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December 1

Looking for a music video

I remember this music video from sometime from 1995 - 2006. It was about a guy.. driving his car.. in a town. He stops at a cafe and then continues. it was either raining or snowing. it was night.. He continues and something goes in his way, a ball or a cat or something and he escapes it and continues... then there are railroads and he continues and gets hit by the train. then it repeats!!! He is driving.. stops at the cafe.. stops for a longer time or something... then the other thing happens again.. something goes in his way.. he slows down or something. Then continues and again gets hit by the train.... then the last time... He drops something in the car? (i think) and then drives to the cafe.. stops a longer time there. He drives on and sees the thing / person / animal and stops!!! and then passes on... just to stop for the train. and then thinking something before going on.... It's just so sad... please help me find it! It happened in a rainy night.. i think it was American. and it was pretty modern 1990s - 2000s. 157.157.234.225 (talk) 13:31, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I thought of "Ocean Avenue" by Yellowcard (Video). It's not a train though, not at night, and not raining.

How about the other ones mentioned in Time loop#Music videos ?  Chzz  ►  03:48, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer! It was a rather sad-ish song, not hard rock, and he was driving a old pickup-truck / jeep. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.157.234.225 (talk) 21:40, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Two-word movie title, 6 letters + 12 letters

Hi... I'm looking for a movie title that has two words; the first word has six letters and the second word has twelve letters. I tried wildcard searches on Google, IMDB and here on Wikipedia, and all ended in failure. I ask because I set a hangman question on a website two days ago, but I neglected the thread and I have utterly forgotten the movie. Who can help? :( Thanks

DellusMaximus (talk) 22:36, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't know what "setting" a question means but putting that aside... Can you give us any clue about the movie? Was this game of Hangman devoted to films in general? Is it a horror/drama/comedy/etc movie? Dismas|^(talk) 22:40, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

American and British English differences tells us:

In the UK a teacher sets an exam while in the US, a teacher writes (prepares) and then gives (administers) an exam.

"set a question" is presumably a smaller version of "set an exam". Both sound odd to American listeners. 67.162.90.113 (talk) 06:58, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

A reference for you; "students set impossible question", from those ever-reliable chaps at the BBC. Alansplodge (talk) 01:57, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Edward Scissorhands?--Michig (talk) 22:46, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

CORRECT! How did you find it? Mucho gracias :) DellusMaximus (talk) 22:50, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Lucky guess.--Michig (talk) 21:47, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Ten stabs in the dark. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:04, 4 December 2011 (UTC)