# 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:** ![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:** [March 17, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4363 "2020-03-17T17:01:48Z")

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Charles Grodin movies

1. Heaven Can Wait
2. The Great Muppet Caper
3. Rosemary’s Baby
4. Midnight Run
5. Beethoven

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4364 "2020-03-17T18:24:50Z")

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Charles Grodin movies

1. Heaven Can Wait
2. The Great Muppet Caper
3. Rosemary’s Baby
4. Midnight Run
5. Beethoven
6. The Heartbreak Kid

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4365 "2020-03-17T19:13:58Z")

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Charles Grodin movies

1. Heaven Can Wait
2. The Great Muppet Caper
3. Rosemary’s Baby
4. Midnight Run
5. Beethoven
6. The Heartbreak Kid
7. Catch 22

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4366 "2020-03-17T19:30:50Z")

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Charles Grodin movies

1. Heaven Can Wait
2. The Great Muppet Caper
3. Rosemary’s Baby
4. Midnight Run
5. Beethoven
6. The Heartbreak Kid
7. Catch 22
8. Clifford

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4367 "2020-03-17T20:16:42Z")

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Charles Grodin movies

1. Heaven Can Wait
2. The Great Muppet Caper
3. Rosemary’s Baby
4. Midnight Run
5. Beethoven
6. The Heartbreak Kid
7. Catch 22
8. Clifford
9. The Incredible Shrinking Woman

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4368 "2020-03-17T20:48:45Z")

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Charles Grodin movies

1. Heaven Can Wait
2. The Great Muppet Caper
3. Rosemary’s Baby
4. Midnight Run
5. Beethoven
6. The Heartbreak Kid
7. Catch 22
8. Clifford
9. The Incredible Shrinking Woman
10. Dave

Pass

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4369 "2020-03-17T21:22:05Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4370 "2020-03-17T21:46:52Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4371 "2020-03-17T21:58:33Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)
3. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Patrick Stewart as King Richard)

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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:** [March 17, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4372 "2020-03-17T22:02:14Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)
3. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Patrick Stewart as King Richard)
4. Batman (Michael Keaton as Batman? The guy who was Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice?)

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4373 "2020-03-18T01:30:16Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)
3. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Patrick Stewart as King Richard)
4. Batman (Michael Keaton as Batman? The guy who was Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice?)
5. Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) in “The King’s Speech”

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4374 "2020-03-18T10:13:06Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)
3. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Patrick Stewart as King Richard)
4. Batman (Michael Keaton as Batman? The guy who was Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice?)
5. Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) in “The King’s Speech”
6. Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh as Poirot)

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4375 "2020-03-18T11:27:25Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)
3. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Patrick Stewart as King Richard)
4. Batman (Michael Keaton as Batman? The guy who was Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice?)
5. Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) in “The King’s Speech”
6. Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh as Poirot)
7. The Shawshank Redemption (Morgan Freeman as “Red”)

I had read the novella many times prior to the movie coming out, and was certainly not expecting the Irish “Red” to be a black fellow.

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4376 "2020-03-18T12:10:54Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)
3. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Patrick Stewart as King Richard)
4. Batman (Michael Keaton as Batman? The guy who was Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice?)
5. Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) in “The King’s Speech”
6. Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh as Poirot)
7. The Shawshank Redemption (Morgan Freeman as “Red”)
8. Cats (Dame Judi Dench as Old Deutronomy)

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4377 "2020-03-18T12:29:00Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)
3. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Patrick Stewart as King Richard)
4. Batman (Michael Keaton as Batman? The guy who was Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice?)
5. Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) in “The King’s Speech”
6. Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh as Poirot)
7. The Shawshank Redemption (Morgan Freeman as “Red”)
8. Cats (Dame Judi Dench as Old Deutronomy)
9. The Conqueror (John Wayne as Genghis Khan)

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4378 "2020-03-18T14:22:45Z")

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Not Who I Was Expecting

1. Inspector Clouseau (starring Alan Arkin as Clouseau)
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (starring George Lazenby as James Bond)
3. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Patrick Stewart as King Richard)
4. Batman (Michael Keaton as Batman? The guy who was Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice?)
5. Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) in “The King’s Speech”
6. Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh as Poirot)
7. The Shawshank Redemption (Morgan Freeman as “Red”)
8. Cats (Dame Judi Dench as Old Deutronomy)
9. The Conqueror (John Wayne as Genghis Khan)
10. Suicide Squad (Jared Leto as Joker)

Starring Gene Hackman

1. The Conversation

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4379 "2020-03-18T14:31:48Z")

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Starring Gene Hackman

1. The Conversation
2. The Package

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4380 "2020-03-18T15:14:54Z")

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Starring Gene Hackman

1. The Conversation
2. The Package
3. The French Connection

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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4381 "2020-03-18T15:30:18Z")

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Starring Gene Hackman

1. The Conversation
2. The Package
3. The French Connection
4. The Unforgiven

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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:** [March 18, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4382 "2020-03-18T15:55:14Z")

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Starring Gene Hackman

1. The Conversation
2. The Package
3. The French Connection
4. The Unforgiven
5. Bonnie and Clyde

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