best fictional movie title referenced in Seinfeld

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OptionVotes
Rochelle, Rochelle 12
Death Blow 9
Sack Lunch 8
Prognosis Negative 8
Chunnel 4
Blimp: The Hindenburg Story 4
Ponce De Leon 1
The Other Side of Darkness 1
The Muted Heart 1
Blame it on the Rain 1
The Pain and the Yearning 1
Cry, Cry Again 1
Mountain High 0
CheckMate 0
Agent Zero 0
Brown-Eyed Girl 0
Means to an End 0
Cold Fusion 0
Chow Fun 0
Cupid's Rifle 0
Firestorm 0
Flaming Globes of Sigmund0


Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 23 November 2007 19:29 (eighteen years ago)

my top 10 in order of funniness:

Sack Lunch (starring Dabney Coleman!)
Death Blow
Rochelle, Rochelle
Chunnel
Firestorm ("what about the underwater escape!?")
Blimp: The Hindenburg Story
Cold Fusion
Prognosis Negative
Chow Fun
Cry, Cry Again

Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 23 November 2007 19:33 (eighteen years ago)

Blimp: The Hindenburg Story

Simon H., Friday, 23 November 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

"Everybody out of the Chunnel!"

gershy, Friday, 23 November 2007 19:57 (eighteen years ago)

NURSE (O.C.): Doctor, how's her coma?

DOCTOR (O.C.): Oh, exactly the same.

DOCTOR (O.C.): Wait a minute, she's coming out of the coma.

DOCTOR (O.C.): Mrs Allbright, can you hear me? Are you okay?

ALLBRIGHT (O.C.): (bright and cheerful) I feel so rested and refreshed. Get me a toothbrush.

peter in montreal, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

"awwww man, we're missin' the death blow!"

Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:04 (eighteen years ago)

PROGNOSIS NEGATIVE

G00blar, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:06 (eighteen years ago)

rochelle rochelle. a young woman's erotic journey from milan to minsk.

jed_, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

for ages I thought rochelle rochelle was a real movie.

abanana, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:28 (eighteen years ago)

they should make a real rochelle rochelle movie

peter in montreal, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:31 (eighteen years ago)

The Other Side Of Darkness

Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:32 (eighteen years ago)

There was once a movie poster in the background of a Seinfeld scene with a horse rearing up on its hind legs. The title of the movie was 'Prancer'. But yeah, Rochelle Rochelle of course. 'You must be tired after your long journey, Rochelle. Please, take off yur jacket and sit by the fire'.

moley, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

"Death Blow: When someone wants to blow you up, not because of who you are, but for different reasons altogether!"

gershy, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:46 (eighteen years ago)

Aren't they great titles? Sack Lunch would be what, a National Lampoon style comedy?

moley, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:48 (eighteen years ago)

I think of Sack Lunch as more of a goofy high concept family comedy in the Honey I Shrunk The Kids mold (wiki: "One of the burning questions that bothers Elaine is whether the people on the poster for the movie got shrunk down or are in a giant sack").

Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:50 (eighteen years ago)

There was once a movie poster in the background of a Seinfeld scene with a horse rearing up on its hind legs. The title of the movie was 'Prancer'

Prancer is a real movie. It is about a reindeer.

jessie monster, Friday, 23 November 2007 20:58 (eighteen years ago)

the English Patient is a real film?!?!

Alan, Saturday, 24 November 2007 01:06 (eighteen years ago)

i would probably pay cash money to go see rochelle rochelle: the musical.

tehresa, Saturday, 24 November 2007 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

death blow, just for kramer saying "come onnnn, jerry.... we're gonna miss the death blow!!"

the sir weeze, Saturday, 24 November 2007 01:17 (eighteen years ago)

"...but then you see the really bad dancer, and you cry AGAIN."

tehresa, Saturday, 24 November 2007 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

Seinfeld and the Simpsons have the best fake movie titles

burt_stanton, Saturday, 24 November 2007 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

I've got it narrowed down to Sack Lunch, PROG-NO-SIIIS NEGATIIIVE, and Mountain High ("You've got to get me over that mountain!"). Death Blow, Cold Fusion, and Ponce De Leon are almost too lifelike.

Ah, hell, Sack Lunch. I'm in the camp that thinks they don't actually get shrunk - it's just a screwball picture that shows you a bunch of wacky looking people in a sack as an indication that funny people will be in this movie. "Or is it just a big sack?"

