Para-Medic Movie FAQ
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
by Mind-Games
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. Updates
II. Introduction
III. Basics/Overview
IV. Movies
V. Sources, Contributions, and Acknowledgements
VI. Legal Stuff
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I. Updates
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January 25, 2005 / v1.0 - Date of first submission to IGN, with the FAQ
consisting of 19 movies, alphabetically arranged,
along with year of release, director, major stars,
genre, sourced popular and critical rating, and any
further comments. An Introduction section includes
motivation for creating this FAQ and interest in
this subject. A Basics/Overview section describes
the content and context of the FAQ.
May 2, 2005 / v1.1 - So I finished the game in which I would write down
all of the movies. I don't remember the exact date,
but it was at least a couple months ago. From the
prison scene onward (v1.0 posting) 12 movies were
written down, bringing the total to 31. I got 3 more
from e-mail submissions, which I did not notice get
in the game. Acknowledgements are given for that.
This brings the total number of movies to 34. New
features will be added soon.
May 4, 2005 / v1.1 - Submission to GameFaqs. My IGN name: tuncrypt,
GameFAQs name: Mind-Games.
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II. Introduction
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One of the redeeming features (if not the only redeeming feature) of Metal
Gear Solid 3's radio system was the post-save discussions with Para-Medic.
After exhausting her film knowledge on my first playthrough (and not paying
much attention), I thought 'Hey, I should go see these movies someday'. And to
do that, I'd play again, and write down all of the movies... since there were a
lot of them. But, taking it one step further, I thought 'Hey, since I'm writing
them all down, I might as make an easy, nifty little FAQ as well.' So that's
what I'm doing. Being quite the avid FAQ user, I thought that I might as well
contribute my share with something unique and useful. I know it would be for
me. So here it is. Enjoy.
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III. Basics/Overview
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If you don't know already, this FAQ is about the movies that the Para-Medic
character talks about. After saving your game, she'll talk about a movie she
saw and likes, in the sci-fi/war/spy/epic/western vein, released in or before
August 1964 (when Snake Eater takes place).
So how does one see this for themselves? You must be dying to know. Well,
here's how: During the game, press the SELECT button to activate the radio. In
this screen, press DOWN, either on the D-PAD or DUAL SHOCK analog joystick, to
bring up a list of the people you can receive assistance from on your solo
sneaking mission. Using the D-PAD or DUAL SHOCK analog joystick, select one of
these two frequencies and press the circle button to talk to Para-Medic. The
frequencies are...
145.73 -Here she'll talk about healing, eating, and all things mission-related.
140.96 -The usual MGS saving frequency. Para-Medic is your mission data saver
in this game. After calling and then saving, she'll initiate a
movie-related discussion. They go along the lines of
Para-Medic: "Snake, have you seen (some movie)?"
Snake : "Can't say I have."
Para-Medic: "Well, it's great. It's about (what it's about). I LOVED
the effects. The (battle/chase/something big) at the end
was simply amazing. I had no idea they could recreate
these things. This is why you should believe in the power
of movies."
If you don't end up saving, or she has run out of movies, her response
will be something like "Chin up." or "I'm behind you 100%."
Sooooo, in this FAQ you will find a list of every movie that Para-Medic talks
about, as well as those mentioned by other characters. Along with the names of
movies, other information can be found here, such as year of release, director,
actors, etc. More features will be added with each update.
*Current features for each title are the year of release, director, major actors
or actresses, genre/category (IMDb), IMDb User Rating, and Rotten Tomatoes
critical rating.*
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IV. Movies
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**20000 Leagues Under the Sea** (1954)
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Mason
IMDb Genre: Family/Adventure/Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 7.1/10 (2,544 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 91%, 10/11
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Based on novel by Jules Verne.
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**Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein** (1948)
Director: Charles Barton
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi
IMDb Genre: Comedy/Horror/Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 6.9/10 (2,840 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 8/8
Rating - Fresh
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**The Alamo** (1960)
Director: John Wayne
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Warwick, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon
IMDb Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama/War/Western
IMDb User Rating: 6.6/10 (2,068 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 38%, 3/8
Rating - Rotten
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**The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms** (1953)
Director: Eugene Lourie
Starring: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond
IMDb Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
IMDb User Rating: 6.3/10 (542 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 80%, 4/5
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Based on story by Ray Bradbury.
