# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780>\
**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\
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**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 21, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9486 "2021-02-21T15:33:27Z")

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> [@CookingWithGas](#):
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> I included that note to pre-empt anyone who challenged it by saying it was not X-rated.

I wasn’t directing the comment at you; actually, trying to support you, but mostly commenting for other films people might want to put on the list.

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9487 "2021-02-21T15:50:59Z")

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**X-rated movies that aren’t porn**

1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein (was edited for an R version)
4. In The Realm Of The Senses
5. A Clockwork Orange

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9488 "2021-02-21T18:13:20Z")

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**X-rated movies that aren’t porn**

1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein (was edited for an R version)
4. In The Realm Of The Senses
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Last Tango in Paris ……_(not actually porn, despite the infamous ‘butter scene’)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9489 "2021-02-21T23:08:57Z")

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**X-rated movies that aren’t porn**

1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein (was edited for an R version)
4. In The Realm Of The Senses
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Last Tango in Paris …… _(not actually porn, despite the infamous ‘butter scene’)_ 
7. Pink Flamingoes

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9490 "2021-02-22T00:01:24Z")

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**X-rated movies that aren’t porn**

1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein (was edited for an R version)
4. In The Realm Of The Senses
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Last Tango in Paris …… _(not actually porn, despite the infamous ‘butter scene’)_ 
7. Pink Flamingoes
8. Eddie Murphy: Raw

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9491 "2021-02-22T04:21:38Z")

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**X-rated movies that aren’t porn**

1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein (was edited for an R version)
4. In The Realm Of The Senses
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Last Tango in Paris …… _(not actually porn, despite the infamous ‘butter scene’)_ 
7. Pink Flamingoes
8. Eddie Murphy: Raw
9. I Am Curious–Blue  
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9492 "2021-02-22T14:47:47Z")

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**X-rated movies that aren’t porn**

1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein (was edited for an R version)
4. In The Realm Of The Senses
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Last Tango in Paris …… _(not actually porn, despite the infamous ‘butter scene’)_ 
7. Pink Flamingoes
8. Eddie Murphy: Raw
9. I Am Curious–Blue
10. RoboCop

Not for sexual content, but for violence!

**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9493 "2021-02-22T14:49:27Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…

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**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 22, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9494 "2021-02-22T15:03:42Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9495 "2021-02-22T15:19:26Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose
4. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

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**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 22, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9496 "2021-02-22T15:19:29Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose
4. Ghost (1990) - Unchained Melody (originally from “Unchained”)

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**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 22, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9497 "2021-02-22T15:20:11Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose
4. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
5. Ghost (1990) - Unchained Melody (originally from “Unchained”)

Housekeeping

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9498 "2021-02-22T15:23:37Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose
4. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
5. Ghost (1990) - Unchained Melody (originally from “Unchained”)
6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head

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**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 22, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9499 "2021-02-22T16:57:32Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose
4. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
5. Ghost (1990) - Unchained Melody (originally from “Unchained”)
6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
7. Mahogany (1975) Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To?)

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**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 22, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9500 "2021-02-22T17:08:23Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose
4. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
5. Ghost (1990) - Unchained Melody (originally from “Unchained”)
6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
7. Mahogany (1975) Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To?)
8. The Bodyguard (1992) – I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston version)

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9501 "2021-02-22T18:07:04Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose
4. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
5. Ghost (1990) - Unchained Melody (originally from “Unchained”)
6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
7. Mahogany (1975) Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To?)
8. The Bodyguard (1992) – I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston version)
9. Tommy (1975) — Pinball Wizard (Elton John) _(in fact, the whole soundtrack album reached #2 on Billboard’s album charts)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9502 "2021-02-22T19:33:12Z")

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**Movie soundtrack songs that charted**

1. Saturday Night Fever (1978) - Stayin’ Alive
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Theme from…
3. Footloose (1984) - Footloose
4. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
5. Ghost (1990) - Unchained Melody (originally from “Unchained”)
6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
7. Mahogany (1975) Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To?)
8. The Bodyguard (1992) – I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston version)
9. Tommy (1975) — Pinball Wizard (Elton John) _(in fact, the whole soundtrack album reached #2 on Billboard’s album charts)_ 
10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) – Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon)

**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)**

1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan

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**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 22, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9503 "2021-02-22T19:54:13Z")

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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)**

1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan
2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9504 "2021-02-22T20:41:11Z")

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Clarification: By “actor” I mean a person appearing in a movie, not necessarily a person who is a professional actor. I hope that was clear by entry #1.

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/9505 "2021-02-22T21:03:29Z")

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**Movies where an actor played themselves (cameos OK but not anonymous ones like Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee)**

1. Annie Hall – Marshall McLuhan
2. Being John Malkovich - Charlie Sheen
3. Pride of the Yankees - Babe Ruth

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