Help me figure out this movie please? (1 Viewer)

[Paul D Young]

I would like to find out which DVD movie I saw recently featuring the song "Something Stupid" performed as a duet between Frank and Nancy Sinatra.

I think they played it during the credits?

It was probably a semi-recent film. (Last couple of years?)

I heard the song again at the end of Birthday Girl performed by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman and I said to my wife, "We just saw a movie that used this song not too long ago!" Now I am driving myself crazy tring to remember what it was.

Any clues will be appreciated.

 

[Lyle_JP]

Could it possibly be a foreign film called "Valkanisateur"?

-Lyle J.P.

 

[Paul D Young]

No. I've never seen that one. Good call though as I see that it features the song.
Following is a list of my most recent rentals from Netflix. It probably is one of them. Reading through them, it seem quite hilarious imagining the song in a few of these titles (Scratch?):
Trading Places (1983)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
Blue Velvet: Special Edition (1986)
Harvard Man (2001)
Mr. Deeds (2002)
Lovely and Amazing (2002)
Sunshine State (2002)
Scratch (2002)
Casino Royale (1967)
Pumpkin (2002)
Spider-Man (2002)
Body Heat (1981)
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
John Q (2001)
The Majestic (2001)
Super Troopers: Special Edition (2002)
Big Trouble (2002)
Ratcatcher: Criterion Collection (2000)
Death to Smoochy (2002)
Insomnia (2002)
Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
Panic Room (2002)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Gosford Park (2001)
Innerspace (1987)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)

 

[Mark Zimmer]

Geez, I just heard this too....where was it??? Lilo and Stitch?

 

[Randy A Salas]

It didn't help me find the answer to your question, but for those who are more resourceful: The song most often is listed as "Somethin' Stupid"--with the G dropped. This might affect searches based on the song title.

 

[Bjorn Olav Nyberg]

www.imdb.com has a very useful search function like Randy mentions
Just for fun I tried searching for Somethin' stupid and something stupid, and found one for each: The movie Lyle mentioned, and a movie called Birthday girl
Edit: Which was the movie you heard it in! D'oh!
Strange that no other movies have used that song?

 

[Randy A Salas]

Aha! This is the answer, from your list:

Ratcatcher: Criterion Collection (2000)

I found the answer by searching the worldwide newspaper archives available to me. From the Oct. 18, 2000, Associated Press review of the movie:

In someone else's hands, James might be seen retreating into himself following the [spoiler removed]. But Ramsay moves on to focus on sudden gestures of charity - Ryan's mother passing on to James [spoiler removed], and the wordless embrace of a pair of parents dancing in one another's arms to the sounds of Frank and Nancy Sinatra singing "Something Stupid."

 

[Mark Zimmer]

Ah, that's where I heard it. I just wrote a review of Ratcatcher for digitallyOBSESSED (the day after I saw Lilo & Stitch, which explains that brainfart). I must watch too many movies.

 

[MarkBurton]

Good call. The only thing I could come up with is Swinging in the Painter's Room, but it wasn't on the list.

 

[Paul D Young]

Thank you very much Randy, and everyone else who helped. You know how these things can drive you crazy sometimes until you figure it out.
Paul