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**The Big Broadcast** (1932)
Director: Frank Tuttle
Starring: Bing Crosy, George Burns, Gracie Allen
Comments: Snake actually mentions this to Para-Medic while she is talking about
another movie.
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**The Bridge on the River Kwai** (1957)
Director: David Lean
Starring: William Holden, Alec Guiness
IMDb Genre: Adventure/Drama/War
IMDb User Rating: 8.4/10 (21,530 votes), top 250 - #52
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 21/21
Rating - Fresh
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**The Blob** (1958)
Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Starring: Steve McQueen
IMDb Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi/ Comedy
IMDb User Rating: 6.0/10 (2,131 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 60%, 9/14
Rating - Fresh
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**It Came from Outer Space** (1953)
Director: Jack Arnold
Starring: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush
IMDb Genre: Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 6.3/10 (710 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 80%, 12/15
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Based on story by Ray Bradbury, "The Meteor", by Ray Bradbury. In 3D.
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**Creature from the Black Lagoon** (1954)
Director: Jack Arnold
Starring: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams
IMDb Genre: Adventure/Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
IMDb User Rating: 6.6/10 (1,885 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 77%, 10/13
Rating - Fresh
Comments: In 3D.
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**The Curse of the Werewolf** (1961)
Director: Terence Fischer
Starring: Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed
IMDb Genre: Horror
IMDb User Rating: 6.2/10 (360 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Not enough ratings
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**Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb** (1964)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, James Earl Jones
IMDb Genre: Comedy/War
IMDb User Rating: 8.7/10 (59,525 votes), top 250 - #16
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 42/42
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Based on novel, "Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom", by Peter George.
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**Earth vs. The Spider** (1958)
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Starring: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney
IMDb Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 3.5/10 (250 votes)
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**The Fly** (1958)
Director: Kurt Neumann
Starring: Vincent Price, David Hedison
IMDb Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 6.8/10 (2,043 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 89%, 17/19
Rating - Fresh
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**For a Fistful of Dollars** (1964)
Director: Serge Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Marriane Koch
IMDb Genre: Action/Western
IMDb User Rating: 7.7/10 (7,943 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 96%, 22/23
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Remake of samurai classic, Yojimbo. Also known as "Per un pugno di
dollari" and "A Fistful of Dollars".
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**Forbidden Planet** (1956)
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis
IMDb Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 7.6/10 (6,401 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 16/16
Rating - Fresh
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**Frankenstein** (1931)
Director: James Whale
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke
IMDb Genre: Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 7.9/10 (6,010 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 17/17
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Based on novel by Mary Shelley.
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**From Russia with Love** (1963)
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi
IMDb Genre: Thriller/Adventure/Action/Dram
IMDb User Rating: 7.3/10 (9,666 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 95%, 19/20
Rating - Fresh
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**The Great Escape** (1963)
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson,
James Coburn, Donald Pleasance
IMDb Genre: Adventure/War/Action/Drama
IMDb User Rating: 8.3/10 (18,659 votes), top 250 - #78
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 95%, 21/22
Rating - Fresh
Comments: This is mentioned by Major Zero, not Para-Medic. His Virtuous Mission
nickname of Major Tom is based off one of the tunnels they use.
Though Zero made a bit of a mistake, as Tom was not the one they
escaped in. Based on novel by Paul Brickhill.
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**Godzilla, King of the Monsters!** (1956)
Director: Terry O. Morse, Ishiro Honda
Starring: Raymond Burr
IMDb Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi/Action
IMDb User Rating: 6.6/10 (733 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: Reading - 86%, 12/14
Rating - Fresh
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**The Guns of Navarone** (1961)
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn
IMDb Genre: Action/Drama/War/Adventure
IMDb User Rating: 7.6/10 (4,824 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 88%, 14/16
Rating - Fresh
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**The Incredible Shrinking Man** (1957)
Director: Jack Arnold
Starring: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart
IMDb Genre: Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 7.6/10 (1,536 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 83%, 5/6
Rating - Fresh
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**Invasion of the Body Snatchers** (1956)
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter
IMDb Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller
IMDb User Rating: 7.8/10 (5,264 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 21/21
Rating - Fresh
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**Jason and the Argonauts** (1963)
Director: Don Chaffey
Starring: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Laurence Naismith
IMDb Genre: Action/Family/Fantasy/Adventure
IMDb User Rating: 7.2/10 (2,238 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 94%, 16/17
Rating - Fresh
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**The Last War** (1961)
Director: Shuei Matsubayashi
Starring: Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Frankie Sakai
IMDb Genre: Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 5.7/10 (21 votes)
Comments: Also known as "Sekai daisenso".
