# 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:** 316
**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 30, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6303 "2020-07-30T15:09:54Z")
Movies directed by Alan Smithee 1. Dune 2. Winesburg, Ohio 3. Hellraiser: Bloodline 4. Death of a Gunfighter 5. The Shrimp on the Barbie 6. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn 7. Catchfire 8. Woman Wanted 9. Student Bodies ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6304 "2020-08-01T04:01:35Z")
Movies directed by Alan Smithee 1. Dune 2. Winesburg, Ohio 3. Hellraiser: Bloodline 4. Death of a Gunfighter 5. The Shrimp on the Barbie 6. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn 7. Catchfire 8. Woman Wanted 9. Student Bodies 10. Iep Fims in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6305 "2020-08-01T04:09:10Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6306 "2020-08-01T05:58:34Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6307 "2020-08-01T06:07:41Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness 4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss), quadriplegic ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6308 "2020-08-01T06:09:16Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness 4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss), quadriplegic 5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - John Singer (Alan Arkin) deaf mute ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6309 "2020-08-01T10:59:53Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness 4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss), quadriplegic 5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - John Singer (Alan Arkin) deaf mute 6. Muriel’s Wedding - Rhonda (Rachel Griffith – Paraplegic ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6310 "2020-08-01T11:42:09Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness 4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss), quadriplegic 5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - John Singer (Alan Arkin) deaf mute 6. Muriel’s Wedding - Rhonda (Rachel Griffith – Paraplegic 7. Johnny Belinda - Belinda MacDonald (Jane Wyman) deaf mute ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6311 "2020-08-01T13:01:34Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness 4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss), quadriplegic 5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - John Singer (Alan Arkin) deaf mute 6. Muriel’s Wedding - Rhonda (Rachel Griffith – Paraplegic 7. Johnny Belinda - Belinda MacDonald (Jane Wyman) deaf mute 8. Of Human Bondage - Philip Carey (Leslie Howard), club foot ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6312 "2020-08-01T15:50:44Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness 4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss), quadriplegic 5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - John Singer (Alan Arkin) deaf mute 6. Muriel’s Wedding - Rhonda (Rachel Griffith – Paraplegic 7. Johnny Belinda - Belinda MacDonald (Jane Wyman) deaf mute 8. Of Human Bondage - Philip Carey (Leslie Howard), club foot 9. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) - locked-in syndrome Based on a true story, Bauby had a stroke and was completely paralyzed and could only blink his eye to communicate . He managed to dictate his memoir by blinking his eye. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6313 "2020-08-01T16:11:53Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness 4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss), quadriplegic 5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - John Singer (Alan Arkin) deaf mute 6. Muriel’s Wedding - Rhonda (Rachel Griffith – Paraplegic 7. Johnny Belinda - Belinda MacDonald (Jane Wyman) deaf mute 8. Of Human Bondage - Philip Carey (Leslie Howard), club foot 9. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) - locked-in syndrome 10. Eye of the Needle - David Rose (Christopher Cazenove) - Paraplegic after a car accident ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6314 "2020-08-01T16:35:55Z")
Films in which a main character was disabled 1. Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers - Stroke 2. X-Men - Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), paraplegic 3. Butterflies Are Free - Don Baker (Edward Albert), blindness 4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? - Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss), quadriplegic 5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - John Singer (Alan Arkin) deaf mute 6. Muriel’s Wedding - Rhonda (Rachel Griffith – Paraplegic 7. Johnny Belinda - Belinda MacDonald (Jane Wyman) deaf mute 8. Of Human Bondage - Philip Carey (Leslie Howard), club foot 9. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) - locked-in syndrome 10. Eye of the Needle - David Rose (Christopher Cazenove) - Paraplegic after a car accident 11. Rain Man - Raymond Babbitt (Dustin Hoffman) - Autism ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6315 "2020-08-01T16:38:56Z")
Next: Films In Which An Actor Died During Filming 1. Yellowbeard - Marty Feldman (died of a heart attack) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6316 "2020-08-01T16:48:23Z")
Films In Which An Actor Died During Filming 1. Yellowbeard - Marty Feldman (died of a heart attack) 2. Twilight Zone: The Movie - Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (stunt helicopter crash) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6317 "2020-08-01T17:05:36Z")
Films In Which An Actor Died During Filming 1. Yellowbeard - Marty Feldman (died of a heart attack) 2. Twilight Zone: The Movie - Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (stunt helicopter crash) 3. Gladiator - Olive Reed (heart attack after some heavy drinking) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6318 "2020-08-01T17:18:55Z")
[quote=“Little\_Nemo, post:6317, topic:838780, full:true”] Films In Which An Actor Died During Filming 1. Yellowbeard - Marty Feldman (died of a heart attack) 2. Twilight Zone: The Movie - Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (stunt helicopter crash) 3. Gladiator - Olive Reed (heart attack after some heavy drinking) 4. The Warrens of Virginia - Martha Mansfield (her costume caught fire & she died the next day) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6319 "2020-08-01T17:48:31Z")
Films In Which An Actor Died During Filming 1. Yellowbeard - Marty Feldman (died of a heart attack) 2. Twilight Zone: The Movie - Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (stunt helicopter crash) 3. Gladiator - Oliver Reed (heart attack after some heavy drinking) 4. The Warrens of Virginia - Martha Mansfield (her costume caught fire & she died the next day) 5. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - Heath Ledger (he committed suicide, and Terry Gilliam had to rework the movie with the aid of three other actors to fill in) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6320 "2020-08-01T18:04:43Z")
Ledger died of an accidental overdose, and didn’t commit suicide, I thought. Films In Which An Actor Died During Filming 1. Yellowbeard - Marty Feldman (died of a heart attack) 2. Twilight Zone: The Movie - Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (stunt helicopter crash) 3. Gladiator - Oliver Reed (heart attack after some heavy drinking) 4. The Warrens of Virginia - Martha Mansfield (her costume caught fire & she died the next day) 5. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - Heath Ledger (he committed suicide, and Terry Gilliam had to rework the movie with the aid of three other actors to fill in) 6. The Crow - Brandon Lee (accident with defective blank ammunition) ---
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[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:6320, topic:838780”] Films In Which An Actor Died During Filming 1. Yellowbeard - Marty Feldman (died of a heart attack) 2. Twilight Zone: The Movie - Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (stunt helicopter crash) 3. Gladiator - Oliver Reed (heart attack after some heavy drinking) 4. The Warrens of Virginia - Martha Mansfield (her costume caught fire & she died the next day) 5. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - Heath Ledger (he committed suicide, and Terry Gilliam had to rework the movie with the aid of three other actors to fill in) 6. The Crow - Brandon Lee (accident with defective blank ammunition) 7. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Philip Seymour Hoffman (overdose) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6322 "2020-08-01T19:10:41Z")
Films In Which An Actor Died During Filming 1. Yellowbeard - Marty Feldman (died of a heart attack) 2. Twilight Zone: The Movie - Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (stunt helicopter crash) 3. Gladiator - Oliver Reed (heart attack after some heavy drinking) 4. The Warrens of Virginia - Martha Mansfield (her costume caught fire & she died the next day) 5. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - Heath Ledger (he committed suicide, and Terry Gilliam had to rework the movie with the aid of three other actors to fill in) 6. The Crow - Brandon Lee (accident with defective blank ammunition) 7. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Philip Seymour Hoffman (overdose) 8. Enter the Dragon - Bruce Lee (cerebral edema) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=317)