# 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:** 420
**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 17, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8386 "2020-12-17T14:21:19Z")
**Movies Which Feature Latin** 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2. The Exorcist 3. Dead Poets Society 4. Legally Blonde 5. Black Robe 6. Quo Vadis 7. The Harry Potter series 8. The Name of the Rose 9. V for Vendetta ---
**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 17, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8387 "2020-12-17T14:47:44Z")
**Movies Which Feature Latin** 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2. The Exorcist 3. Dead Poets Society 4. Legally Blonde 5. Black Robe 6. Quo Vadis 7. The Harry Potter series 8. The Name of the Rose 9. V for Vendetta 10. Amadeus Next up: **Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8388 "2020-12-17T15:49:58Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8389 "2020-12-17T16:00:00Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss 3. Better Off Dead ---
**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 17, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8390 "2020-12-17T17:28:57Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss 3. Better Off Dead 4. The Longest Day _ **-“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 17, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8391 "2020-12-17T17:51:01Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss 3. Better Off Dead 4. The Longest Day 5. A Fish Called Wanda ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8392 "2020-12-18T01:33:35Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss 3. Better Off Dead 4. The Longest Day 5. A Fish Called Wanda 6. Sisters (the Margot Kidder version, at least) ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8393 "2020-12-18T01:38:08Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss 3. Better Off Dead 4. The Longest Day 5. A Fish Called Wanda 6. Sisters (the Margot Kidder version, at least) 7. National Lampoon’s European Vacation ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8394 "2020-12-18T02:46:21Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss 3. Better Off Dead 4. The Longest Day 5. A Fish Called Wanda 6. Sisters (the Margot Kidder version, at least) 7. National Lampoon’s European Vacation 8. I Heart Huckabees ---
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8395 "2020-12-18T05:25:52Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss 3. Better Off Dead 4. The Longest Day 5. A Fish Called Wanda 6. Sisters (the Margot Kidder version, at least) 7. National Lampoon’s European Vacation 8. I Heart Huckabees 9. Frantic ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8396 "2020-12-18T14:53:59Z")
**Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** 1. Groundhog Day 2. French Kiss 3. Better Off Dead 4. The Longest Day 5. A Fish Called Wanda 6. Sisters (the Margot Kidder version, at least) 7. National Lampoon’s European Vacation 8. I Heart Huckabees 9. Frantic 10. Saving Private Ryan That poor little girl in the bombed-out French village… Pass. ---
**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 18, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8397 "2020-12-18T15:19:06Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces Mars, Inc. famously would not allow Spielberg to use M&Ms. ---
**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 18, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8398 "2020-12-18T15:25:06Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts Al Pacino raps about the Dunkaccino ---
**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 18, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8399 "2020-12-18T15:35:26Z")
> [@Mike\_H](#): > > **Non-French movies with at least some French dialogue** > > 1. Groundhog Day > 2. French Kiss > 3. Better Off Dead > 4. The Longest Day > 5. A Fish Called Wanda > 6. Sisters (the Margot Kidder version, at least) > 7. National Lampoon’s European Vacation > 8. I Heart Huckabees > 9. Frantic Hmmm. It was mainly in English, and obviously intended for a US audience, going by who starred in it, but Frantic was coproduced by a French company, along with Warner Bros. ---
**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 18, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8400 "2020-12-18T16:05:34Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts 3. Josie and the Pussycats - lots of brand names …but they didn’t pay to have their products hyped; one of the points of the movie was how prevalent, perverse and pervasive the practice of product placement was. ---
**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 18, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8401 "2020-12-18T16:12:41Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts 3. Josie and the Pussycats - lots of brand names 4. Iron Man - Burger King Upon making it back to the U.S. after his captivity in Afghanistan, Tony Stark demands a hamburger, and when he arrives back at Stark Industries, he pulls a Whopper out of a Burger King bag. ---
**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 18, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8402 "2020-12-18T18:08:13Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts 3. Josie and the Pussycats - lots of brand names 4. Iron Man - Burger King 5. Castaway - Wilson!!! (volleyball) ---
**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 18, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8403 "2020-12-18T18:19:13Z")
Not to mention FedEx. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8404 "2020-12-18T19:51:36Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts 3. Josie and the Pussycats - lots of brand names 4. Iron Man - Burger King 5. Castaway - Wilson!!! 6. Happy Gilmore - Subway (_ANY_ Adam Sandler movie is just an excuse for product placement money) ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8405 "2020-12-18T23:03:15Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts 3. Josie and the Pussycats - lots of brand names 4. Iron Man - Burger King 5. Castaway - Wilson!!! 6. Happy Gilmore - Subway 7. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle - White Castle burgers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=419) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=421)