Family Feud XI - movies

[MaxTheVool]

DO NOT READ THE THREAD BEFORE RESPONDING, yada yada yada, you know the drill.



Well, no one else seems to be starting one, so I will... hopefully not stepping on anyone's toes or violating protocol. I'm going to run this a bit differently than the previous ones, in that I see no need to cut off at a certain number of entries, nor to attempt to normalize scores based on number of entries. Rather, all entries submitted before midnight, Thursday, Chicago time (50+ hours from now) will be accepted. At that point, I will do the scoring, and each answer will be worth 1 point for each person who submitted it. This has the drawback that scores can not be compared to scores from other rounds, but has the advantage that there's no arbitrary cutoff, and if you are reading this, and it is before midnight Chicago time on Thursday, you can enter without fear that the round has closed.

Also, I do not count "pass" as an answer. If you don't have a good answer, just guess!


I hope I am not repeating question from previous rounds.

All of these questions relate to movies. It's a field that almost all of us are at least somewhat familiar with, which yields lots of interesting questions.


1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

4. What is the best action scene ever?

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

[Wargamer]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

4. What is the best action scene ever?

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

1. Rick in Casablanca - Humphrey Bogart
2. Terms of Endearment
3. Ghostbusters 2
4. The car chase scene in Bullitt .
5. The Fly
6. Aliens
7. The Seven Samurai
8. Apollo 13
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. Louis B. Meyer

[Enginerd]

1. Captain Jack Sparrow
2. Old Yeller
3. The Godfather III
4. car chase scene in Ronin
5. Ran
6. The Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Gandhi
9. El Mariachi
10. Jerry Bruckheimer

[twickster]

1. (the older) Don Corleone, in The Godfather (Marlon Brando)
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Star Wars: Episode 1
4. The opening of the 2006 Casino Royale
5. M
6. The Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Malcolm X
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. Irving Thalberg :smack: (sorry, I'm totally drawing a blank here)

[ShermanAter]

1. Billy Bob Thornton as Carl Childers in Sling Blade

2. Old Yeller

3. Clerks 2

4. D- Day Beach Landing in Saving Private Ryan

5. 10

6. The Big Lebowski

7.Snakes on a Plane

8. The Perfect Storm

9. The Passion of the Christ

10. Walt Disney

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

4. What is the best action scene ever?

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

1. Don Corleone
2.
3. Star Wars part I
4.
5.Big
6. Monty Python and Holy Grail
7. Citizen Kane
8. Awakenings
9. Das Boot
10. Mayer (from MGM fame)

Tough one!

[Hampshire]

1. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
3. Ocean's 12
4. Terminator 2 - Truck/Motorcycle chase through spillways
5. Pi
6. Caddyshack
7. Debbie Does Dallas
8. Hotel Rowanda
9. Y' Tu Mama Tambien
10. John Williams

[SSG Schwartz]

1. Rocky

2. Old Yeller

3. Smokey and the Bandit III

4. Bad Boys II crossing the bridge in Miami

5. IT

6. Dr No

7. Shaving Ryan's Privates

8. Radio

9. The Pianist

10. Paul Newman


SSG Schwartz

[muldoonthief]

1. Michael Corleone - Al Pacino
2. Old Yeller
3. Star Trek V
4. Normandy landing in Saving Private Ryan
5. It!
6. Aliens ("it's the only way to be sure.")
7. Citizen Kane
8. Blow
9. Das Boot
10. Louis B. Mayer

[Justin_Bailey]

1. The Terminator - Arnold Scwarza-however you spell it
2. Old Yeller
3. Godfather III
4. Lethal Weapon - Mel Gibson VS Gary Busey
5. M
6. Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Ray
9. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
10. Roger Ebert

I like these questions, but I predict you're going to get some guff from the people who want a more "pure" Feud game.

