Half-Shot - Jeffrey Overstreet

Half-shot #9: Michael Knepfer names that movie!

Michael Knepfer has figured out that confounding Half-Shot #9. The film is Harold and Maude. This means that the next Half-Shot will have two hints: Reverend (for The Cubicle Reverend, who won Half-Shot #8) and Michael (because Michael won this round.) So stay tuned...

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Half-shot #9: Making it easier.

More than 20 guesses, and still no winner on Half-Shot Contest #9. Okay, here's a little more of the picture... If you love movies, I'm pretty sure you know this film.

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Half-Shot Contest #9

I still haven't found a good half-shot related to the term "reverend." (And since the last winner was The Cubicle Reverend, I should be able to find SOMETHING related to that name.) So, until I find one, here's another half-shot for you.... Any guesses?

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Half-Shot Contest #8: Your hint might be "Nick" or "Alexander"

What film is this half-shot from? Since Nick Alexander won our last contest, you'll find a hint in either his first or his last name... but not both. (And Nick, as the most recent winner, you're disqualified from this round. Isn't winning a drag?

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Half-Shot Contest #6 - winner!!

Congratulations, Nick Alexander! Pearl Harbor is, indeed, the film, in which Josh Hartnett plays Danny. This means, of course, that either "Nick" or "Alexander" will be your hint for the next Half-Shot. Stay tuned....

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Half-shot #7 Contest

Since Danny Walter correctly identified the Mad Dog and Glory shot, your hint for this contest is "Danny." Which film is this from? Danny Walter, you've won twice! You may not compete this time! Your power is too great!

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Half-Shot #6 winner - Danny Walter!

Danny Walter is, again, the winner of the Half-Shot contest, correctly identifying this shot as being from Mad Dog and Glory. And yes, Robert DeNiro is playing a man named Wayne. So, to continue with this trend, the next half-shot will have something to do with the name DANNY. (But

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Half-Shot Contest #6: Your hint... "Wayne"

Since Wayne Proctor won the last Half-Shot Contest, correctly identifying a frame from The Unbearable Lightness of Being, the name "Wayne" is your hint for this frame. What film is this moment from? The winner gets to choose the film for the next contest.

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Half-Shot #5 winner! Wayne Proctor!

Well, that took, what... a few minutes? Wayne Proctor was the one to recognize that famous hat, which sits on the head of the dangerously beautiful Lena Olin in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. So, in the next contest, the name Wayne will be in some way related to the

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Half-Shot Contest #5: An easy one.

What film is this half-shot from? Okay... the new prize idea is this: Get it right, and the next Half-Shot contest will be in some way related to your name. I predict we'll have a winner TODAY... probably in the next three hours. Post your guess in the

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Nick wins Half-Shot# 4 Contest.

And the answer is... BADLANDS. Congratulations, Nick Alexander, who was the first to identify the source of these two Half-Shots! As reward, Nick Alexander has become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Just see for yourself! Watch for Half-shot Contest #5, coming soon!

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Half-Shot Contest #4 continues.

Well, no one has come up with the right answer to Half-shot Contest #4. So I'll post half of ANOTHER picture, this time in color, from the same film. I think this one will turn the contest from a challenge into a race. Post your guess in the

Looking Elsewhere

Specials: Helprin's caution. "Serenity 2"? How "Hoodwinked" Happened. "The White Countess." SNL.

Sunday's specials: What a friendly neighborhood I live in! This morning, I'm walking around the streets of Shoreline, Washington, and as I'm waiting at a crosswalk, I see in the window of the house next to me... ...a wooden cross... ... a Bush/Cheney poster.

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Half-Shot Contest #4

What film is this half-shot from? The winner will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. HINT: The film was in color, not black and white. I couldn't find a color-version of this shot.

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Half Shot 3 winner: Mike Harris Stone!

Mike Harris Stone somehow gathered from a piece of this photo (Was the telephone the big clue?) that it was from Paris, Texas. Here's the whole photo: Mike Harris Stone wins the recognition due to the king of the world!

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Half Shot #3: A tougher one.

Okay, so the last one was solved far too quickly. Don't get cocky. Try this on.

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HALF-SHOT Contest #2

Congratulations again to Danny Walter... actor, screenwriter, U2 fan... for guessing right on exactly what famous punch was being thrown in that last Half-Shot. Unto Danny I bequeath ETERNAL GLORY. The winner of this round will be blessed with ULLLLLLTIMATE POWER. Or, as Palpatine put it, "ULLLLLLLLLLTIMATE POW-AH!!"

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Half-Shot Winner #1: Danny Walter

Danny Walter guesses correctly... Raising Arizona. H.I.: What are you talkin' about, Glen? Glen: What am I talkin' about? I'm talkin' about sex boy ... I'm talkin' about l'amour! I'm talkin' that me and Dot are swingers,

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Half-shot Contest #1, Stage Two

Okay, to heat things up a bit, this Half-Shot Contest is moving to STAGE TWO, revealing 3/4 of the image!

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Half-Shot Contest #1

Welcome to Looking Closer Journals' first edition of HALF-SHOT, an occasional contest to make you really LOOK CLOSER at the movies. Here's how it works: I post half of a shot from one frame of a movie. Name the movie. What do you win if you'