# 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:** 69
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1363 "2019-10-22T16:47:55Z")
Movies about stupidity in high places 1. Paths of Glory 2. Barbarians at the Gate 3. The Hudsucker Proxy 4. Idiocracy ---
**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 22, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1364 "2019-10-22T17:13:08Z")
Movies about stupidity in high places 1. Paths of Glory 2. Barbarians at the Gate 3. The Hudsucker Proxy 4. Idiocracy 5. Being There ---
**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 22, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1365 "2019-10-22T17:23:09Z")
Movies about stupidity in high places 1. Paths of Glory 2. Barbarians at the Gate 3. The Hudsucker Proxy 4. Idiocracy 5. Being There 6. Super Troopers ---
**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 22, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1366 "2019-10-22T17:27:14Z")
Movies about stupidity in high places 1. Paths of Glory 2. Barbarians at the Gate 3. The Hudsucker Proxy 4. Idiocracy 5. Being There 6. Super Troopers 7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ---
**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 22, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1367 "2019-10-22T18:16:45Z")
Movies about stupidity in high places 1. Paths of Glory 2. Barbarians at the Gate 3. The Hudsucker Proxy 4. Idiocracy 5. Being There 6. Super Troopers 7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 8. Wag the Dog ---
**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 22, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1368 "2019-10-22T20:56:04Z")
I don’t know that Super Troopers is set in high places, as such… Movies about stupidity in high places 1. Paths of Glory 2. Barbarians at the Gate 3. The Hudsucker Proxy 4. Idiocracy 5. Being There 6. Super Troopers 7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 8. Wag the Dog 9. Dick ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1369 "2019-10-22T21:35:02Z")
Movies about stupidity in high places 1. Paths of Glory 2. Barbarians at the Gate 3. The Hudsucker Proxy 4. Idiocracy 5. Being There 6. Super Troopers 7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 8. Wag the Dog 9. Dick 10. [Americathon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyD4y_HkZwY) Set in the far future year of 1998. I’ll pass ---
**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 22, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1370 "2019-10-22T21:44:43Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits Note the “HER.” TY! ---
**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 22, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1371 "2019-10-22T22:16:12Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga ---
**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 22, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1372 "2019-10-22T22:23:45Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga 3. Brittany Murphy - Something Wicked ---
**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 22, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1373 "2019-10-22T22:31:53Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga 3. Brittany Murphy - Something Wicked 4. Katherine Hepburn - Love Affair ---
**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 22, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1374 "2019-10-22T23:02:01Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga 3. Brittany Murphy - Something Wicked 4. Katherine Hepburn - Love Affair 5. Patricia Neal - Flying By ---
**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 22, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1375 "2019-10-22T23:43:51Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga 3. Brittany Murphy - Something Wicked 4. Katherine Hepburn - Love Affair 5. Patricia Neal - Flying By 6. Barbara Stanwyck - The Night Walker ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1376 "2019-10-22T23:46:39Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga 3. Brittany Murphy - Something Wicked 4. Katherine Hepburn - Love Affair 5. Patricia Neal - Flying By 6. Barbara Stanwyck - The Night Walker 7. Audrey Hepburn - Always ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1377 "2019-10-23T00:53:32Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga 3. Brittany Murphy - Something Wicked 4. Katherine Hepburn - Love Affair 5. Patricia Neal - Flying By 6. Barbara Stanwyck - The Night Walker 7. Audrey Hepburn - Always 8. Judy Garland - I Could Go On Singing ---
**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 23, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1378 "2019-10-23T02:11:24Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga 3. Brittany Murphy - Something Wicked 4. Katherine Hepburn - Love Affair 5. Patricia Neal - Flying By 6. Barbara Stanwyck - The Night Walker 7. Audrey Hepburn - Always 8. Judy Garland - I Could Go On Singing 9. Maureen O’Hara - Only the Lonely ---
**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 23, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1379 "2019-10-23T04:18:44Z")
Her final film appearance 1. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits 2. Jean Harlow - Saratoga 3. Brittany Murphy - Something Wicked 4. Katherine Hepburn - Love Affair 5. Patricia Neal - Flying By 6. Barbara Stanwyck - The Night Walker 7. Audrey Hepburn - Always 8. Judy Garland - I Could Go On Singing 9. Maureen O’Hara - Only the Lonely 10. Natalie Wood - Brainstorm Films later disavowed by a director or cast member 1. Better Off Dead - John Cusack ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1380 "2019-10-23T05:57:49Z")
Films later disavowed by a director or cast member 1. Better Off Dead - John Cusack 2. The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1381 "2019-10-23T06:25:59Z")
Films later disavowed by a director or cast member 1. Better Off Dead - John Cusack 2. The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman 3. Knocked Up - Katherine Heigl ---
**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 23, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/1382 "2019-10-23T10:29:56Z")
Films later disavowed by a director or cast member 1. Better Off Dead - John Cusack 2. The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman 3. Knocked Up - Katherine Heigl 4. Death of a Gunfighter - Richard Widmark The dispute originating with this film led to the creation and first use of the standard Hollywood pseudonym “Alan Smithee,” in this case applied to directors Robert Totten and Don Siegel. Lead actor Widmark had Totten replaced, but late in production so Siegel did not want to take the directing credit, and Totten refused to be credited with the project, so a Director’s Guild panel agreed that neither man deserved credit and originally came up with the name “Al Smith” but that was decided too common a name, so it was altered to “Alan Smithee” which was much less likely to be anyone’s actual name. **Death of a Gunfighter** itself was actually well reviewed; Roger Ebert even praised the direction in his review. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=70)