The Eternal Sunshine Challenge!

The results are in! Thanks to all of you good folks who participated here. You all rule! As you can see, we had three people who turned in perfect scores of 54, so a tie-breaker is indeed needed.

FINAL RESULTS

The tiebreaker image appeared at 48:45 in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, so AlottaFagina is our official winner, with a guess of 50:03.Actually, both Alotta and Smithee guessed 45:00 at first (beating the hell out of JG's 9:59 guess), so I made them re-guess and Alotta's beat Smithee's new guess of 59:59.

In the random department, Jelloman was the lucky name drawn from the FilmWise hat, so he too will receive a copy of the DVD. Congrats!

So there, that's it! Woo hoooo! Thanks again to all of you for entering, with many of you entering just for the fun of it and to help out your neighborhood Boyz. You're all the coolest!



Scores:
54 - Alotta Fagina
54 - Alan Smithee
54 - Jame Gumb
53 - Steel Frog
52 - MaryLouise
50 - DukeStKing
48 - Shnosh
40 - Whatewa
38 - Jelloman - Random DVD winner
38 - Gren
37 - Snotball
36 - Sugarpuss O'Shea
35 - NobodysFool
35 - Goodfellas
34 - T (and the spirit of Kinggrl!)
34 - Eric Draven
34 - Kramer9673
30 - Ulkesh
25 - Nunis

I didn't receive answers from the following folks. (If you're listed here and you DID send answers, please email me and I'll search extra long and hard.)

Agrajag
SPONGE
Byort
Odd Todd
LizardH
Will
Tedder
Finbar
Byrowill
Firegarden
A2
Crestfallengirl

The Challenge
Okay, I kinda went a bit nuts here. There was such a good response, and so many of you gave a little extra (or a LOT extra), that I wanted to make it worth your while. I went with a Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll theme (although it has nothing to do with Eternal Sunshine). There are 24 images (1 point each, 24 points possible) and 3 long sounds containing a total of 30 movies (1 point each, 30 points possible). So there's a total of 54 points possible.

PM or email me your answers. You may re-submit answers, but I'll only look at the last submission you send.

I think that's all I need to say, but post any questions and I'll answer them. I'll be gone next weekend, and because of that, the deadline is midnight PST Sunday (10/10) night. At midnight, I'll post the answers, and I'll post all of the scores and winners on Monday. With that, here goes...

Images
There are 24 images and each one is worth 1 point. Pretty straightforward.

Sex (8 images, 1 point each)
Answers: crazy/beautiful; Pulp Fiction; High Fidelity; Showgirls; 9 1/2 Weeks; The Postman Always Rings Twice; Titanic; The Crying Game





Drugs (8 images, 1 point each)
Answers: Thirteen; Starsky & Hutch; Wonderland; The Hours; The Cider House Rules; Misery; Traffic; Drugstore Cowboy





Rock & Roll (8 images, 1 point each)
Answers: Love Actually; This Is Spinal Tap; Say Anything; Rock Star; The Kids Are Alright; The Last Waltz; Sling Blade; Welcome to the Dollhouse





Sounds
There are 3 sounds, but each one contains 9 to 11 points for a total possible 30 points. Do not worry about order within each sound, as several movies are repeated throughout each sound. Just list each movie once. In your submission, simply put "Sex" and list the movies you recognize (or guess). However, for you sneaky, clever folks out there, you may only guess up to the number of movies (listed in parentheses) for each sound. For instance, since there are 11 sounds for the Sex category, I'll only look at the first 11 movies you list underthat category if you go over. (Is that clear?)

Oh, and if you have any problems hearing the sounds, please let me know, and we'll find a way to get them to you.

Sex (11 movies, 1 point each)
Answers: The Sure Thing; Bull Durham; Monty Python and the Meaning of Life; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; Being John Malkovich; When Harry Met Sally...; Revenge of the Nerds; Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; Star Wars; Porky's; Happiness
Higher Quality (680k)
Lower Quality (276k)

Drugs (10 movies, 1 point each)
Answers: The Usual Suspects; Fast Times at Ridgemont High; Scarface; Requiem for a Dream; Trading Places; The Royal Tenenbaums; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Go; The Breakfast Club; Trainspotting
Higher Quality (600k)
Lower Quality (244k)

Rock & Roll (9 movies, 1 point each)
Answers: Boogie Nights; Almost Famous; Back to the Future; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; Laurel Canyon; Josie & the Pussycats; Bulworth; Austin Powers in Goldmember
Higher Quality (432k)
Lower Quality (176k)

Count me in (though I haven't paid yet)

(who said " it's about time we had a new contest"?)

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Lionel Hutz, aka Miguel Sanchez, aka Dr. Nguyen van Thoc, was paid $8 for his 32 hours of babysitting.

He was glad to get it.

In. And paid.

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No matter what those girls say.

I'm in.

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Bad dates

Way to steal my Big Game thunder.

Joking. I'm in, and I've paid a little extra just because I'm so damn nice. Or maybe it's because I have to buy my friends.

Do you have to live in the US to enter this contest?

I was gonna play, 'cos, like, Eternal Sunshine is my favorite movie ever and I wanna have, like, one thousand of Jim Carrey's babies... but... smithee's playing. Fuck - I have NO shot of winning.

Actually, I'll probably end up playing, and losing, anyway.

Points to nunis's location.

Stupid work computer won't let me listen to sounds...

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The means it's all ok.

That stinking Smithee bastard! Remember, though, that one of the DVDs will be given out at random, so you've at least got a shot at that. (One of these days I'm gonna make that Smithee bastard ineligible! (But I still love you, Smithee...)



No, you can live anywhere you want. However, keep in mind that the DVDs are Region 1 DVDs.

I'll play... and i'll be sure to give all my answers to Kinggrl.

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"I have to take a leak so bad I can taste it!" - Strange Brew

I started work last week. Employment is like that crazy ray from Superman II: Electric Boogaloo -- it has sapped any movie-trivia powers that I may have had. Why the hell am I am up before 9am? Oddly, my boss looks just like Terence Stamp. From Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

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It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

I'm in and paid.

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I was trying to help a driver, a working man, so he wouldn't have to eat with his hands.

I'm in.

BTW, about a month from now I'd be most pleased to exchange a slighty used The Cooler for a slightly used Eternal Sunshine.

I'll play along for fun, but I can't afford to play for keeps. Besides, I already pre-ordered eternal sunshine.

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Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.

Loved the ESftSM DVD and would love to be the random winner (as I doubt I have any chance to get a perfect which is needed to win these blasted games)

Going off to paypal now... Should be paid within the hour...

KM~

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If you wake up at a different time in a different place could you wake up as a different person?

That's the spirit!

Ok, now i've paid.

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Lionel Hutz, aka Miguel Sanchez, aka Dr. Nguyen van Thoc, was paid $8 for his 32 hours of babysitting.

He was glad to get it.

I'm in.

Ooh, count me in. Come on, random drawing! Let's see if I can keep my lucky streak going.

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You see, Hopsi, you don't know very much about girls. The best ones aren't as good as you probably think they are and the bad ones aren't as bad. Not nearly as bad.

I'm in and paid too. YAY!

Ah, tis nice to be in some kind of Tourney again.

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Check out our movie: YES AND ( http://mrplumber.tv )

*bats eyelashes* I bet you say that to all the girls, Brian!

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Initiation's over Michael, time to join the club!

Bitch.