# 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:** 351
**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 3, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7003 "2020-09-03T13:56:10Z")
**Movies with a cameo (or even somewhat larger part) by a famous non-actor** 1. _Saboteur_ : Dorothy Parker 2. _Murder By Death_ : Truman Capote 3. _Annie Hall_ : Marshall McLuhan 4. _There’s Something About Mary_ : Brett Favre 5. _Begin Again_: CeeLo Green ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7004 "2020-09-03T14:01:22Z")
**Movies with a cameo (or even somewhat larger part) by a famous non-actor** 1. _Saboteur_: Dorothy Parker 2. _Murder By Death_: Truman Capote 3. _Annie Hall_: Marshall McLuhan 4. _There’s Something About Mary_: Brett Favre 5. _Begin Again_: CeeLo Green 6. _Trainwreck_: LeBron James And he’s actually pretty funny! ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7005 "2020-09-03T14:03:44Z")
**Movies with a cameo (or even somewhat larger part) by a famous non-actor** 1. _Saboteur_ : Dorothy Parker 2. _Murder By Death_ : Truman Capote 3. _Annie Hall_ : Marshall McLuhan 4. _There’s Something About Mary_ : Brett Favre 5. _Begin Again_ : CeeLo Green 6. _Trainwreck_ : LeBron James 7. _Back to School_: Kurt Vonnegut ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7006 "2020-09-03T14:32:13Z")
**Movies with a cameo (or even somewhat larger part) by a famous non-actor** 1. _Saboteur_ : Dorothy Parker 2. _Murder By Death_ : Truman Capote 3. _Annie Hall_ : Marshall McLuhan 4. _There’s Something About Mary_ : Brett Favre 5. _Begin Again_ : CeeLo Green 6. _Trainwreck_ : LeBron James 7. _Back to School_: Kurt Vonnegut 8. _Airplane!_: Howard Jarvis “Well, I’ll give him another twenty minutes, but that’s it!” ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7007 "2020-09-03T14:50:26Z")
**Movies with a cameo (or even somewhat larger part) by a famous non-actor** 1. _Saboteur_ : Dorothy Parker 2. _Murder By Death_ : Truman Capote 3. _Annie Hall_ : Marshall McLuhan 4. _There’s Something About Mary_ : Brett Favre 5. _Begin Again_ : CeeLo Green 6. _Trainwreck_ : LeBron James 7. _Back to School_ : Kurt Vonnegut 8. _Airplane!_ : Howard Jarvis 9. _Wayne’s World:_ Alice Cooper ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7008 "2020-09-03T14:58:29Z")
**Movies with a cameo (or even somewhat larger part) by a famous non-actor** 1. _Saboteur_ : Dorothy Parker 2. _Murder By Death_ : Truman Capote 3. _Annie Hall_ : Marshall McLuhan 4. _There’s Something About Mary_ : Brett Favre 5. _Begin Again_ : CeeLo Green 6. _Trainwreck_ : LeBron James 7. _Back to School_ : Kurt Vonnegut 8. _Airplane!_ : Howard Jarvis 9. _Wayne’s World:_ Alice Cooper 10. _Dodgeball_: Lance Armstrong I’ll pass. ---
**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 3, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7009 "2020-09-03T15:41:49Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7010 "2020-09-03T17:01:38Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin The flag hoisted by the mutineers was hand tinted red(by Eisenstein personally) for the ‘pass through the Czar’s fleet’ scene. ---
**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 3, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7011 "2020-09-03T17:26:55Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin 3. Spider-Man ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7012 "2020-09-03T17:28:46Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin 3. Spider-Man 4. [Patton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCA6uxQE-bw) ---
**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 3, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7013 "2020-09-03T17:29:05Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin 3. Spider-Man 4. Patton 5. Captain America: The First Avenger ---
**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 3, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7014 "2020-09-03T17:31:54Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin 3. Spider-Man 4. Patton 5. Captain America: The First Avenger 6. Glory ---
**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 3, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7015 "2020-09-03T21:51:52Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin 3. Spider-Man 4. Patton 5. Captain America: The First Avenger 6. Glory 7. The African Queen ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7016 "2020-09-03T22:12:56Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin 3. Spider-Man 4. Patton 5. Captain America: The First Avenger 6. Glory 7. The African Queen 8. G.I.Joe The Movie ---
**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 3, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7017 "2020-09-03T23:12:00Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin 3. Spider-Man 4. Patton 5. Captain America: The First Avenger 6. Glory 7. The African Queen 8. G.I.Joe The Movie 9. Betsy Ross (1917 silent) ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7018 "2020-09-04T03:48:55Z")
**Movies in which a flag was prominently featured** 1. The Patriot 2. Battleship Potemkin 3. Spider-Man 4. Patton 5. Captain America: The First Avenger 6. Glory 7. The African Queen 8. G.I.Joe The Movie 9. Betsy Ross (1917 silent) 10. Flags of our Fathers Next up, Movies that easily pass the [Bechdel Test](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test). 1. Captain Marvel ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7019 "2020-09-04T04:32:34Z")
Movies that easily pass the [Bechdel Test](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test). 1. Captain Marvel 2. Rat Race ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7020 "2020-09-04T05:52:35Z")
Movies that easily pass the [Bechdel Test](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test). 1. Captain Marvel 2. Rat Race 3. Chicago (2002) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7021 "2020-09-04T07:02:18Z")
Movies that easily pass the [Bechdel Test](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test). 1. Captain Marvel 2. Rat Race 3. Chicago (2002) 4. A League of Their Own ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7022 "2020-09-04T08:11:24Z")
Movies that easily pass the [Bechdel Test](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test). 1. Captain Marvel 2. Rat Race 3. Chicago (2002) 4. A League of Their Own 5. Muriel’s Wedding [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=350) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=352)