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 November 2007 02:03 (eighteen years ago)

Schindler's List

Jordan, Saturday, 24 November 2007 02:08 (eighteen years ago)

"Rochelle, Rochelle" makes me laugh, and I don't even know why.

roxymuzak, Saturday, 24 November 2007 02:14 (eighteen years ago)

death blow, just for kramer saying "come onnnn, jerry.... we're gonna miss the death blow!!"

SO OTM

J.D., Saturday, 24 November 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

prognosis negative

GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, 25 November 2007 09:28 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Thursday, 29 November 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

i used to think ponce de leon was a real one!

J.D., Thursday, 29 November 2007 01:17 (eighteen years ago)

Which was the one mentioned in 'The Movie' episode, that George admitted to crying at ? The description of that one was great

Ste, Thursday, 29 November 2007 10:00 (eighteen years ago)

"Enjoy...Blame It On The Rain?" was the A+ cinema line putdown.

King Boy Pato, Thursday, 29 November 2007 10:13 (eighteen years ago)

ah it's Ponce De Leon

Ste, Thursday, 29 November 2007 10:37 (eighteen years ago)

Rochelle Rochelle has to be it but Prognosis Negative is close. I think Larry David actually wrote a screenplay for Prognosis Negative.

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 29 November 2007 11:06 (eighteen years ago)

Ah yes...

According to the 'Notes About Nothing' on the Seinfeld DVD release, Prognosis Negative is an unproduced screenplay written by Larry David about a man who receives a negative result on a medical test, which he mistakenly believes to be bad."

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 29 November 2007 11:07 (eighteen years ago)

Which was the one mentioned in 'The Movie' episode, that George admitted to crying at ? The description of that one was great

-- Ste, Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:00 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Link

other movies that have made brought a tear to George Costanza's eye: Home Alone and The Wrath of Khan

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

I've actually refered to stuff that would make the "erotic classics" section of our store as "rochelle, rochelle movies" so I'm going with that.

da croupier, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

honorable mention to Death Blow though

da croupier, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

Ponce De Leon was my favourite by far, as a generic girly arthouse film. I have to admit that I didn't realise at the time that Ponce De Leon was a real historical character. Are Americans familiar with the word "ponce"?

Alba, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

wait, which one did jerry videotape for kramer's friend that eats too much candy

Mr. Que, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

Death Blow and Cry, Cry Again were the highlights of Jerry's career as a movie theater bootlegger.

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:27 (eighteen years ago)

Where is 'Cupids Rifle' from? I don't recall this one

Ste, Thursday, 29 November 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

Prognosis Negative is an unproduced screenplay written by Larry David about a man who receives a negative result on a medical test, which he mistakenly believes to be bad."

I really hope this gets produced someday (the merits of/disaster that is/controversial touchstone "Sour Grapes" notwithstanding).

Someone do a Simpsons Movie Titles poll!!!!

Savannah Smiles, Thursday, 29 November 2007 16:42 (eighteen years ago)

these are all pretty brilliant

sleep, Thursday, 29 November 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

Where is 'Cupids Rifle' from? I don't recall this one

-- Ste, Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:52 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

it's one of the titles Kramer rattles off when he becomes the Moviephone guy.

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 29 November 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

other movies that have made brought a tear to George Costanza's eye: Home Alone and The Wrath of Khan

-- Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:12 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

oh god this list is like exactly the same for me

and what, Thursday, 29 November 2007 17:27 (eighteen years ago)

...a man who receives a negative result on a medical test, which he mistakenly believes to be bad.

This was done in the show once with George. He found a white spot somewhere on his skin and had it looked at, and when given the "negative" results later kind of semi-collapsed and started moaning how things were just starting to go good for him and now this, sob, sob. Then Jerry sets him straight.

nickn, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:21 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Friday, 30 November 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

These results are almost exactly right, except for Chow Fun getting robbed.

Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 30 November 2007 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

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Man: Because the king is always in jeopardy.
King: Yes, but it's only a game.
Man: (suspiciously) Yes, of course. Only a game.

velko, Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:35 (sixteen years ago)

Still cracks me up everytime :-D

young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:44 (sixteen years ago)

three months pass...

Man, I hate Wikipedia editors. This article has been deleted?

