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FFJ's Top 30 movies of all-time Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/25/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a Puzzle Cache. Therefore; the cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. (Posted coords take you to the middle of a lake)

Movies!

I love movies!  (So .... why don't I marry it?)

Therefore; to solve this puzzle cache, I'm am going to "make you" endure browsing through my favorite Top 30 movies of all-time!

Ranking Movie Title
1. Saving Private Ryan
1. Shawshank Redemption
1. Crash
1. Dances With Wolves
1. The Pianist
6. Forrest Gump
7. On Golden Pond
8. Running On Empty
9. The Bridge Over The River Kwai
10. Sideways
11. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
12. Close Encounters of The Third Kind
13. 2001: A Space Odyssey
14. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
15. The Best Years Of Our Lives
16. Castaway
17. Doctor Strangelove: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb
18. Dr. Zhivago
19. Kramer vs. Kramer
20. Uncle Buck
21. Apollo 13
22. Stand By Me
23. Fargo
24. Platoon
25. Das Boot
26. Magnolia
27. Office Space
28. The Straight Story
29. The Great Escape
30. Walk The Line

 

A = Ranking of movie that is more about friendship and hope than simply being a prison movie
B = Ranking of movie that is depicting Lovell, Haise, Krantz, Swigert, Mattingly, Slayton, etc.
C = Ranking of movie that featured the famous line, "Life is like a box of chocolates"
D = Ranking of movie that featured the famous line, "You're not a gnat are ya Bug?"
E = Ranking of movie that often talked about "TPS Reports"
F = Ranking of movie that featured "Wilson"
G = Ranking of movie featuring the song, "The Colonel Bogey March"
H = Ranking of movie where River Phoenix is often playing on an imaginary piano keyboard
I = Ranking of movie where a pile of mashed potatoes results in one of the most poignant scenes in the movie
J = Ranking of movie where the main actors are discussing whether Mighty Mouse could beat up Superman

 

The final cache is a painted altoids tin and can be found circa 15 feet from a nice paved walking trail.  The (final) Coordinates  for this cache are as follows:

N 47o QR.STU
W 122o VW.XYZ

where:

Q = A -1
R = B - 19
S = C - 2
T = D - 19
U = E - 18
V = F - 11
W = G - 8
X = H   
Y = I - 8
Z = J - 13

 

The coordinates for the Trailhead (starting point) are as follows:

N 47o QR.STU
W 122o VW.XYZ

where:

Q = A -1
R = B - 19
S = C - 2
T = D - 20
U = E - 27
V = F - 11
W = G - 7
X = H  - 7
Y = I - 9
Z = J - 18

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Tickets please and don't forget to silence you cell phones!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Penqyr bs gerr jvgu 5 gehaxf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)