Greatest Pie Moments and Pie Plot Twists
PI (π) day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant on the date of it's simplest abbreviated form 3.14. In a contrarian salute to π, we honor the other type of pie and the unexpected. Pies have been creatively used by screenwriters on television and movies going back to the silent movie era. Movies, TV and pie make an pretty interesting combination.
Which pie moment or plot twist from the movies or television is the most unexpected?
SPOILER ALERT: Poll answer recaps reveal pie related plot twists and great pie moments.
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Which pie moment or plot twist from the movies or television is the most unexpected?
SPOILER ALERT: Poll answer recaps reveal pie related plot twists and great pie moments.
Cast your vote here or Discuss the topic here.
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- DirectorPaul WeitzChris WeitzStarsJason BiggsChris KleinThomas Ian NicholasFour teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Virgin Jim takes his father's advice literally and Mom's freshly baked apple pie suffers the consequences as Jim satisfies himself.
- DirectorTate TaylorStarsViola DavisEmma StoneOctavia SpencerAn aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Fired maid Minny gets back at her racist former boss Hilly by baking her a chocolate pie as peace offering, then reveals it's poo filling once eaten.
- DirectorAdrienne ShellyStarsKeri RussellNathan FillionJeremy SistoJenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Waitress bakes pies as an expression of her feelings: Pregnant Self-Pitying Loser Pie, Naught Pumpkin Pie, I Can't Have No Affair Because It's Wrong and I Don't Want Earl to Kill Me Pie among many others. A pie baking contest is her hope for a better life away from her unfulfilling marriage and oppressive husband.
- DirectorJeff KanewStarsRobert CarradineAnthony EdwardsTimothy BusfieldAt Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: The Tri-Lams sell pies with sorority photos on the bottom during a charity fund raising event in order to claim leadership of the Greek council and save their fraternity.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsWil WheatonRiver PhoenixCorey FeldmanA writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Campfire story of a bullied kid who gets back at the local townspeople by plotting and starting a chain reaction of vomiting during a pie eating contest.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsRobert John BurkeJoe MantegnaLucinda JenneyAn obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: A cursed Billy's only hope to save himself from thinning way is a strawberry pie that will transfer the curse to another. In the end, it becomes a final meal for him and his family.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterAlan RickmanThe legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Demon barber Sweeney Todd's victims become the main ingredients for Mrs. Lovett's tasty meat pies that she sells from her pie shop.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsKate WinsletJosh BrolinGattlin GriffithDepressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Frank teaches Adele how to make a peach pie, á la the pottery wheel scene of Ghost, in probably the sexiest pie baking scene of cinema.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: A clueless Nazi Col. Hans Landa interviews Jewish Shosanna over strudel pie during a tense reunion, as she escaped his clutches in the film's opening scene. Landa further heightens the suspense by delaying it 's service until the pie is just right.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsNorah JonesJude LawNatalie PortmanA young lonely woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off-beat characters along the way.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Romantic and sexy blueberry pie smothered make-out scene between Jessie and Elizabeth makes pie even more desirable.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsCleavon LittleGene WilderSlim PickensIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: A brawl erupts and spills over to the studio lot ending in a hilarious pie fight scene in the studio commissary that is probably the funniest pie scene ever.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJack AdamsA scheming fight manager attempts to collect insurance on his puny fighter by causing an accident. Things don't go according to plan, and the situation escalates into a pie-throwing battle of epic proportions.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: A watershed pie fight sequence considered to be the holy grail of lost film comedy was found in 2015; it features one of the largest pie fight scenes ever in cinema and the one pie fight scene by which all others are compared.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsTony CurtisNatalie WoodJack LemmonIn the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate, engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: A pie fight between the racers scene that last 5 minutes on screen and uses 2357 pies in what is probably the largest pie fight in cinema history.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Pies in the zombie faces escapade scene complete with nickelodeon music adds a comedic element to the Romero's horror sequel.
- CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Jerry goes to great lengths to find out why his new girlfriend won't share a slice of apple pie with him in the episode appropriately titled "The Pie".
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsAlan LaddJean ArthurVan HeflinA weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: A special apple pie baked for dinner guest, Shane sets in motion a competition between Shane and Joe to see who is the better man.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsJodie FosterScott BaioFlorence GarlandThe classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: A G rated Godfather spoof with gangsters played by kids is capped by gigantic pie fight sequence complete with pie shooting guns.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsWill SmithTommy Lee JonesJosh BrolinAgent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: After Griffin escapes Agent J and Agent K hit a dead end to save the world. K announces "We need Pie". K's wise grandfather used to say pie helped clear the head. J reluctantly agrees to "get some dumb-ass pie". In the end K was right Pie was the solution needed to jump start the case.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsMeryl StreepJack NicholsonJeff DanielsShe's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship Heartburn, nothing will.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Rachael uses a cream pie to the face of philandering husband Mark as the last salvo in a failed marriage before leaving him for good.
- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Special Agent Dale Cooper loves his Coffee and Cherry Pie so much at the Double R diner, that it becomes a running gag as both appear so frequently they should be listed in the credits.
- DirectorPeter LordNick ParkStarsMel GibsonJulia SawalhaPhil DanielsWhen a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.Pie Moment or Plot Twist: Heroes Ginger and Rocky escape and destroy a villainous chicken pie making in an climatic finale.