# 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:** 418
**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 15, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8346 "2020-12-15T17:08:48Z")
**Movies with an iconic old person** 1. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) 2. Harold and Maude - Maude Chardin (Ruth Gordon) 3. Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) ---
**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 15, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8347 "2020-12-15T17:17:51Z")
**Movies with an iconic old person** 1. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) 2. Harold and Maude - Maude Chardin (Ruth Gordon) 3. Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8348 "2020-12-15T17:33:43Z")
**Movies with an iconic old person** 1. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) 2. Harold and Maude - Maude Chardin (Ruth Gordon) 3. Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) 5. Hamlet - The Player King (Charlton Heston) ---
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**Movies with an iconic old person** 1. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) 2. Harold and Maude - Maude Chardin (Ruth Gordon) 3. Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) 5. Hamlet - The Player King (Charlton Heston) 6. Goodbye Mr. Chips - Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) ---
**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 15, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8350 "2020-12-15T18:02:55Z")
**Movies with an iconic old person** 1. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) 2. Harold and Maude - Maude Chardin (Ruth Gordon) 3. Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) 5. Hamlet - The Player King (Charlton Heston) 6. Goodbye Mr. Chips - Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) 7. The Pink Panther Strikes Again - The old innkeeper (Graham Stark) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qypEulhiHAw/maxresdefault.jpg "Pink Panther - Does your dog bite?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qypEulhiHAw) ---
**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 15, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8351 "2020-12-15T18:25:34Z")
**Movies with an iconic old person** 1. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) 2. Harold and Maude - Maude Chardin (Ruth Gordon) 3. Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) 5. Hamlet - The Player King (Charlton Heston) 6. Goodbye Mr. Chips - Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) 7. The Pink Panther Strikes Again - The old innkeeper (Graham Stark) 8. The Three Musketeers (1973) - M. Bonacieux (Spike Milligan) ---
**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 15, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8352 "2020-12-15T18:54:29Z")
**Movies with an iconic old person** 1. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) 2. Harold and Maude - Maude Chardin (Ruth Gordon) 3. Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) 5. Hamlet - The Player King (Charlton Heston) 6. Goodbye Mr. Chips - Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) 7. The Pink Panther Strikes Again - The old innkeeper (Graham Stark) 8. The Three Musketeers (1973) - M. Bonacieux (Spike Milligan) 9. Grump Old Men (1993) - Max Goldman (Walter Matthau), John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon), and Grandpa Gustafson (Burgess Meredith) ---
**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 15, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8353 "2020-12-15T20:01:53Z")
] **Movies with an iconic old person** 1. Gran Torino - Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) 2. Harold and Maude - Maude Chardin (Ruth Gordon) 3. Driving Miss Daisy - Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) 5. Hamlet - The Player King (Charlton Heston) 6. Goodbye Mr. Chips - Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) 7. The Pink Panther Strikes Again - The old innkeeper (Graham Stark) 8. The Three Musketeers (1973) - M. Bonacieux (Spike Milligan) 9. Grump Old Men (1993) - Max Goldman (Walter Matthau), John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon), and Grandpa Gustafson (Burgess Meredith) 10. High Anxiety - Prof. Little Old Man (Liddell-Oldman) (Howard Morris) **One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8354 "2020-12-15T20:36:49Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8355 "2020-12-15T20:39:34Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. Amadeus ---
**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 15, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8356 "2020-12-15T20:42:03Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. Amadeus 4. Chocolat ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8357 "2020-12-15T20:43:57Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. Amadeus 4. Chocolat 5. Housekeeping ---
**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 15, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8358 "2020-12-15T21:18:40Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. Amadeus 4. Chocolat 5. Housekeeping 6. Jaws ---
**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 15, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8359 "2020-12-15T23:00:52Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. Amadeus 4. Chocolat 5. Housekeeping 6. Jaws 7. Rebecca ---
**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 16, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8360 "2020-12-16T00:48:34Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. Amadeus 4. Chocolat 5. Housekeeping 6. Jaws 7. Rebecca 8. Patton _ **-“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:** [December 16, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8361 "2020-12-16T01:36:12Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. Amadeus 4. Chocolat 5. Housekeeping 6. Jaws 7. Rebecca 8. Patton 9. Alice ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8362 "2020-12-16T03:14:29Z")
**One Word Name Movies** 1. Laura 2. Fitzcarraldo 3. Amadeus 4. Chocolat 5. Housekeeping 6. Jaws 7. Rebecca 8. Patton 9. Alice 10. Armageddon Padd ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8363 "2020-12-16T03:20:52Z")
Padd? ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8364 "2020-12-16T03:27:51Z")
I would guess that’s “Pass,” as “d” is next to “s” on the keyboard. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8365 "2020-12-16T04:36:53Z")
My guess too. 😉 How about films that start with the letter L (not counting the or a at the beginning) 1. The Lion King [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=417) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=419)