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1/16/08 at 10:21am
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Okay, some very quick background. I'm a photographer at a teevee station. End of background.

An anchor and I are putting together a piece on eating disorders. She thought it would be a good idea to start it with a scene from ANY movie of a person, preferably female, cramming a bunch of food down her throat.

All I can think of right now is John Belushi from Animal House but I don't think that'll work for our purpose.

If any HTF'ers have any ideas please throw them my way!

Thanks.
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1/16/08 at 10:33am
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

I'm not sure if this fits exactly, but there's the scene from "Cool Hand Luke" where he eats 50 hard boiled eggs.
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1/16/08 at 10:42am
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

Try a movie with a eating contest - I believe Stand By Me had one, but it's been a while since I've seen it.

Meatballs - weinie eating contest.
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1/16/08 at 10:43am
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

Well, sticking with Belushi (only this time in drag) there is a bit on the Best of John Belushi where he is dressed as Liz Taylor and claims to be on a nothing but chicken diet...proceeds to wolf down chicken until he/she starts to choke, performs a self heimlich maneuver, spits out a piece of chicken and then goes right back to wolfing it down...hilarious and obviously playing up the "eating disorder" Liz had...

Oh, yeah, that's from SNL by the way...
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1/16/08 at 10:46am
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

Oh and if you want to dig for it there was a film called Fatso that was all about eating disorders that I think may have plenty of scenes you could use...

Fatso (1980)

I'd go for a scene with "The Chubby Checkers" support group...
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1/16/08 at 11:18am
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

There's the scene in Fargo where the female officer is at the buffet and is just piling her plate full of food. There are no face-stuffing scenes, but this is still pretty hilarious.
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1/16/08 at 11:25am
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

Two that immediately come to mind: The fat man from "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" ("Bring me everything on the menu and a bucket!") and there is a scene in Nightmare on Elm Street 5 where Freddy force feeds a girl until she is bursting.

Also, there are a couple scenes in Gone With The Wind where Scarlett is stuffing her face (before the BBQ at the Wilkes's and when she and Rhett are on their honeymoon).
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1/16/08 at 1:01pm
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

How about Ally Sheedy eating the big Cap'n Crunch sandwich in Breakfast Club?
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1/16/08 at 1:23pm
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

If you want a woman, a ravenous Karen Allen plows down some food in Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's the scene with Belloq in his tent. If I remember correctly, she's on her knees when she attacking the food.

I do agree that the John Belushi scene is a riot.
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1/16/08 at 1:37pm
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

I think there's a scene in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark where Marion hadn't eaten in a while and jammed down some food.

This is even more fuzzy, but I think Princess Fiona pigs out in Shrek.

And how about Mongo in Blazing Saddles.
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1/16/08 at 1:38pm
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

Black Snake Moan there's a scene where Jackson makes Ricci a plate of food and she scarfs it down and he says something like "dang girl if you ate slower you'd be able to TASTE IT"
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1/23/08 at 7:25pm
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

Beethoven's 2nd features an epic burger battle.

The movie Angus discusses eating disorders and is good for a few lines.
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1/23/08 at 9:18pm
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Re: Need help with a movie please...

Peter's Friends.

Rita Rudner (who co-wrote the script) plays a TV actress who's hyper-weight-conscious and is constantly criticizing the English cuisine at the country house where she and her husband are staying. But at one point in the film she goes on a frantic late-night binge and scarfs down everything in the kitchen.

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