The one with the turtle ride?
October 29, 2011 7:13 PM Subscribe
What's the movie "with the guy and the animals and he rides the turtle home"? Cryptic text message from a 23-year-old who may be slightly inebriated has us wondering.
Best answer: Dr Dolittle?
Except, not a turtle at the end - it's a snail. Otherwise, seems to fit the bill.
posted by CharlieSue at 7:17 PM on October 29, 2011 [4 favorites]
Except, not a turtle at the end - it's a snail. Otherwise, seems to fit the bill.
posted by CharlieSue at 7:17 PM on October 29, 2011 [4 favorites]
According to a Google search for "the movie with the guy who rides a turtle home," it's The Bermuda Depths. I haven't seen this one myself, all I know is that Google is surprisingly good at identifying films from vague descriptions like this one.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:18 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:18 PM on October 29, 2011
Best answer: I'd have guessed Doolittle too - he talks to animals, and there is a giant turtle, though as mentioned he rides a snail home.
posted by Nothing at 7:31 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by Nothing at 7:31 PM on October 29, 2011
The Bermuda Depths is an utterly insane movie that involves a GIANT TURTLE!!!!! But I don't think it's the one your pal is talking about. For one thing, nobody rides the turtle. For another, it doesn't really involve any other animals. However, I highly recommend it; you'd be hard pressed to find a weirder movie.
posted by BlahLaLa at 7:45 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by BlahLaLa at 7:45 PM on October 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: My vote's with Dr. Dolittle. Here he is on his giant snail.
posted by hot soup girl at 7:52 PM on October 29, 2011
posted by hot soup girl at 7:52 PM on October 29, 2011
So, if I were inebriated and sent that text, I might be talking about the Neverending Story. Which does have a guy who rides a snail, although I don't know if he rides it home per se. And the movie lends itself towards drunken speculating because it is so damn trippy.
posted by TallulahBankhead at 9:46 PM on October 29, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by TallulahBankhead at 9:46 PM on October 29, 2011 [2 favorites]
Taking from what TallulahBankhead said, the Neverending Story also has a giant turtle, named Morla. Morla gives Atreyu a ride and also gives him advice in how to save the empress. However, Morla doesn't take Atreyu home. So I'm not entirely sure this is what we're looking for here.
Reading the synopsis of The Bermuda Depths, it certainly seems more in line with the original question.
posted by erstwhile at 11:25 PM on October 29, 2011
Reading the synopsis of The Bermuda Depths, it certainly seems more in line with the original question.
posted by erstwhile at 11:25 PM on October 29, 2011
My first thought was Urashima Taro -- it has all types of variations in Japanese stories.
He rides a turtle home after going to sleep on a mountain or something, but I don't know if he talks to animals!
posted by Ms. Moonlight at 2:29 AM on October 30, 2011
He rides a turtle home after going to sleep on a mountain or something, but I don't know if he talks to animals!
posted by Ms. Moonlight at 2:29 AM on October 30, 2011
The ongoing joke for "Pirates of the Caribbean" was that Jack Sparrow was lying/joking/bragging about escaping from being stranded on a desert island by braiding his back hair to make a harness to ride a sea turtle back to civilization.
posted by porpoise at 2:53 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by porpoise at 2:53 AM on October 30, 2011
"With the guy and the animals" made me think of Rob Schneider's The Animal, but I don't remember a turtle-riding scene. Still, seems a probable candidate given the source of the text.
posted by pecanpies at 5:53 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by pecanpies at 5:53 AM on October 30, 2011
I was gonna say Ace Ventura, the second one, but there's no turtle.
posted by kpht at 7:30 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by kpht at 7:30 AM on October 30, 2011
They ride on turtles for a while in Finding Nemo?
posted by lemniskate at 9:42 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by lemniskate at 9:42 AM on October 30, 2011
It's a Roald Dahl story called "The Boy Who Talked with Animals". I didn't know it had been made into a movie, but apparently there was an ITV series called "Tales of the Unexpected", and this was an episode.
You're welcome!
posted by laconic titan at 11:20 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
You're welcome!
posted by laconic titan at 11:20 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
Putting my penny in the pot for Neverending Story, which was my call from outside the thread.
posted by Iteki at 1:16 PM on October 30, 2011
posted by Iteki at 1:16 PM on October 30, 2011
Possibly Milo & Otis? Not sure who “the guy” would be, but maybe the narrator.
posted by cloudburst at 3:53 PM on October 30, 2011
posted by cloudburst at 3:53 PM on October 30, 2011
Response by poster: Thanks for the input, everyone. Turns out it was Dr. Doolittle, though, as pointed out, he rides home in a giant snail, not a turtle. Knowing the answer, however illogical, has relieved our minds greatly.
posted by reren at 5:25 PM on October 30, 2011
posted by reren at 5:25 PM on October 30, 2011
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posted by nkknkk at 7:17 PM on October 29, 2011