# 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:** 348
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6943 "2020-08-31T02:13:16Z")
**Movies about insects** 1. Antz 2. A Bug’s Life 3. Them! 4. Phase IV 5. The Swarm 6. The Ant Bully 7. The Fly 8. Joe’s Apartment 9. Bee Movie 10. Stung Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren ---
**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 31, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6944 "2020-08-31T13:45:05Z")
Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett ---
**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:** [August 31, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6945 "2020-08-31T14:14:17Z")
Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett 3. Platoon - Keith David ---
**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 31, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6946 "2020-08-31T14:18:53Z")
Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett 3. Platoon - Keith David 4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6947 "2020-08-31T17:57:34Z")
Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett 3. Platoon - Keith David 4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia 5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb Also…Platoon is NOT an old film. Grumble, grumble. ---
**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 31, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6948 "2020-08-31T18:19:23Z")
Platoon? Well, 34 years old is no spring chicken. Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett 3. Platoon - Keith David 4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia 5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb 6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin ---
**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 31, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6949 "2020-08-31T19:23:38Z")
Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett 3. Platoon - Keith David 4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia 5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb 6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin 7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith ---
**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 31, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6950 "2020-08-31T20:34:55Z")
Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett 3. Platoon - Keith David 4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia 5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb 6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin 7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith 8. Animal House - Bruce McGill If you had asked me back in 1978 to predict who would be the future star from that cast, I would have picked McGill. But while he’s had a steady career as a supporting actor, he never became a major lead. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6951 "2020-09-01T12:10:09Z")
Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett 3. Platoon - Keith David 4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia 5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb 6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin 7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith 8. Animal House - Bruce McGill 9. A Patch of Blue - Shelley Winters ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6952 "2020-09-01T13:40:13Z")
McGill played Edwin Stanton in Spielberg’s _Lincoln_ (and very well, too) and also was on an episode of _Star Trek: Voyager_, IIRC. Old film in which you looked at the credits to identify an impressive actor, who you still like many years later 1. Pascali’s Island - Helen Mirren 2. Air Force One - Spencer Garrett 3. Platoon - Keith David 4. Betsy’s Wedding - Anthony LaPaglia 5. 12 Angry Men - Lee Cobb 6. Notorious - Leopoldine Konstantin 7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Maggie Smith 8. Animal House - Bruce McGill 9. A Patch of Blue - Shelley Winters 10. Heaven Can Wait - Joseph Maher Next up: Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6953 "2020-09-01T17:41:27Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6954 "2020-09-01T17:57:59Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin 3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6955 "2020-09-01T18:15:42Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin 3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells 4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6956 "2020-09-01T19:44:00Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin 3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells 4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette 5. Glory - John Laurens ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6957 "2020-09-01T21:13:01Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin 3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells 4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette 5. Glory - John Laurens 6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6958 "2020-09-01T23:34:20Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin 3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells 4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette 5. Glory - John Laurens 6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow 7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jules Verne _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6959 "2020-09-02T04:03:57Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin 3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells 4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette 5. Glory - John Laurens 6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow 7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jules Verne 8. Passengers - Washington Irving ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6960 "2020-09-02T04:16:24Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin 3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells 4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette 5. Glory - John Laurens 6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow 7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jules Verne 8. Passengers - Washington Irving 9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - H.L. Hunley ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6961 "2020-09-02T05:00:01Z")
Films you think historic people would have liked 1. Margin Call - Alexander Hamilton 2. 1776 - Ben Franklin 3. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure - H.G. Wells 4. Casablanca - Marquis de Lafayette 5. Glory - John Laurens 6. The Paper Chase - Clarence Darrow 7. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Jules Verne 8. Passengers - Washington Irving 9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - H.L. Hunley 10. Apollo 13 - the Wright Brothers Pass. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6962 "2020-09-02T05:07:32Z")
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