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Check This Out: Empire's Cryptic Canvas 50 Movie Painting
May 24, 2009
Source: Empire
by Alex Billington
Tomorrow is Memorial Day so it's a rather slow news weekend. On top of that, I'm spending the next 36 hours traveling from Cannes to Paris back to Los Angeles since Cannes has wrapped up. So to keep you occupied on this lazy weekend, Empire has launched the Cryptic Canvas, a time-wasting movie game involving a painting that contains 50 movie references. It's a nod to a painting that was put out a few years ago containing rock band names (if anyone knows where I can find that, let me know). You'll get the idea once you take a closer look at the painting, although there are some instructions on the site anyway.
The only clue Empire gives is that the movies hidden in the painting are from the last 20 years. I found a few right off the bat that weren't that hard and are quite obvious, but there are others that I just have no clue about. I'm not going to list all the answers for the sake of allowing a few of you to spend some time actually going through this (without cheating). The game on the site keeps track of how many you have answered correctly and dims out the images that you've already answered. Just head over to Empire right now to check it out. I'm sure within a few days you can check the comments below to find all 50 of the movies.
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Reader Feedback - 53 Comments »
1
Roughly from left to Right:
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Swimming with Sharks, The Fisher King, Eagle Eye, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Flags of Our Fathers, Zodiac, Pi, The Matrix, Liar Liar, Monsters Inc., Anchorman, Iron Man, Scream, Ice Age, Snakes on a Plane, Traffic, Moulin Rouge, Signs, The Dark Knight, Chocolat, Milk, Million Dollar Baby, The Pianist, The Thin Red Line, Trainspotting, Happy Feet, Saw, Bolt, Interview with the Vampire, No Country for Old Men, Iris, and The Crow.
Thats 34 of the 50
Boris Van Der Ree on May 24, 2009
2
Some that the other guy hadn't found,
Hook (on the water tank)
Stardust (in the warehouse)
Little Children (the three smaller kids)
Attack of the Clones (the cheerleaders, don't think that is a great clue…)
Walk the Line (next to the train)
Accordion27 on May 24, 2009
3
Crash (Plane crash)
Accordion27 on May 24, 2009
4
Green Mile (sign with 5280 ft on it)
Accordion27 on May 24, 2009
5
Cloverfield(Next to bolt)
Last King of Scotland(tombstone on bottom right)
Pirates of the caribbean(two pirates by pool)
Brick(Next to Lord of the rings clue)
Thelastcineaste on May 24, 2009
6
Found three more:
Pirates of the Caribbean (Two Pirates next to the water tank)
Enter the Dragon (Dragon on the Hill)
Brick (girl dropping the brick from top of the tower)
But i still have no idea about the two guys caring the old English flag, the women shredding books and the three C's on the building. But including those three that leave me with 49/50. So one of the three I just mentioned has two parts to it.
Byron on May 24, 2009
7
I give… 49/50… the only one I don't have is Iris, and I can't find it anywhere in the canvas! Help
Jeff on May 24, 2009
8
Byron,
The english patient
pulp fiction
300
Jeff on May 24, 2009
9
The one with the English Flag is the "English Patient". Iris is the flower that "the crow" is holding.
Dave on May 24, 2009
10
got it! I looked at that damn thing a million times!
Jeff on May 24, 2009
11
Those three are confusing me also.
Ice Age (the 20yrs sign)
Children of Men(family next to Little Children clue)
Thelastcineaste on May 24, 2009
12
what are the two guys and the kids?
Jay on May 24, 2009
13
The two guys with the kids is two - the tiny kids are Little Children and the men are Children of Men. I just got all 50, so will post a list on my blog adoubleyou.blogspot.com shortly.
Adrian on May 24, 2009
14
The two Dad's flag, the woman shredding books and the windmill are the only three I don't know. I got a few answers from this page after googling out of frustration.
Matt on May 24, 2009
15
There are actually 51. Enter the dragon is a bonus bc it came out in 1973.
