# 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\
**Page:** 167

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**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 24, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3323 "2020-01-24T21:39:05Z")

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Five-word titles

1. Three Days of the Condor
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo
4. The Silence of the Lambs

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**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:** [January 24, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3324 "2020-01-24T21:55:57Z")

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Five-word titles

1. Three Days of the Condor
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark

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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 24, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3325 "2020-01-24T23:07:26Z")

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Five-word titles

1. Three Days of the Condor
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Robin Hood: Men In Tights

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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 24, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3326 "2020-01-24T23:56:03Z")

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Five-word titles

1. Three Days of the Condor
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Robin Hood: Men In Tights
7. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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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 25, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3327 "2020-01-25T01:06:02Z")

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Five-word titles

1. Three Days of the Condor
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Robin Hood: Men In Tights
7. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
8. Killer Klowns from Outer Space

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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 25, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3328 "2020-01-25T03:21:02Z")

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Five-word titles

1. Three Days of the Condor
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Robin Hood: Men In Tights
7. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
8. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
9. Three Men and a Baby

(That baby is 33 now! :eek:)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3329 "2020-01-25T04:00:22Z")

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Five-word titles

1. Three Days of the Condor
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Robin Hood: Men In Tights
7. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
8. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
9. Three Men and a Baby
10. Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1 A Clockwork Orange

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**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:** [January 25, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3330 "2020-01-25T04:34:57Z")

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^Raiders of the Lost Ark was already on the list at #5, so I’ve replaced #10 below:

Five-word titles

1. Three Days of the Condor

2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

3. The Purple Rose of Cairo

4. The Silence of the Lambs

5. Raiders of the Lost Ark

6. Robin Hood: Men In Tights

7. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

8. Killer Klowns from Outer Space

9. Three Men and a Baby

10. The Quick and the Dead  
Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

11. A Clockwork Orange

12. About Last Night

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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 25, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3331 "2020-01-25T04:39:56Z")

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. About Last Night
3. A Christmas Story

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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 25, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3332 "2020-01-25T05:17:50Z")

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. About Last Night
3. A Christmas Story
4. College Road Trip

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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 25, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3333 "2020-01-25T05:46:35Z")

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. About Last Night
3. A Christmas Story
4. College Road Trip
5. Act of Valor

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**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 25, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3334 "2020-01-25T07:49:46Z")

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. About Last Night
3. A Christmas Story
4. College Road Trip
5. Act of Valor
6. Addams Family Values

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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 25, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3335 "2020-01-25T11:06:13Z")

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. About Last Night
3. A Christmas Story
4. College Road Trip
5. Act of Valor
6. Addams Family Values
7. Dances with Wolves

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3336 "2020-01-25T11:50:58Z")

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. About Last Night
3. A Christmas Story
4. College Road Trip
5. Act of Valor
6. Addams Family Values
7. Dances with Wolves
8. Tora! Tora! Tora!

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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 25, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3337 "2020-01-25T12:01:20Z")

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. About Last Night
3. A Christmas Story
4. College Road Trip
5. Act of Valor
6. Addams Family Values
7. Dances with Wolves
8. Tora! Tora! Tora!
9. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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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 25, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3338 "2020-01-25T12:54:42Z")

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Three-word titles in which the words are in alphabetical order

1. A Clockwork Orange

2. About Last Night

3. A Christmas Story

4. College Road Trip

5. Act of Valor

6. Addams Family Values

7. Dances with Wolves

8. Tora! Tora! Tora!

9. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

10. Road To Utopia  
Lines from Mel Brooks’s movies

11. “It’s good to be the king.” (History of the World, Part I)

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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 25, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3339 "2020-01-25T15:47:58Z")

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Lines from Mel Brooks’s movies

1. “It’s good to be the king.” (History of the World, Part I)
2. _Non!_ (Silent Movie)

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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 25, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3340 "2020-01-25T16:25:14Z")

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Lines from Mel Brooks’s movies

1. “It’s good to be the king.” (History of the World, Part I)
2. _Non!_ (Silent Movie)
3. “I was going to make Espresso.” (Young Frankenstein)

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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 25, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3341 "2020-01-25T18:49:35Z")

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Lines from Mel Brooks’s movies

1. “It’s good to be the king.” (History of the World, Part I)
2. Non! (Silent Movie)
3. “I was going to make Espresso.” (Young Frankenstein)
4. “Oh, it’s twue, it’s twue, it’s twue, it’s twue!” (Blazing Saddles)

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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 25, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3342 "2020-01-25T19:42:54Z")

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Lines from Mel Brooks’s movies

1. “It’s good to be the king.” (History of the World, Part I)
2. Non! (Silent Movie)
3. “I was going to make Espresso.” (Young Frankenstein)
4. “Oh, it’s twue, it’s twue, it’s twue, it’s twue!” (Blazing Saddles)
5. “Imagine away!” (The Producers)

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