# 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:** 317
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6323 "2020-08-01T19:17:59Z")
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) 9. The Return of the Musketeers - Roy Kinnear (died of a heart attack after falling off a horse) Richard Lester, the director, was so upset he decided to retire from making movies. ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6324 "2020-08-01T19:23:19Z")
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) 9. The Return of the Musketeers - Roy Kinnear (died of a heart attack after falling off a horse) 10. Star Trek Beyond - Anton Yelchin (car accident) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6325 "2020-08-02T03:22:52Z")
Surprised James Dean did not get mentioned. Technically, “Giant” was filmed, but one Dean scene had to be re-shot before editing, which was dubbed by another actor. ---
**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 2, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6326 "2020-08-02T06:43:52Z")
Okay, I’m going to assume this is a pass. New category: Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6327 "2020-08-02T06:57:16Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6328 "2020-08-02T07:31:24Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar 3. Top Gun BTW, I think entry #8 above should be Game of Death, not Enter the Dragon, as I thought Bruce Lee finished all photography for that one. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6329 "2020-08-02T08:53:02Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Johnny Belinda - Belinda MacDonald (Jane Wyman) deaf mute “deaf mute” is going to bring the wrath of both the National Ass’n of the Deaf, and the Gallaudet Alumni Ass’n upon you. Unless a person is physically unable to speak due to a condition of the vocal folds, “mute” is incorrect. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6330 "2020-08-02T08:56:26Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. > > 1. E.T. > 2. Avatar > 3. Top Gun Can I count _Titanic_? I watched the ship sink on TV twice, but I have never seen any of the “love story” part. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6331 "2020-08-02T10:58:40Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar 3. Top Gun 4. LOTR ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6332 "2020-08-02T13:12:29Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar 3. Top Gun 4. LOTR 5. Toy Story ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6333 "2020-08-02T13:45:37Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar 3. Top Gun 4. LOTR 5. Toy Story 6. Spiderman Any of the comic book superhero movies would fit for me ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6334 "2020-08-02T13:50:49Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar 3. Top Gun 4. LOTR 5. Toy Story 6. Spiderman 7. The Godfather ---
**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 2, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6335 "2020-08-02T14:53:45Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar 3. Top Gun 4. LOTR 5. Toy Story 6. Spiderman 7. The Godfather 8. Fast & Furious I haven’t seen any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6336 "2020-08-02T15:26:48Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar 3. Top Gun 4. LOTR 5. Toy Story 6. Spiderman 7. The Godfather 8. Fast & Furious 9. The Incredibles ---
**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 2, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6337 "2020-08-02T17:47:12Z")
Incredibly popular movies that you have never seen. 1. E.T. 2. Avatar 3. Top Gun 4. LOTR 5. Toy Story 6. Spiderman 7. The Godfather 8. Fast & Furious 9. The Incredibles 10. Schindler’s List Next up: Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6338 "2020-08-02T17:58:39Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood ---
**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:** [August 2, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6339 "2020-08-02T19:20:22Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood 3. Das Boot _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 2, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6340 "2020-08-02T19:41:22Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood 3. Das Boot 4. Saving Private Ryan ---
**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 2, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6341 "2020-08-02T21:28:44Z")
Movies you know you SHOULD watch, but doubt you ever will. 1. Schindler’s List 2. Boyhood 3. Das Boot 4. Saving Private Ryan 5. The English Patient ---
**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:** [August 3, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6342 "2020-08-03T00:29:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The English Patient OMG! I ran a projector at an art house as a sideline, and I had to show that one soooooooo many times. I have seen it-- and hated it. The episode of _Seinfeld_ where Elaine hates this movie is extremely personal for me. I wept the first time I saw it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=316) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=318)