# 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:** 7
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/121 "2005-10-13T17:13:35Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Dakota Fanning. I’m leaning towards I Am Sam or Hide and Seek. Keep an eye out for Sean Penn or Robert DiNiro. actually, no. think older ---
**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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/122 "2005-10-13T17:14:36Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Michael J. Fox nope but if i give you a hint, it may give away my whole strategy ---
**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, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/123 "2005-10-13T17:16:16Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > actually, no. > think older Heather be thy name? Schwing! ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/124 "2005-10-13T17:17:54Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Heather be thy name? Schwing! right reaction, wrong actress ---
**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/125 "2005-10-13T17:19:00Z")
Williams, Irving and Shue deconstructed Harry. With Billy Crystal. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/126 "2005-10-13T17:20:04Z")
**The Longest Day** - Albert, Burton, Connery ---
**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, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/127 "2005-10-13T17:20:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Williams, Irving and Shue deconstructed Harry. With Billy Crystal. right movie, wrong actor oooh, i’m so glad this is turning out to be tougher than i thought it would! 😉 ---
**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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/128 "2005-10-13T17:21:22Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Williams, Irving and Shue deconstructed Harry. With Billy Crystal. right movie (actually Decontruct **ing** ), wrong actor oooh, i’m so glad this is turning out to be tougher than i thought it would! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/129 "2005-10-13T17:22:05Z")
**Big Trouble** - d’Angelo, Durning, Stack ---
**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, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/130 "2005-10-13T17:22:44Z")
Peter Falk was in Big Trouble, no? ---
**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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/131 "2005-10-13T17:23:57Z")
**ArchiveGuy** yes **tdn** true, but he’s not who I have in mind ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/132 "2005-10-13T17:25:05Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > right movie (actually Decontruct **ing** ), wrong actor Then it’s got to be Woody Allen. Or Bob Balaban. Please say it’s Bob Balaban. Because neither Julia Louis-Dreyfuss nor Kirstie Alley were in enough movies to make this work. ---
**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, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/133 "2005-10-13T17:28:38Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **ArchiveGuy** yes > > **tdn** true, but he’s not who I have in mind Gotta be Alan Arkin then. ---
**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, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/134 "2005-10-13T17:31:24Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Then it’s got to be Woody Allen. Or Bob Balaban. Please say it’s Bob Balaban. Because neither Julia Louis-Dreyfuss nor Kirstie Alley were in enough movies to make this work. yes - it’s **Bob Balaban** YAY - you’ve got our first round two actor (because you never made a decision on the AP actor) but regarding **Big Trouble** you’ve missed a terrific character actor ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/135 "2005-10-13T17:31:26Z")
Did you reuse actors on subsequent levels? ---
**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, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/136 "2005-10-13T17:32:41Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Did you reuse actors on subsequent levels? nope ---
**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, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/137 "2005-10-13T17:34:20Z")
Shot in the dark – Will we be seeing Wood any time in this puzzle? The kind of Wood that doesn’t float, possibly? 'Cause I was thinking of that for my next puzzle. ---
**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, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/138 "2005-10-13T17:37:55Z")
Dream Team – Michael Keaton. ---
**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, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/139 "2005-10-13T17:40:05Z")
And for Necessary Roughness, either Rob Schneider or Jason Bateman. ---
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/140 "2005-10-13T17:43:24Z")
Aaaaahhhhh, got it. Clint Howard. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=8)