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June 29

communicating with the past = buy Yahoo (in a movie)

I'm pretty sure there was a movie where someone uses a form of communication with the past and advises the people in the past to buy Yahoo before it becomes profitable. (it could be another large company, I'm not sure) Any idea what movie was it? --Daniel Carrero (talk) 10:55, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Frequency --Viennese Waltz 11:19, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 12:27, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Russian Civil War movie

Does anyone know the title of a movie about the Russian Civil War? Here are some clues: the opening scene shows the protagonist brandishing his saber in anger at having to do paperwork instead of fighting; the plot revolves around having to protect a Red train which is carrying a bag of gold; during the journey, the train is first ambushed by White troops who first (with the help of a signalman who is a White sympathizer) flip a semaphore to red, then board the train as it slows, uncouple the trailing cars and derail them; after this, it's ambushed a second time by some unidentified bandits/ethnic separatists (could be Dashnaqs, but I don't remember for sure) who first force the train to stop (I clearly remember a shot of their leader walking on the tracks eating an apple, pretending to be completely oblivious to the oncoming train) and then attack the stationary train; after the second attack, the gold is discovered to be missing; the main clue which reveals the bad guy is that he is left-handed; and the final scene has the "good" guy shooting the bad guy with a revolver from a seemingly impossible distance, in the best Western traditions. Oh, and the movie was made during the Soviet era, because the Reds were shown as the good guys (although probably fairly late in that era -- late 70s or 80s -- because AFAIR at least one of the Whites joins the Reds in the search for the stolen gold, although he does it for purely selfish reasons). 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F8D6:E656:EB20:3422 (talk) 11:17, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Well, there's Russian Civil War#Film. The only film from that list that sounds like it might be a candidate is The Red and the White. --Viennese Waltz 11:25, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

No, I've seen that film and it doesn't fit the description. Could it be At Home Among Strangers? --Antiquary (talk) 16:42, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

A Slave of Love is a quite well-known film by Andrei Konchalovsky. I saw it almost 40 years ago during my Russian studies. It's set during the Civil War, but that was incidental to the main story, as I recall. Just a thought. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:58, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Antiquary is right -- it is in fact At Home Among Strangers! Thanks! 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:A8F6:7E42:E7FD:21E8 (talk) 08:42, 1 July 2017 (UTC)