# 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:** 268

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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:** [May 24, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5343 "2020-05-24T18:21:31Z")

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Films of Peter Weller

1. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
2. RoboCop
3. Naked Lunch
4. Screamers
5. Leviathan
6. Star Trek Into Darkness
7. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

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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:** [May 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5344 "2020-05-24T19:46:56Z")

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Films of Peter Weller

1. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
2. RoboCop
3. Naked Lunch
4. Screamers
5. Leviathan
6. Star Trek Into Darkness
7. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
8. Sunset Grill

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**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:** [May 24, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5345 "2020-05-24T20:57:44Z")

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Films of Peter Weller

1. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
2. RoboCop
3. Naked Lunch
4. Screamers
5. Leviathan
6. Star Trek Into Darkness
7. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
8. Sunset Grill
9. The New Age

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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:** [May 24, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5346 "2020-05-24T22:16:50Z")

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Films of Peter Weller

1. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
2. RoboCop
3. Naked Lunch
4. Screamers
5. Leviathan
6. Star Trek Into Darkness
7. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
8. Sunset Grill
9. The New Age
10. Skin Trade

Pass

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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:** [May 24, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5347 "2020-05-24T23:21:14Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight

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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:** [May 24, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5348 "2020-05-24T23:23:08Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men

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**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:** [May 24, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5349 "2020-05-24T23:32:34Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page

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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:** [May 24, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5350 "2020-05-24T23:35:32Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page
4. The Post

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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:** [May 25, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5351 "2020-05-25T02:40:03Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page
4. The Post
5. The Adventures of the Three Reporters - 1926, Russian, serialized

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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:** [May 25, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5352 "2020-05-25T02:53:17Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page
4. The Post
5. The Adventures of the Three Reporters - 1926, Russian, serialized
6. Newsies

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5353 "2020-05-25T02:53:44Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page
4. The Post
5. The Adventures of the Three Reporters - 1926, Russian, serialized
6. His Girl Friday

Remake of #3 as a screwball romantic comedy

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5354 "2020-05-25T06:22:19Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page
4. The Post
5. The Adventures of the Three Reporters - 1926, Russian, serialized
6. His Girl Friday
7. The Paper _(panned at the time for being filled with cliches, but cliches only become cliches because they are true)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [May 25, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5355 "2020-05-25T06:46:07Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page
4. The Post
5. The Adventures of the Three Reporters - 1926, Russian, serialized
6. His Girl Friday
7. The Paper
8. Citizen Kane

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5356 "2020-05-25T08:19:16Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page
4. The Post
5. The Adventures of the Three Reporters - 1926, Russian, serialized
6. His Girl Friday
7. The Paper
8. Citizen Kane
9. Call Northside 777

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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:** [May 25, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5357 "2020-05-25T11:40:10Z")

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Movies about newspapers

1. Spotlight
2. All the President’s Men
3. The Front Page
4. The Post
5. The Adventures of the Three Reporters - 1926, Russian, serialized
6. His Girl Friday
7. The Paper
8. Citizen Kane
9. Call Northside 777
10. Park Row

Next:

Revolution!

1. Drums Along the Mohawk

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5358 "2020-05-25T13:07:53Z")

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Revolution!

1. Drums Along the Mohawk
2. Orphans of the Storm (French Revolution)

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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:** [May 25, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5359 "2020-05-25T13:25:04Z")

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Revolution!

1. Drums Along the Mohawk
2. Orphans of the Storm (French Revolution)
3. They Live!

😃

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5360 "2020-05-25T14:12:39Z")

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Revolution!

1. Drums Along the Mohawk
2. Orphans of the Storm (French Revolution)
3. They Live!
4. The Battle of Algiers

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**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:** [May 25, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5361 "2020-05-25T14:57:21Z")

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Revolution!

1. Drums Along the Mohawk
2. Orphans of the Storm (French Revolution)
3. They Live!
4. The Battle of Algiers
5. Battleship Potemkin

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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:** [May 25, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5362 "2020-05-25T15:25:42Z")

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Revolution!

1. Drums Along the Mohawk
2. Orphans of the Storm (French Revolution)
3. They Live!
4. The Battle of Algiers
5. Battleship Potemkin
6. Spartacus

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