[Justin Credible]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

4. What is the best action scene ever?

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

1 Don Corleone
2 Mystic River
3 The Phantom Menace
4 The Normandy Beach invasion scene from Saving Private Ryan
5 300
6 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7 Gone With the Wind
8 Schindler's List
9 Seven Samurai
10 John Williams

[Hockey Monkey]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

Captain Jack Sparrow

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

Brokeback Mountain

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

The Matrix 2

4. What is the best action scene ever?

Star Wars - destruction of the Death Star

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

A.I.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

The Princess Bride

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

Star Wars

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

Monster

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

Amelie

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

Alfred Hitchcock

[garygnu]

1. Harrison Ford as Han Solo
2. Matawan
3. Jaws 4: The Revenge
4. The Matrix: Neo and Trinity in the lobby. (Far too many to choose from)
5. Pi
6. The Princess Bride
7. Plan 9 From Outer Space
8. All the President's Men (?)
9. Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
10. Jerry Bruckheimer

[iamthewalrus(:3=]

1. Indiana Jones

2. The Notebook

3. Highlander II

4. Kill Bill 1: Restaurant fight

5. Pi (shorter in symbol form!)

6. The Princess Bride

7. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (I had to go for it. Come on, dopers!)

8. Schindler's List

9. Amelie

10. Samuel Goldwyn

[Sternvogel]

1. Humphrey Bogart as Rick in Casablanca
2. Old Yeller
3. The Phantom Menace (I was going to say "the Star Wars flick with Jar Jar Binks", but that's not specific enough, so I'll go with Jar Jar's debut)
4. The climax of High Noon
5. Jaws
6. The Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Schindler's List
9. The Passion of the Christ
10. Samuel Goldwyn (producer)

[ZipperJJ]

1. Hannibal Lecter
2. Old Yeller
3. Matrix II
4. Blues Brothers car chase
5. Big
6. Monty Python & The Holy Grail
7. Casablanca
8. Schindler's List
9. Life is Beautiful
10. David O. Selznik

[freckafree]

I am so totally going to suck at this...


1. Indiana Jones

2.The English Patient

3. Jurrasic Park 2

4. Car chase in the French Connection

5. Klute

6. Princess Bride

7. Citizen Kane

8. We Are Marshall

9. The Virgin Spring

10. Edith Head

[araminty]

1. Hannibal Lecter
2. Old Yeller
3. Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
4. Die Hard? The bit with the fire and the... oh, I don't know.
5. "Z"
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. Citizen Kane
8. Schindler's List
9. Amelie
10. John Williams

[Little Nemo]

I tried to stick with my quickest choices

1. The King of Siam (Yul Brynner)
2. 12 Monkeys
3. Pirates of the Caribbean
4. The swordfight in The Princess Bride
5. Hud
6. The Princess Bride
7. Birth of a Nation
8. The Long Riders
9. Last Tango in Paris
10. Walt Disney

[RachelChristine]

1. Rhett Butler by Clark Gable

2. Titanic

3. Highlander 2

4. Lobby scene from the Matrix

5. Misery

6. Princess Bride

7. Birth of a Nation

8. We Are Marshall

9. Run Lola Run

10. Samuel Goldwyn

[El_Kabong]

Okey-doke.

1. Indiana Jones, by Harrison Ford

2. Leaving Las Vegas

3. Terminator 3

4. The final truck chase in The Road Warrior

5. Zulu

6. Office Space

7. Citizen Kane

8. Patton

9. Life is Beautiful

10. Edith Head

[Spoons]

1. Indiana Jones, as played by Harrison Ford

2. "The Great Escape"

3. "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."

4. Car chase in "Bullitt."

5. "Joe."

6. "The Princess Bride."

7. "Gone with the Wind."

8. "The Longest Day."

9. "The Passion of the Christ."

10. John Williams (music)

[Happy Lendervedder]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.
Napoleon Dynamite

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.
Stepmom

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.
Godfather 3

4. What is the best action scene ever?
The first Matrix when Neo and Trinity enter the building to rescue Morpheus

5. Name a movie with a very short name.
Cars

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.
The Princess Bride

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.
Citizen Kane

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).
Hotel Rwanda

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?
Passion of the Christ

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.
John Williams




Yikes, these were tough!

[Bayard]

Thanks for running the game, Max! Let's see if I can climb up the ladder a little more...

1. Captain Kirk - Shatner

2. Brian's Song

3. Return of the Jedi

4. Neo and Trinity rescuing Morpheus

5. M

6. Aliens

7. Deep Throat

8. Glory

9. Amelie

10. Harvey Weinstein

Whew. Tough game. I fear I will not be improving on my 8th place finish from the last game

[5 time champ]

Good questions, Max I only see three or four definitive answers.

