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movie password swordfish
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Movies and Film Asked by: fromthecoast-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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27 Mar 2003 12:49 PST
Expires: 26 Apr 2003 13:49 PDT Question ID: 181931 |
In what movie(s) was the password "swordfish" used? |
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Re: movie password swordfish
Answered By: pinkfreud-ga on 27 Mar 2003 13:20 PST Rated: ![]() |
The password "swordfish" is featured in the Marx Brothers' classic 1932 movie "Horse Feathers." Here, from one of my favorite sites, WhyADuck.com, is the text of the famous scene in which "swordfish" is used as a password at a "speakeasy" bar: WhyADuck.com http://www.whyaduck.com/info/movies/scenes/wagstaff.htm Nearly 70 years after the Marx Brothers filmed "Horse Feathers," a 2001 movie entitled "Swordfish" (which involved high-tech computer hacking in its plot) used the slogan "Once you know the password you can go anywhere" in its advertising campaign. American Dreamer Filmworks http://adfilmworks.com/films2001/swordfish.html My Google search strategy: "horse feathers" + "swordfish" ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22horse+feathers%22+swordfish It's always a pleasure to answer a question that reminds me of a funny movie! If anything above is unclear, or if more information is needed, please request clarification before rating my answer; I'll be glad to offer further assistance. Best wishes, pinkfreud |
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Re: movie password swordfish
From: denco-ga on 27 Mar 2003 14:55 PST |
Howdy fromthecoast-ga! Here is even more about the (second only to the "Why a duck?" routine) funny "Swordfish" schtick. The Cheshire Catalyst site at: http://www.cheshirecatalyst.com/ has the following (and more) to say about the "Swordfish" routine: "A resolution passed by the Cartoonists Association of America states that any time a password is given in a comic in the newspaper, it shall be the word "Swordfish". Now you know why." The Cheshire Catalyst site has a link to the EarthStation1 website which has an audio file of the bit: http://www.earthstation1.com/Marx_BrosFiles/HF_Swordfish.wav More information on "Horse Feathers" as well as "Swordfish" can be found at the Internet Movie Database website: "Horse Feathers" - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0023027 "Swordfish" - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0244244 When the "Swordfish" movie was going to be released, the Warner Brothers website at: http://www.operationswordfish.com/ had a contest where one to figure out a series of passwords, etc. in order to enter. Alas, none of the passwords were the (obvious) "swordfish". Hope this adds to pinkfreud's already excellent answer. Looking Forward, denco Search criteria: swordfish routine marx |
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