Need to identify this eighties/early nineties film.

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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

nickn, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link

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

ABBAcab (Trayce), Thursday, 4 March 2010 02:58 (fourteen years ago) link

one year passes...

SOMEONE NEEDS TO SOLVE TUOMAS'S MYSTERY TOO!

john valjean bon jovi (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 July 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link

but did rap jokes exist in 1985???

Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Friday, 1 July 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link

this sounds like do the right thing.

Peepee Soaked Heckhole (zachlyon), Friday, 1 July 2011 01:52 (twelve years ago) link

lock thread

john valjean bon jovi (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 July 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link

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

little mushroom person (abanana), Friday, 1 July 2011 03:11 (twelve years ago) link

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

little mushroom person (abanana), Friday, 1 July 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link

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.

little mushroom person (abanana), Friday, 1 July 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link

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.

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 1 July 2011 05:12 (twelve years ago) link

^ wonder where that came from?

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 1 July 2011 05:13 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Tuomas, Friday, 1 July 2011 06:42 (twelve years ago) link

*rimshot*

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 1 July 2011 06:44 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Chewie, Saturday, 2 July 2011 04:56 (twelve years ago) link

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

MUST SEE!

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Saturday, 2 July 2011 05:19 (twelve years ago) link

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, 2 July 2011 06:14 (twelve years ago) link

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

jed_, Saturday, 2 July 2011 06:34 (twelve years ago) link

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

Chewie, Saturday, 2 July 2011 06:54 (twelve years ago) link

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

Chewie, Saturday, 2 July 2011 08:51 (twelve years ago) link

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

skinny arbuckle (latebloomer), Saturday, 2 July 2011 09:21 (twelve years ago) link

Written by Max Power

just sayin, Saturday, 2 July 2011 09:50 (twelve years ago) link

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

john valjean bon jovi (Neanderthal), Saturday, 2 July 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link

Breath: Bated

She Got the Shakes, Sunday, 3 July 2011 00:12 (twelve years ago) link

goddammit where are you Tuomas, we NEED YOU

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

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 3 July 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link

Also Known As: Fikcja czy rzeczywistosc

Walter Galt, Sunday, 3 July 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Tuomas, Monday, 4 July 2011 06:36 (twelve years ago) link

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

Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 4 July 2011 06:49 (twelve years ago) link

Goddamn the internet is amazing!

Nhex, Monday, 4 July 2011 06:52 (twelve years ago) link

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

Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 4 July 2011 06:57 (twelve years ago) link

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!

Tuomas, Monday, 4 July 2011 06:59 (twelve years ago) link

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

akm, Monday, 4 July 2011 07:07 (twelve years ago) link

amazing. finally, lol

Ste, Monday, 4 July 2011 09:34 (twelve years ago) link

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

Tuomas, Monday, 4 July 2011 10:05 (twelve years ago) link

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.

She Got the Shakes, Monday, 4 July 2011 10:16 (twelve years ago) link

chewie you beautiful bastard

Ayatollah Colm Meaney (Princess TamTam), Monday, 4 July 2011 10:29 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Tuomas, Monday, 4 July 2011 10:35 (twelve years ago) link

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

Ayatollah Colm Meaney (Princess TamTam), Monday, 4 July 2011 10:37 (twelve years ago) link

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.

Bloompsday (Trayce), Monday, 4 July 2011 10:57 (twelve years ago) link

Aus TV has a weird symbiosis with Canada too. Theres loads of Aus ABC/CBC productions about.

Bloompsday (Trayce), Monday, 4 July 2011 10:58 (twelve years ago) link

think those weird canadian films were rife - national film board of canada output (where boards of canada got their name)

koogs, Monday, 4 July 2011 11:52 (twelve years ago) link

(um i may be confusing NFB with the children's film foundation)

koogs, Monday, 4 July 2011 12:12 (twelve years ago) link

How'd I find it? Well, I had actually seen the clip where the guy is turned into a hooker on YouTube before, but its since been removed.

I was actually trying to remember the name of the movie for myself, and I ran across this thread. Then I remembered there's a site called 'metamorphose.org' which is a great resource for ANY kind of transformation in movies or tv.

I figured I'd ask at metamorphose, since they were the guys who directed me to the clip on youtube in the first place.

It took metamorphose.org 15 minutes to crack it. You've been asking the wrong people. So, do I win anything for being kind enough to register an account on this site just to answer Tuomas' thread? A cash gift perhaps?

Chewie, Monday, 4 July 2011 12:21 (twelve years ago) link

edit:

I figured linking the picture would clinch it for people, hope it helped.

Chewie, Monday, 4 July 2011 12:23 (twelve years ago) link

You win free life membership to ILX iirc

cloaca flocka flame (NickB), Monday, 4 July 2011 12:33 (twelve years ago) link

Aus TV has a weird symbiosis with Canada too. Theres loads of Aus ABC/CBC productions about.

dubious about this

undeɹrated ærosm?th b∞tlegs I have pwned (sic), Monday, 4 July 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link

Aus TV has a weird symbiosis with Canada too. Theres loads of Aus ABC/CBC productions about.

dubious about this

No - it's true - they've done many features and at least two multi-season TV series' as international co-productions.

And it still happens today:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadian-pro-market-adds-australian-173921

She Got the Shakes, Monday, 4 July 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link

state-funded prod cos are nothing to do with the /\.ǀ3.<. though

undeɹrated ærosm?th b∞tlegs I have pwned (sic), Monday, 4 July 2011 14:06 (twelve years ago) link


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