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The "Let's Go To The Movies" Advertising Bonus

According to statistics, college students go to the movies a great deal. Weekly theaters all over the country show a wealth of material, from the great to the horrific. How do we decide which flicks to slap down four dollars to see? Well, that's where Madison Avenue takes over for Hollywood. The ad slogan that appears in the paper is a key in deciding whether or not to attend a movie. We've collected 20 slogans for movies from 1975 to the present. How many can you name?

  1. "The woman every woman wants to be, and every man wants to have."

  2. "Wait till you see the weird part!"

  3. "A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!"

  4. "A terrifying love story."

  5. "She gave, and gave, until she had nothing left to give."

  6. "Born 1959. Died 1964. Born 1964."

  7. "Would you be shocked to find out the greatest moment of our recent history may not have happened at all?"

  8. "The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right."

  9. "One good bite deserves another."

  10. "The snobs against the slobs."

  11. "The second before she screams will be the most frightening moment of your life."

  12. "What one loves about life are the things that fade."

  13. "For God's sake, get out!"

  14. "The classic western that tops them all."

  15. "It sets the cinema back 900 years."

  16. "Now more than ever: take the ultimate trip." (a re-release)

  17. "The greatest discovery of our time."

  18. "It was the wildest, wackiest love affair Hollywood ever knew!"

  19. "High times and high adventures on the (pffft) high seas."

  20. "18 feet of gut-crunching, man-eating terror!"

(BONUS CREDIT was awarded to these teams: Local 12; Paul Lynde to Block; The Spanish Inquisition; Death Squadron; Hydrox; The Cunning Linguists; The Manhattan Skyliners.)