# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

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**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:** ![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)\
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Razzie Award Winners

1. Can’t Stop the Music, 1980, Worst Picture
2. William Shatner, 1989, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
3. Battlefield Earth, 2000, Worst Picture
4. Gigli, 2003, Worst Picture
5. Tom Green, 2002, Freddie Got Fingered
6. Kevin Costner, 1991, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Worst Actor
7. Paris Hilton, 2008, The Hottie and the Nottie - Worst Actress
8. Sandra Bullock, 2010, won a Razzie and an Oscar that year. And showed up at both ceremonies to accept them.
9. Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, 2016 Worst Picture

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
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Razzie Award Winners

1. Can’t Stop the Music, 1980, Worst Picture
2. William Shatner, 1989, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
3. Battlefield Earth, 2000, Worst Picture
4. Gigli, 2003, Worst Picture
5. Tom Green, 2002, Freddie Got Fingered
6. Kevin Costner, 1991, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Worst Actor
7. Paris Hilton, 2008, The Hottie and the Nottie - Worst Actress
8. Sandra Bullock, 2010, won a Razzie and an Oscar that year. And showed up at both ceremonies to accept them.
9. Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, 2016 Worst Picture
10. Showgirls, 1995 Worst Picture

Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)

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1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)

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Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)
3. The Piano (1993)

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**Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4087 "2020-03-03T19:25:30Z")

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Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)
3. The Piano (1993)
4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

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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)\
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Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)
3. The Piano (1993)
4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
5. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

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Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)
3. The Piano (1993)
4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
5. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
6. Barton Fink (1991)

Tragically underrated film.

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Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)
3. The Piano (1993)
4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
5. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
6. Barton Fink (1991)
7. The Child (2005)

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Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)
3. The Piano (1993)
4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
5. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
6. Barton Fink (1991)
7. The Child (2005)
8. Wild at Heart (1990)

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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)\
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Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)
3. The Piano (1993)
4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
5. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
6. Barton Fink (1991)
7. The Child (2005)
8. Wild at Heart (1990)
9. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)

“What? No! I’m only watching it because of its Palme d’Or winning story.”

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Palme d’Or Winners

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Parasite (2019)
3. The Piano (1993)
4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
5. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
6. Barton Fink (1991)
7. The Child (2005)
8. Wild at Heart (1990)
9. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
10. Union Pacific (1939)

The first winner.

Next up:

Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)
3. Man or Muppet, The Muppets (2011, Best Song)

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**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4096 "2020-03-04T13:04:41Z")

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)
3. Man or Muppet, The Muppets (2011, Best Song)
4. Annie Hall (Best Picture, 1977)

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (Best Supporting Actress, 1997)
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)
3. Man or Muppet, The Muppets (2011, Best Song)
4. Annie Hall (Best Picture, 1977)
5. Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity (Best Supporting Actor, 1953)

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**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4098 "2020-03-04T17:40:26Z")

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (Best Supporting Actress, 1997)
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)
3. Man or Muppet, The Muppets (2011, Best Song)
4. Annie Hall (Best Picture, 1977)
5. Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity (Best Supporting Actor, 1953)
6. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (Best Actress, 2005)

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**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4099 "2020-03-04T18:03:12Z")

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (Best Supporting Actress, 1997)
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)
3. Man or Muppet, The Muppets (2011, Best Song)
4. Annie Hall (Best Picture, 1977)
5. Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity (Best Supporting Actor, 1953)
6. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (Best Actress, 2005)
7. Around the World in 80 Days (Best Picture, 1956)

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (Best Supporting Actress, 1997)
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)
3. Man or Muppet, The Muppets (2011, Best Song)
4. Annie Hall (Best Picture, 1977)
5. Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity (Best Supporting Actor, 1953)
6. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (Best Actress, 2005)
7. Around the World in 80 Days (Best Picture, 1956)
8. Broderick Crawford, All the King’s Men (Best Actor, 1949)

I saw the movie recently, and he does nothing that two or three dozen other actors of his day couldn’t have done.

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (Best Supporting Actress, 1997)
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)
3. Man or Muppet, The Muppets (2011, Best Song)
4. Annie Hall (Best Picture, 1977)
5. Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity (Best Supporting Actor, 1953)
6. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (Best Actress, 2005)
7. Around the World in 80 Days (Best Picture, 1956)
8. Broderick Crawford, All the King’s Men (Best Actor, 1949)
9. Crash (Best Picture 2006)  
Racism is bad, mmmkay?

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Meh. Really didn’t deserve that Oscar.

1. Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (Best Supporting Actress, 1997)
2. The Greatest Show on Earth (Best Picture, 1952)
3. Man or Muppet, The Muppets (2011, Best Song)
4. Annie Hall (Best Picture, 1977)
5. Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity (Best Supporting Actor, 1953)
6. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (Best Actress, 2005)
7. Around the World in 80 Days (Best Picture, 1956)
8. Broderick Crawford, All the King’s Men (Best Actor, 1949)
9. Crash (Best Picture 2006)
10. Rocky (Best Picture, 1976)

Pass

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