Film Whys Answers
Here's an assortment of questions featuring the last of the five W's. |
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Why was Truman Burbank afraid of the water? |
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Because his father had (supposedly) drowned while they were sailing together when Truman was a young boy. ("The Truman Show") |
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Why did Dave Stoller give up his pretense of being Italian? |
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Because his idols, the Team Cinzano from Italy, turned out to be cheating dickheads. ("Breaking Away") |
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Why was Max Fischer expelled? |
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Because he tore up the baseball diamond for an unauthorized aquarium fundraiser. ("Rushmore") |
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Why did Tony Montana kill his best friend? |
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Because he was sleeping with Tony's sister, and Tony didn't know that they had recently gotten married. ("Scarface") |
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Why did Paul Edgecomb and the rest of his crew sneak John Coffey up to the Hal Moore's house? |
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Because Warden Moore's wife had cancer and John Coffey could cure it. ("The Green Mile") |
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Why did Diane Court panic on an airplane when she was a child, according to the story told by her and her father? |
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Because all of the babies on the plane were crying, and she figured they knew something that she didn't (presumably that the plane was gonna crash). ("Say Anything") |
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Why were Lewis Skolnick and his friends forced to live in the gymnasium? |
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Because the Alpha Beta frat house burned down, and the Alpha Betas took over the freshman dorm. ("Revenge of the Nerds") |
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Why was Christina Crawford afraid of her mother? |
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Have you seen "Mommie Dearest"? Joan Crawford was a freak. |
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Why did Daisy Arujo fill her boyfriend's convertible with fish guts? |
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Because she saw him out with another woman. (It turned out to be his sister.) ("Mystic Pizza") |
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Why was Andrew Clark sentenced to detention? |
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Because he taped Larry Lester's buns together. ("The Breakfast Club") |
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Why did Fletcher Reede suddenly find himself incapable of telling a lie? |
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Because his son made a birthday wish that his father would go one full day without lying, and it magically came true. ("Liar Liar") |
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Why did Pooh Percy and many other women cut out their own tongues? |
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Because she belonged to the Ellen James Society, a group of confused women that cut out their own tongues to protest the rape and de-tonguing of a young girl named Ellen James. ("The World According to Garp") |
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Why did Edwina McDonnough furiously drive away from a convenience store while her husband was still inside? |
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Because she noticed that her husband was robbing the place. ("Raising Arizona") |
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Why did Roy Hobbs burn a lightning bolt symbol onto the baseball bat he made in his youth? |
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Because he made the bat from a tree that had been struck by lightning. ("The Natural") |
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Why were David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel upset after their "Stonehenge" concert? |
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Because "there was a Stonehenge monument on stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf." ("This Is Spinal Tap") |
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Why did Louise Sawyer kill Harlan? |
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Because he was trying to rape Thelma. ("Thelma and Louise") |
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Why did Jimmy Conway start beating the hell out of a phone booth? |
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Because he had just found out that his friend Tommy DeVito had been whacked. ("Goodfellas") |
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Why did Chester "Doc" Dalton cut off his own fingers in prison? |
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Because the warden had taken away his painting priviledges and painting was all that Doc enjoyed in life. ("Escape from Alcatraz") |
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Why was Navin R. Johnson sued by millions of consumers? |
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Because people were going cross-eyed from using his Opti-Grab invention. ("The Jerk") |
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Why was Joel Goodson's mom disappointed in him after his parents returned from vacation? |
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Because she found a tiny crack in her prized egg. ("Risky Business") |
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