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.
Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.
Titanic

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.
Phantom Menace

4. What is the best action scene ever?
Death Star exploding in Star Wars

5. Name a movie with a very short name.
ET

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.
Princess Bride

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.
Citizen Kane

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).
Saving Private Ryan

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?
Seven Samurai

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.
John Williams

[Dolores Reborn]

1. Rocky
2. Steel Magnolias
3. Rocky IV
4. Saving Private Ryan, the landing on Normandy Beach
5. Elf
6. Monty Python's Holy Grail - "I'm not dead yet!"
7. Citizen Kane
8. Tora Tora Tora
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. Walt Disney

[anyrose]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part. Rick in Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart)

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.Terms of Endearment

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.Airplane II

4. What is the best action scene ever?the sword fight in The Princess Bride

5. Name a movie with a very short name.Ben

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB. The Princess Bride

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it. Citizen Kane

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).Auto Focus

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?Chocolat

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else. Edith Head (costumes)

[RickJay]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

General Patton, by George C. Scott.

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

"Old Yeller"

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

"Highlander II: The Quickening"

4. What is the best action scene ever?

The truck chase sequence in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

"Go"

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

"The Princess Bride."

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

"Citizen Kane"

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

"Black Hawk Down"

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

"Life is Beautiful"

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

Edith Head, costume designer

[Eyebrows 0f Doom]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

4. What is the best action scene ever?

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.
I didn't read the thread, like asked, so I hope I'm doing this the right way.

1. Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. Hannibal (sequel to Silence of the Lambs)
4. The lobby fight scene in The Matrix
5. Pi
6. The Princess Bride (?)
7. Casablanca
8. Schindler's List (? I dunno)
9. Life is Beautiful
10. Howard Shore (composer)

[atomicbadgerrace]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

AI: Artificial Intelligence

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

Star Trek: Nemesis

4. What is the best action scene ever?

Lobby scene from The Matrix

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

It

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

The Princess Bride. Why? No idea. ;-)

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

Casablanca

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

The Blair Witch Project. :D

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

Run Lola Run

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

Danny Elfman

[Really Not All That Bright]

1. Gandhi - Ben Kingsley.

2. Star Wars part 3 (the Anakin to Vader one)

3. The Godfather, Part III

4. Car chase from Bullitt

5. A.I.

6. The Princess Bride

7. Casablanca

8. Saving Private Ryan

9. Il Postino

10. Jerry Bruckheimer


ETA: I had no idea the lobby fight scene in the Matrix made such an impression on people...

[Darth Sensitive]

1. Gandalf - LotR movies

2. Old Yeller

3. Godfather III

4. Scene from the Matrix with the storming of the office building where Morpheus is held

5. Crash

6. The Princess Bride

7. Citizen Kane

8. Apollo 13

9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

10. Jerry Bruckheimer

[BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.
2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.
3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.
4. What is the best action scene ever?
5. Name a movie with a very short name.
6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.
7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.
8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).
9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?
10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.
1. Ben Kingsley's role in Sexy Beast
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. The 2nd (or even 3rd) Crow
4. The 2'42" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_boiled#Long_take) scene from Hard Boiled
5. π
6. Citizen Kane
7. Casablanca
8. JFK
9. Letters From Iwo Jima. I actually haven't seen it, so if I'm mistaken in the fact that it's a FL film, then I submit Spirited Away
10. William Goldman. Wrote the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and the screenplay and novel of Princess Bride.

[Spoons]

ETA: I had no idea the lobby fight scene in the Matrix made such an impression on people...Me neither. I've never seen The Matrix, and after I posted my answers, I looked at other responses and was kind of surprised to see it mentioned so often. I like action movies; maybe I should watch it.

[Darth Sensitive]

Me neither. I've never seen The Matrix, and after I posted my answers, I looked at other responses and was kind of surprised to see it mentioned so often. I like action movies; maybe I should watch it.

It's a very good scene. The movie is pretty good too. The other movies suck as movies, but have some good action scenes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpc1SpDgUIA - Here's the scene

[cmkeller]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part. - Rocky Balboa, by Sylvester Stallone

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending. - Titanic

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series. - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

4. What is the best action scene ever? - The baby carriage scene in "Untouchables"

5. Name a movie with a very short name. - Reds

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB. - Airplane!

