# Family Feud XI - movies

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 8, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-xi-movies/432774 "2008-01-08T21:49:41Z")\
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Okey-doke.

1. **Indiana Jones, by Harrison Ford**

2. **Leaving Las Vegas**

3. **Terminator 3**

4. **The final truck chase in The Road Warrior**

5. **Zulu**

6. **Office Space**

7. **Citizen Kane**

8. **Patton**

9. **Life is Beautiful**

10. **Edith Head**

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1. Indiana Jones, as played by Harrison Ford

2. “The Great Escape”

3. “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”

4. Car chase in “Bullitt.”

5. “Joe.”

6. “The Princess Bride.”

7. “Gone with the Wind.”

8. “The Longest Day.”

9. “The Passion of the Christ.”

10. John Williams (music)

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1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.  
**Napoleon Dynamite**

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.  
**Stepmom**

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it’s a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.  
**Godfather 3**

4. What is the best action scene ever?  
**The first Matrix when Neo and Trinity enter the building to rescue Morpheus**

5. Name a movie with a very short name.  
**Cars**

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.  
**The Princess Bride**

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.  
**Citizen Kane**

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary… ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).  
**Hotel Rwanda**

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?  
**Passion of the Christ**

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.  
**John Williams**

Yikes, these were tough!

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Thanks for running the game, **Max**! Let’s see if I can climb up the ladder a little more…

1. Captain Kirk - Shatner

2. Brian’s Song

3. Return of the Jedi

4. Neo and Trinity rescuing Morpheus

5. M

6. Aliens

7. Deep Throat

8. Glory

9. Amelie

10. Harvey Weinstein

Whew. Tough game. I fear I will not be improving on my 8th place finish from the last game

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Good questions, **Max** I only see three or four definitive answers.

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.  
**Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes**

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.  
**Titanic**

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it’s a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.  
**Phantom Menace**

4. What is the best action scene ever?  
**Death Star exploding in Star Wars**

5. Name a movie with a very short name.  
**ET**

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.  
**Princess Bride**

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.  
**Citizen Kane**

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary… ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).  
**Saving Private Ryan**

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?  
**Seven Samurai**

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.  
**John Williams**

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1. Rocky
2. Steel Magnolias
3. Rocky IV
4. Saving Private Ryan, the landing on Normandy Beach
5. Elf
6. Monty Python’s Holy Grail - “I’m not dead yet!”
7. Citizen Kane
8. Tora Tora Tora
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. Walt Disney

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1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part. **Rick in Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart)**

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending. **Terms of Endearment**

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it’s a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series. **Airplane II**

4. What is the best action scene ever? **the sword fight in The Princess Bride**

5. Name a movie with a very short name. **Ben**

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB. **The Princess Bride**

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it. **Citizen Kane**

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary… ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage). **Auto Focus**

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans? **Chocolat**

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else. **Edith Head (costumes)**

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1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

General Patton, by George C. Scott.

1. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

“Old Yeller”

1. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it’s a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

“Highlander II: The Quickening”

1. What is the best action scene ever?

The truck chase sequence in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

1. Name a movie with a very short name.

“Go”

1. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

“The Princess Bride.”

1. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

“Citizen Kane”

1. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary… ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

“Black Hawk Down”

1. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

“Life is Beautiful”

1. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

Edith Head, costume designer

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[QUOTE=MaxTheVool]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it’s a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

4. What is the best action scene ever?

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary… ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.  
[/QUOTE]

I didn’t read the thread, like asked, so I hope I’m doing this the right way.

1. Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. Hannibal (sequel to Silence of the Lambs)
4. The lobby fight scene in The Matrix
5. Pi
6. The Princess Bride (?)
7. Casablanca
8. Schindler’s List (? I dunno)
9. Life is Beautiful
10. Howard Shore (composer)

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[QUOTE=MaxTheVool]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.  
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Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

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> 1. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

AI: Artificial Intelligence

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> 1. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it’s a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

Star Trek: Nemesis

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> 1. What is the best action scene ever?

Lobby scene from The Matrix

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> 1. Name a movie with a very short name.

It

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> 1. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

The Princess Bride. Why? No idea. 😉

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> 1. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

Casablanca

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> 1. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary… ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

The Blair Witch Project. 😃

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> 1. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

Run Lola Run

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> 1. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.

Danny Elfman

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1. _Gandhi_ - Ben Kingsley.

