# 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:** ![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)\
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Movies about being stranded on a desert island - not necessarily alone  
(are there 10? probably!)

1. Castaway
2. Cast Away
3. Dinosaur Island
4. Swiss Family Robinson

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5784 "2020-06-30T19:06:39Z")

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Movies about being stranded on a desert island - not necessarily alone  
(are there 10? probably!)

1. Castaway
2. Cast Away
3. Dinosaur Island
4. Swiss Family Robinson
5. Robinson Crusoe

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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 30, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5785 "2020-06-30T19:12:10Z")

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Movies about being stranded on a desert island - not necessarily alone  
(are there 10? probably!)

1. Castaway
2. Cast Away
3. Dinosaur Island
4. Swiss Family Robinson
5. Robinson Crusoe
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Technically not “about” being stranded on a desert island, but Jack and Elizabeth are, in fact, stranded on one for a time during it.

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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 30, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5786 "2020-06-30T19:22:42Z")

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Movies about being stranded on a desert island - not necessarily alone  
(are there 10? probably!)

1. Castaway
2. Cast Away
3. Dinosaur Island
4. Swiss Family Robinson
5. Robinson Crusoe
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. Swept Away

A much-panned Madonna movie.

> **[Swept Away (2002 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swept_Away_(2002_film))**
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> Swept Away is a 2002 American adventure comedy romance film written and directed by Guy Ritchie; it is a remake of Lina Wertmüller's 1974 Italian film of the same name. The film stars Ritchie's then-wife Madonna and Adriano Giannini (the son of Giancarlo Giannini, the original film's lead) with a supporting cast featuring Bruce Greenwood, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Elizabeth Banks.
> Produced by Matthew Vaughn and released theatrically by Screen Gems, ...

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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 30, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5787 "2020-06-30T19:24:46Z")

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Movies about being stranded on a desert island - not necessarily alone  
(are there 10? probably!)

1. Castaway
2. Cast Away
3. Dinosaur Island
4. Swiss Family Robinson
5. Robinson Crusoe
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. Swept Away
8. Swiss Army Man

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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 30, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5788 "2020-06-30T19:27:50Z")

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Movies about being stranded on a desert island - not necessarily alone  
(are there 10? probably!)

1. Castaway
2. Cast Away
3. Dinosaur Island
4. Swiss Family Robinson
5. Robinson Crusoe
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. Swept Away
8. Swiss Army Man
9. Survivor Type

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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 30, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5789 "2020-06-30T20:07:24Z")

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Movies about being stranded on a desert island - not necessarily alone  
(are there 10? probably!)

1. Castaway
2. Cast Away
3. Dinosaur Island
4. Swiss Family Robinson
5. Robinson Crusoe
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. Swept Away
8. Swiss Army Man
9. Survivor Type
10. Lord of the Flies

Pass.

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5790 "2020-07-01T15:10:24Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5791 "2020-07-01T15:14:03Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5792 "2020-07-01T15:47:20Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Hot Shots

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5793 "2020-07-01T16:49:03Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Hot Shots
4. All This and World War II

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5794 "2020-07-01T17:02:11Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Hot Shots
4. All This and World War II
5. To Be Or Not to Be

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5795 "2020-07-01T17:03:06Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Hot Shots
4. All This and World War II
5. To Be Or Not to Be
6. King of Hearts

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5796 "2020-07-01T17:09:38Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Hot Shots
4. All This and World War II
5. To Be Or Not to Be
6. King of Hearts
7. Catch-22

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5797 "2020-07-01T17:11:19Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Hot Shots
4. All This and World War II
5. To Be Or Not to Be
6. King of Hearts
7. Catch-22
8. Airplane!

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5798 "2020-07-01T19:53:14Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Hot Shots
4. All This and World War II
5. To Be Or Not to Be
6. King of Hearts
7. Catch-22
8. Airplane!
9. The Mouse that Roared

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5799 "2020-07-01T20:22:17Z")

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Movies satirizing war.

1. Duck Soup
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Hot Shots
4. All This and World War II
5. To Be Or Not to Be
6. King of Hearts
7. Catch-22
8. Airplane!
9. The Mouse that Roared
10. Start The Revolution Without Me

Films of Samuel L. Jackson

1. The Hit Man’s Bodyguard

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5800 "2020-07-01T20:25:17Z")

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Films of Samuel L. Jackson

1. The Hit Man’s Bodyguard
2. Captain Marvel

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5801 "2020-07-01T20:41:54Z")

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Films of Samuel L. Jackson

1. The Hit Man’s Bodyguard
2. Captain Marvel
3. Out of Sight

An uncredited cameo at the very end.

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5802 "2020-07-01T21:15:13Z")

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Films of Samuel L. Jackson

1. The Hit Man’s Bodyguard
2. Captain Marvel
3. Out of Sight
4. Pulp Fiction

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