Adam on May 24, 2009
16
no one has said "Gladiator" the guy standing near the camera… 50/50
don on May 24, 2009
17
The Complete List- I was wrong. There are only 50
1. Eagle Eye
2. Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3. Two Towers
4. Swimming with Sharks
5. Fisher King
6. Pi
7. Matrix
8. Zodiac
9. Liar Liar
10. Pirates of the Carribean
11. Monsters inc
12. English Patient
13. Scream
14. Anchorman
15. Iron Man
16. Pulp Fiction
17. Million Dollar Baby
18. Little Children
19. Children of Men
20. Stardust
21. The Dark Knight
22. Chocolat
23. Milk
24. Gladiator
25. Attack of the Clones
26. Happy Feet
27. Cloverfield
28. Saw
29. Bolt
30. Last King of Scotland
31. Interview with the Vampire
32. Crash
33. Trainspotting
34. Walk the Line
35. Thin Red Line
36. 300
37. The Pianist
38. Green Mile
39. No Country for Old Men
40. Traffic
41. Ice Age
42. Signs
43. Moulin Rouge
44. Flags of Our Fathers
45. Snakes on a Plane
46. Iris
47. The Crow
48. Brick
49. Hook
50. Enter The Dragon- Came out in 1973. The canvas is only supposed to have movies from the last 20 years. They tried to trick us!
Burt on May 24, 2009
18
i just can figure out wich one is iris,the thing below the Pi number ,an the numbers next to the zodiac circule
roger on May 24, 2009
19
i´d find the damn hook
roger on May 24, 2009
20
If anyone is interested, the aforementioned Rock and Roll game can be found here: http://digaphobia.com/virginbands-large.jpg
150 names if I remember correctly.
Mark on May 24, 2009
21
For some reason Pirates of the carribean is not accepted/recognised. could it not be right? help? i'm on 49/50 (without 'pirates).
James S on May 25, 2009
22
because I was spelling Caribbean wrong (see above). DUH!
sorry guys.
50/50!
James S on May 25, 2009
23
wot is the lady at the bottom of the screen shredding books??…
Micheal B on May 25, 2009
24
23 - wot is the lady at the bottom of the screen shredding books??…
pulp fiction 
Simon on May 25, 2009
26
whats the tombstone?
ben on May 25, 2009
28
where is iris and the numbers next to the zodiac symbol
roger on May 25, 2009
29
Iris is in the mouth of the crow in the upper right corner. The numbers are a matrix.
Kevin on May 25, 2009
30
thanks bro
roger on May 25, 2009
31
Funny painting!
Found Attack of the Clones, Pulp Fiction, 300 ans Scream very difficult to find or not very logical IMO.
Wurst on May 26, 2009
32
Attack of the Clones is ridiculous. Iris and Scream I couldn't figure out at all. About 45 to 40 were somewhat easy, and 7 to 10 were hard but once I figured out that some things are literal I was able to guess at the answer.
Robert on May 26, 2009
33
Similar game from a couple of years ago from M&Ms…
http://us.mms.com/us/dark/dark_game.jsp
James on May 26, 2009
34
where is Cloverfield
ivica on May 26, 2009
36
next to bolt
pq on May 27, 2009
37
I dont get why the 2 instrument things are Liar Liar.
Anyone?
RM on May 27, 2009
38
lyre lyre.. was too literal for me
aw on May 27, 2009
39
Can't get Pi to work…………….????
Tink on May 27, 2009
40
great game. i only knew a few
Lukas on May 27, 2009
41
What are the 3 C's for?
Jane on May 27, 2009
42
The three c's are 300 in roman numerals
Rhy on May 28, 2009
43
"Found Attack of the Clones, Pulp Fiction, 300 ans Scream very difficult to find or not very logical IMO."
Scream is the Name of the paiting, made by norwegian PaArtist Edward Munch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream
300: CCC is 300 in old Roman numerals (C is 100 -> CCC is 300)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numbers
Attack of the Clones and Pulp Fiction need some fantasy. But the rest is lack of general knowledge.
SiMo Sol on May 29, 2009
44
@17 Well there are 51 clues… wonder why mark it as 50
Sineman on May 29, 2009
45
anyone know what the thing is between the cheerleaders and the grave?
vader on Jun 2, 2009
47
I didnt find scream anywhere ont he canvas, and when i realized the iris in the crows mouth wasnt black i typed it and got 50. are there 50 or 51?
Andrea on Jun 8, 2009
48
NVM read post above mine. Knew the paiting was scream was thinking of the movie thx!