Ari (whenuweremine), Sunday, 22 November 2009 05:09 (sixteen years ago)

"Delete- I agree wholeheartedly with the nominator. It's mostly original research, and excessive detail on fictional trivia- and there's hardly a source to be seen. There are enough fan sites out there; let's not turn this serious encyclopedia into yet another one."

loud fucking lolz @ "this serious encyclopedia"

& other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 22 November 2009 05:28 (sixteen years ago)

I thought The Muted Heart was pretty funny.

fields of salmon, Sunday, 22 November 2009 05:38 (sixteen years ago)

either Chunnel or Agent Zero

billstevejim, Sunday, 22 November 2009 06:20 (sixteen years ago)

Man, I hate Wikipedia editors. This article has been deleted?

Strong delete Send it to Seinfeld-pedia, if there is one. This is a lot like List of Peter Griffin's jobs, in that it's a cute little in-universe article that would be great for a wiki specifically devoted to the show, but has no place whatsoever in a general-interest encyclopedia.

It's a fair enough point, I suppose. But if you're going to hold wikipedia to such standards, there's enough editing work to be done to keep a fleet of temps busy for a year. Deleting this isn't altogether wrongheaded, but it's pretty high-and-mighty.

Which is to say: Man, I hate Wikipedia editors.

kenan, Sunday, 22 November 2009 07:17 (sixteen years ago)

Also: Seinfeld is of pretty gotdamn general interest, last I checked.

kenan, Sunday, 22 November 2009 07:22 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://stratagems.org/images/SackLunch.jpg

The Reverend Sun Myung Goon (Pillbox), Friday, 13 May 2011 08:31 (fourteen years ago)

two years pass...

slightly annoyed that these are all posters as if the movies were made in 2013 and not the mid-'90s, but still fun: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/16/revisiting-the-seinfeld-movie-posters?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_source=facebook

some dude, Friday, 16 August 2013 23:39 (twelve years ago)

two years pass...

^^ agreed, good casting though.

never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 9 April 2016 05:13 (nine years ago)

Mostly, but I wouldn't have Lars von Trier direct Rochelle, Rochelle, nor would I cast Anne Hathaway in it - you need a foreigner there

Josefa, Saturday, 9 April 2016 14:18 (nine years ago)

Rochelle, Rochelle is probably directed by Julio Medem and with Paz de la Huerta in the lead role.

Frederik B, Saturday, 9 April 2016 14:24 (nine years ago)

Paz de la Huerta is technically American, but I might still green light that proposal

Josefa, Saturday, 9 April 2016 14:31 (nine years ago)

Yeah, I feel like they missed what "kind" of movie Rochelle, Rochelle was standing in for.

never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 9 April 2016 15:07 (nine years ago)

They definitely went too highbrow with a few of these--I guess I could see Malick's Ponce de Leon, but Cronenberg's Prognosis Negative ignores the kind of 90s genre thriller they were getting at (specifically Malice? Extreme Measures?), and really, Rochelle, Rochelle would make much more sense as a Zalman King production than a Von Trier.

rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 9 April 2016 16:42 (nine years ago)

(though how they would have gotten a Bette Midler musical out of either Rochelle, Rochelle idk)

rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 9 April 2016 16:43 (nine years ago)

On the Seinfeld Wiki page--which seems to be the source for the original poll--they suggest that Rochelle, Rochelle is modeled on the Emmanuelle films. I was thinking of something like I Am Curious, Yellow (haven't seen it, always wanted to), although from what I've read, that's also very political. Definitely late-'60s, early-'70s softcore art-porn, though, not Lars von Trier. (Great poster, but they should have worked "from Milan to Minsk" into the tagline.)

clemenza, Saturday, 9 April 2016 18:08 (nine years ago)

Prognosis Negative made me think of Flatliners for some reason

lute bro (brimstead), Saturday, 9 April 2016 19:02 (nine years ago)

The world travel aspect of Rochelle, Rochelle does call to mind the Emmanuelle films, but Emmanuelle is a wiser, more assertive character than I imagine Rochelle to be. I see Rochelle as more like the innocent girl in director Just Jaeckin's The Story of O (1975). And there are cinematic echoes of a Rochelle type going up to such films as Eréndira (1983). Basically I see Rochelle, Rochelle as a mid '70s to mid '80s film.

It's funny that the title seems to allude to Rachel, Rachel (1968), which is not much of an erotic journey imo.

Josefa, Saturday, 9 April 2016 21:49 (nine years ago)

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/seinfeld/images/9/9a/The_movie.png

new noise, Saturday, 9 April 2016 22:38 (nine years ago)

nine years pass...

Would it be possible to get a copy of La Cocina?
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visiting, Monday, 28 April 2025 20:01 (nine months ago)


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