# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1137
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22724 "2014-02-10T09:16:58Z")
New category: American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22725 "2014-02-10T11:52:14Z")
New category: American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22726 "2014-02-10T11:57:38Z")
New category: American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original 6. Three Men and a Baby (Trois Hommes et un Couffin) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22727 "2014-02-10T12:49:36Z")
American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original 6. Three Men and a Baby (Trois Hommes et un Couffin) 7. Cousins (1989) remake of _Cousin, Cousine_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22728 "2014-02-10T13:33:24Z")
American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original 6. Three Men and a Baby (Trois Hommes et un Couffin) 7. Cousins (1989) remake of Cousin, Cousine 8. The Man With One Red Shoe - Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22729 "2014-02-10T14:31:14Z")
American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original 6. Three Men and a Baby (Trois Hommes et un Couffin) 7. Cousins (1989) remake of Cousin, Cousine 8. The Man With One Red Shoe - Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire 9. Dinner for Schmucks (2010) - Le Dîner de Cons (1998) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22730 "2014-02-10T16:15:01Z")
American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original 6. Three Men and a Baby (Trois Hommes et un Couffin) 7. Cousins (1989) remake of Cousin, Cousine 8. The Man With One Red Shoe - Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire 9. Dinner for Schmucks (2010) - Le Dîner de Cons (1998) 10. George Cloooney’s _ **Solaris** _ (remake of earlier Russian film by same name) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22731 "2014-02-10T16:22:09Z")
American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original 6. Three Men and a Baby (Trois Hommes et un Couffin) 7. Cousins (1989) remake of Cousin, Cousine 8. The Man With One Red Shoe - Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire 9. Dinner for Schmucks (2010) - Le Dîner de Cons (1998) 10. Victor Victoria - Viktor ind Viktoria ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22732 "2014-02-10T16:25:17Z")
American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original 6. Three Men and a Baby (Trois Hommes et un Couffin) 7. Cousins (1989) remake of Cousin, Cousine 8. The Man With One Red Shoe - Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire 9. Dinner for Schmucks (2010) - Le Dîner de Cons (1998) 10. George Clooney’s _ **Solaris** _ (remake of earlier Russian film by same name) 11. Victor Victoria - Viktor ind Viktoria 12. Point of No Return - Nikita ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22733 "2014-02-10T16:28:35Z")
American remakes of foreign films 1. The Birdcage - La Cage aux Folles 2. Sommersby - Martin Guerre 3. The Magnificent Seven - The Seven Samurai 4. The Ring - Ringu 5. Breathless (1983) - Remake of the Jean-Luc Godard original 6. Three Men and a Baby (Trois Hommes et un Couffin) 7. Cousins (1989) remake of Cousin, Cousine 8. The Man With One Red Shoe - Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire 9. Dinner for Schmucks (2010) - Le Dîner de Cons (1998) 10. George Cloooney’s Solaris (remake of earlier Russian film by same name) 11. Victor Victoria - Viktor ind Viktoria 12. Point of No Return - Nikita 13. The Italian Job - 2003 American remake of the 1969 British film Next: Figure Skating pairs 14. Meryl Davis and Charles White ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22734 "2014-02-10T18:01:59Z")
Next: Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Jamie Salé and David Pelletier ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22735 "2014-02-10T18:02:40Z")
Next: Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22736 "2014-02-10T19:41:30Z")
Next: Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22737 "2014-02-10T19:43:12Z")
Next: Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22738 "2014-02-10T20:14:23Z")
Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy > **[Blades of Glory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blades_of_glory)** > > Blades of Glory is a 2007 American sports comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, written by Jeff Cox, Craig Cox, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, and starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder with Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, William Fichtner, Jenna Fischer and Craig T. Nelson in supporting roles. It tells the story of a mismatched pair of banned figure skaters who become teammates upon discovering a loophole that will allow them to compete in the sport again. The film's story was conceived ... ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22739 "2014-02-10T20:22:54Z")
Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. [Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blades_of_glory) 6. [Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104040/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_77) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22740 "2014-02-11T01:34:40Z")
Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding (just kidding) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22741 "2014-02-11T03:05:08Z")
Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy 6. Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey 7. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22742 "2014-02-11T03:09:42Z")
Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy 6. Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey 7. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov 8. Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler ---
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Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy 6. Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey 7. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov 8. Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler 9. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1136) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1138)