Ok, I ask this question every few months hoping that it will someday jog someone's memory...


It was a movie in the 80's... a bunch of kids were pulled over in a van, and the cops killed one of them. The story is told from three different perspectives... first, the kid's ... second, the cop's... then at the end of the "trial" (trying to remember if it was a trial setting), a taxi driver shows up and tells the third version... which turns out to be the most accurate.

anyone? anyone?

sounds interesting...if you ever figure out the title, i might have to check it out

Rashomon?

It obviously isn't, but sounds a lot like it. I think I'm going to have to check this movie out.

No, I think it's Rashomon 2: Electric Boogaloo.

I want to say it was something like "the so and so story" (like his name or something)... man, it has bugged me for EONS ..... or "The story of so and so"...

You know...I've seen this flick. It might have been a made-for-tv special and seems like it could have been based on a true story. In any event, now it is driving me crazy too. Damn you. :-)

*bump* cuz it's killing me ...

Bump again, only because it's been over a year and it STILL bugs me!

I know, I know, at some point I need to just let go...

*edited: holy moses, it's been *two* years! I really need to get a life...*

Ok, it's been *two* years since my last bump, and it's STILL bugging me! Anyone?

Fast Times at Rashomon High?

(sorry, I couldn't resist)

Rob

How about 1981's The Killing of Randy Webster?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082615/

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...50C0A967948260

Yowzers, that might be it...!? I'm ordering it from Amazon, I'll let you know back here!

Damn, it will be 4 years this March. Hopefully, someone comes along with the answer. It looks like the one above sounds like what your describing.

See you in '09!

HOLY CRAP! THAT WAS IT! THE KILLING OF RANDY WEBSTER!

Tragically, it's not nearly as good as I remember it being... quite cheesy, actually, but I can't believe I finally found the movie. (well, thanks to some help from Dvdtalk users!)

Only took 4 years.

I love this thread.

I knew the title back in '03, but I wanted to see how much stamina BradJ had.
Well done, you!

For anyone who is curious:

well, apparently Sean Penn is in the movie "The Killing of Randy Webster."

As is Jennifer Jason Leigh.

I eventually found the movie, but looking back over old threads, I just wanted to post my every-two-year bump, especially to Fincher Fan... it's like looking forward in time, only backwards....

Good bump.

Well worth it.

Hopefully we can all revisit this thread once more before the world ends in 2012.