# 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:** 433
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8646 "2021-01-05T18:17:43Z")
**Films directed by Ron Howard - that also have his little brother Clint in them** 1. Parenthood 2. Apollo 13 3. Backdraft 4. Grand Theft Auto 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8647 "2021-01-05T18:46:40Z")
**Films directed by Ron Howard - that also have his little brother Clint in them** 1. Parenthood 2. Apollo 13 3. Backdraft 4. Grand Theft Auto 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6. Gung Ho ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8648 "2021-01-05T18:50:03Z")
**Films directed by Ron Howard - that also have his little brother Clint in them** 1. Parenthood 2. Apollo 13 3. Backdraft 4. Grand Theft Auto 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6. Gung Ho 7. Frost/Nixon ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8649 "2021-01-05T19:00:05Z")
**Films directed by Ron Howard - that also have his little brother Clint in them** 1. Parenthood 2. Apollo 13 3. Backdraft 4. Grand Theft Auto 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6. Gung Ho 7. Frost/Nixon 8. Night Shift ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8650 "2021-01-05T23:25:01Z")
**Films directed by Ron Howard - that also have his little brother Clint in them** 1. Parenthood 2. Apollo 13 3. Backdraft 4. Grand Theft Auto 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6. Gung Ho 7. Frost/Nixon 8. Night Shift 9. The Dilemma ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8651 "2021-01-05T23:59:59Z")
**Films directed by Ron Howard - that also have his little brother Clint in them** 1. Parenthood 2. Apollo 13 3. Backdraft 4. Grand Theft Auto 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6. Gung Ho 7. Frost/Nixon 8. Night Shift 9. The Dilemma 10. Splash “Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8652 "2021-01-06T02:41:10Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8653 "2021-01-06T17:09:42Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business 3. Star Wars That is to say, Episode 4. I saw it opening day. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8654 "2021-01-07T04:12:07Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business 3. Star Wars 4. The Seventh Seal ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8655 "2021-01-07T05:22:24Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business 3. Star Wars 4. The Seventh Seal 5. Top Secret! I saw a rough-cut preview of it at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in early '84, a few months before it was released. The directors (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker) had attended UW, and thought that a college crowd would be a good judge of the movie’s humor; they did a hilarious Q&A session after the screening. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8656 "2021-01-07T07:26:22Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business 3. Star Wars 4. The Seventh Seal 5. Top Secret! 6. Terms of Endearment ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8657 "2021-01-08T02:54:35Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business 3. Star Wars 4. The Seventh Seal 5. Top Secret! 6. Terms of Endearment 7. Fahrenheit 9-11 Saw world premiere, step-daughter was at award ceremony in Cannes [/quote] ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8658 "2021-01-08T14:52:26Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business 3. Star Wars 4. The Seventh Seal 5. Top Secret! 6. Terms of Endearment 7. Fahrenheit 9-11 8. Jurassic Park Saw its NYC opening. Line around the block, and then some. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8659 "2021-01-08T16:38:05Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business 3. Star Wars 4. The Seventh Seal 5. Top Secret! 6. Terms of Endearment 7. Fahrenheit 9-11 8. Jurassic Park 9. Ishtar Though that’s probably more “infamous” ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8660 "2021-01-08T19:48:12Z")
“Movie History” films you got to see before they were famous 1. Alien 2. Risky Business 3. Star Wars 4. The Seventh Seal 5. Top Secret! 6. Terms of Endearment 7. Fahrenheit 9-11 8. Jurassic Park 9. Ishtar 10. Raiders of the Lost Ark Saw it on opening day. Pass. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8661 "2021-01-08T20:12:08Z")
**Heist Flicks** 1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001) “It was 20 years ago today\*, Danny Ocean brought the boys in play…” (Okay, its was December 7th.) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8662 "2021-01-08T20:17:52Z")
**Heist Flicks** 1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001) 2. Now You See Me (2013) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8663 "2021-01-08T21:33:28Z")
**Heist Flicks** 1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001) 2. Now You See Me (2013) 3. The Hot Rock (1972) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8664 "2021-01-08T21:53:03Z")
**Heist Flicks** 1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001) 2. Now You See Me (2013) 3. The Hot Rock (1972) 4. Baby Driver (2017) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8665 "2021-01-08T21:56:10Z")
**Heist Flicks** 1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001) 2. Now You See Me (2013) 3. The Hot Rock (1972) 4. Baby Driver (2017) 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=434)