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**The Magnificent Seven** (1960)
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson,
James Coburn
IMDb Genre: Western/Adventure/Drama
IMDb User Rating: 7.8/10 (9,433 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 94%, 17/18
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Western-style remake of Japanese film, "Shichinin no samurai" ("Seven
Samurai").
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**My Mother was a Teenage Spider Queen from Mars**
Comments: Para-Medic asks Snake, "Have you seen 'My Mother was a Teenage Spider
Queen from Mars'?" Snake says the usual "Nope.", and Para-Medic
replies "Neither have I." So I guess she be foolin'.
And this along, along with 'Major Tom', are references to David
Bowie.
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**North by Northwest** (1959)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
IMDb Genre: Adventure/Thriller/Mystery
IMDb User Rating: 8.6/10 (35,348 votes), top 250 - #24
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 31/31
Rating - Fresh
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**On the Beach** (1959)
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins
IMDb Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 7.4/10 (1,665 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 6/6
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Based on novel by Nevil Shute
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**Plan 9 From Outer Space** (1959)
Director: Ed Wood Jr.
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot
IMDb Genre: Horror/Sci-FI
IMDb User Rating: 3.5/10 (7,482 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 56%, 10/18
Rating - Rotten
Comment: Widely considered to be one of the worst, if not THE worst, movie of
all time. The same goes from the director. In spite of that, many
find a novelty "so bad it's good" quality to it. Bela Lugosi died
during the production.
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**The Quartermass Xperiment** (1955)
Director: Val Guest
Starring: Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner
IMDb Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller
IMDb User Rating: 6.6/10 (349 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 80%, 4/51
Rating - Fresh
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**Rebecca** (1940)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
IMDb Genre: Drama/Romance/Thriller/Mystery
IMDb User Rating: 8.2/10 (11,902 votes), top 250 - #111
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 18/18
Rating - Fresh
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**Them!** (1954)
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon
IMDb Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
IMDb User Rating: 7.3/10 (1,979 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 100%, 12/12
Rating - Fresh
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**The Thing From Another World** (1951)
Director: Christian Nyby
Starring: Margaret Sheridan
IMDb Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
IMDb User Rating: 7.2/10 (3,789 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 93%, 13/14
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Also known simply as 'The Thing'.
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**The Wars of the Worlds** (1953)
Director: Byron Haskin
Starring: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson
IMDb Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller/Drama
IMDb User Rating: 7.2/10 (3,160 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 75%, 9/12
Rating - Fresh
Comments: Based on novel by H. G. Wells.
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**White Zombie** (1932)
Director: Victor Halperin
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy
IMDb Genre: Horror
IMDb User Rating: 6.5/10 (624 votes)
RottenTomatoes: Reading - 71%, 5/7
Rating - Fresh
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V. Sources, Contributions, and Acknowledgements
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IMDb Genre and IMDb User Rating are from The Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
http://www.imdb.com
RottenTomatoes readings and ratings are from ROTTEN TOMATOES: Movies and Games,
Reviews and Previews.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com
If you, the reader, have anything to add, please do. It may have to with
- Inaccuracies
- Movies I missed
- Awards and honours the movies have won
- Interesting tidbits (what a silly word) to add to each comment section
If you point out something useful, you will get your props.
E-mail me at
[email protected]
*Props
Thanks to
grimy window (
[email protected]) for:
- Mentioning the Bowie references. I'm a dummy for not picking up on that
myself!
- Mentioning a movie I missed: "The Fly"
S Martin (
[email protected]) for:
- Mentioning movies I missed: "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "White Zombie".
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VI. Legal Stuff
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Except for personal or private use, do not reproduce this FAQ without my
expressed permission. Expressed permission may be obtained by contacting me at
[email protected]
Right now this FAQ should only be found on these sites:
http://faqs.ign.com
http://www.gamefaqs.com
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