From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2008-01-06T06:33:08+09:00
Subject: Chain, Chain, Chain (was Re: zed shaw zed shaw zed shaw)

Okay,  I've been playing with doing this programatically.  I'm not yet
convinced that it's bug free, but I've found some rather long movie
title chains using the non-imdb list posted earlier:

10 ITEMS OR<LESS> THAN<ZERO><DAY> FOR<NIGHT> AND<DAY> OF
THE<DEAD><BANG> BANG YOURE<DEAD><END> OF<DAYS> OF<HEAVEN> CAN<WAIT>
UNTIL<DARK><BLUE><CAR> 54 WHERE ARE<YOU> CAN COUNT ON<ME> MYSELF<I> AM
TRYING TO BREAK YOUR<HEART><CONDITION><RED><DAWN> OF THE<DEAD><HEAT>
AND<DUST> TO<GLORY><ROAD><HOUSE> OF<DRACULA> DEAD AND LOVING<IT> CAME
FROM BENEATH THE<SEA> OF<LOVE> AND<DEATH> BECOMES<HER> MAJESTY
MRS<BROWN><SUGAR> AND<SPICE><WORLD>
TRADE<CENTER><STAGE><FRIGHT><NIGHT> AND THE<CITY> OF<ANGELS> WITH
DIRTY<FACES> OF<DEATH><SHIP> OF<FOOLS> RUSH<IN>
COLD<BLOOD><BEACH><PARTY><GIRL> IN THE<CADILLAC><MAN> OF THE<HOUSE>
OF<FRANKENSTEIN> AND THE MONSTER FROM<HELL><NIGHT> FALLS ON<MANHATTAN>
MURDER<MYSTERY><ALASKA> SPIRIT OF THE<WILD><BILL> AND TEDS
BOGUS<JOURNEY> TO THE CENTER OF THE<EARTH> GIRLS ARE<EASY> COME
EASY<GO><NOW> YOU SEE HIM NOW YOU<DONT> BOTHER TO<KNOCK><OFF>
THE<BLACK> AND<WHITE> WATER<SUMMER><LOVERS> AND OTHER<STRANGERS> WHEN
WE<MEET> JOE<BLACK> HAWK<DOWN> TO<YOU> CANT TAKE IT WITH<YOU> LIGHT UP
MY<LIFE> AS A<HOUSE><PARTY><MONSTER><HOUSE> PARTY<3> NINJAS KICK<BACK>
TO<SCHOOL> OF<ROCK><STAR> TREK IV THE VOYAGE<HOME><ALONE> IN
THE<DARK><CITY> OF<JOY><RIDE> THE HIGH<COUNTRY><LIFE>
IS<BEAUTIFUL><GIRLS> GIRLS<GIRLS> WILL BE<GIRLS> JUST WANT TO
HAVE<FUN> AND FANCY<FREE> WILLY 2 THE ADVENTURE<HOME> ALONE<3> NINJAS
KNUCKLE<UP> CLOSE AND<PERSONAL><BEST> OF THE<BEST><MEN> CRY<BULLETS>
OVER<BROADWAY> DANNY<ROSE><RED><EYE> FOR AN<EYE> OF<GOD> TOLD ME<TO>
DIE<FOR> YOUR EYES<ONLY> THE STRONG SURVIVE A CELEBRATION
OF<SOUL><FOOD> OF<LOVE> WALKED<IN> AND<OUT><COLD><FEVER><PITCH><BLACK>
LIKE<ME> WITHOUT<YOU> ONLY LIVE<ONCE> IN THE<LIFE> OR SOMETHING
LIKE<IT> HAPPENED AT THE WORLDS<FAIR><GAME> OF<DEATH> WISH V THE FACE
OF<DEATH><WISH> UPON A<STAR> TREK THE MOTION<PICTURE><BRIDE>
OF<FRANKENSTEIN> MEETS THE WOLF<MAN> ON<FIRE> IN THE<SKY><HIGH>
SCHOOL<HIGH><SPIRITS> OF THE<DEAD> OF<NIGHT><MOTHER><NIGHT> OF THE
LIVING<DEAD> MAN<WALKING> AND<TALKING> ABOUT<SEX> AND THE
OTHER<MAN><TROUBLE> EVERY<DAY> OF THE<WOMAN> ON<TOP><GUN><CRAZY>
AS<HELL> UP IN<HARLEM> RIVER<DRIVE> ME<CRAZY><PEOPLE>
WILL<TALK><RADIO><DAYS> OF THUNDER

That's 175 titles strung together.  The <> bracketed words are the
ones which are the last of one title and the first of another. Lot's
of two-word titles show up in this chain.

By the way, a word about IMDB and data scraping. Quite a few years
ago, as an exercise in learning Java, I decided to write a program
which would look for "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" links between actors
in the IMDB.  This was a spare moment project at work.  After a few
days, I got an e-mail from IMDB saying that they had detected my
'robot' and had disabled access to IMDB from my ip address, which to
them was the proxy server for the company (Object Technology
International).  So OTI didn't have access to IMDB for a few days
while they considered my contrite reply and promise to cease and
desist.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

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