# 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:** 19
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/361 "2005-10-14T20:27:47Z")
BTW, for anyone tuning in late:Vanessa Redgrave, Linda Hunt and Jessica Tandy gave us “The Bostonians”, leading to Christopher Reeve Jobeth Williams, Bill Pullman and Kevin Costner gave us “Wyatt Earp” which leads to Gene Hackman Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Lewis give us “The Great Waldo Pepper” which led to Margot Kidder The film was **Superman** ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/362 "2005-10-14T20:32:27Z")
Good one! Kathy Baker Drew Barrymore George Carlin Gary Cole Blythe Danner Morgan Freeman Jennifer Grey Daryl Hannah Phil Hartman Ernie Hudson Jeffrey Jones Michael Keaton Denis Leary Robert Loggia Shelley Long Rick Moranis Edward Norton Rosie O’Donnell Annie Potts Eric Roberts Julia Roberts Mickey Rourke Mia Sara Tony Shalhoub Barbra Streisand Christine Taylor Stanley Tucci ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/363 "2005-10-14T20:40:51Z")
OK, lets start with:George Carlin, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand–“Prince of Tides”–Nick Nolte? Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts–“Ghostbusters”–Sigourney Weaver? ---
**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, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/364 "2005-10-14T20:46:49Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > OK, lets start with:George Carlin, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand–“Prince of Tides”–Nick Nolte? Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts–“Ghostbusters”–Sigourney Weaver? Yes on the first one, no on the second (wrong movie, wrong actor). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/365 "2005-10-14T21:37:38Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > In the cold harsh light of morning I realize how offensive you might find this. I apologize. It was a joke, son. NP, I got it. No offense taken. She’s just not my type. Probably because of _Beaches_. Although I have to admit she looks pretty good here. I’m just to this post so far, so for my own amusement I’m going to guess Sting for _Dune_, maybe we’ll get to play him in _Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels_ later. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/366 "2005-10-14T21:43:42Z")
Mia Sara, Jennifer Gray and Jeffery Jones were all in _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_… maybe you want some Matthew Broderick with that? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/367 "2005-10-14T21:48:24Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts–“Ghostbusters”–Sigourney Weaver? Ghostbusters II with Dan Ackroyd? ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/368 "2005-10-14T21:58:22Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Ghostbusters II with Dan Ackroyd? Actually, that could have also been “Ghostbusters”, which was supposedly wrong–Harris Yulin from GB2? ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/369 "2005-10-14T22:04:13Z")
I’ll see your Gary Cole, Shelley Long and Christine Taylor in “The Brady Bunch Movie” and raise you…Michael McKean? ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/370 "2005-10-14T22:10:39Z")
And throw in Denis Leary, Rosie O’Donnell, and Robert Loggia in “Wide Awake” with—Julia Stiles, maybe? ---
**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, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/371 "2005-10-14T22:45:00Z")
So far all the movies are correct except for The Brady Bunch Movie. It can’t be Michael McKean. All of the other 4th stars are wrong as well. ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/372 "2005-10-14T22:58:19Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > So far all the movies are correct except for The Brady Bunch Movie. It can’t be Michael McKean. All of the other 4th stars are wrong as well. So, currently we have:Prince of Tides Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Ghostbusters 2 Wide Awake and The Brady Bunch and all the 4th stars are wrong (including Nick Nolte)–is that where we are? ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/373 "2005-10-14T23:12:51Z")
Oops, somehow I missed Nick Nolte, who is correct. Sorry. Otherwise that’s a good assessment. ---
**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/374 "2005-10-14T23:22:29Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Oops, somehow I missed Nick Nolte, who is correct. Sorry. > > Otherwise that’s a good assessment. OK, how about “A Very Brady Sequel” and Tim Matheson?I’m sensing a theme here… ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/375 "2005-10-14T23:28:22Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > OK, how about “A Very Brady Sequel” and Tim Matheson?I’m sensing a theme here… Daryl Hannah, Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts–“The Pope of Greenwich Village”–M Emmet Walsh? ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/376 "2005-10-14T23:31:09Z")
Matheson and Walsh. Yep. ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/377 "2005-10-14T23:50:41Z")
Kathy Baker, Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman–“Clean and Sober”–Tate Donovan??? ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/378 "2005-10-14T23:58:11Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Kathy Baker, Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman–“Clean and Sober”–Tate Donovan??? Um, no, not Tate Donovan. I’m afraid I’ve made another mistake. Emmet Walsh was not in Pope. Take another guess at Clean and Sober? ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/379 "2005-10-15T00:12:58Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Um, no, not Tate Donovan. > > I’m afraid I’ve made another mistake. Emmet Walsh was not in Pope. Take another guess at Clean and Sober? Emmet Walsh _was_ in Pope of GV. Or do you mean he’s not the right one?Anyhoo, last 2: Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton–“Everyone says I Love You”–Alan Alda? Phil Hartman, Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub–“Quick Change”–gotta be Geena Davis. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/380 "2005-10-15T00:52:34Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Emmet Walsh _was_ in Pope of GV. Or do you mean he’s not the right one?Anyhoo, last 2: Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton–“Everyone says I Love You”–Alan Alda? Phil Hartman, Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub–“Quick Change”–gotta be Geena Davis. Walsh is in the puzzle, but incorrectly placed. Alda is wrong, but the movie is right. And right on with Geena Davis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=20)