Yet another name-that-movie question
March 28, 2008 6:22 AM Subscribe
Can you name this movie?
I was flipping channels in the late 90s, possibly watching HBO, when I saw a movie scene where a couple of characters, both male, I think, were in a high-rise office with a large, floor-to-ceiling window. They were ramming themselves into it, seeing if they could bust it out, and, presumably, fall to their death. I remember absolutely nothing else about the movie. Any ideas on what it was?
I was flipping channels in the late 90s, possibly watching HBO, when I saw a movie scene where a couple of characters, both male, I think, were in a high-rise office with a large, floor-to-ceiling window. They were ramming themselves into it, seeing if they could bust it out, and, presumably, fall to their death. I remember absolutely nothing else about the movie. Any ideas on what it was?
Response by poster: Crap, bingo; that means I actually watched the whole movie but only remember that one scene, which is just like me. Do you care to jog my memory by contextualizing the scene?
Thanks for the quick answer!
posted by kimota at 6:53 AM on March 28, 2008
Thanks for the quick answer!
posted by kimota at 6:53 AM on March 28, 2008
Best answer: Scene in question.
Context: They're high as fuck.
posted by dogwalker at 6:56 AM on March 28, 2008 [2 favorites]
Context: They're high as fuck.
posted by dogwalker at 6:56 AM on March 28, 2008 [2 favorites]
There's a scene just like this in The Darwin Awards (2006) where some up and coming exec is showing off his new penthouse apartment to his buddies and runs into a big plate window, with forseeable results.
posted by subajestad at 8:12 AM on March 28, 2008
posted by subajestad at 8:12 AM on March 28, 2008
Tending towards irrelevant, but the Hoy incident is also (presumably) referenced in The Hudsucker Proxy (with an early successful attempt to break the glass and a later less successful one).
posted by Shepherd at 1:06 PM on March 28, 2008
posted by Shepherd at 1:06 PM on March 28, 2008
There was also an incident in (I think) Chicago in the 1980s where a guy not wearing his glasses ran down a hallway and through a window.
But in general, skyscraper windows may or may not be that easy to smash. In other words, the PM scene may be entirely realistic.
posted by dhartung at 4:00 PM on March 28, 2008
But in general, skyscraper windows may or may not be that easy to smash. In other words, the PM scene may be entirely realistic.
posted by dhartung at 4:00 PM on March 28, 2008
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