---This came up on another list. and I thought it was clever. I'm too tired at the moment to think of any answers, but thought the braintrust here might have fun with it.
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As many of you know, once The Wizard of Oz was described as a story about a woman who travels to a strange land, kills the first person she meets, and then teams up with others to kill again.
With that inspiration, I present you with ten movie descriptions which may not be what they appear to be. Can you guess the films I'm describing? --julie ------------------------- A man rejects everyone he knows in life, to the excitement of millions.
A man kills a much-beloved figure and then takes over his job.
A young girl sets out to destroy her tribe's traditions, and succeeds.
A triumvirate joins together to perpetuate a fraud upon the public. Later, one of them turns on the others and suffers no consequence.
A woman seeks divorce, but in the end she and her husband spend the rest of their lives together.
A high school student is stalked by an old man and learns a few things about violence.
A child, from another land, has mysterious powers that change things forever for a pair of working stiffs.
Three friends, sharing an apartment, have their lives altered inexorably by a mysterious stranger's unintended gift.
A writer takes a journey through the past as his son meets some new friends and his wife makes an amazing discovery.
Stranded newlyweds receive hospitality and much more from a group of strangers. --
We're going to need a bigger handbasket. "We live under the Confederacy. We're a podunk bunch of swaggering pious hicks."
--Bruce Sterling