Road Warrior". Or he may simply be showing respect to
the Australians on this list by referring to it by its original,
correct title. In the same way that I, when speaking about the movie
I saw as "Flying High", refer to it by its correct title "Airplane"
when posting to this group.
Karen
(feeling somewhat peeved... not at Jessica, but at distributors
who feel compelled to change the names of movies when releasing them
overseas. I've been told the superb "Death in Brunswick" became the
insipid "Nothing to Lose" in the US, for God's sake.)
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ASIS, University of Melbourne, Australia
Pudman
American distributors are ridiculous about that--remember that they always
assume we're idiots who need to be force fed our likes and dislikes.
That said, if what we know as "Road Warrior" was called "Mad Max" in
Australia, what do Australians call the movie we call "Mad Max?"
--Pudman
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Mike D'Angelo
>J.A. Browner <jabr...@delphi.com> writes:
>
>>Ryan Ham <rh...@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>>
>>> Didn't some dude get his fingers chopped off by a boomerang
>>> in Mad Max?
>>
>>Hmmm, now that you mention it... although technically it was "Road
>>Warrior"
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Jessica
>
>No, technically it *wasn't* "Road Warrior". Technically, it was
>"Mad Max". Made in Australia as "Mad Max". Released in Australia
>as "Mad Max". Released in the US as "Road Warrior".
>
>For all you know, Ryan may have seen the film under the title "Mad Max"
>and not as "Road Warrior". Or he may simply be showing respect to
>the Australians on this list by referring to it by its original,
>correct title.
I'm an American, so I may be wrong, but my understanding was that the first
film in the series is known as MAD MAX both here and in Australia, and that the
film known in the U.S. as THE ROAD WARRIOR was originally called simply MAD MAX
*2* (emphasis mine).
(Dennis Quaid...Louis Gossett, Jr....EMPHASIS MINE.)
Mike D'Angelo
Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
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David E. DiNucci
|> >No, technically it *wasn't* "Road Warrior". Technically, it was
|> >"Mad Max". Made in Australia as "Mad Max". Released in Australia
|> >as "Mad Max". Released in the US as "Road Warrior".
|> >
|> >For all you know, Ryan may have seen the film under the title "Mad
|> Max"
|> >and not as "Road Warrior". Or he may simply be showing respect to
|> >the Australians on this list by referring to it by its original,
|> >correct title.
mqd...@ACFcluster.nyu.edu (Mike D'Angelo) writes:
|> I'm an American, so I may be wrong, but my understanding was that the
|> first
|> film in the series is known as MAD MAX both here and in Australia, and
|> that |> the film known in the U.S. as THE ROAD WARRIOR was originally
|> called simply |> MAD MAX *2* (emphasis mine).
For the sake of clarity, the first "Mad Max" film to be released in the
states was "The Road Warrior" which was actually the sequel to "Mad Max".
When "Road Warrior" was well received by us blood-and-guts loving
'merkins, the studio/dist'n company decided to release "Mad Max" which
was the prequel to "Road Warrior" with a decidely youngish looking Mel
Gibson who had yet to be hardened by the rough-and-tumble lifestyle he
had chosen. God know how long "Mad Max" had languished down under before
it made its way stateside.
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pmil...@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu (Pudman) wrote:
> That said, if what we know as "Road Warrior" was called "Mad Max" in
> Australia, what do Australians call the movie we call "Mad Max?"
>
I believe we call it Mad Max 2
And the next one we call Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Erica
Nigel Bridgeman
>In article <karen.8...@dwarf.asis.unimelb.edu.au>, ka...@dwarf.asis.unimelb.EDU.AU (Karen Cook) writes:
>>J.A. Browner <jabr...@delphi.com> writes:
>>
>>>Ryan Ham <rh...@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>>>
>>>> Didn't some dude get his fingers chopped off by a boomerang
>>>> in Mad Max?
