# 27 actors, 1 movie (a really hard game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951 "2005-10-12T20:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/201 "2005-10-13T20:04:47Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Correct movie, incorrect resulting actor. You’ve got a homer and a triple. hmmm - could your sneaky mind be thinking **Geena Davis**? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/202 "2005-10-13T20:05:44Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > hmmm - could your sneaky mind be thinking **Geena Davis**? Could be. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/203 "2005-10-13T20:05:45Z")
If **Stripes** is incorrect (and things may be moving too fast for me), then Murray, Hackman, and Wilson were all in **The Royal Tenenbaums.** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/204 "2005-10-13T20:08:24Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I have 7 left - who should i eliminate (what did I miss) > > Hank Azaria > John Cusack > Chris Elliott > Danny Glover > Gene Hackman > Jeremy Piven > Owen Wilson It’s not who you have left over, it’s who you’ve left out. There’s at least one who was used incorrectly earlier who is still available; two I think. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/205 "2005-10-13T20:10:00Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > If **Stripes** is incorrect (and things may be moving too fast for me), then Murray, Hackman, and Wilson were all in **The Royal Tenenbaums.** You’re on the right track, but that’s not _quite_ the answer I’m looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/206 "2005-10-13T20:11:43Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > You’re on the right track, but that’s not _quite_ the answer I’m looking for. Cancel Murray, replace Glover. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/207 "2005-10-13T20:13:04Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Cancel Murray, replace Glover. 🙂 There you go, more of my intentional obfuscation. Sadly, it is but a mere speedbump before your clever minds. So Glover, Hackman and Wilson all in _The Royal Tenenbaums_. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/208 "2005-10-13T20:16:15Z")
Is Groundhog Day one of the movies? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/209 "2005-10-13T20:18:33Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Is Groundhog Day one of the movies? rats - you beat me to it so the 4th actor for Groundhog Day would be **Brian Doyle Murray** ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/210 "2005-10-13T20:19:31Z")
Hank Azaria and John Cusack were in The Cradle Will Rock. Does that fit in anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/211 "2005-10-13T20:19:58Z")
You’re both correct… A summary of round one in the next post ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/212 "2005-10-13T20:20:55Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > rats - you beat me to it > > so the 4th actor for Groundhog Day would be **Brian Doyle Murray** That would be my guess, with Bill Murray, Andie McDowell, and Chris Elliot. Um, and Harold Ramis. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/213 "2005-10-13T20:20:59Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Hank Azaria and John Cusack were in The Cradle Will Rock. Does that fit in anywhere? Not in this one. You snuck in with a simulpost, so want to make sure I didn’t throw you off. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/214 "2005-10-13T20:22:21Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Not in this one. You snuck in with a simulpost, so want to make sure I didn’t throw you off. That’s fine. We can save that movie for when we play 234 Actors, 1 Movie. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/215 "2005-10-13T20:23:22Z")
**Tdn** - Andie McDowell was used for _St. Elmo’s Fire_; Harold Ramis was the correct play there. He threw a lot of folks off the track for a moment. **Breaking Away** - Daniel Stern, Dennis Quaid, PJ Soles **Edward Scissorhands** -Johnny Depp, Alan Arkin, Kathy Baker **Grosse Point Blank** - John Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria **Groundhog’s Day** - Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, Harold Ramis **Royal Tenenbaums** - Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Danny Glover **Tootsie** - Dustin Hoffman, Sydney Pollack, Dabney Coleman **Parenthood** - Rick Moranis, Keanu Reeves, Joaquin Phoenix **The Outsiders** - Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze **St. Elmo’s Fire** - Andie McDowell, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/216 "2005-10-13T20:27:17Z")
**Edward Scissorhands** - Winona Ryder **Groundhog’s Day** - Brian Doyle Murray **Royal Tenenbaums** - Ben Stiller **Parenthood** - Steve Martin **St. Elmo’s Fire** - Emilio Estevez ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/217 "2005-10-13T20:27:47Z")
second round actor guesses Parenthood **Jason Robards** Edward Scissorhands **Wynona Ryder** Breaking Away **Paul Dooley** Tootsie **Geena Davis** St Elmo’s Fire **Judd Nelson** The Outsiders **Tom Cruise** Grosse Point Blank **Dan Ackroyd** The Royal Tannenbaums **Ben Stiller** Groundhog Day **Brian Doyle Murray** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/218 "2005-10-13T20:28:18Z")
**Breaking Away** : Paul Dooley **Edward Scissorhands** : ?? **Grosse Point Blank** : ?? **Groundhog’s Day** : ?? **The Outsiders** : ?? **Parenthood** : Jason Robards **Royal Tenenbaums** : ?? **St. Elmo’s Fire** : ?? **Tootsie** : Geena Davis I think that’s what you have so far. Also, I just noticed that I did double one of my first round actors into the second round, although it was unintentional. Obviously not from the same film. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/219 "2005-10-13T20:29:07Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That’s fine. We can save that movie for when we play 234 Actors, 1 Movie. YIKES :eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/220 "2005-10-13T20:29:53Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > **Groundhog’s Day** - Brian Doyle Murray This is correct. Others are not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=12)