# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 147
**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:** [January 3, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2923 "2020-01-03T18:07:38Z")
Movies with more than one credited director 1. Monty Python & the Holy Grail (Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam) 2. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller) 3. Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino) 4. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker) 5. The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers) 6. The Big Lebowski - The Coen Brothers 7. The Eye (2002) - The Pang Brothers (Danny Pang and Oxide Pang) 8. Twilight Zone: The Movie (Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Joe Dante, George Miller) 9. Menace II Society - Albert and Allen Hughes ---
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Movies with more than one credited director 1. Monty Python & the Holy Grail (Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam) 2. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller) 3. Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino) 4. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker) 5. The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers) 6. The Big Lebowski - The Coen Brothers 7. The Eye (2002) - The Pang Brothers (Danny Pang and Oxide Pang) 8. Twilight Zone: The Movie (Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Joe Dante, George Miller) 9. Menace II Society - Albert and Allen Hughes 10. Cyrus - Mark and Jay Duplass Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor ---
**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:** [January 3, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2925 "2020-01-03T18:34:24Z")
Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby Our school followed a pedagogy known as “read the book, watch the film, repeat” ---
**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:** [January 3, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2926 "2020-01-03T18:35:40Z")
Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Furtivos A not-very-good film, for my Spanish class. The only thing I remember about it (despite being bored) was a scene in which a young couple interviews a prospective wet nurse for their infant. She pulls out her breast, right there on the street, and lets fly. The man leaps back to keep the milk from splashing on his shoes. ---
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Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Furtivos 4. Executive Action Alternate take on the JFK assassination. Was for my senior-year elective class focusing on assassinations and serial killers. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2928 "2020-01-03T18:51:43Z")
Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Furtivos 4. Executive Action 5. The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays Bell System Science Series. Yawn. Double yawn. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2929 "2020-01-03T19:28:17Z")
Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Furtivos 4. Executive Action 5. The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays 6. West Side Story After reading “Romeo and Juliet”. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2930 "2020-01-03T20:59:27Z")
Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Furtivos 4. Executive Action 5. The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays 6. West Side Story 7. Hamlet The 1948 film with Laurence Olivier. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2931 "2020-01-04T03:32:21Z")
Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Furtivos 4. Executive Action 5. The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays 6. West Side Story 7. Hamlet 8. Hemo The Magnificent ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2932 "2020-01-04T05:58:47Z")
Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Furtivos 4. Executive Action 5. The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays 6. West Side Story 7. Hamlet 8. Hemo The Magnificent 9. 1776 Hey, it was the Bicentennial, after all. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 4, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2933 "2020-01-04T08:08:34Z")
Movies you had to watch in class in Junior High/Middle/High School 1. Escape from Sobibor 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Furtivos 4. Executive Action 5. The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays 6. West Side Story 7. Hamlet 8. Hemo The Magnificent 9. 1776 10. Romeo and Juliet (1968) Hello, partial nudity! Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2934 "2020-01-04T12:39:47Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2935 "2020-01-04T13:33:28Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) 3. The Weatherman, Michael Caine (Chicago?-American) ---
**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:** [January 4, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2936 "2020-01-04T13:49:07Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) 3. The Weatherman, Michael Caine (Chicago?-American) 4. From Hell, Heather Graham (Cockney) ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2937 "2020-01-04T15:22:53Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) 3. The Weatherman, Michael Caine (Chicago?-American) 4. From Hell, Heather Graham (Cockney) 5. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner (English/British) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2938 "2020-01-04T20:04:27Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) 3. The Weatherman, Michael Caine (Chicago?-American) 4. From Hell, Heather Graham (Cockney) 5. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner (English/British) 6. Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Keanu Reeves (British) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2939 "2020-01-04T20:12:05Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) 3. The Weatherman, Michael Caine (Chicago?-American) 4. From Hell, Heather Graham (Cockney) 5. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner (English/British) 6. Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Keanu Reeves (British) 7. Ocean’s Eleven, Don Cheadle (Cockney) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2940 "2020-01-04T20:42:07Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) 3. The Weatherman, Michael Caine (Chicago?-American) 4. From Hell, Heather Graham (Cockney) 5. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner (English/British) 6. Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Keanu Reeves (British) 7. Ocean’s Eleven, Don Cheadle (Cockney) 8. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Nicolas Cage (Italian) ---
**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:** [January 4, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2941 "2020-01-04T21:17:24Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) 3. The Weatherman, Michael Caine (Chicago?-American) 4. From Hell, Heather Graham (Cockney) 5. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner (English/British) 6. Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Keanu Reeves (British) 7. Ocean’s Eleven, Don Cheadle (Cockney) 8. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Nicolas Cage (Italian) 9. Punisher: War Zone, Dominic West (Mob-American) Kind of done as a piss-take, but still. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2942 "2020-01-04T22:32:51Z")
Terrible accents 1. The Devil’s Own, Brad Pitt (Irish) 2. Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke (Cockney) 3. The Weatherman, Michael Caine (Chicago?-American) 4. From Hell, Heather Graham (Cockney) 5. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner (English/British) 6. Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Keanu Reeves (British) 7. Ocean’s Eleven, Don Cheadle (Cockney) 8. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Nicolas Cage (Italian) 9. Punisher: War Zone, Dominic West (Mob-American) 10. Mary Reilly, Julia Roberts (Irish) 80’s Fantasy/Sci Fi 11. Krull [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=148)