# 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:** 408
**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:** [November 27, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8146 "2020-11-27T22:56:36Z")
Film about space: 1. Apollo 13 (1995) 2. Gravity (2013) 3. Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) 4. Destination Moon (1950) 5. Silent Running (1972) 6. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Star Wars (1977) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8147 "2020-11-28T00:11:05Z")
Film about space: 1. Apollo 13 (1995) 2. Gravity (2013) 3. Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) 4. Destination Moon (1950) 5. Silent Running (1972) 6. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Star Wars (1977) 9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8148 "2020-11-28T00:35:14Z")
Film about space: 1. Apollo 13 (1995) 2. Gravity (2013) 3. Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) 4. Destination Moon (1950) 5. Silent Running (1972) 6. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Star Wars (1977) 9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 10. Dark Star (1974) Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8149 "2020-11-28T01:51:49Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, “I Love You to Death” (1990) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8150 "2020-11-28T01:53:28Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, “I Love You to Death” (1990) 3. Glenn Close as Nova Prime, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (2014) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8151 "2020-11-28T03:01:56Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, “I Love You to Death” (1990) 3. Glenn Close as Nova Prime, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (2014) 4. Alec Guiness as Narayan Godbole, “A Passage to India” 1984 Like, there are no actors in India ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8152 "2020-11-28T04:00:33Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, _I Love You to Death_ (1990) 3. Glenn Close as Nova Prime, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (2014) 4. Alec Guinness as Narayan Godbole, _A Passage to India_ (1984) 5. Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, _Airplane!_ (1980) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8153 "2020-11-28T04:06:52Z")
And welcome, **MilaGalish**! Glad you’re here. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8154 "2020-11-28T05:17:08Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, _I Love You to Death_ (1990) 3. Glenn Close as Nova Prime, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (2014) 4. Alec Guinness as Narayan Godbole, _A Passage to India_ (1984) 5. Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, _Airplane!_ (1980) 6. Joint award, Asian characters played by Swedish-born Warner Oland (Charlie Chan) and Hungarian-born Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8155 "2020-11-28T06:51:57Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, _I Love You to Death_ (1990) 3. Glenn Close as Nova Prime, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (2014) 4. Alec Guinness as Narayan Godbole, _A Passage to India_ (1984) 5. Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, _Airplane!_ (1980) 6. Joint award, Asian characters played by Swedish-born Warner Oland (Charlie Chan) and Hungarian-born Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto) 7. Ingrid Bergman as Ivy Peterson, _Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde_ (1941) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8156 "2020-11-28T08:24:31Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, _I Love You to Death_ (1990) 3. Glenn Close as Nova Prime, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (2014) 4. Alec Guinness as Narayan Godbole, _A Passage to India_ (1984) 5. Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, _Airplane!_ (1980) 6. Joint award, Asian characters played by Swedish-born Warner Oland (Charlie Chan) and Hungarian-born Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto) 7. Ingrid Bergman as Ivy Peterson, _Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde_ (1941) 8. Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi, _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ (1961) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8157 "2020-11-28T13:31:57Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, _I Love You to Death_ (1990) 3. Glenn Close as Nova Prime, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (2014) 4. Alec Guinness as Narayan Godbole, _A Passage to India_ (1984) 5. Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, _Airplane!_ (1980) 6. Joint award, Asian characters played by Swedish-born Warner Oland (Charlie Chan) and Hungarian-born Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto) 7. Ingrid Bergman as Ivy Peterson, _Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde_ (1941) 8. Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi, _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ (1961) 9. Bruce Willis as Dr. Ernest Menville, _Death Becomes Her_ (1992) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8158 "2020-11-29T02:52:36Z")
Movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Dean Martin as Captain Vernon Demarest, _Airport_ (1970) 2. Kevin Kline as Joey, _I Love You to Death_ (1990) 3. Glenn Close as Nova Prime, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (2014) 4. Alec Guinness as Narayan Godbole, _A Passage to India_ (1984) 5. Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, _Airplane!_ (1980) 6. Joint award, Asian characters played by Swedish-born Warner Oland (Charlie Chan) and Hungarian-born Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto) 7. Ingrid Bergman as Ivy Peterson, _Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde_ (1941) 8. Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi, _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ (1961) 9. Bruce Willis as Dr. Ernest Menville, _Death Becomes Her_ (1992) 10. Susan Sarandon as Anniea jn Bull Durham Pass ---
**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:** [November 29, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8159 "2020-11-29T03:18:08Z")
More movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum in Copycat (1995) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8160 "2020-11-29T03:29:38Z")
More movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum in Copycat (1995) 2. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless in _Wild Wild West_ (1999) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8161 "2020-11-29T05:08:43Z")
More movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum in Copycat (1995) 2. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless in _Wild Wild West_ (1999) 3. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_ (1956) _ **-“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:** [November 29, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8162 "2020-11-29T14:41:46Z")
More movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum in Copycat (1995) 2. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless in _Wild Wild West_ (1999) 3. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_ (1956) 4. Sylvester Stallone as Angelo Provolone in _Oscar_ (1991) His fans didn’t want to see him as suave and intelligent. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8163 "2020-11-29T15:31:32Z")
More movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum in Copycat (1995) 2. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless in _Wild Wild West_ (1999) 3. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_ (1956) 4. Sylvester Stallone as Angelo Provolone in _Oscar_ (1991) 5. Olivia DeHavilland as Miriam Deering in _Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte_ (1964) Her character was “gaslighting” her cousin, did some blackmailing on the side, and was plain old evil - in sharp contrast to her usual mild-mannered but upright pillar of decency roles. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8164 "2020-11-29T21:58:31Z")
More movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum in _Copycat_ (1995) 2. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless in _Wild Wild West_ (1999) 3. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_ (1956) 4. Sylvester Stallone as Angelo Provolone in _Oscar_ (1991) 5. Olivia DeHavilland as Miriam Deering in _Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte_ (1964) 6. Martin Sheen as Robert E. Lee in _Gettysburg_ Badly miscast, but he did his best. Robert Duvall was much better as Lee in _Gods and Generals_, but the movie was much, _much_ worse. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8165 "2020-11-30T03:12:36Z")
More movies with Actors Cast Out of Character 1. Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum in _Copycat_ (1995) 2. Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless in _Wild Wild West_ (1999) 3. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_ (1956) 4. Sylvester Stallone as Angelo Provolone in _Oscar_ (1991) 5. Olivia DeHavilland as Miriam Deering in _Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte_ (1964) 6. Martin Sheen as Robert E. Lee in _Gettysburg_ 7. Every 140-lb walk-on in a football uniform in a “State vs. Tech” picture. Can’t casting find a single guy who played high school sports? Badly miscast, but he did his best. Robert Duvall was much better as Lee in _Gods and Generals_, but the movie was much, _much_ worse. [/quote] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=407) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=409)