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.
- Birth of a Nation

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage). - Elizabeth

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans? - La Femme Nikita

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else. - Walt Disney

[CatInASuit]

1. Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford
2. Watership Down
3. Police Acadamy: Mission to Moscow
4. The Untouchables: Railway Station shootout
5. Big
6. The Princess Bride
7. Donnie Darko
8. The Dam Busters
9. Spirited Away
10. Max Factor

[Panurge]

1: Terminator
2: Requiem for a Dream
3: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
4: Paris chase in The Bourne Identity
5: ET
6: Pass
7: Deep Throat
8: Der Untergang
9: Crouching TIger Hidden Dragon
10: John Williams

[anyrose]

I'd like to make a request to all Feuders, be they gamers or hosts - Once the current game is over, and a new one has been started, please post a link to the new thread in the old. Yes, it's easy enough to do a forum search on the word "feud", but it would be a great time saver. :D

[as_u_wish]

1. Jimmy Stewart (Elwood P. Dowd) in Harvey
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. Starwars Prequels (if I need to be specific, Episode 2)
4. Helm's Deep, LOTR-Two Towers
5. ET
6. Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Appollo 13
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. Jim Henson

[Drain Bead]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

Hannibal Lecter

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

Steel Magnolias

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

The Godfather Part III

4. What is the best action scene ever?

Keanu Reeves dodging bullets in the Matrix movies, especially the first one.

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

Saw

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

The Princess Bride

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

Casablanca

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

This is a hard one. Schindler's List, maybe?

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

Life is Beautiful? I know I'm missing something obvious here.

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

Walt Disney

[MadTheSwine]

DO NOT READ THE THREAD BEFORE RESPONDING, yada yada yada, you know the drill.


1.Frank Drebin

2.Old Yeller

3.Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace

4.The car chase from Road Warrior

5."O"

6.The Princess Bride

7.Citizen Kane


8.Capote

9.Life is Beautiful

10.Edith Head

[Paintcharge]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

Anthony Hopkins as Hanibal Lechter "...fava beans and a nice chianti."

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

Old Yeller

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

Star Wars The Phantom Menace

4. What is the best action scene ever?

The car chase in French Connection

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

E.T.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

The Princess Bride

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

Citizen Cane

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

Munich

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

Cinema Paradiso

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

David O. Selznick (Selznik?)

This one was much harder than the others.

[Hawkeyeop]

1. Tom Hanks/Forrest Gump

2. Million Dollar Baby

3. Caddyshack 2

4. Fight scenes in the first Matrix

5. E.T.

6. Princess Bride

7. Sicko

8. Ray

9. Life is Beautiful

10. John Williams

[Mullinator]

Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump
Old Yeller
Caddyshack 2
Car chase – Bullitt
EdTV
The Princess Bride
Battlefield Earth
Apollo 13
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
John Williams

[MaxTheVool]

Just responding to bump this back up to the front page... hopefully we'll get some more responses.

[Hostile Dialect]

1. Tyler Durden
2. The Last Man on Earth
3. Star Wars Episode I
4. The entirety of Shaolin Soccer
5. Once
6. The Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Amelie
10. Aaron Sorkin

[ShibbOleth]

1. Marlon Brando in the Godfather

2. Terms of Endearment

3. The Phantom Menace

4. Beach scene of Saving Private Ryan

5. Ben

6. The Princess Bride.

7. Donnie Darko

8. Charlie Wilson's War

9. The Seven Samurai (although I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it is actually "The Passion of the Christ")

10. Oscar

[Typo Negative]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part. Tyler Durden

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending. The Miracle Mile

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series. The Sting II

4. What is the best action scene ever? Rumble in the Bronx

5. Name a movie with a very short name. Pi

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB. The Simpsons Movie

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it. Citizen Kane

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage). Apollo 13

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans? Das Boot

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else. Ethan Cohen (producer)

[bufftabby]

1. Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
2. The Hours
3. Any American Pie shindig w/o original cast
4. Planet Terror
5. 300
6. Princess Bride
7. Casablanca
8. Schindler's List
9. Run Lola Run
10.Danny Elfman

[garygnu]

Are people too intimidated by the subjective nature of these questions? I imagine the scores overall will be lower than FFX, but everybody is at the same disadvantage.
C'mon! Play along!

