Single-sentence summaries for movies

[BadGuyZero]

Raising Arizona:

Barren couple steal a baby ensuring that hijinks ensue.

[Crusherkc]

A man enters an arm-wrestling contest to buy a new truck and to keep custody of his son.
-Over the Top

A swarthy renegade policeman finds the cure for crime to be himself.
-Cobra

A group of WW2 POWs form a soccer team to play their German captors in order to escape- into territory that is still occupied by the Germans.
-Victory!

[buffcoat]

Replying to a wish for "good luck" leads to tragedy in the Dirty Dozen.

[JON IN PHL]

King Kong - Homesick monkey falls in love. But, she's out of his league.

[casualobserver]

Every James Bond movie:

A handsome englishman makes love to beautiful women before murdering them.

(Grant Morrison's The Invisibles vol. 2 #15)

[James W]

My channel guide's brilliant description of POPEYE: "Sailor courts Olive Oyl and gains strength through spinach."

THE KARATE KID: Teenaged boy learns home maintenance and other life skills from apartment superintendent.

[dave from knoxville]

Blue Velvet - Naive college boy has his eyes opened during adventures with diverse townspeople.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Koyanisqatsi (sp?) - Slowing down or speeding up film is trippy, man.

[BadGuyZero]

Blue Velvet - Naive college boy has his eyes opened during adventures with diverse townspeople.

I was going to post a summary for Blue Velvet but wasn't sure about posting something with such a concentrated amount of expletives.

[mostlymeat]

Animal House:

Unkempt collegians squander their education.

National Lampoon's Vacation:

Hapless father struggles in vain to bring joy to his family's life.

Crossroads:

Classical guitar vituoso is insulted by a senior citizen until he earns the right to wear a hat.

[cutout]

Ahh, I was just going to do Nat'l Lampoon's Vacation. But it was gonna be:

"Middle-aged man takes off on bizarre cross-country drive, tempted by infidelity along the way"

[cavorting with nudists]

Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom:

Fascists often lead unorthodox sex lives.

[daveB from Oakland]

Blue Velvet - Naive college boy has his eyes opened during adventures with diverse townspeople.

I was going to post a summary for Blue Velvet but wasn't sure about posting something with such a concentrated amount of expletives.

Young Man finds ear, drinks PBR.

[daveB from Oakland]

Mulholland Drive:

Naomi Watts is a terrible actress, oh wait ... she's a GREAT actress!

[Dennis]

The Shining:

A writer and his family have a bad vacation.