>>>
>>>Hmmm, now that you mention it... although technically it was "Road
>>>Warrior"
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Jessica
>>
>>No, technically it *wasn't* "Road Warrior". Technically, it was
>>"Mad Max". Made in Australia as "Mad Max". Released in Australia
>>as "Mad Max". Released in the US as "Road Warrior".
>>
>>For all you know, Ryan may have seen the film under the title "Mad Max"
>>and not as "Road Warrior". Or he may simply be showing respect to
>>the Australians on this list by referring to it by its original,
>>correct title. In the same way that I, when speaking about the movie
>>I saw as "Flying High", refer to it by its correct title "Airplane"
>>when posting to this group.
>>
>>Karen
>>
>>(feeling somewhat peeved... not at Jessica, but at distributors
>>who feel compelled to change the names of movies when releasing them
>>overseas. I've been told the superb "Death in Brunswick" became the
>>insipid "Nothing to Lose" in the US, for God's sake.)
>American distributors are ridiculous about that--remember that they always
>assume we're idiots who need to be force fed our likes and dislikes.
>That said, if what we know as "Road Warrior" was called "Mad Max" in
>Australia, what do Australians call the movie we call "Mad Max?"
> --Pudman
First. there was Mad Max.
Then there was Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior)
Then there was Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
That should settle the debate.
Regards,
Nigel Bridgeman
ur...@tian.earlham.edu
ka...@dwarf.asis.unimelb.EDU.AU (Karen Cook) writes:
>J.A. Browner <jabr...@delphi.com> writes:
>
>>Ryan Ham <rh...@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>>
>>> Didn't some dude get his fingers chopped off by a boomerang
>>> in Mad Max?
>>
>>Hmmm, now that you mention it... although technically it was "Road
>>Warrior"
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Jessica
>
>No, technically it *wasn't* "Road Warrior". Technically, it was
>"Mad Max". Made in Australia as "Mad Max". Released in Australia
>as "Mad Max". Released in the US as "Road Warrior".
>
>For all you know, Ryan may have seen the film under the title "Mad Max"
>and not as "Road Warrior". Or he may simply be showing respect to
>the Australians on this list by referring to it by its original,
>correct title. In the same way that I, when speaking about the movie
>I saw as "Flying High", refer to it by its correct title "Airplane"
>when posting to this group.
>
>Karen
>
>(feeling somewhat peeved... not at Jessica, but at distributors
>who feel compelled to change the names of movies when releasing them
>overseas. I've been told the superb "Death in Brunswick" became the
>insipid "Nothing to Lose" in the US, for God's sake.)
>
Karen,
You are semi-right. The finger scene took place in Mad Max 2. They
changed the name to The Road Warrior for US distribution, because Mad Max
never was distributed in the US, and people do not see sequels unless they
have seen the first one. After the Road Warrior's sucess in the USA, Mad
Max was released on Video dubbed (aaarrgghh!) You still cannot get a copy
of Mad Max with the Australian accents.
UJL
Gary Russel /ADVISOR L. FAUSETT
>>>> in Mad Max?
>>>
>>>Hmmm, now that you mention it... although technically it was "Road
>>>Warrior"
>>
>>"Mad Max". Made in Australia as "Mad Max". Released in Australia
>>as "Mad Max". Released in the US as "Road Warrior".
>>
>>For all you know, Ryan may have seen the film under the title "Mad Max"
>>and not as "Road Warrior". Or he may simply be showing respect to
>
In Australia, the SEQUEL to "Mad Max" was released as . . ."Mad Max II"
(or maybe "Mad Max 2") and in the US it was released as "The Road Warrior."
I had read that the third movie, "Beyond Thunderdome," was to be called
"Mad Max III" in Oz and "Road Warrior II" in US, but I think we got it as
"Mad Max III" also.
Detour Filmproduction
Howard Hawks? saw only part of this a long time ago, but after the finger
is lost, everyone scrambles around looking for it to comic effect. Sorry
if someone already said this one....