[Zebra]

Patton

Old Yeller

Godfather 3

Bullet car chase

Hud

The Princess Bride

Citizen Kane

Titanic

Das Boot

Irving Thalberg

[anyrose]

I'll be happy to answer twice

[Gordon Urquhart]

1. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
2. Life is Beautiful
3. Ghostbusters II
4. Truck chase scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indy gains control of truck hauling the Ark)
5. X
6. The Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Passion of the Christ (which I haven't seen, incidentally)
10. Tough one: I'll go with Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth

[Gordon Urquhart]

1. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
2. Life is Beautiful
3. Ghostbusters II
4. Truck chase scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indy gains control of truck hauling the Ark)
5. X
6. The Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Passion of the Christ (which I haven't seen, incidentally)
10. Tough one: I'll go with Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth

(And now that I've reviewed everyone else's responses to #10, I see that I misunderstood the question completely. I'll go with John Williams, if I can have a do-over.)

[MovieMogul]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part. Rick Blaine
2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending. Pandora's Box
3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
4. What is the best action scene ever? Ben-Hur's chariot race
5. Name a movie with a very short name. Z
6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB. This is Spinal Tap!
7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it. Birth of a Nation
8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage). The Battle of Algiers
9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans? Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else. John Williams

[ShibbOleth]

Bump for the night owls

[SSG Schwartz]

I am waiting for the scores to say I came in last.

Good luck all.

SSG Schwartz

[MaxTheVool]

OK, I'm starting to add up scores now... so any entries after this post will not count towards the total-per-answer, although I will provide all the totals, so you can score yourself if you like.

[MaxTheVool]

OK, scores for non-unique answers are ready. I will add up totals for players in a break... got rest my fingers.



1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.
6 Indiana Jones
5 Hannibal Lecter
4 Rick from Casablanca
4 Don Corleone
3 Forerst Gump
3 Rocky
2 The Terminator
2 Jack Sparrow
2 Patton
2 Tyler Durdern

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.
14 Old Yeller
3 Terms of Endearment
3 Titanic
2 Steel Magnolias
2 Brokeback Mountain
2 Requiem for a Dream

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.
11 Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
7 The Godfather Part 3
3 Highlander 2
3 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
2 Ghostbusters 2
2 The Matrix Reloaded
2 Caddyshack 2

4. What is the best action scene ever?
8* Lobby fight from The Matrix
5 Car Chase from Bullit
5 D-Day from Saving Private Ryan
2 Star Wars final attack on the Death Star
2 Left Handed Sword Fight from the Princess Bride
2 Truck Chase from Raiders
2 Truck Chase from the Road Warrior
2 Baby Carriage/Stairway shootout from The Untouchables

*Two people gave ambiguous answers that referred to the Matrix without narrowing down a specific scene. I gave them each half credit, so both of their answers together count as 1 here, and they will each get 4 points

5. Name a movie with a very short name.
6 Pi
5 ET
3 M
3 Big
3 It
2 300
2 AI
2 Z
2 Hud
2 Ben

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.
30 The Princess Bride
5 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3 Aliens

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.
22 Citizen Kane
7 Casablanca
4 Birth of a Nation
2 Deep Throat
2 Donnie Darko
2 Gone with the Wind

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).
8 Schindler's List
5 Apollo 13
4 Saving Private Ryan
2 Hotel Rwanda
2 Ray
2 We Are Marshall

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?
9 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
7 Life is Beautiful
6 Amelie
5 The Passion of the Christ
4 Das Boot
3 Seven Samurai
3 Run Lola Run

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.
10 John Williams
5 Walt Disney
5 Edith Head
4 Jerry Bruckheimer
3 Louis B Meyer
3 Samuel Goldwyn
2 Irving Thalberg
2 David O Selznik
2 Danny Elfman

[MaxTheVool]

And the results are:

