# 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:** 300
**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:** [July 13, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5983 "2020-07-13T18:44:51Z")
Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John 3. Jade - David Caruso 4. Cutthroat Island - Geena Davis _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5984 "2020-07-13T19:01:04Z")
Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John 3. Jade - David Caruso 4. Cutthroat Island - Geena Davis 5. Heaven’s Gate - Michael Cimino He’s a director, not an actor, but the movie flopped so badly that it destroyed his reputation. ---
**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 13, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5985 "2020-07-13T20:24:22Z")
Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John 3. Jade - David Caruso 4. Cutthroat Island - Geena Davis 5. Heaven’s Gate - Michael Cimino 6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith - Hayden Christensen ---
**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 13, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5986 "2020-07-13T23:26:48Z")
Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John 3. Jade - David Caruso 4. Cutthroat Island - Geena Davis 5. Heaven’s Gate - Michael Cimino 6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith - Hayden Christensen 7. You Can’t Stop The Music - Valerie Perrine ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5987 "2020-07-14T02:02:05Z")
Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John 3. Jade - David Caruso 4. Cutthroat Island - Geena Davis 5. Heaven’s Gate - Michael Cimino 6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith - Hayden Christensen 7. You Can’t Stop The Music - Valerie Perrine 8. Eleni - Kate Nelligan A shame, because she is very good, and the movie wasn’t bad-- it got blackballed for political reasons. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5988 "2020-07-14T02:16:07Z")
Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John 3. Jade - David Caruso 4. Cutthroat Island - Geena Davis 5. Heaven’s Gate - Michael Cimino 6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith - Hayden Christensen 7. You Can’t Stop The Music - Valerie Perrine 8. Eleni - Kate Nelligan 9. Freaks - Tod Browning Another director brought down by one of his films. “Freaks” is regarded as a classic today, but it horrified audiences when it was first released, and was banned in the UK for 30 years. Browning’s career couldn’t recover, and he only made three or four films after that. ---
**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 14, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5989 "2020-07-14T13:26:54Z")
Films that essentially ended film careers 1. Corky Romano - Chris Kattan 2. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John 3. Jade - David Caruso 4. Cutthroat Island - Geena Davis 5. Heaven’s Gate - Michael Cimino 6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith - Hayden Christensen 7. You Can’t Stop The Music - Valerie Perrine 8. Eleni - Kate Nelligan 9. Freaks - Tod Browning 10. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Keir Dullea An iconic role that seems to have typecast him forever after. Next up: Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) ---
**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 14, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5990 "2020-07-14T13:43:37Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) ---
**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 14, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5991 "2020-07-14T13:45:19Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) 3. The 39 Steps - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5992 "2020-07-14T14:05:55Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) 3. The 39 Steps - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) 4. Dial M for Murder - Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5993 "2020-07-14T14:13:03Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) 3. The 39 Steps - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) 4. Dial M for Murder - Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) 5. Rear Window - Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5994 "2020-07-14T14:28:39Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) 3. The 39 Steps - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) 4. Dial M for Murder - Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) 5. Rear Window - Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) 6. Psycho - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5995 "2020-07-14T14:38:45Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) 3. The 39 Steps - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) 4. Dial M for Murder - Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) 5. Rear Window - Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) 6. Psycho - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) 7. Rope - Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan (John Dall and Farley Granger) ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5996 "2020-07-14T14:47:10Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) 3. The 39 Steps - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) 4. Dial M for Murder - Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) 5. Rear Window - Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) 6. Psycho - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) 7. Rope - Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan (John Dall and Farley Granger) 8. The Great Day - Lillian Leeson (Meggie Albanesi) From the first film on which Hitchcock ever worked; now lost: [The Great Day - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Day) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5997 "2020-07-15T00:06:55Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) 3. The 39 Steps - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) 4. Dial M for Murder - Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) 5. Rear Window - Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) 6. Psycho - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) 7. Rope - Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan (John Dall and Farley Granger) 8. The Great Day - Lillian Leeson (Meggie Albanesi) 9. Rebecca - Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson) In many instances, the female of the species is more dangerous than the male. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5998 "2020-07-15T01:04:25Z")
Bad guys in Alfred Hitchcock movies - the movie, the part and the actor 1. Notorious - Alex Sebastian (Claude Rains) 2. Frenzy - Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) 3. The 39 Steps - Professor Jordan (Godfrey Tearle) 4. Dial M for Murder - Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) 5. Rear Window - Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) 6. Psycho - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) 7. Rope - Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan (John Dall and Farley Granger) 8. The Great Day - Lillian Leeson (Meggie Albanesi) 9. Rebecca - Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson) 10. Family Plot - Arthur Adamson (William Devane) Pass. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5999 "2020-07-15T04:56:55Z")
“Final” movies that weren’t final 1. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (followed by New Nightmare and Freddy Vs. Jason) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6000 "2020-07-15T06:13:48Z")
“Final” movies that weren’t final 1. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (followed by New Nightmare and Freddy Vs. Jason) 2. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter _(followed by no less than **EIGHT** more films)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6001 "2020-07-15T11:19:29Z")
“Final” movies that weren’t final 1. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (followed by New Nightmare and Freddy Vs. Jason) 2. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (followed by no less than **EIGHT** more films)\* 3. Omen III: The Final Conflict (followed by Omen IV: The Awakening - a TV movie) ---
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“Final” movies that weren’t final 1. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (followed by New Nightmare and Freddy Vs. Jason) 2. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (followed by no less than **EIGHT** more films)\* 3. Omen III: The Final Conflict (followed by Omen IV: The Awakening - a TV movie) 4. Saw: The Final Chapter (followed by Jigsaw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=301)