# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3123 "2020-01-13T04:45:13Z")

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1. Hawkeye (Clint Barton, Marvel’s The Avengers, &c.)
2. Legolas (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy)
3. John Rambo (First Blood, et al)
4. Katniss Everdeen (all the Hunger Games films)
5. Robin Hood (Errol Flynn, Kevin Costner, et al)
6. Merida (Brave)
7. William Tell (The Legend of William Tell
8. Ed and Lewis (Deliverance)

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**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 13, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3124 "2020-01-13T05:08:44Z")

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Movie Archers

1. Hawkeye (Clint Barton, Marvel’s The Avengers, &c.)
2. Legolas (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy)
3. John Rambo (First Blood, et al)
4. Katniss Everdeen (all the Hunger Games films)
5. Robin Hood (Errol Flynn, Kevin Costner, et al)
6. Merida (Brave)
7. William Tell (The Legend of William Tell
8. Ed and Lewis (Deliverance)
9. Crow the Elf (Hawk the Slayer)

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**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:** [January 13, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3125 "2020-01-13T14:22:16Z")

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Movie Archers

1. Hawkeye (Clint Barton, Marvel’s The Avengers, &c.)
2. Legolas (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy)
3. John Rambo (First Blood, et al)
4. Katniss Everdeen (all the Hunger Games films)
5. Robin Hood (Errol Flynn, Kevin Costner, et al)
6. Merida (Brave)
7. William Tell (The Legend of William Tell
8. Ed and Lewis (Deliverance)
9. Crow the Elf (Hawk the Slayer)
10. Pamela Voorhees (Friday the 13th)

Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob

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**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 13, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3126 "2020-01-13T14:28:17Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love

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**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 13, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3127 "2020-01-13T14:35:16Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. The Majestic

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**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 13, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3128 "2020-01-13T14:48:25Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. The Majestic
4. Matinee

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**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 13, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3129 "2020-01-13T15:02:12Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. The Majestic
4. Matinee
5. Singin’ in the Rain

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**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:** [January 13, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3130 "2020-01-13T15:18:21Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. The Majestic
4. Matinee
5. Singin’ in the Rain
6. The Producers

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3131 "2020-01-13T15:27:32Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. The Majestic
4. Matinee
5. Singin’ in the Rain
6. The Producers
7. Birdman

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3132 "2020-01-13T15:49:10Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. The Majestic
4. Matinee
5. Singin’ in the Rain
6. The Producers
7. Birdman
8. The Most Assassinated Woman in the World

Interesting fictionalized account of Paula Max, who was the leading actress of the Grand Guignol theater in Paris , who was killed over 10,000 times in various grisly ways.

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3133 "2020-01-13T17:03:46Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. The Majestic
4. Matinee
5. Singin’ in the Rain
6. The Producers
7. Birdman
8. The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
9. Phantom of the Paradise

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3134 "2020-01-13T17:09:12Z")

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Movies involving a theater somewhere in it

1. The Blob
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. The Majestic
4. Matinee
5. Singin’ in the Rain
6. The Producers
7. Birdman
8. The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
9. Phantom of the Paradise
10. Inglorious Basterds

Pass

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**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:** [January 13, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3135 "2020-01-13T17:14:26Z")

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Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie:

1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker)

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**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 13, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3136 "2020-01-13T17:16:37Z")

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Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie:

1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker)
2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers)

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**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 13, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3137 "2020-01-13T17:39:09Z")

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Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie:

1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker)
2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers)
3. Virginia Cherrill (The blind flower girl in City Lights)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3138 "2020-01-13T18:17:22Z")

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Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie:

1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker)
2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers)
3. Virginia Cherrill (The blind flower girl in City Lights)
4. Ben Affleck (Daredevil)

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**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:** [January 13, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3139 "2020-01-13T18:24:01Z")

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Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie:

1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker)
2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers)
3. Virginia Cherrill (The blind flower girl in City Lights)
4. Ben Affleck (Daredevil)
5. Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman)

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**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 13, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3140 "2020-01-13T18:43:12Z")

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Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie:

1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker)
2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers)
3. Virginia Cherrill (The blind flower girl in City Lights)
4. Ben Affleck (Daredevil)
5. Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman)
6. Gene Hackman (Blind hermit in “Young Frankenstein”)

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**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 13, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3141 "2020-01-13T18:46:13Z")

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Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie:

1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker)
2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers)
3. Virginia Cherrill (The blind flower girl in City Lights)
4. Ben Affleck (Daredevil)
5. Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman)
6. Gene Hackman (Blind hermit in “Young Frankenstein”)
7. Val Kilmer (At First Sight)

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3142 "2020-01-13T20:25:29Z")

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Sighted actors who portrayed a blind person in a movie:

1. Patty Duke (Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker)
2. David Straithairn (“Whistler” in Sneakers)
3. Virginia Cherrill (The blind flower girl in City Lights)
4. Ben Affleck (Daredevil)
5. Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman)
6. Gene Hackman (Blind hermit in “Young Frankenstein”)
7. Val Kilmer (At First Sight)
8. Audrey Hepburn (Wait Until Dark)

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