# 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:** 412
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8226 "2020-12-03T20:46:21Z")
**Movies Featuring the Names of Cars** _(make and/or model – as opposed to a name, like ‘Christine’, given to a car)_ 1. Corvette Summer (1978) - Mark Hamill’s follow-up movie to “Star Wars” 2. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) - a terrible film, starring Andrew Dice Clay 3. The Yellow Rolls Royce (1965) - star-studded, got OK reviews, but stupid IMO 4. Ford v Ferrari (2019) - Damon and Bale are terrific 5. The Love Bug (1968) - friendly, magical, living VW Beetle 6. Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood produced, directed, and starred ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8227 "2020-12-03T21:04:59Z")
**Movies Featuring the Names of Cars** _(make and/or model – as opposed to a name, like ‘Christine’, given to a car)_ 1. Corvette Summer (1978) - Mark Hamill’s follow-up movie to “Star Wars” 2. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) - a terrible film, starring Andrew Dice Clay 3. The Yellow Rolls Royce (1965) - star-studded, got OK reviews, but stupid IMO 4. Ford v Ferrari (2019) - Damon and Bale are terrific 5. The Love Bug (1968) - friendly, magical, living VW Beetle 6. Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood produced, directed, and starred 7. Pink Cadillac (1989) - Clint Eastwood chases Bernadette Peters, who is driving the titular vehicle. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8228 "2020-12-04T16:26:39Z")
**Movies Featuring the Names of Cars** _(make and/or model – as opposed to a name, like ‘Christine’, given to a car)_ 1. Corvette Summer (1978) - Mark Hamill’s follow-up movie to “Star Wars” 2. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) - a terrible film, starring Andrew Dice Clay 3. The Yellow Rolls Royce (1965) - star-studded, got OK reviews, but stupid IMO 4. Ford v Ferrari (2019) - Damon and Bale are terrific 5. The Love Bug (1968) - friendly, magical, living VW Beetle 6. Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood produced, directed, and starred 7. Pink Cadillac (1989) - Clint Eastwood chases Bernadette Peters, who is driving the titular vehicle. 8. Blue Caprice (2013) - named for the car driven in the 2002 Washington D.C. area sniper attacks. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8229 "2020-12-04T16:43:43Z")
**Movies Featuring the Names of Cars** _(make and/or model – as opposed to a name, like ‘Christine’, given to a car)_ 1. Corvette Summer (1978) - Mark Hamill’s follow-up movie to “Star Wars” 2. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) - a terrible film, starring Andrew Dice Clay 3. The Yellow Rolls Royce (1965) - star-studded, got OK reviews, but stupid IMO 4. Ford v Ferrari (2019) - Damon and Bale are terrific 5. The Love Bug (1968) - friendly, magical, living VW Beetle 6. Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood produced, directed, and starred 7. Pink Cadillac (1989) - Clint Eastwood chases Bernadette Peters, who is driving the titular vehicle. 8. Blue Caprice (2013) - named for the car driven in the 2002 Washington D.C. area sniper attacks. 9. Dolan’s Cadillac (2009) - Christian Slater tries to get revenge on a guy in a bulletproof car. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8230 "2020-12-04T18:15:52Z")
**Movies Featuring the Names of Cars** _(make and/or model – as opposed to a name, like ‘Christine’, given to a car)_ 1. Corvette Summer (1978) - Mark Hamill’s follow-up movie to “Star Wars” 2. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) - a terrible film, starring Andrew Dice Clay 3. The Yellow Rolls Royce (1965) - star-studded, got OK reviews, but stupid IMO 4. Ford v Ferrari (2019) - Damon and Bale are terrific 5. The Love Bug (1968) - friendly, magical, living VW Beetle 6. Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood produced, directed, and starred 7. Pink Cadillac (1989) - Clint Eastwood chases Bernadette Peters, who is driving the titular vehicle. 8. Blue Caprice (2013) - named for the car driven in the 2002 Washington D.C. area sniper attacks. 9. Dolan’s Cadillac (2009) - Christian Slater tries to get revenge on a guy in a bulletproof car. 10. Cadillac Man (1990) - Robin Williams has a car dealership **Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1. Urban Cowboy ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8231 "2020-12-04T18:18:07Z")
**Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1. Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8232 "2020-12-04T18:23:45Z")
**Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1. Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball 3. Apollo 13 Specifically, scenes set at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center (now called the Johnson Space Center). ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8233 "2020-12-04T18:42:48Z")
**Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1. Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball 3. Apollo 13 4. My Best Friend Is a Vampire ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8234 "2020-12-04T19:06:33Z")
**Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1. Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball 3. Apollo 13 4. My Best Friend Is a Vampire 5. The Houston Story ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8235 "2020-12-04T19:16:19Z")
**Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1. Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball 3. Apollo 13 4. My Best Friend Is a Vampire 5. The Houston Story 6. Brewster McCloud _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8236 "2020-12-05T02:17:07Z")
**Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1. Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball 3. Apollo 13 4. My Best Friend Is a Vampire 5. The Houston Story 6. Brewster McCloud 7. Sugarland Express ---
**Author:** ![Honoria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Honoria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honoria)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8237 "2020-12-05T05:14:10Z")
1.Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball 3. Apollo 13 4. My Best Friend Is a Vampire 5. The Houston Story 6. Brewster McCloud 7. Sugarland Express 8. The Thief Who Came to Dinner ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8238 "2020-12-05T14:58:35Z")
**Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1.Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball 3. Apollo 13 4. My Best Friend Is a Vampire 5. The Houston Story 6. Brewster McCloud 7. Sugarland Express 8. The Thief Who Came to Dinner 9. Rushmore ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8239 "2020-12-05T17:56:06Z")
**Movies set in Houston (or suburbs)** 1.Urban Cowboy 2. Rollerball 3. Apollo 13 4. My Best Friend Is a Vampire 5. The Houston Story 6. Brewster McCloud 7. Sugarland Express 8. The Thief Who Came to Dinner 9. Rushmore 10. Tin Cup **Nature Documentaries** 1. March of the Penguins ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8240 "2020-12-05T18:43:51Z")
**Nature Documentaries** 1. March of the Penguins 2. Dolphins A pretty good IMAX movie, with a soundtrack by, among other people, Sting. I have the CD. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8241 "2020-12-05T19:09:42Z")
**Nature Documentaries** 1. March of the Penguins 2. Dolphins 3. The Living Desert (1953) – Oscar winner, and selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8242 "2020-12-06T03:38:51Z")
**Nature Documentaries** 1. March of the Penguins 2. Dolphins 3. The Living Desert (1953) 4. Mondo Cane (1962) – ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8243 "2020-12-06T07:02:37Z")
**Nature Documentaries** 1. March of the Penguins 2. Dolphins 3. The Living Desert (1953) 4. Mondo Cane (1962) 5. Planet Earth II ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8244 "2020-12-06T15:47:15Z")
**Nature Documentaries** 1. March of the Penguins 2. Dolphins 3. The Living Desert (1953) 4. Mondo Cane (1962) 5. Planet Earth II 6. White Wilderness The Disney movie with the lemmings. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8245 "2020-12-06T16:31:21Z")
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