# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/401 "2005-10-15T20:01:38Z")
> [@Lil' Mahoney](#): > > Alan Cumming, Rosario Dawson and Tara Reid were in _Josie & The Pussycats_. At at guess, the 4th is Rachel Leigh Cook. > > I think James Earl Jones, Kevin Pollak and Olivia d’Abo were all in _Clean Slatep_, although I’m kind of embarrassed to admit that one. Dana Carvey as the 4th then? you are correct on both movies but incorrect on both 4th actors ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/402 "2005-10-15T20:56:33Z")
since we’re on a new page, here’s a quick recap so you don’t have to go back and forth actors left:Jane Alexander Dan Aykroyd Wilford Brimley T K Carter Sally Field Howard Hesseman Kevin Nealon Paul Newman Adam Sandler Meryl Streep Carl Weathers JoBeth Williams movies revealed: Airplane! Pretty In Pink Clean Slate Donnie Brasco Josie and the Pussycats so far no level two actors have been correctly identified - some good guesses tho ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/403 "2005-10-15T21:45:24Z")
Let’s try to put Nealon and Sandler together again, but this time in Coneheads. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/404 "2005-10-15T21:55:44Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Let’s try to put Nealon and Sandler together again, but this time in Coneheads. nope, sorry ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/405 "2005-10-15T22:00:33Z")
i guess this set wasn’t as easy as I thought it was ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/406 "2005-10-15T22:27:56Z")
ok folks - i’m going out for a few hours - post your guesses, but try not to get too far ahead of yourselves I’ll give you a little hint - I went comedy-heavy, but not exclusively so ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/407 "2005-10-15T22:53:17Z")
Aykroid, Carter, Hessman – Dr. Detroit ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/408 "2005-10-16T01:23:08Z")
Adam Sandler, Kevin Nealon and Carl Weathers were all together in _Happy Gilmore_. I’d love for the fourth actor from that to be Bob Barker, but Joe Flaherty might be a more sanguine guess. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/409 "2005-10-16T01:28:25Z")
Wilford Brimley, Sally Fields and Paul Newman were all together in _Absence of Malice_. Let’s see if we can fit the final three together… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/410 "2005-10-16T01:42:35Z")
Yes Yes and Yes which leaves Meryl, JoBeth, and Jane any level two guesses yet? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/411 "2005-10-16T01:43:40Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Adam Sandler, Kevin Nealon and Carl Weathers were all together in _Happy Gilmore_. I’d love for the fourth actor from that to be Bob Barker, but Joe Flaherty might be a more sanguine guess. oh and NO on both Flaherty and Barker ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/412 "2005-10-16T01:57:47Z")
Wilford Brimley, Sally Fields and Paul Newman were all together in _Absence of Malice_. Let’s see if we can fit the final three together… which they were in _Kramer vs Kramer_ (maybe we’ll get Dustin Hoffman from that one?) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/413 "2005-10-16T02:02:21Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Wilford Brimley, Sally Fields and Paul Newman were all together in _Absence of Malice_. Let’s see if we can fit the final three together… > > which they were in _Kramer vs Kramer_ (maybe we’ll get Dustin Hoffman from that one?) Yes, and yes on Dustin ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/414 "2005-10-16T02:03:01Z")
I didn’t know that first one posted. Is the second one correct? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/415 "2005-10-16T02:03:43Z")
Now we just need level two actors for Airplane! Pretty in Pink Clean Slate Donnie Brasco Doctor Detroit Josie and the Pussycats Absence of Malice and Happy Gilmore ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/416 "2005-10-16T02:13:29Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Yes, and yes on Dustin Woo-hoo! Finally got a second-rounder. Let’s take some guesses: Airplane! → Lloyd Bridges Pretty In Pink → Harry Dean Stanton Clean Slate → Michael Gambon Donnie Brasco → Michael Madsen Josie and the Pussycats → Parker Posey Happy Gilmore → Ben Stiller Dr. Detroit → Fran Drescher Absence of Malice → Bob Balaban Kramer vs Kramer → **Hoffmann** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/417 "2005-10-16T02:16:29Z")
Airplane! --\> Lloyd Bridges YES Pretty In Pink --\> Harry Dean Stanton NO Clean Slate --\> Michael Gambon NO Donnie Brasco --\> Michael Madsen NO Josie and the Pussycats --\> Parker Posey YES Happy Gilmore --\> Ben Stiller NO Dr. Detroit --\> Fran Drescher NO Absence of Malice --\> Bob Balaban (our favorite) YES Kramer vs Kramer --\> Hoffmann YES ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/418 "2005-10-16T02:24:43Z")
Lynn Whitfield for Dr. Detroit? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/419 "2005-10-16T02:26:27Z")
Pacino for Donnie Brasco? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/420 "2005-10-16T02:30:10Z")
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