2. _Star Wars part 3_ (the Anakin to Vader one)

3. _The Godfather, Part III_

4. Car chase from _Bullitt_

5. \*A.I. \*

6. _The Princess Bride_

7. _Casablanca_

8. _Saving Private Ryan_

9. _Il Postino_

10. _Jerry Bruckheimer_  
ETA: I had no idea the lobby fight scene in _the Matrix_ made such an impression on people…

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1. Gandalf - LotR movies

2. Old Yeller

3. Godfather III

4. Scene from the Matrix with the storming of the office building where Morpheus is held

5. Crash

6. The Princess Bride

7. Citizen Kane

8. Apollo 13

9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

10. Jerry Bruckheimer

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[QUOTE=MaxTheVool]

1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part.

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending.

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it’s a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series.

4. What is the best action scene ever?

5. Name a movie with a very short name.

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB.

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

8. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary… ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage).

9. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans?

10. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else.  
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11. Ben Kingsley’s role in _Sexy Beast_

12. _Requiem for a Dream_

13. The 2nd (or even 3rd) _Crow_

14. The [2’42"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_boiled#Long_take) scene from _Hard Boiled_

15. _π_

16. _Citizen Kane_

17. _Casablanca_

18. _JFK_

19. _Letters From Iwo Jima_. I actually haven’t seen it, so if I’m mistaken in the fact that it’s a FL film, then I submit _Spirited Away_

20. William Goldman. Wrote the screenplay for _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_, and the screenplay and novel of _Princess Bride_.

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]  
ETA: I had no idea the lobby fight scene in _the Matrix_ made such an impression on people…  
[/QUOTE]  
Me neither. I’ve never seen _The Matrix_, and after I posted my answers, I looked at other responses and was kind of surprised to see it mentioned so often. I like action movies; maybe I should watch it.

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[QUOTE=Spoons]  
Me neither. I’ve never seen _The Matrix_, and after I posted my answers, I looked at other responses and was kind of surprised to see it mentioned so often. I like action movies; maybe I should watch it.  
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It’s a very good scene. The movie is pretty good too. The other movies suck as movies, but have some good action scenes.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpc1SpDgUIA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpc1SpDgUIA) - Here’s the scene

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1. Name a movie role that was portrayed so well, and so distinctively, by one actor or actress that you can not imagine any other playing that part. - Rocky Balboa, by Sylvester Stallone

2. Name a movie with an extremely sad ending. - Titanic

3. Name a movie that is a sequel, or part of a series, which is much much much worse than the movie it’s a sequel to, or the previous movie in the series. - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

4. What is the best action scene ever? - The baby carriage scene in “Untouchables”

5. Name a movie with a very short name. - Reds

6. Name a movie that is frequently quoted on the SDMB. - Airplane!

7. Name a movie that lots of people have heard of without having actually seen it.

- Birth of a Nation

1. Name a movie based on true events which actually sticks pretty authentically correctly close to those true events (but which is not a documentary… ie, it involves actors playing the role of real people, not real historical footage). - Elizabeth

2. What foreign language film has been seen by the most Americans? - La Femme Nikita

3. Name a specific individual (living or dead) involved in Hollywood moviemaking who is neither an actor/actress nor a director, but is famous for something else. - Walt Disney

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1. Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford
2. Watership Down
3. Police Acadamy: Mission to Moscow
4. The Untouchables: Railway Station shootout
5. Big
6. The Princess Bride
7. Donnie Darko
8. The Dam Busters
9. Spirited Away
10. Max Factor

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1: Terminator  
2: Requiem for a Dream  
3: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom  
4: Paris chase in The Bourne Identity  
5: ET  
6: Pass  
7: Deep Throat  
8: Der Untergang  
9: Crouching TIger Hidden Dragon  
10: John Williams

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I’d like to make a request to all Feuders, be they gamers or hosts - Once the current game is over, and a new one has been started, please post a link to the new thread in the old. Yes, it’s easy enough to do a forum search on the word “feud”, but it would be a great time saver. 😃

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1. Jimmy Stewart (Elwood P. Dowd) in Harvey
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. Starwars Prequels (if I need to be specific, Episode 2)
4. Helm’s Deep, LOTR-Two Towers
5. ET
6. Princess Bride
7. Citizen Kane
8. Appollo 13
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. Jim Henson

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