# 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:** 371
**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 29, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7405 "2020-09-29T20:54:16Z")
The Films of Sigourney Weaver 1. Ghostbusters 2. Galaxy Quest 3. Working Girl 4. Alien 5. Gorillas in the Mist 6. Heartbreakers 7. Vamps 8. Avatar 9. Half Moon Street ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7406 "2020-09-30T00:30:47Z")
The Films of Sigourney Weaver 1. Ghostbusters 2. Galaxy Quest 3. Working Girl 4. Alien 5. Gorillas in the Mist 6. Heartbreakers 7. Vamps 8. Avatar 9. Half Moon Street 10. Aliens Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_, 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_, 1945) ---
**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 30, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7407 "2020-09-30T00:50:09Z")
Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_ , 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_, 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_, 1957) ---
**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 30, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7408 "2020-09-30T01:42:43Z")
Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_ , 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_ , 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_ , 1957) 3. _A Fistful of Dollars_, 1964 (an unauthorized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s _Yojimbo_, 1961). _(Kurosawa actually sent Sergio Leone a letter calling him out for remaking his film and demanding payment under the Berne Convention on international copyright; the two directors reached an agreement whereby Kurosawa got 15% of the film’s total box office gross, with a guaranteed minimum of $100,000)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 30, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7409 "2020-09-30T02:12:30Z")
Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_, 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_, 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_ , 1957) 3. _A Fistful of Dollars_ , 1964 (an unauthorized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s _Yojimbo_ , 1961). 4. _True Lies_, 1994 (a loose American adaptation of the French spy comedy _La Totale!_, 1991) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7410 "2020-09-30T03:09:14Z")
Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_, 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_, 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_ , 1957) 3. _A Fistful of Dollars_ , 1964 (an unauthorized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s _Yojimbo_ , 1961). 4. _True Lies_, 1994 (a loose American adaptation of the French spy comedy _La Totale!_, 1991) 5. My Left Foot (1989) Two years after “Gaby - A True Story” [/quote] ---
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Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_ , 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_ , 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_ , 1957) 3. _A Fistful of Dollars_ , 1964 (an unauthorized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s _Yojimbo_ , 1961). 4. _True Lies_ , 1994 (a loose American adaptation of the French spy comedy _La Totale!_ , 1991) 5. My Left Foot (1989) Two years after “Gaby - A True Story” 6. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), (remake of the 1947 film starring Danny Kaye) ---
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Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_ , 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_ , 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_ , 1957) 3. _A Fistful of Dollars_ , 1964 (an unauthorized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s _Yojimbo_ , 1961). 4. _True Lies_ , 1994 (a loose American adaptation of the French spy comedy _La Totale!_ , 1991) 5. _My Left Foot_ (1989) Two years after _Gaby - A True Story_ 6. _The Secret Life of Walter Mitty_ (2013), (remake of the 1947 film starring Danny Kaye) 7. _The Hustle_, 2019 (a remake of _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_, 1988, which was itself a remake of _Bedtime Story_, 1964) ---
**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 30, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7413 "2020-09-30T14:55:28Z")
Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_ , 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_ , 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_ , 1957) 3. _A Fistful of Dollars_ , 1964 (an unauthorized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s _Yojimbo_ , 1961). 4. _True Lies_ , 1994 (a loose American adaptation of the French spy comedy _La Totale!_ , 1991) 5. _My Left Foot_ (1989) Two years after _Gaby - A True Story_ 6. _The Secret Life of Walter Mitty_ (2013), (remake of the 1947 film starring Danny Kaye) 7. _The Hustle_ , 2019 (a remake of _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ , 1988, which was itself a remake of _Bedtime Story_ , 1964) 8. Ben-Hur (1959), remake of 1925 film ---
**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 30, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7414 "2020-09-30T14:59:13Z")
Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_ , 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_ , 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_ , 1957) 3. _A Fistful of Dollars_ , 1964 (an unauthorized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s _Yojimbo_ , 1961). 4. _True Lies_ , 1994 (a loose American adaptation of the French spy comedy _La Totale!_ , 1991) 5. _My Left Foot_ (1989) Two years after _Gaby - A True Story_ 6. _The Secret Life of Walter Mitty_ (2013), (remake of the 1947 film starring Danny Kaye) 7. _The Hustle_ , 2019 (a remake of _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ , 1988, which was itself a remake of _Bedtime Story_ , 1964) 8. Ben-Hur (1959), remake of 1925 film 9. The Man With One Red Shoe (1985),(remake of the French film " Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noir") ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7415 "2020-09-30T19:51:32Z")
Films people don’t realize are remakes 1. _The Parent Trap_ , 1961 (remake of _Twice Blessed_ , 1945) 2. _Airplane!_ , 1980 (a spoof remake of _Zero Hour!_ , 1957) 3. _A Fistful of Dollars_ , 1964 (an unauthorized remake of Akira Kurosawa’s _Yojimbo_ , 1961). 4. _True Lies_ , 1994 (a loose American adaptation of the French spy comedy _La Totale!_ , 1991) 5. _My Left Foot_ (1989) Two years after _Gaby - A True Story_ 6. _The Secret Life of Walter Mitty_ (2013), (remake of the 1947 film starring Danny Kaye) 7. _The Hustle_ , 2019 (a remake of _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ , 1988, which was itself a remake of _Bedtime Story_ , 1964) 8. Ben-Hur (1959), remake of 1925 film 9. The Man With One Red Shoe (1985),(remake of the French film " Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noir") 10. _The Maltese Falcon_ (there were previous movie adaptations in 1931 and 1936 before the famous one with Humphrey Bogart in 1941) I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7416 "2020-10-01T01:33:38Z")
Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7417 "2020-10-01T01:37:44Z")
Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown 2. Apocalypse Now Just to clarify, are you saying it has to be precisely four or at least four? ---
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Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Unforgiven ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7419 "2020-10-01T02:15:50Z")
Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Unforgiven 4. Independence Day _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7420 "2020-10-01T03:35:53Z")
Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Unforgiven 4. Independence Day 5. Double Indemnity ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7421 "2020-10-01T03:43:31Z")
Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Unforgiven 4. Independence Day 5. Double Indemnity 6. The Conversation ---
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Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Unforgiven 4. Independence Day 5. Double Indemnity 6. The Conversation 7. Interstellar ---
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Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Unforgiven 4. Independence Day 5. Double Indemnity 6. The Conversation 7. Interstellar 8. Inglourious Basterds ---
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Film title with a 4-syllable word (not a proper name, like Casablanca) 1 Unsinkable Molly Brown 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Unforgiven 4. Independence Day 5. Double Indemnity 6. The Conversation 7. Interstellar 8. Inglourious Basterds 9. L.A. Confidential [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=372)