# 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:** 186
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3703 "2020-02-10T16:51:35Z")
Next up: Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3704 "2020-02-10T16:54:25Z")
Next up: Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks 3. My Own Private Idaho - River Phoenix > [@](#): > > Phoenix never attended formal school. Screenwriter Naomi Foner later commented, “He was totally, totally without education. I mean, he could read and write, and he had an appetite for it, but he had no deep roots into any kind of sense of history or literature.”[11] George Sluizer claimed Phoenix was dyslexic ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3705 "2020-02-10T16:56:13Z")
1. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3706 "2020-02-10T17:08:59Z")
Next up: Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks 3. My Own Private Idaho - River Phoenix 4. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino Housekeeping ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3707 "2020-02-10T17:15:10Z")
Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks 3. My Own Private Idaho - River Phoenix 4. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino 5. Chicago - Catherine Zeta-Jones ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3708 "2020-02-10T18:11:59Z")
Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks 3. My Own Private Idaho - River Phoenix 4. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino 5. Chicago - Catherine Zeta-Jones 6. Bend It Like Beckham - Keira Knightley ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3709 "2020-02-10T18:48:45Z")
Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks 3. My Own Private Idaho - River Phoenix 4. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino 5. Chicago - Catherine Zeta-Jones 6. Bend It Like Beckham - Keira Knightley 7. Silver Linings Playbook - Jennifer Lawrence ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3710 "2020-02-10T19:06:19Z")
Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks 3. My Own Private Idaho - River Phoenix 4. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino 5. Chicago - Catherine Zeta-Jones 6. Bend It Like Beckham - Keira Knightley 7. Silver Linings Playbook - Jennifer Lawrence 8. Kid Cannabis - Jonathan Daniel Brown ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3711 "2020-02-10T23:39:19Z")
Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks 3. My Own Private Idaho - River Phoenix 4. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino 5. Chicago - Catherine Zeta-Jones 6. Bend It Like Beckham - Keira Knightley 7. Silver Linings Playbook - Jennifer Lawrence 8. Kid Cannabis - Jonathan Daniel Brown 9. On the Waterfront - Marlon Brando He didn’t want to be a contender. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3712 "2020-02-11T02:24:27Z")
Films starring high school/college dropouts 1. Saturday Night Fever - John Travolta 2. Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks 3. My Own Private Idaho - River Phoenix 4. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino 5. Chicago - Catherine Zeta-Jones 6. Bend It Like Beckham - Keira Knightley 7. Silver Linings Playbook - Jennifer Lawrence 8. Kid Cannabis - Jonathan Daniel Brown 9. On the Waterfront - Marlon Brando 10. Zorba the Greeek - Anthony Quinn pass ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3713 "2020-02-11T03:22:03Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood ---
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3714 "2020-02-11T03:28:26Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3715 "2020-02-11T03:54:52Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Solaris (Russian original) If the Tokyo freeway scene didn’t immediately leap to mind, you haven’t seen it. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3716 "2020-02-11T04:06:47Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Solaris (Russian original) 4. All is Lost ---
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3717 "2020-02-11T04:27:36Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Solaris (Russian original) 4. All is Lost 5. Big Night The entire last scene. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3718 "2020-02-11T06:49:17Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Solaris (Russian original) 4. All is Lost 5. Big Night 6. The Tribe The movie was set in a school for the deaf and had virtually no spoken dialogue. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3719 "2020-02-11T14:05:05Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Solaris (Russian original) 4. All is Lost 5. Big Night 6. The Tribe 7. Alien ---
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3720 "2020-02-11T14:07:45Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Solaris (Russian original) 4. All is Lost 5. Big Night 6. The Tribe 7. Alien 8. Manos: The Hands of Fate The opening section is minutes and minutes of driving along uninspiring countryside. There were supposed to be titles added, but they never appeared. I recommend watching only the MST3K version. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3721 "2020-02-11T14:32:54Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Solaris (Russian original) 4. All is Lost 5. Big Night 6. The Tribe 7. Alien 8. Manos: The Hands of Fate 9. North by Northwest The crop duster scene. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3722 "2020-02-11T18:08:58Z")
Long portions with little to no dialogue 1. There Will Be Blood 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Solaris (Russian original) 4. All is Lost 5. Big Night 6. The Tribe 7. Alien 8. Manos: The Hands of Fate 9. North by Northwest 10. Rififi The robbery scene, which is the central scene of the movie, has no dialogue (or background music). It’s designed to show how the robbers are professionals who all know their job and don’t need any instructions or communications while they’re working. I’ll pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=185) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=187)