# 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:** 443
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8842 "2011-11-30T05:42:09Z")
Movie roles of Alan Rickman 1. Severus Snape, “Harry Potter” movies 2. Alexander Dane - Galaxy Quest 3. Jamie - Truly Madly Deeply 4. Metatron- Dogma 5. Lukas Hart III – Bob Roberts 6. Elliott Marston–Quigley Down Under 7. Marvin the Paranoid Android - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 8. Judge Turpin - Sweeney Todd 9. The Sheriff of Nottingham- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 10. Hans Gruber - Die Hard > [@Sampiro](#): > > I think this is what really put him on the map as far as big budget movies goes. Really?! I’d say Die Hard was the role that made it for him. ---
**Author:** ![YoDoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e68b1a/32.png) [@YoDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoDoc)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8843 "2011-11-30T05:56:35Z")
Hans Gruber is my VW’s name. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8844 "2011-11-30T07:08:27Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > …Quigley Down Under > By far Tom Selleck’s best big screen appearance. And Basil Poledouris’ 2nd best score, after Lonesome Dove of course. ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8845 "2011-11-30T07:32:54Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > And Basil Poledouris’ 2nd best score, after Lonesome Dove of course. You’re forgetting _Conan the Barbarian_. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8846 "2011-11-30T11:29:53Z")
Movie roles of Alan Rickman 1. Severus Snape, “Harry Potter” movies 2. Alexander Dane - Galaxy Quest 3. Jamie - Truly Madly Deeply 4. Metatron- Dogma 5. Lukas Hart III – Bob Roberts 6. Elliott Marston–Quigley Down Under 7. Marvin the Paranoid Android - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 8. Judge Turpin - Sweeney Todd 9. The Sheriff of Nottingham- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 10. Hans Gruber - Die Hard 11. Col. Christopher Brandon - Sense and Sensibility ---
**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:** [November 30, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8847 "2011-11-30T14:02:10Z")
Movie roles of Alan Rickman 1. Severus Snape, “Harry Potter” movies 2. Alexander Dane - Galaxy Quest 3. Jamie - Truly Madly Deeply 4. Metatron- Dogma 5. Lukas Hart III – Bob Roberts 6. Elliott Marston–Quigley Down Under 7. Marvin the Paranoid Android - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 8. Judge Turpin - Sweeney Todd 9. The Sheriff of Nottingham- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 10. Hans Gruber - Die Hard 11. Col. Christopher Brandon - Sense and Sensibility 12. Rasputin - Rasputin ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8848 "2011-11-30T16:39:46Z")
Movie roles of Alan Rickman 1. Severus Snape, “Harry Potter” movies 2. Alexander Dane - Galaxy Quest 3. Jamie - Truly Madly Deeply 4. Metatron- Dogma 5. Lukas Hart III – Bob Roberts 6. Elliott Marston–Quigley Down Under 7. Marvin the Paranoid Android - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 8. Judge Turpin - Sweeney Todd 9. The Sheriff of Nottingham- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 10. Hans Gruber - Die Hard 11. Col. Christopher Brandon - Sense and Sensibility 12. Rasputin - Rasputin 13. Franz Anton Mesmer - Mesmer New List: 13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8849 "2011-11-30T16:56:27Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption ---
**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:** [November 30, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8850 "2011-11-30T17:33:56Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games ---
**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:** [November 30, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8851 "2011-11-30T17:34:45Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather ---
**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8852 "2011-11-30T17:45:56Z")
Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8853 "2011-11-30T17:52:20Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather 5. Kiss of the Spiderwoman ---
**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:** [November 30, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8854 "2011-11-30T17:56:24Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather 5. Kiss of the Spiderwoman 6. It’s A Wonderful Life Inspired by this much less interesting short story: [The Greatest Gift - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Gift_(story)) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8855 "2011-11-30T19:05:20Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. Hawaii Characterization was never Michener’s strong suit. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8856 "2011-11-30T19:11:02Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books (list repaired): 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather 5. Kiss of the Spiderwoman 6. Hawaii 7. Forrest Gump ---
**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:** [November 30, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8857 "2011-11-30T19:17:48Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather 5. Kiss of the Spiderwoman 6. It’s A Wonderful Life 7. Hawaii 8. Forrest Gump 9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8858 "2011-11-30T19:24:30Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather 5. Kiss of the Spiderwoman 6. It’s A Wonderful Life 7. Hawaii 8. Forrest Gump 9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 10. Hugo/Invention of Hugo Cabret Liked both but preferred the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8859 "2011-11-30T19:27:39Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather 5. Kiss of the Spiderwoman 6. It’s A Wonderful Life 7. Hawaii 8. Forrest Gump 9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 10. Hugo/Invention of Hugo Cabret 11. Casablanca Extending the definition of “book” to include the play _Everybody Comes to Rick’s_. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8860 "2011-11-30T19:28:55Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather 5. Kiss of the Spiderwoman 6. It’s A Wonderful Life 7. Hawaii 8. Forrest Gump 9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 10. Hugo/Invention of Hugo Cabret 11. Casablanca 12. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ---
**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8861 "2011-11-30T20:04:53Z")
13 movies that were far better than their books 1. Braveheart 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Patriot Games 4. The Godfather 5. Kiss of the Spiderwoman 6. It’s A Wonderful Life 7. Hawaii 8. Forrest Gump 9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 10. Hugo/Invention of Hugo Cabret 11. Casablanca 12. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 13 Cat’s eye Next is: collective nouns 1. covert [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=442) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=444)