# 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:** 447
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TV pets that are not dogs or cats 1. The duck and the chick – Chandler & Joey’s pets on _Friends_ 2. Livingston - Jean-Luc Picard’s lionfish 3. Arnold Ziffel - The Ziffels’ pet pig on _Green Acres_ 4. Aristotle - the octopus on The Addams Fa 5. Lawrence Fishburne - Apocalypse Now ---
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**Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_ , dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. 3. Michael Moriarty – “Q”. 4. Rene Zelweiger - New in Town (also Harry Connick Jr, JK Simmons) 5. Henry Fonda - Twelve Angry Men 6. Woody Harrelson - The Big White _(a limited release which went almost direct-to-video; also starring Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, & Holly Hunter)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_ , dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. 3. Michael Moriarty – “Q”. 4. Rene Zelweiger - New in Town (also Harry Connick Jr, JK Simmons) 5. Henry Fonda - Twelve Angry Men 6. Woody Harrelson - The Big White _(a limited release which went almost direct-to-video; also starring Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, & Holly Hunter)_ 7. Roy Scheider - Sorcerer ---
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**Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_ , dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. 3. Michael Moriarty – “Q”. 4. Rene Zelweiger - New in Town (also Harry Connick Jr, JK Simmons) 5. Henry Fonda - Twelve Angry Men 6. Woody Harrelson - The Big White _(a limited release which went almost direct-to-video; also starring Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, & Holly Hunter)_ 7. Roy Scheider - Sorcerer 8. Keira Knightley - Begin Again ---
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**Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_ , dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. 3. Michael Moriarty – “Q”. 4. Rene Zelweiger - New in Town (also Harry Connick Jr, JK Simmons) 5. Henry Fonda - Twelve Angry Men 6. Woody Harrelson - The Big White _(a limited release which went almost direct-to-video; also starring Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, & Holly Hunter)_ 7. Roy Scheider - Sorcerer 8. Keira Knightley - Begin Again 9. Richard Dreyfuss in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (also Gary Oldman, Tim Roth) ---
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My copy and paste was a wee bit screwed up there upthread. **Well Known Actors in Little-Seen Movies That Are Worth Seeking Out** 1. Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson 2. Winona Ryder (et al., including Roberto Benigni), in _Night on Earth_ , dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1991. 3. Michael Moriarty – “Q”. 4. Rene Zelweiger - New in Town (also Harry Connick Jr, JK Simmons) 5. Henry Fonda - Twelve Angry Men 6. Woody Harrelson - The Big White _(a limited release which went almost direct-to-video; also starring Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, & Holly Hunter)_ 7. Roy Scheider - Sorcerer 8. Keira Knightley - Begin Again 9. Richard Dreyfuss in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (also Gary Oldman, Tim Roth) 10. Lawrence Fishburne - Apocalypse Now Next - Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** Richard Kiel is 7"2. ---
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Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ ---
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Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ 3. Andre the Giant/Fezzick in The Princess Bride ---
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Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ 3. Andre the Giant/Fezzick in The Princess Bride 4. Michael Jordan in “Space Jam” — _(6’6", but he played a lot taller than that)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ 3. Andre the Giant/Fezzick in The Princess Bride 4. Michael Jordan in “Space Jam” — _(6’6", but he played a lot taller than that)_ 5. Lurch from the Addams Family and sequels. (Last actor to play him, Carel Struycken, is 7 feet tall. 3 inches taller than the Lurch from the TV Show, Ted Cassidy.) ---
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Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ 3. Andre the Giant/Fezzick in The Princess Bride 4. Michael Jordan in “Space Jam” — _(6’6", but he played a lot taller than that)_ 5. Lurch from the Addams Family and sequels 6. Madea - Tyler Perry is 6’5" ---
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Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ 3. Andre the Giant/Fezzick in The Princess Bride 4. Michael Jordan in “Space Jam” — _(6’6", but he played a lot taller than that)_ 5. Lurch from the Addams Family and sequels 6. Madea - Tyler Perry is 6’5" 7. Roger Murdock - Airplane! - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 7’2” ---
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Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ 3. Andre the Giant/Fezzick in The Princess Bride 4. Michael Jordan in “Space Jam” — _(6’6", but he played a lot taller than that)_ 5. Lurch from the Addams Family and sequels 6. Madea - Tyler Perry is 6’5" 7. Roger Murdock - Airplane! - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 7’2” 8. Chewbacca from the Star Wars movies ---
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Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ 3. Andre the Giant/Fezzick in The Princess Bride 4. Michael Jordan in “Space Jam” — _(6’6", but he played a lot taller than that)_ 5. Lurch from the Addams Family and sequels 6. Madea - Tyler Perry is 6’5" 7. Roger Murdock - Airplane! - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 7’2” 8. Chewbacca from the Star Wars movies 9. Darth Vader from the _Star Wars_ series (David Prowse was 6’ 6") ---
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[quote=“kenobi\_65, post:8939, topic:838780, full:true”] Movie characters that are over 6’5 1. Jaws from **Moonraker** 2. Nancy Archer in _Attack of the 50 Foot Woman_ 3. Andre the Giant/Fezzick in The Princess Bride 4. Michael Jordan in “Space Jam” — _(6’6", but he played a lot taller than that)_ 5. Lurch from the Addams Family and sequels 6. Madea - Tyler Perry is 6’5" 7. Roger Murdock - Airplane! - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 7’2” 8. Chewbacca from the Star Wars movies 9. Darth Vader from the _Star Wars_ series (David Prowse was 6’ 6") 10. Kazam (Shaquile O’Neil) Movie characters that are under 5’ 1. Randall (David Rappaport), _Time Bandits_ ---
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Movie characters that are under 5’ 1. Randall (David Rappaport), _Time Bandits_ 2. Maria Kelly (Kristin Chenoweth), _Bewitched_ (2005) At 4’11", she just qualifies for the category. ---
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Movie characters that are under 5’ 1. Randall (David Rappaport), _Time Bandits_ 2. Maria Kelly (Kristin Chenoweth), _Bewitched_ (2005) 3. Nick Nack (Hervé Villechaize 3’ 11"). _The Man With the Golden Gun_ (1974) ---
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Movie characters that are under 5’ 1. Randall (David Rappaport), _Time Bandits_ 2. Maria Kelly (Kristin Chenoweth), _Bewitched_ (2005) 3. Nick Nack (Hervé Villechaize 3’ 11"). _The Man With the Golden Gun_ (1974) 4. Willow (Warwick Davis) _Willow_ ---
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Movie characters that are under 5’ 1. Randall (David Rappaport), _Time Bandits_ 2. Maria Kelly (Kristin Chenoweth), _Bewitched_ (2005) 3. Nick Nack (Hervé Villechaize 3’ 11"). _The Man With the Golden Gun_ (1974) 4. Willow (Warwick Davis) _Willow_ 5. Carl Glocken (Michael Dunn, 3’ 10") _Ship of Fools (1965) although he is probably best remembered as ‘Miguelito Loveless’ in the original ‘Wild Wild West’ TV series)_ ---
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Movie characters that are under 5’ 1. Randall (David Rappaport), _Time Bandits_ 2. Maria Kelly (Kristin Chenoweth), _Bewitched_ (2005) 3. Nick Nack (Hervé Villechaize 3’ 11"). _The Man With the Golden Gun_ (1974) 4. Willow (Warwick Davis) _Willow_ 5. Carl Glocken (Michael Dunn, 3’ 10") _Ship of Fools (1965)_ 6. Bilbo Baggins - The Hobbit about 3’ tall in theory [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=446) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=448)