# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/341 "2005-10-14T17:43:21Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Dragonfly, then. Nope! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/342 "2005-10-14T17:54:22Z")
A Bridge Too Far - Michael Caine King of the Gypsies - Susan Sarandon Heaven’s Gate - Kris Kristofferson Independence Day - Jeff Goldblum Girl Interrupted - Jeffrey Tambor ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/343 "2005-10-14T17:58:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Girl Interrupted - Jeffrey Tambor Only if his hair was red, and there was more of it. Oh, and if his name was Vanessa. Who, with Tandy and Hunt, was in The Bostonians. With Christopher Reeve. Which makes the 3rd level movie Superman. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/344 "2005-10-14T18:20:44Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Only if his hair was red, and there was more of it. Oh, and if his name was Vanessa. Who, with Tandy and Hunt, was in The Bostonians. > > With Christopher Reeve. > > Which makes the 3rd level movie Superman. Susan Sarandon is correct, as is Vanessa Redgrave and "The Bostonians"Beyond that, how’s about we take this one step at a time, OK? I’m not saying whether your final answer is right or wrong, but half the fun of this game is getting to the answer. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/345 "2005-10-14T18:23:10Z")
So Caine, Kristofferson, and Goldblum are incorrect? ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/346 "2005-10-14T18:29:03Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > So Caine, Kristofferson, and Goldblum are incorrect? Incorrectamundo! Sorry, didn’t mean to sound snarky, but if you’re going to guess the final movie early, pleeze use the spoiler boxes. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/347 "2005-10-14T18:49:31Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Sorry, didn’t mean to sound snarky, but if you’re going to guess the final movie early, pleeze use the spoiler boxes. OK. Let’s try these again: (And please confirm that these are the only unsolved ones) A Bridge Too Far - Elliott Gould Heaven’s Gate - John Hurt Independence Day - Bill Pullman ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/348 "2005-10-14T18:53:15Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > OK. > > Let’s try these again: (And please confirm that these are the only unsolved ones) > > A Bridge Too Far - Elliott Gould > Heaven’s Gate - John Hurt > Independence Day - Bill Pullman Confirmed.Pullman is right, others are still wrong. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/349 "2005-10-14T18:58:59Z")
Bridge Too Far- Matt Damon? ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/350 "2005-10-14T19:14:01Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Bridge Too Far- Matt Damon? I don’t think he was even born yet! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/351 "2005-10-14T19:17:46Z")
So we’ve got: -Used People (Jessica Tandy) JFK (Kevin Costner) Dogs of War (Jobeth Williams) -Dune (Linda Hunt) A Bridge Too Far King of the Gypsies (Susan Sarandon) Heaven’s Gate Independence Day (Bill Pullman) -Girl Interrupted (Vanessa Redgrave) A Bridge Too Far: Gene Hackman Heaven’s Gate: Mickey Rourke ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/352 "2005-10-14T19:20:38Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > So we’ve got: > > -Used People (Jessica Tandy) > JFK (Kevin Costner) > Dogs of War (Jobeth Williams) > -Dune (Linda Hunt) > A Bridge Too Far > King of the Gypsies (Susan Sarandon) > Heaven’s Gate > Independence Day (Bill Pullman) > -Girl Interrupted (Vanessa Redgrave) > > A Bridge Too Far: Gene Hackman > Heaven’s Gate: Mickey Rourke Both wrong, but hold that first thought! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/353 "2005-10-14T19:22:27Z")
Of course. I just figured that out. Williams, Costner, Pullman, and Hackman were in Wyatt Earp. Moving Hackman up the ladder. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/354 "2005-10-14T19:34:12Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Of course. I just figured that out. > > Williams, Costner, Pullman, and Hackman were in Wyatt Earp. > > Moving Hackman up the ladder. Yup.Hint on the last two–one megastar, one character actor who’s been in dozens of movies. By now you probably know that you’re right–try working backwards. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/355 "2005-10-14T19:37:41Z")
OK, I know Gene Hackman made it to level 3, but is he in A Bridge Too Far or Wyatt Earp? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/356 "2005-10-14T19:45:02Z")
In fact, are you sure this puzzle works at all? I did as you suggested in your last spoiler, and I got all the way down to Bystander 37 before giving up. I think you’ve got Gene Hackman in there twice. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/357 "2005-10-14T19:50:34Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > In fact, are you sure this puzzle works at all? I did as you suggested in your last spoiler, and I got all the way down to Bystander 37 before giving up. > > I think you’ve got Gene Hackman in there twice. :dubious: Hackman is in Wyatt Earp. Of the other two, one was in A Bridge Too Far, and one was in Heaven’s Gate–the round 3 actor is female ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/358 "2005-10-14T19:52:56Z")
Just double-checked the IMDB–it works, trust me. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/359 "2005-10-14T20:12:14Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Just double-checked the IMDB–it works, trust me. Are you kidding? You’re such a Kidder. I see you like to Pepper your posts with kidding. So just drive on out of here in your Red Ford. And who the hell is Geoffrey Lewis?!? Never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/360 "2005-10-14T20:18:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Are you kidding? You’re such a Kidder. I see you like to Pepper your posts with kidding. So just drive on out of here in your Red Ford. > > And who the hell is Geoffrey Lewis?!? Never heard of him. First of all, congrats!As far as Geoffrey Lewis, I’m assuming you checked the IMDB. He is a bit more haggard-looking than his picture, but he should look familiar to any movie fan. Mostly westerns, but appeared in many genres of film. He’s one of those “oh, _that_ guy!” actors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=19)