# 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:** 1291
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25804 "2014-05-18T16:32:13Z")
New! Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25805 "2014-05-18T16:46:27Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln (Is it weird they all end in “n”?) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25806 "2014-05-18T16:49:06Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25807 "2014-05-18T18:26:25Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi 6. The Basketball Diaries ---
**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:** [May 18, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25808 "2014-05-18T18:38:57Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi 6. The Basketball Diaries 7. Ray ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25809 "2014-05-18T19:31:29Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi 6. The Basketball Diaries 7. Ray 8. Bird ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25810 "2014-05-18T20:00:20Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi 6. The Basketball Diaries 7. Ray 8. Bird 9. The Aviator ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25811 "2014-05-18T20:22:58Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi 6. The Basketball Diaries 7. Ray 8. Bird 9. The Aviator 10. DeLovely ---
**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:** [May 18, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25812 "2014-05-18T20:49:45Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi 6. The Basketball Diaries 7. Ray 8. Bird 9. The Aviator 10. DeLovely 11. Coal Miner’s Daughter ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25813 "2014-05-18T21:34:11Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi 6. The Basketball Diaries 7. Ray 8. Bird 9. The Aviator 10. DeLovely 11. Coal Miner’s Daughter 12. Walk the Line ---
**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:** [May 18, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25814 "2014-05-18T21:39:34Z")
Biographical films. 1. Chaplin 2. Patton 3. Nixon 4. Lincoln 5. Gandhi 6. The Basketball Diaries 7. Ray 8. Bird 9. The Aviator 10. DeLovely 11. Coal Miner’s Daughter 12. Walk the Line 13. The Life of Emile Zola New category: Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in _JFK_ ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25815 "2014-05-18T21:54:17Z")
New category: Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in _JFK_ 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in _Argo._ ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25816 "2014-05-18T22:17:43Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25817 "2014-05-19T00:51:29Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25818 "2014-05-19T02:15:36Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25819 "2014-05-19T03:02:17Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me 6. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) in Monuments Men Actually all the characters in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25820 "2014-05-19T03:14:37Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me 6. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) in Monuments Men 7. Basically everyone in Schindler’s List besides the three main characters :: I missed the chess thread, but I think the most famous, or certainly most important to plot and theme, is in Bergman’s Seventh Seal. :: ::: If missed-the-boat comments like the above are annoying, I won’t take it wrong if some of our more rule-minded players tell me to quit. ::: :::: Eta, and see above: there’s a movie with John Turturro (based on the Nabokov novel) about a chess master, so that’s probably tops. :::: ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25821 "2014-05-19T04:30:02Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > :: I missed the chess thread, but I think the most famous, or certainly most important to plot and theme, is in Bergman’s Seventh Seal. :: > [@Nonsuch](#): > > Movies in Which Chess Is Played > > 1. The Seventh Seal … ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25822 "2014-05-19T04:31:49Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me 6. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) in Monuments Men 7. Basically everyone in Schindler’s List besides the three main characters 8. Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in Moneyball ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25823 "2014-05-19T09:22:42Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me 6. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) in Monuments Men 7. Basically everyone in Schindler’s List besides the three main characters 8. Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in Moneyball 9. Congressman Josiah “Beanpole” Burton of Jeff. City, MO in Lincoln There was a Congressman Josiah Burton, but he served long after Lincoln died and wasn’t from Missouri. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1290) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1292)