# 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:** ![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:** [June 15, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5603 "2020-06-15T13:07:03Z")

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Movies without a love interest

1. Housekeeping
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Alien

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5604 "2020-06-15T13:43:41Z")

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Movies without a love interest

1. Housekeeping
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Alien
4. Tora Tora Tora!

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5605 "2020-06-15T14:39:27Z")

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Movies without a love interest

1. Housekeeping
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Alien
4. Tora Tora Tora!
5. The Package

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5606 "2020-06-15T15:28:50Z")

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Movies without a love interest

1. Housekeeping
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Alien
4. Tora Tora Tora!
5. The Package
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5607 "2020-06-15T15:30:01Z")

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Movies without a love interest

1. Housekeeping
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Alien
4. Tora Tora Tora!
5. The Package
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. Reservoir Dogs

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5608 "2020-06-15T16:06:41Z")

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Movies without a love interest

1. Housekeeping
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Alien
4. Tora Tora Tora!
5. The Package
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. Patton

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5609 "2020-06-15T16:59:08Z")

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Movies without a love interest

1. Housekeeping
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Alien
4. Tora Tora Tora!
5. The Package
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. Patton
9. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5610 "2020-06-15T17:33:38Z")

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I think there was a love interest in Patton - the title character, for himself.

Movies without a love interest

1. Housekeeping
2. Glengarry Glen Ross
3. Alien
4. Tora Tora Tora!
5. The Package
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. Patton
9. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
10. Memento

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5611 "2020-06-15T18:48:15Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I think there was a love interest in Patton - the title character, for himself.

I will agree to substitute _Apocalypse Now_.

New category?

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5612 "2020-06-15T19:36:51Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5613 "2020-06-15T20:24:58Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5614 "2020-06-15T20:29:37Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch 5635
3. Armageddon

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5615 "2020-06-15T20:42:06Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch 5635
3. Armageddon
4. Moscow on the Hudson

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5616 "2020-06-15T21:35:16Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch 5635
3. Armageddon
4. Moscow on the Hudson
5. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

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**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:** [June 15, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5617 "2020-06-15T22:41:17Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch 5635
3. Armageddon
4. Moscow on the Hudson
5. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
6. The Man from UNCLE

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5618 "2020-06-15T23:23:10Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch 5635
3. Armageddon
4. Moscow on the Hudson
5. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
6. The Man from UNCLE
7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

“Can you direct us to the naval base in Alameda? It’s where they keep the nuclear wessels.”

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5619 "2020-06-16T02:57:48Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch 5635
3. Armageddon
4. Moscow on the Hudson
5. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
6. The Man from UNCLE
7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
8. Birthday Girl

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5620 "2020-06-16T04:05:59Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch 5635
3. Armageddon
4. Moscow on the Hudson
5. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
6. The Man from UNCLE
7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
8. Birthday Girl
9. From Russia With Love

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5621 "2020-06-16T05:05:52Z")

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Films not set in Russia with at least one Russian character

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Snatch 5635
3. Armageddon
4. Moscow on the Hudson
5. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
6. The Man from UNCLE
7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
8. Birthday Girl
9. From Russia With Love
10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Pass.

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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:** [June 16, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5622 "2020-06-16T09:55:46Z")

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Pass.

Movies that gave us a catch phrase

1. Wizard of Oz – “I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

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