Andrea on Jun 8, 2009
49
I have them all, as well as their locations:
1. Ice Age - the 20 years sign
2. Flags of our Fathers - the flags with 'Dad's' written on them
3. The Two Towers - click on one of the big two towers and they will black out once you type it in
4. Brick - yhe falling brick from the tower
5. Traffic - the cars which are against eachother on the road. That's one hell of a jam!
6. Trainspotting - the train or the guy about to jump onto the rail tracks
7. Walk the Line - the guy who is sidestepping along the line next to the train
8. Signs - Any of the signs (500m, no smoking)
9. Stardust - The guy putting up the huge star. Where's the stardust?
10. The English Patient - The coffin with the England flag over it
11. The Fisher King - The King who is fishing by the tub full of sharks
12. Swimming with Sharks - The woman swimming in the tub of sharks or the water
13. Scream - The guys holding up the painting - one seems the be screaming, but this is a tricky one
14. The Dark Knight - The knight next to the building wearing dark armour
15. Milk - The milk bottle next to the chocolate
16. Chocolat - The chocolate! This was tricky as you couldn't have written 'chocolate'
17. Gladiator - The gladiator standing by the field of clovers
18. Cloverfield - The clovers on the field - just below the happy feet
19. Happy Feet - The feet with smiley faces on them
20. Bolt - The bolt (or nail, if you think it is) next to the clovers in the bottom right corner
21. Monsters Inc - Frankenstien with the hounds by the truck
22. Little Children - The shortest children in what seems to be a family (hand size)
23. Childen of Men - click on the man pushing the pram
24. Million Dollar Baby - the baby with the $1,000,000 tag on it - child slavery!
25. Pulp Fiction - the woman shredding the books (fiction) into pulp - by the shredder
26. Iron Man - this is more like an ironing machine, talking to the anchor
27. Anchorman - the anchor with the hat talking to the Iron Man
28. Pirates of the Caribbean - watch out for the spelling. The pirate next to the guy with the suitcase
29. 300 - The three Cs. this was somewhat hard. Think that C in Latin means a hundred
30. The Pianist - the woman playing the piano on the building
31. The Thin Red Line - the bright red vertical line next to the tracks
32. Interview with the vampire - we don't see Brad Pitt, but there is the girl talking to the vampire
33. Attack of the Clones - you obviously have some cheerleaders attacking and they look alike
34. Crash - the plane-crash site. Another great movie
35. No Country for Old Men - the sign with a cross running through the old men - right hand side
36. Saw - the saw next to the 'happy feet'
37. The Last King of Scotland - the grave saying 'HRH' with the Scottish flag
38. Hook - the clothes peg below the numbers '3.14159'
39. Pi - The numbers '3.14159265358975' - pi to fourteen decimal places
40. The Green Mile - the green plaque to the right side of the drawing saying 5280fb
41. Moulin Rouge - the red windmill. If you know your Paris landmarks this will be easy
42. The Matrix - the columns of numbers in a sequence, specifically a 'matrix'
43. Eagle Eye - the eagle to the top left carrying the 'I'
44. Snakes on a plane - The plane on the top middle. You can see that there are snakes on it
45. Zodiac - the zodiac circle, to the bottom far right
46. Liar Liar - the two wierdly-shaped string instruments to the bottom right, leaning against the tub
47. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - the butterfly is tied to the bell, which is on the diving board
48. The Crow - the crow flying in the sky
49. Iris - the flower held in the crow's beak. It is purple coloured
50. Enter the Dragon - This was unfair, as it was made in 1973, but, nevertheless, it is included. It is the red car going into the dragon's mouth.
So overall, the canvas was moderately hard.
Ash on Jun 11, 2009
51
Ash, regarding Stardust, the guy isn't hanging the star, he's dusting it.
shiva on Jun 17, 2009
52
also, the painting the guys are holding is titles "the Scream"
and the guy on the train isn't trying to jump off, he's painting spots on the train…
shiva on Jun 17, 2009
53
Sorry if there were some errors, but the main purpose of that post was to simply tell people where the things are, not the very specifics. I had heard that Enter the Dragon was released in 1970 from somewhere, but I was clearly mistaken. Concerning Trainspotting, I wasn't looking very clearly, but now I can see the spots.
Ash on Jun 19, 2009