# 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:** 459
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9166 "2021-02-06T23:07:23Z")
**Actors you thought were credible playing athletes** 1. Ray Liotta – Field of Dreams 2. pretty much the whole cast – 8 Men Out 3. Melissa Rauch - The Bronze 4. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby 5. Kevin Costner - Tin Cup 6. Dennis Christopher - Breaking Away 7. Invincible - Mark Wahlberg ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9167 "2021-02-06T23:28:12Z")
**Actors you thought were credible playing athletes** 1. Ray Liotta – Field of Dreams 2. pretty much the whole cast – 8 Men Out 3. Melissa Rauch - The Bronze 4. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby 5. Kevin Costner - Tin Cup 6. Dennis Christopher - Breaking Away 7. Mark Wahlberg - Invincible 8. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (but only the first one) (I was half-tempted to put “Eddie the Eagle - Taran Egerton” but while Egerton did a brilliant job of being Eddie, the question is whether _Eddie himself_ was a “credible athlete”. 🙂 ) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9168 "2021-02-07T02:22:56Z")
**Actors you thought were credible playing athletes** 1. Ray Liotta – Field of Dreams 2. pretty much the whole cast – 8 Men Out 3. Melissa Rauch - The Bronze 4. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby 5. Kevin Costner - Tin Cup 6. Dennis Christopher - Breaking Away 7. Mark Wahlberg - Invincible 8. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (but only the first one) 9. Nick Nolte - North Dallas Forty ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9169 "2021-02-07T03:47:43Z")
**Actors you thought were credible playing athletes** 1. Ray Liotta – Field of Dreams 2. pretty much the whole cast – 8 Men Out 3. Melissa Rauch - The Bronze 4. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby 5. Kevin Costner - Tin Cup 6. Dennis Christopher - Breaking Away 7. Mark Wahlberg - Invincible 8. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (but only the first one) 9. Nick Nolte - North Dallas Forty 10. Daniel LaPaine – Muriel’d Wedding As the South African swimmer,. Why do Australian films all have such superb casting? My topi, so Pass [/quote] ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9170 "2021-02-07T03:53:55Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9171 "2021-02-07T03:57:58Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9172 "2021-02-07T04:31:34Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) 3. Rebel Without a Cause – James Dean ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9173 "2021-02-07T05:02:17Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) 3. Rebel Without a Cause – James Dean 4. Casablanca - Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9174 "2021-02-07T06:32:18Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) 3. Rebel Without a Cause – James Dean 4. Casablanca - Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) 5. Agnes of God - Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9175 "2021-02-07T09:29:48Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) 3. Rebel Without a Cause – James Dean 4. Casablanca - Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) 5. Agnes of God - Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) 6. The Good, rhe Bad andthe Ugly — Clint Eastwood ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9176 "2021-02-07T17:41:40Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) 3. Rebel Without a Cause – James Dean 4. Casablanca - Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) 5. Agnes of God - Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) 6. The Good, rhe Bad andthe Ugly — Clint Eastwood 7. Chinatown - Jack Nicholson ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9177 "2021-02-07T18:07:18Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) 3. Rebel Without a Cause – James Dean 4. Casablanca - Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) 5. Agnes of God - Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) 6. The Good, rhe Bad andthe Ugly — Clint Eastwood 7. Chinatown - Jack Nicholson 8. Revenge of the Nerds - Dudley “Booger” Dawson (Curtis Armstrong) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9178 "2021-02-07T18:45:41Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) 3. Rebel Without a Cause – James Dean 4. Casablanca - Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) 5. Agnes of God - Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) 6. The Good, rhe Bad andthe Ugly — Clint Eastwood 7. Chinatown - Jack Nicholson 8. Revenge of the Nerds - Dudley “Booger” Dawson (Curtis Armstrong) 9. Airplane! - Steve McCrosky (Lloyd Bridges) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9179 "2021-02-07T22:14:15Z")
Movie chain smokers (tobacco only! 🙂 ) 1. The Man Who Wasn’t There - Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) 2. The X-Files (1998 film) - Carl Gerhard Busch, a.k.a. Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) 3. Rebel Without a Cause – James Dean 4. Casablanca - Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) 5. Agnes of God - Dr. Martha Livingston (Jane Fonda) 6. The Good, rhe Bad andthe Ugly — Clint Eastwood 7. Chinatown - Jack Nicholson 8. Revenge of the Nerds - Dudley “Booger” Dawson (Curtis Armstrong) 9. Airplane! - Steve McCrosky (Lloyd Bridges) 10. Good Night, and Good Luck - Edward R. Murrow (David Straithairn) **Movie Titles That Are a Complete Sentence** 1. I Know What You Did Last Summer ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9180 "2021-02-07T22:27:44Z")
**Movie Titles That Are a Complete Sentence** 1. I Know What You Did Last Summer 2. How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9181 "2021-02-07T22:36:41Z")
**Movie Titles That Are a Complete Sentence** 1. I Know What You Did Last Summer 2. How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 3. You’ve Got Mail ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9182 "2021-02-07T22:41:53Z")
**Movie Titles That Are a Complete Sentence** 1. I Know What You Did Last Summer 2. How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 3. You’ve Got Mail 4. Who Is Harry Kellerman And Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Umm, #2 is not a complete sentence. Sorry, Bill. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9183 "2021-02-07T23:41:45Z")
Sounds like a sentence to me… But, you can go ahead and switch it out for _“Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood”_ if you insist. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [February 8, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9184 "2021-02-08T02:09:05Z")
[“How to Succeed…” is not a sentence.] **Movie Titles That Are a Complete Sentence** 1. I Know What You Did Last Summer 2. Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood 3. You’ve Got Mail 4. Who Is Harry Kellerman And Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? 5. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ---
**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:** [February 8, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9185 "2021-02-08T02:33:05Z")
**Movie Titles That Are a Complete Sentence** 1. I Know What You Did Last Summer 2. Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood 3. You’ve Got Mail 4. Who Is Harry Kellerman And Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? 5. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 6. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=458) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=460)