Funny names on list - Sex and Death 101 (2008) Discussion

[–] 16 years ago

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There is a Carlota Valdez (VErtigo)
I'm Back. Julie Christie The revenge: HE HE!!! supporters of the French Nut

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I was just going to mention Carlotta but you beat me to it! Here's a few more:
MONA FARLOW (a character in LOLITA but uncredited)
HELENA HARFORD (EYES WIDE SHUT)
CONCHITA BUNUEL (OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE- Directed by Bunuel, character: Conchita
ALEXANDRA ZUCK- (SANDRA DEE'S real name!)

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[–] Mazelinho 16 years ago

Number 99 on the list:
THEREAL McCOY (Kim Basinger Movie)

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[–] pigeonpoint 16 years ago

This is fun!
Found some more:
LENINA HUXLEY- Sandra Bullock's character in Demolition Man- co-written by Dan Waters!
BARBARELLA PYGAR- Jane Fonda's character name in Barbarella- merged with John Phillip Law's character :Pygar.
AUGUSTA TERZI- Character name in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
JESSICA LOGAN- Jenny Augutter's character name (Jessica) in Logan's Run

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[–] Craptastica75 16 years ago

LINDA ROGO- Stella Steven's catty ex-prostitute turned cop's-wife character in the Poseidon Adventure

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[–] tindog 16 years ago

Jenny Agutter's name in Logan's Run wasn't Jessica Logan, it was Jessica 6, Logan was the main male character, Logan 5 (Michael York)... although the name on the list could still be a nod to the movie.

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[–] pigeonpoint 16 years ago

Hi tindog-
Yes, you're right, definitely a nod to Logan's Run....Seems like what Waters is doing is sometimes using "real" character names in full, but then sometimes merging names. Example in previous post: CONCHITA BUNUEL.
In Obscure Object Of Desire, he merged the name of the character named Conchita and the director, Bunuel.

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[–] HikerBoy57 15 years ago

Jessica does take Logan as her husband in LOGAN'S RUN, though... so why couldn't that be her full married name?

The war is not meant to be won... it is meant to be continuous.

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[–] HikerBoy57 15 years ago

Plus, Lenina Huxley (from D. MAN) is in itself a merging of names, a nod to Aldous Huxley's BRAVE NEW WORLD, in which one character is named Lenina.

But you probably knew that already... :)

The war is not meant to be won... it is meant to be continuous.

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[–] lupis_noctum 16 years ago

Number 99 on the list:
THEREAL McCOY (Kim Basinger Movie)

Actually, Thereal McCoy was the name Alex Portnoy gives to his idealized WASP fantasy girl in the novel Portnoy's Complaint.

"No one's got a ton of sympathy for guys who throw fat kids in the river"

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[–] mgr2000 16 years ago

Where can one get a copy of the list with all the names?
I looked at the movie's official website thinking they might have reproduced it there, but didn't see anything.

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[–] higgs_boson 16 years ago

his first love: Patricia Franchini from À bout de souffle (Breathless)

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[–] vanityfair_713 16 years ago

Ethel Waters=jazz singer.

He said it's all in your head, and I said, so's everything--
But he didnt get it.

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[–] pigeonpoint 16 years ago

GRETA SAMSA- A (literary) nod to character in Kafka's The Metamorphosis
ESTHER FENCHEL- Another literary nod to character in Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March

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[–] Bladerunner 16 years ago

Cynthia Rose is the character of the mother (Cynthia Rose Purley) in Secrets and Lies, played by Brenda Blethyn.

"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

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[–] Bladerunner 16 years ago

Rachel Owlglass is the heroine from the novel "V" by Thomas Pynchon.

"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

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[–] deadser 16 years ago

I don't think anyone's mentioned this one yet:

The two lesbians were named Bambi and Thumper, and their last names were Wint and Kidd. In the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever the two homosexual henchman are named Mr. Wint and Kidd, and Bond fights two female gymnasts named...Bambi and Thumper.

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[–] almontin 16 years ago

Beat me to it about the reference to Kafka :)

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[–] efen 16 years ago

Yeah, Cynthia Rose is a very hilarious name. Hardy har har.

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[–] mattlovato-1 16 years ago

On the bus there was
Pearl Dimmesdale (Scarlet Letter)
Annabel Lee (Poe poem)
Cordelia Lear (King Lear's daughter)

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[–] Fortwayner 16 years ago

Jenny Cavilleri is the girl in Erich Segal's "Love Story."

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[–] KingFeldman 16 years ago

Alexis Delarge (drive through girl) is a reference to Alex Delarge of Clockwork Orange.

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[–] lupis_noctum 16 years ago

Surprised no one's caught the main name, Gillian de Raisx. Obviously inspired by real life madman Gilles de Rais, who is sometimes credited as an inspiration for the Bluebeard story.

If you stretch the Bluebeard analogy a bit, Gillian's virtual "killing" of her suitors fits with Bluebeard's actual killing of his various wives.

"No one's got a ton of sympathy for guys who throw fat kids in the river"

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[–] selenya-1 16 years ago

Carol Henderson - Carol Brady and the actress Florence Henderson

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