# 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:** 58
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1143 "2019-10-10T11:53:45Z")
Wait - those last two aren’t movies, are they? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1144 "2019-10-10T12:28:10Z")
You never heard of Polo Horses, written by Mel Brooks and directed by Tim Burton? Right, next contributor, ignore the last two entries. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1145 "2019-10-10T15:51:06Z")
Movies about sports-playing animals 1. Gus (The field goal kicking mule) 2. Turbo (Racing snail) 3. Stripes (From Racing Stripes, the zebra who thinks he’s a racehorse) 4. Air Bud (basketball playing dog) 5. Animalympics (an animated movie about animals competing in a pseudo-Olympics) 6. Ed (baseball playing chimp) 7. Bugs Bunny & Co. (basketball in Space Jam) 8. Bonzo Goes to College (football-playing chimpanzee) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1146 "2019-10-10T16:21:01Z")
Movies about sports-playing animals 1. Gus (The field goal kicking mule) 2. Turbo (Racing snail) 3. Stripes (From Racing Stripes, the zebra who thinks he’s a racehorse) 4. Air Bud (basketball playing dog) 5. Animalympics (an animated movie about animals competing in a pseudo-Olympics) 6. Ed (baseball playing chimp) 7. Bugs Bunny & Co. (basketball in Space Jam) 8. Bonzo Goes to College (football-playing chimpanzee) 9. MVP - Most Valuable Primate (Chimpanzee plays hockey) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1147 "2019-10-10T16:25:51Z")
Movies about sports-playing animals 1. Gus (The field goal kicking mule) 2. Turbo (Racing snail) 3. Stripes (From Racing Stripes, the zebra who thinks he’s a racehorse) 4. Air Bud (basketball playing dog) 5. Animalympics (an animated movie about animals competing in a pseudo-Olympics) 6. Ed (baseball playing chimp) 7. Bugs Bunny & Co. (basketball in Space Jam) 8. Bonzo Goes to College (football-playing chimpanzee) 9. MVP - Most Valuable Primate (Chimpanzee plays hockey) 10. King Leonidas and his subjects (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, an underwater soccer game) Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1148 "2019-10-10T16:27:17Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1149 "2019-10-10T16:40:39Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story 3. Throne of Blood ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1150 "2019-10-10T16:45:31Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story 3. Throne of Blood 4. Valley Girl ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1151 "2019-10-10T16:46:46Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story 3. Throne of Blood 4. Valley Girl 5. Shakespeare in Love ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1152 "2019-10-10T16:55:14Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story 3. Throne of Blood 4. Valley Girl 5. Shakespeare in Love 6. Tempest ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1153 "2019-10-10T17:13:33Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story 3. Throne of Blood 4. Valley Girl 5. Shakespeare in Love 6. Tempest 7. Forbidden Planet ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1154 "2019-10-10T17:46:43Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story 3. Throne of Blood 4. Valley Girl 5. Shakespeare in Love 6. Tempest 7. Forbidden Planet 8. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country A title drawn from Hamlet, with several Shakespeare quotations sprinkled throughout the movie. > **[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_VI:_The_Undiscovered_Country#Themes)** > > Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a 1991 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer, who directed the second Star Trek film, The Wrath of Khan. It is the sixth feature film based on the 1966–1969 Star Trek television series. Taking place after the events of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, it is the final film featuring the entire main cast of the television series. The destruction of the Klingon moon Praxis leads the Klingon Empire to pursue peace with their longtime adve... ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1155 "2019-10-10T17:49:39Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story 3. Throne of Blood 4. Valley Girl 5. Shakespeare in Love 6. Tempest 7. Forbidden Planet 8. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 9. The Lion King ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1156 "2019-10-10T20:22:44Z")
Shakespeare-related but not Shakespeare’s plays 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 2. West Side Story 3. Throne of Blood 4. Valley Girl 5. Shakespeare in Love 6. Tempest 7. Forbidden Planet 8. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 9. The Lion King 10. 10 Things I Hate About You Dystopian Futures 1. Blade Runner ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1157 "2019-10-10T20:57:45Z")
Dystopian Futures 1. Blade Runner 2. The Road ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1158 "2019-10-10T21:18:05Z")
Dystopian Futures 1. Blade Runner 2. The Road 3. Logan’s Run ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1159 "2019-10-10T21:44:21Z")
Dystopian Futures 1. Blade Runner 2. The Road 3. Logan’s Run 4. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1160 "2019-10-10T21:53:40Z")
Dystopian Futures 1. Blade Runner 2. The Road 3. Logan’s Run 4. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 5. The Giver ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1161 "2019-10-10T22:04:39Z")
Dystopian Futures 1. Blade Runner 2. The Road 3. Logan’s Run 4. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 5. The Giver 6. Twelve Monkeys ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1162 "2019-10-11T00:07:37Z")
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