# 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:** 393
**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 26, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7845 "2020-10-26T16:26:41Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7846 "2020-10-26T17:31:45Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? ---
**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 26, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7847 "2020-10-26T17:42:47Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? 3. Trainspotting - Renton, forced to go cold turkey in his room, dreams of a dead baby crawling on the ceiling ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7848 "2020-10-27T01:14:44Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? 3. Trainspotting - Renton, forced to go cold turkey in his room, dreams of a dead baby crawling on the ceiling 4. David and Lisa (1962) - the dream sequences about decapitating people with the hands of a huge clock face. For some reason or another now lost to time, we were shown this film IN SCHOOL when I was a 15-year-old HS sophomore in 1969, and I can still remember some of the sleepless nights those scenes caused me _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7849 "2020-10-27T04:09:22Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? 3. Trainspotting - Renton, forced to go cold turkey in his room, dreams of a dead baby crawling on the ceiling 4. David and Lisa (1962) 5. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Anakin has repeated nightmares about Padme dying in childbirth ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7850 "2020-10-27T05:13:44Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? 3. Trainspotting - Renton, forced to go cold turkey in his room, dreams of a dead baby crawling on the ceiling 4. David and Lisa (1962) 5. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Anakin has repeated nightmares about Padme dying in childbirth 6. Juliet of the Spirits – Juliet dozes at the beach, dreams of starving refgees on a boat ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7851 "2020-10-27T14:00:19Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? 3. Trainspotting - Renton, forced to go cold turkey in his room, dreams of a dead baby crawling on the ceiling 4. David and Lisa (1962) 5. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Anakin has repeated nightmares about Padme dying in childbirth 6. Juliet of the Spirits – Juliet dozes at the beach, dreams of starving refugees on a boat 7. Terminator 2 - Sarah Connor watches as a park full of parents and children are incinerated ---
**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 27, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7852 "2020-10-27T18:12:48Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? 3. Trainspotting - Renton, forced to go cold turkey in his room, dreams of a dead baby crawling on the ceiling 4. David and Lisa (1962) - the dream sequences about decapitating people with the hands of a huge clock face… 5. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Anakin has repeated nightmares about Padme dying in childbirth 6. Juliet of the Spirits – Juliet dozes at the beach, dreams of starving refugees on a boat 7. Terminator 2 - Sarah Connor watches as a park full of parents and children are incinerated 8. Star Trek: First Contact - Picard remembers when he was assimilated by the Borg ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7853 "2020-10-28T02:34:39Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? 3. Trainspotting - Renton, forced to go cold turkey in his room, dreams of a dead baby crawling on the ceiling 4. David and Lisa (1962) - the dream sequences about decapitating people with the hands of a huge clock face… 5. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Anakin has repeated nightmares about Padme dying in childbirth 6. Juliet of the Spirits – Juliet dozes at the beach, dreams of starving refugees on a boat 7. Terminator 2 - Sarah Connor watches as a park full of parents and children are incinerated 8. Star Trek: First Contact - Picard remembers when he was assimilated by the Borg 9. 8-1/2 . - Opening scene. Fellini does is a lot ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7854 "2020-10-28T04:28:05Z")
Nightmares - Dream sequences in movies with a nightmarish element 1. Sexy Beast - Gal’s dream of the rabbit creature with an Uzi 2. An American Werewolf in London - when David wakes up in the hospital… or does he? 3. Trainspotting - Renton, forced to go cold turkey in his room, dreams of a dead baby crawling on the ceiling 4. David and Lisa (1962) - the dream sequences about decapitating people with the hands of a huge clock face… 5. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Anakin has repeated nightmares about Padme dying in childbirth 6. Juliet of the Spirits – Juliet dozes at the beach, dreams of starving refugees on a boat 7. Terminator 2 - Sarah Connor watches as a park full of parents and children are incinerated 8. Star Trek: First Contact - Picard remembers when he was assimilated by the Borg 9. 8-1/2 . - Opening scene. Fellini does is a lot 10. Fiddler on the Roof – Tevye’s dream that he retells to Golde Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7855 "2020-10-28T04:42:47Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7856 "2020-10-28T04:49:34Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans 3. The Candidate ---
**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 28, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7857 "2020-10-28T08:01:51Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans 3. The Candidate 4. Swing Vote _ **-“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:** [October 28, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7858 "2020-10-28T08:51:41Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans 3. The Candidate 4. Swing Vote 5. The Manchurian Candidate ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7859 "2020-10-28T12:05:37Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans 3. The Candidate 4. Swing Vote 5. The Manchurian Candidate 6. The Front Runner ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7860 "2020-10-28T12:41:54Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans 3. The Candidate 4. Swing Vote 5. The Manchurian Candidate 6. The Front Runner 7. The American President Funny to watch it now - sort of a semi-prequel to The West Wing. ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7861 "2020-10-28T13:18:37Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans 3. The Candidate 4. Swing Vote 5. The Manchurian Candidate 6. The Front Runner 7. The American President 8. The Last Hurrah ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7862 "2020-10-28T13:28:59Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans 3. The Candidate 4. Swing Vote 5. The Manchurian Candidate 6. The Front Runner 7. The American President 8. The Last Hurrah 9. All the President’s Men ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7863 "2020-10-28T13:44:58Z")
Politics and Elections 1. Wag the Dog 2. My Fellow Americans 3. The Candidate 4. Swing Vote 5. The Manchurian Candidate 6. The Front Runner 7. The American President 8. The Last Hurrah 9. All the President’s Men 10. Game Change Next up: The promise and perils of high tech 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/7864 "2020-10-28T13:48:56Z")
The promise and perils of high tech 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. Minority Report [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=392) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=394)