# 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:** 460
**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 8, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9186 "2021-02-08T02:35:55Z")
**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? 7. I Married a Monster From Outer Space ---
**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 8, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9187 "2021-02-08T03:16:59Z")
**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? 7. I Married a Monster From Outer Space 8. I Was A Teenage Werewolf ---
**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, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9188 "2021-02-08T03:32:42Z")
**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? 7. I Married a Monster From Outer Space 8. I Was A Teenage Werewolf 9. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy 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 8, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9189 "2021-02-08T03:44:21Z")
**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? 7. I Married a Monster From Outer Space 8. I Was A Teenage Werewolf 9. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean 10. Butterflies Are Free Pass. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9190 "2021-02-08T04:36:13Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9191 "2021-02-08T04:45:20Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb ---
**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 8, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9192 "2021-02-08T09:32:18Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb 3. Boxing Helena – Sherilyn Fenn ---
**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 8, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9193 "2021-02-08T09:48:43Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb 3. Boxing Helena – Sherilyn Fenn 4. Kingsman: The Secret Service – Sofia Boutella _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 8, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9194 "2021-02-08T09:52:49Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb 3. Boxing Helena – Sherilyn Fenn 4. Kingsman: The Secret Service – Sofia Boutella 5. Return of the Jedi - Mark Hamill ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9195 "2021-02-08T13:02:31Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb 3. Boxing Helena – Sherilyn Fenn 4. Kingsman: The Secret Service – Sofia Boutella 5. Return of the Jedi - Mark Hamill 6. Moby Dick - Gregory Peck ---
**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, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9196 "2021-02-08T13:29:05Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb 3. Boxing Helena – Sherilyn Fenn 4. Kingsman: The Secret Service – Sofia Boutella 5. Return of the Jedi - Mark Hamill 6. Moby Dick - Gregory Peck 7. 127 Hours - James Franco ---
**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:** [February 8, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9197 "2021-02-08T13:58:28Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb 3. Boxing Helena – Sherilyn Fenn 4. Kingsman: The Secret Service – Sofia Boutella 5. Return of the Jedi - Mark Hamill 6. Moby Dick - Gregory Peck 7. 127 Hours - James Franco 8. Skyscraper - Dwayne Johnson ---
**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 8, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9198 "2021-02-08T14:03:28Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb 3. Boxing Helena – Sherilyn Fenn 4. Kingsman: The Secret Service – Sofia Boutella 5. Return of the Jedi - Mark Hamill 6. Moby Dick - Gregory Peck 7. 127 Hours - James Franco 8. Skyscraper - Dwayne Johnson 9. Misery - James Caan ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9199 "2021-02-08T14:44:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Misery - James Caan Wait, are you confusing the movie with the novel? In the movie she uses a sledgehammer on his feet, but no amputation. Or am I forgetting something? ---
**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 8, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9200 "2021-02-08T15:20:29Z")
Actually, I may be in error. I haven’t read the book or seen the movie, but thought she amputated his feet. ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9201 "2021-02-08T18:20:07Z")
Films with able-bodied actors who played amputees 1. Forrest Gump – Gary Sinise 2. Soul Surfer - AnnaSophia Robb 3. Boxing Helena – Sherilyn Fenn 4. Kingsman: The Secret Service – Sofia Boutella 5. Return of the Jedi - Mark Hamill 6. Moby Dick - Gregory Peck 7. 127 Hours - James Franco 8. Skyscraper - Dwayne Johnson 9. Misery - James Caan 10. Hook - Dustin Hoffman Pass. (Unless it is determined that “Misery” doesn’t qualify.) ---
**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:** [February 8, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9202 "2021-02-08T18:20:24Z")
Not weighing in on the whole Misery thing … **Movies adapted from short stories (and the name + author of the story)** 1. Rear Window - “It Had to Be Murder,” Cornell Wollrich ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9203 "2021-02-08T18:35:29Z")
**Movies adapted from short stories (and the name + author of the story)** 1. Rear Window - “It Had to Be Murder,” Cornell Wollrich 2. The Thing - “Who Goes There?”, John W. Campbell ---
**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:** [February 8, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9204 "2021-02-08T18:38:25Z")
**Movies adapted from short stories (and the name + author of the story)** 1. Rear Window - “It Had to Be Murder,” Cornell Wollrich 2. The Thing - “Who Goes There?”, John W. Campbell 3. Arrival - “Story of Your Life,” Ted Chiang The movie and the short story are very different, but both are very good. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9205 "2021-02-08T18:39:45Z")
**Movies adapted from short stories (and the name + author of the story)** 1. Rear Window - “It Had to Be Murder,” Cornell Wollrich 2. The Thing - “Who Goes There?”, John W. Campbell 3. Arrival - “Story of Your Life,” Ted Chiang 4. The Innocents - “The Turn of the Screw”, Henry James [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=459) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=461)