Darth Sensitive 101
Sternvogel 98
5 time champ 95
MadTheSwine 94
Paintcharge 92
Justin_Bailey 91
Zebra 89
Happy Lendervedder 87
RickJay 87
araminty 85
Eyebrows of Doom 85
Enginerd 83
Twickster 83
Mullinator 80
Hostile Dialect 79
Drain Bead 76
as_u_wish 75
Gordon Urquhart 74
anyrose 69
iamthewalrus(:3= 65
Hawkeyeop 65
Spoons 63
Shibb0leth 62
Really Not All That Bright 62
atomicbadgerrace 61
garygnu 59
Rachel Christine 58
muldoontheif 57
bufftabby 56
Dolores Reborn 54
ZipperJJ 54
IvoryTowerDenizen 53
Justin Credible 50
Hockey Monkey 49
Little Nemo 48
CatInASuit 48
El_Kabong 47
Spooje 44
Wargamer 36
ArchiveGuy 36
Panurge 35
ShermanAter 35
cmkeller 32
Bayard 27
SSG Schwartz 27
BellRungBookShutCandleSnuffed 22

[Panurge]

Prrrr. I just suck at these games. And what's up with The Princess Bride, anyway?

[The Tof]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

Mark Hamill... Luke Skywalker

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

pass

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it's a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

Caddyshack 2

4. What is the best action scene ever?

Supercop (OK.. maybe this is just best stunt) but the scene where the girl jumps from the motorcycle onto the moving train.

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

pi

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

Big Lebowskie

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

Citizen Kane

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary... ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

Thirteen Days

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

Amelie

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

Walt Disney

[twickster]

Urgh. I went a little too much with "my" answers and not "the most popular" answers ... probably wouldn't have thought of Old Yeller even if I'd tried, though.

[Bayard]

Gosh, I did terrible.

[Dolores Reborn]

Middle of the pack, for me. Ok - where's the next one? :D

[Zebra]

I seem to have 176 if I understand the scoring.

[Zebra]

Never mind, I didn't see how you had altered the scoring.

[freckafree]

And the results are:

Darth Sensitive 101
Sternvogel 98
5 time champ 95
MadTheSwine 94
Paintcharge 92
Justin_Bailey 91
Zebra 89
Happy Lendervedder 87
RickJay 87
araminty 85
Eyebrows of Doom 85
Enginerd 83
Twickster 83
Mullinator 80
Hostile Dialect 79
Drain Bead 76
as_u_wish 75
Gordon Urquhart 74
anyrose 69
iamthewalrus(:3= 65
Hawkeyeop 65
Spoons 63
Shibb0leth 62
Really Not All That Bright 62
atomicbadgerrace 61
garygnu 59
Rachel Christine 58
muldoontheif 57
bufftabby 56
Dolores Reborn 54
ZipperJJ 54
IvoryTowerDenizen 53
Justin Credible 50
Hockey Monkey 49
Little Nemo 48
CatInASuit 48
El_Kabong 47
Spooje 44
Wargamer 36
ArchiveGuy 36
Panurge 35
ShermanAter 35
cmkeller 32
Bayard 27
SSG Schwartz 27
BellRungBookShutCandleSnuffed 22

Wow. I sucked so badly I didn't even make the list!

[twickster]

Middle of the pack, for me. Ok - where's the next one? :D

I'm working on a list -- but I'll be happy to be (lucky) XIII if someone has one ready to go.

[anyrose]

Top 20! Woo AND Hoo! :D

[MovieMogul]

I've never done this before, so I guess I didn't understand the nature of the game.

I thought you were polling us so that you could then use the answers in a separate (possibly off-board) game. Because of this, I gave answers that were authentic to me, and not ones calculated to estimate what all the other participants would guess.

Oh well.

[twickster]

Heh. Lured you in by mentioning movies, eh?

Anyway -- new game is up: FF XII (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451065).

[Darth Sensitive]

Huh, I didn't feel like I did so hot.

But I'm not complaining!

[MaxTheVool]

Wow. I sucked so badly I didn't even make the list!
Whoops. You have 69 points, tied with anyrose.

[Justin_Bailey]

Woo! Number 6!

I'm steadily moving up the list. That top spot is mine next time!

Although, didn't Darth Sensitive win one a couple of games back? That's impressive.

[RickJay]

I've never done this before, so I guess I didn't understand the nature of the game.

I thought you were polling us so that you could then use the answers in a separate (possibly off-board) game. Because of this, I gave answers that were authentic to me, and not ones calculated to estimate what all the other participants would guess.

Oh well.
I just answer honestly, and I understood how the game worked. Who cares?

[Darth Sensitive]

Nope - came in 15th in the only other one I've done so far.