# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/421 "2019-09-08T23:50:26Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/422 "2019-09-09T00:49:51Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) 4. History of the Eagles (Henley, et al.) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/423 "2019-09-09T00:57:00Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) 4. History of the Eagles (Henley, et al.) 5. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) Does a documentary (_History of the Eagles_) count as a biopic? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/424 "2019-09-09T00:58:48Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) 4. History of the Eagles (Henley, et al.) 5. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) 6. Ray (…Charles) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/425 "2019-09-09T01:20:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Does a documentary (_History of the Eagles_) count as a biopic? Generally not. Documentaries don’t involve dramatizations. They’re depictions of the events as they happened, and the interpretations of those events. But everything is “real”. Biopics tend to take liberties with the facts and events. And are recreations of those rather than documentations. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/426 "2019-09-09T01:24:33Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) 4. Sweet Dreams (Patsy Cline) 5. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) 6. Ray (…Charles) #4 has been fixed; I hated that Eagles flick, anyway. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/427 "2019-09-09T01:37:28Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) 4. Sweet Dreams (Patsy Cline) 5. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) 6. Ray (…Charles) 7. The Right Stuff (Mercury 7 astronauts) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/428 "2019-09-09T07:54:25Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) 4. Sweet Dreams (Patsy Cline) 5. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) 6. Ray (…Charles) 7. The Right Stuff (Mercury 7 astronauts) 8. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/429 "2019-09-09T12:35:21Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) 4. Sweet Dreams (Patsy Cline) 5. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) 6. Ray (…Charles) 7. The Right Stuff (Mercury 7 astronauts) 8. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life 9. Beau James (Major Jimmy Walker) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/430 "2019-09-09T12:58:16Z")
Biopics (and the subject) 1. First Man (Neil Armstrong) 2. Man on the Moon (Andy Kaufman) 3. The Dirt (Mötley Crüe) 4. Sweet Dreams (Patsy Cline) 5. Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn) 6. Ray (…Charles) 7. The Right Stuff (Mercury 7 astronauts) 8. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life 9. Beau James (Major Jimmy Walker) 10. Rush (Niki Lauda, James Hunt) Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/431 "2019-09-09T13:05:23Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/432 "2019-09-09T13:13:14Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) 3. The Shootist (John Wayne) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/433 "2019-09-09T13:25:33Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) 3. The Shootist (John Wayne) 4. Always (Audrey Hepburn) ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/434 "2019-09-09T13:33:55Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) 3. The Shootist (John Wayne) 4. Always (Audrey Hepburn) 5. The Crow (Brandon Lee) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/435 "2019-09-09T13:36:48Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) 3. The Shootist (John Wayne) 4. Always (Audrey Hepburn) 5. The Crow (Brandon Lee) 6. The Misfits (Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/436 "2019-09-09T14:18:41Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) 3. The Shootist (John Wayne) 4. Always (Audrey Hepburn) 5. The Crow (Brandon Lee) 6. The Misfits (Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe) 7. Love Affair (Katherine Hepburn) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/437 "2019-09-09T14:22:32Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) 3. The Shootist (John Wayne) 4. Always (Audrey Hepburn) 5. The Crow (Brandon Lee) 6. The Misfits (Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe) 7. Love Affair (Katherine Hepburn) 8. Wild Child (Natasha Richardson) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/438 "2019-09-09T16:42:27Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) 3. The Shootist (John Wayne) 4. Always (Audrey Hepburn) 5. The Crow (Brandon Lee) 6. The Misfits (Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe) 7. Love Affair (Katherine Hepburn) 8. Wild Child (Natasha Richardson) 9. The Drop (James Gandolfini) (Really really good crime flick. And man did he look unwell in it.) ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/439 "2019-09-09T16:51:39Z")
Movies featuring an actor’s last film appearance before their death 1. Dark Blood (River Phoenix) 2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger) 3. The Shootist (John Wayne) 4. Always (Audrey Hepburn) 5. The Crow (Brandon Lee) 6. The Misfits (Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe) 7. Love Affair (Katherine Hepburn) 8. Wild Child (Natasha Richardson) 9. The Drop (James Gandolfini) 10. Xanadu (Gene Kelly) Movies with the best credit songs or themes, opening or closing. 1. Star Wars ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/440 "2019-09-09T16:55:28Z")
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