# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

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**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\
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Films primarily in English, but with a significant portion of the dialogue in a language other than English:

1. The Godfather Part II (Italian)
2. Eleni - (Greek)
3. Hester Street (Yiddish)
4. Children of a Lesser god (ASL)
5. Dances with Wolves (Lakota)
6. Music Box (Hungarian)
7. The Longest Day (German, although it was sub-titled)
8. Red Dawn (Russian and Spanish)
9. The Red Violin (French, German, Italian, Mandarin, and a bit of Romani)

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Films primarily in English, but with a significant portion of the dialogue in a language other than English:

1. The Godfather Part II (Italian)
2. Eleni - (Greek)
3. Hester Street (Yiddish)
4. Children of a Lesser god (ASL)
5. Dances with Wolves (Lakota)
6. Music Box (Hungarian)
7. The Longest Day (German, although it was sub-titled)
8. Red Dawn (Russian and Spanish)
9. The Red Violin (French, German, Italian, Mandarin, and a bit of Romani)
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Sindarin and Quenya)

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Chinatown

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6067 "2020-07-21T16:05:02Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Sindarin and Quenya)

(And, the Black Speech of Mordor!)

Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Chinatown
4. The Big Sleep

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Chinatown
4. The Big Sleep
5. Road to Perdition

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6069 "2020-07-21T16:22:28Z")

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Chinatown
4. The Big Sleep
5. Road to Perdition
6. Blood Simple

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Chinatown
4. The Big Sleep
5. Road to Perdition
6. Blood Simple
7. Sunset Boulevard

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Chinatown
4. The Big Sleep
5. Road to Perdition
6. Blood Simple
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. LA Confidential

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Chinatown
4. The Big Sleep
5. Road to Perdition
6. Blood Simple
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. LA Confidential
9. Out of the Past

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Great noir or neo-noir films

1. Dark City
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. Chinatown
4. The Big Sleep
5. Road to Perdition
6. Blood Simple
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. LA Confidential
9. Out of the Past
10. Touch of Evil

Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6074 "2020-07-21T18:44:41Z")

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge
3. The Poseidon Adventure

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6076 "2020-07-21T19:18:52Z")

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge
3. The Poseidon Adventure
4. The Perfect Storm

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6077 "2020-07-21T19:53:50Z")

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge
3. The Poseidon Adventure
4. The Perfect Storm
5. Earthquake

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6078 "2020-07-21T20:00:39Z")

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge
3. The Poseidon Adventure
4. The Perfect Storm
5. Earthquake
6. Airport

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6079 "2020-07-21T22:47:40Z")

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge
3. The Poseidon Adventure
4. The Perfect Storm
5. Earthquake
6. Airport
7. The Day After Tomorrow

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6080 "2020-07-21T23:28:06Z")

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge
3. The Poseidon Adventure
4. The Perfect Storm
5. Earthquake
6. Airport
7. The Day After Tomorrow
8. Deep Impact

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6081 "2020-07-21T23:49:36Z")

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge
3. The Poseidon Adventure
4. The Perfect Storm
5. Earthquake
6. Airport
7. The Day After Tomorrow
8. Deep Impact
9. Meteor

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6082 "2020-07-22T00:48:26Z")

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Disaster movies

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Deluge
3. The Poseidon Adventure
4. The Perfect Storm
5. Earthquake
6. Airport
7. The Day After Tomorrow
8. Deep Impact
9. Meteor
10. Airplane!

Next up:

Food eaten in a movie

1. Lembas - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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