# 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:** 404
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**Movies featuring Donald Sutherland** 1. Don’t Look Now 2. Backdraft 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) ---
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**Movies featuring Donald Sutherland** 1. Don’t Look Now 2. Backdraft 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 4. Animal House _[Director John] Landis asked Sutherland, one of the most popular film stars of the early 1970s, to be in the movie. For two days of work, Sutherland declined the initial offer of $20,000 plus “points” (a percentage of the gross or net income).[[17]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#cite_note-BI-17) Universal then offered him his day rate of $25,000[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#cite_note-Variety-18) or 2% of the film’s [gross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_(economics)).[[17]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#cite_note-BI-17)[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#cite_note-Variety-18) Sutherland took the guaranteed fee, assuming that the film would not be very successful; although this made him the highest-paid member of the cast (Neidemeyer’s horse, Junior, and John Belushi each received $40,000),[[19]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#cite_note-UMO-19) the decision cost Sutherland what he estimates as around $14 million.[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#cite_note-Variety-18) The star’s participation, however, was crucial; Landis later said “It was Donald Sutherland who essentially got the film made.”[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#cite_note-neumer2003-4)[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#cite_note-Variety-18)_ From here: [Animal House - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House#Casting) ---
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**Movies featuring Donald Sutherland** 1. Don’t Look Now 2. Backdraft 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 4. Animal House 5. Kelly’s Heroes “Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” ---
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**Movies featuring Donald Sutherland** 1. Don’t Look Now 2. Backdraft 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 4. Animal House 5. Kelly’s Heroes 6. M \* A \* S \* H ---
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**Movies featuring Donald Sutherland** 1. Don’t Look Now 2. Backdraft 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 4. Animal House 5. Kelly’s Heroes 6. M \* A \* S \* H 7. Pride & Prejudice (2005) He was very good as Mr. Bennet. ---
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**Movies featuring Donald Sutherland** 1. Don’t Look Now 2. Backdraft 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 4. Animal House 5. Kelly’s Heroes 6. M \* A \* S \* H 7. Pride & Prejudice (2005) 8. The Hunger Games ---
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**Movies featuring Donald Sutherland** 1. Don’t Look Now 2. Backdraft 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 4. Animal House 5. Kelly’s Heroes 6. M \* A \* S \* H 7. Pride & Prejudice (2005) 8. The Hunger Games 9. The Dirty Dozen ---
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**Movies featuring Donald Sutherland** 1. Don’t Look Now 2. Backdraft 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 4. Animal House 5. Kelly’s Heroes 6. M \* A \* S \* H 7. Pride & Prejudice (2005) 8. The Hunger Games 9. The Dirty Dozen 10. The Eagle Has Landed He plays an IRA member during World War II in a plot with the Nazis to kidnap Winston Churchill. Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm 3. Waterworld ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm 3. Waterworld 4. Open Water ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm 3. Waterworld 4. Open Water 5. Lifeboat ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm 3. Waterworld 4. Open Water 5. Lifeboat 6. Life of Pi ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm 3. Waterworld 4. Open Water 5. Lifeboat 6. Life of Pi 7. Titanic ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm 3. Waterworld 4. Open Water 5. Lifeboat 6. Life of Pi 7. Titanic 8. The Abyss On, and in, the ocean. ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm 3. Waterworld 4. Open Water 5. Lifeboat 6. Life of Pi 7. Titanic 8. The Abyss 9. The Poseidon Adventure ---
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Movies that take place primarily on the ocean 1. Dead Calm 2. The Perfect Storm 3. Waterworld 4. Open Water 5. Lifeboat 6. Life of Pi 7. Titanic 8. The Abyss 9. The Poseidon Adventure 10. High Wind in Jamaice [/quote] ---
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Movies that take place in non-urban desert locales 1. Baghdad Cafe ---
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Movies that take place in non-urban desert locales 1. Baghdad Cafe 2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope ---
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