Need to identify this eighties/early nineties film.

white people were aware there was a form of music annoying them called rap in 1985

You say upthread you think it was in color, so I think you need to rule this out, too. I agree it seems slightly early for a rap joke, especially in a movie that appears to be an homage to an earlier era. Reading up on Screamplay it seems Troma released it but had nothing to do with it creatively, so that lowers the odds of a ball scratching gender-bender rap sequence even further.

screamplay is available for instant play on netflix, somebody watch it already

Thanks for volunteering!

i've seen 'screamplay' a couple of times (it's great!); it's not the film tuomas is thinking of.

Oh man the Water Babies! I saw that as a kid in the cinema and the drowning/going to the underwater world haunted me for years.

Yeah, that scene was memorably creepy for a kid, that's pretty much all I remember of Water Babies too.

Thanks for the information, CB! I guess I'll have to look for somewhere else then.

had no idea there had ever been a movie of Water Babies

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/waterbabies/images/05898us2.jpg

Tuomas made this movie up/dreamed it and I claim my $5

You'll have to share it with Ballistic...

they're gonna have a hard time finding a movie that TUOMAS MADE UP...(in his self conscious)

― Ballistic, Tuesday, March 2, 2010 6:16 AM

Huh it sounds like the movie was hardly anything to do with the book. Should read the book some time I guess.

SOMEONE NEEDS TO SOLVE TUOMAS'S MYSTERY TOO!

but did rap jokes exist in 1985???

this sounds like do the right thing.

lock thread

Tales from the Darkside, "The Word Processor of the Gods", based on a Stephen King story

maybe. i'm just looking up descriptions of horror anthology episodes and it seems to fit.

looked it up on youtube and it's not the one.

but

Similar Plotlines

A 1940 serialized novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, Typewriter in the Sky features the protagonist finding himself inside the story of his friend's book.

A 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone, "A World of His Own," features a dictation machine that can bring things into existence.

A 1991 episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, "The Tale of the Dream Machine", features a typewriter that brings dreams into existence.

A 1997 book in R. L. Stines' Goosebumps series, The Blob that Ate Everyone, has a typewriter that writes things into existence.

A 2006 film, Stranger than Fiction, has the main character's life directed by the manuscript of a novel as it is typed up.

A 2010 game, "Alan Wake", features a writer going on vacation, only to find out that the lake he lives near has the power to turn everything he writes into existence.

from "the wulf archives" (?): Gender Change Fiction List:

                         [ UNCONFIRMED MOVIES ]
unknown   ***  New Entree  ***
    A writer's characters came to life.  The villan steals the script
    and altered it which included the hero being turned into a woman
    for a short while. 

^ wonder where that came from?

Tales from the Darkside, "The Word Processor of the Gods", based on a Stephen King story

I skimmed through that episode, it's on Youtube, but it doesn't seem to have any gender change or rapping in it. It's not the Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode either, I've watched that one too.

The synopsis quoted by Contenderizer sounds exactly like that movie I saw, though! This is the first time I've seen any evidence that it actually exists. Too bad the title isn't mentioned.

*rimshot*

http://www.avmaniacs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33311&page=1

The movie you want is 'Destiny to Order' 1989.

Here's the IMDB Page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099412/

And here's a pic of the main character after changed into a woman along with Michael Ironside (The Bad Guy)

https://www.echobridgeentertainment.com/uploads/01675L.jpg

Enjoy.

lol, a canadian film also released in poland, finland and west germany

MUST SEE!

if Tuomas says this isn't the movie I'm going to write a very sad rap about the whole experience

Taglines:
As a writer, J.D. is his own worst critic... until his characters come to life

He's been waiting 5 years to find out, is he still alive?

Related:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Z0jiLTIV0&feature=related

I forgot to ask: Do I win something for knowing this movie?

if Tuomas says this isn't the movie I'm going to write a very sad rap about the whole experience

― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, July 2, 2011 6:14 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-LxmrFm40

Written by Max Power

I'm on the edge of my seat....

Breath: Bated

goddammit where are you Tuomas, we NEED YOU

oh my god, this has to be it. This HAS to be it!!

Also Known As: Fikcja czy rzeczywistosc

OMG, this sounds like it actually could be the one! The fact that it was released in Finland (and IMDb even gives the Finnish title to it) certainly supports the theory... Sadly, though, it doesn't look like it's available anywhere on DVD, or even as a torrent, so I can't confirm whether it's the right one. So frustrating! Looks like you can get an used VHS copy from Amazon, but I haven't had a VHS player (nor a TV set) for years.

I have a copy. I can Dropbox it for you if you'd like.

Goddamn the internet is amazing!

'Tis. It'll take a while to upload but it's brewing now.

I have a copy. I can Dropbox it for you if you'd like.

I don't know what Dropbox means, but if it means you can share it online, I'd be eternally grateful to you!

you have this laying around as an avi ? like, of all the films you could possibly own?

amazing. finally, lol

Btw, Chewie, how did you manage to find the movie?

That is amazing. I started that AV Maniacs thread mentioned above several years ago - those guys know every old thing - and they couldn't crack it. Well done, Chewie.

chewie you beautiful bastard

Looks like there must've been some kind of deal between the local Finnish television channel and the Canadian distributor of "Destiny to Order", because a lot of of obscure Canadian movies (including this one by the same guy who wrote and directed "Destiny to Call") were shown on Finnish TV back in the 80s and early 90s.

my god... how deep does this rabbit hole go...

Me and my mum had this thing, where if a v obscure weird film came on TV at random, we'd look at each other and say "its Canadian". We were usually correct.

"PIN" is the one I recall most clearly from this.