# 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:** 387
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7725 "2020-10-18T19:25:06Z")
Movies with months in the title (duplications allowed) 1. Born on the Fourth of July 2. The January Man 3. The Hunt for Red October 4. Sweet November 5. Captain January 6. Seven Days in May 7. Summer in February ---
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7726 "2020-10-18T20:01:47Z")
Movies with months in the title (duplications allowed) 1. Born on the Fourth of July 2. The January Man 3. The Hunt for Red October 4. Sweet November 5. Captain January 6. Seven Days in May 7. Summer in February 8. What Dreams May Come ---
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7727 "2020-10-18T20:12:09Z")
“May Come” - heh. Movies with months in the title (duplications allowed) 1. Born on the Fourth of July 2. The January Man 3. The Hunt for Red October 4. Sweet November 5. Captain January 6. Seven Days in May 7. Summer in February 8. What Dreams May Come 9. June Nights ---
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7728 "2020-10-18T22:15:43Z")
Movies with months in the title (duplications allowed) 1. Born on the Fourth of July 2. The January Man 3. The Hunt for Red October 4. Sweet November 5. Captain January 6. Seven Days in May 7. Summer in February 8. What Dreams May Come 9. June Nights 10. March of the Penguins Pass ---
**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 19, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7729 "2020-10-19T00:51:07Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - The Voice _(credited as ‘Himself’)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7730 "2020-10-19T10:34:03Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad The three main characters identified in screenplay and credits only as A, M and X ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7731 "2020-10-19T11:39:09Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad 3. Zombieland The main characters are referred to only by their city of prior residence ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7732 "2020-10-19T12:01:32Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad 3. Zombieland 4. The Seven Year Itch It’s the film that made Marilyn Monroe an international sex symbol. The one in which the skirt of her iconic halter dress is blown upward by the air from a subway grate. Her character is known only as “The Girl.” ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7733 "2020-10-19T12:07:12Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad 3. Zombieland 4. The Seven Year Itch 5. A Fistful of Dollars ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7734 "2020-10-19T13:47:52Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad 3. Zombieland 4. The Seven Year Itch 5. A Fistful of Dollars 6. The Ninth Gate Emmanuelle Seigner is credited as “The Girl” but not named during the movie, although its strongly hinted she’s the Devil. ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7735 "2020-10-19T13:55:26Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad 3. Zombieland 4. The Seven Year Itch 5. A Fistful of Dollars 6. The Ninth Gate 7. Rear Window Several of the neighbors whom Jeff (Jimmy Stewart) watches are known only by the nicknames he gives them: Miss Lonelyhearts, Miss Torso, etc. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7736 "2020-10-19T15:22:33Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad 3. Zombieland 4. The Seven Year Itch 5. A Fistful of Dollars 6. The Ninth Gate 7. Rear Window 8. All That Jazz Throughout the movie there are surreal dialogues between the protagonist and a beautiful woman. She’s never named, but is the personification of Death. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7737 "2020-10-19T15:42:35Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad 3. Zombieland 4. The Seven Year Itch 5. A Fistful of Dollars 6. The Ninth Gate 7. Rear Window 8. All That Jazz 9. The Hidden The body-hopping alien thrill-killer is never named IIRC. ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7738 "2020-10-19T15:48:50Z")
Movies Featuring an Essential — but Un-named — Character: 1. Field of Dreams - 2. Last Year at Marienbad 3. Zombieland 4. The Seven Year Itch 5. A Fistful of Dollars 6. The Ninth Gate 7. Rear Window 8. All That Jazz 9. The Hidden 10. American Graffiti Curt (Richard Dreyfuss) falls in love with a woman (Suzanne Somers) he sees but whose name he does not know. I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7739 "2020-10-19T17:50:56Z")
Movies about sisters: 1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ---
**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 19, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7740 "2020-10-19T18:42:10Z")
Movies about sisters: 1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 2. The Parent Trap (1961) _ **-“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:** [October 19, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7741 "2020-10-19T18:48:03Z")
Movies about sisters: 1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 2. The Parent Trap (1961) 3. Little Women ---
**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 19, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7742 "2020-10-19T18:49:57Z")
Movies about sisters: 1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 2. The Parent Trap (1961) 3. Little Women 4. Frozen ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7743 "2020-10-19T18:53:08Z")
Movies about sisters: 1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 2. The Parent Trap (1961) 3. Little Women 4. Frozen 5. Hannah and Her Sisters ---
**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 19, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7744 "2020-10-19T18:56:47Z")
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