# Movie Marathon (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [September 25, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2463 "2021-09-25T16:05:44Z")

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**Mountain Movies**

1. Continental Divide
2. Into Thin Air
3. Alive (1993)
4. 127 Hours
5. The Eiger Sanction
6. The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain
7. K2 (1991)
8. Touching the Void

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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:** [September 25, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2464 "2021-09-25T16:45:01Z")

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**Mountain Movies**

1. Continental Divide
2. Into Thin Air
3. Alive (1993)
4. 127 Hours
5. The Eiger Sanction
6. The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain
7. K2 (1991)
8. Touching the Void
9. The Sound of Music

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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:** [September 25, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2465 "2021-09-25T17:45:52Z")

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**Mountain Movies**

1. Continental Divide
2. Into Thin Air
3. Alive (1993)
4. 127 Hours
5. The Eiger Sanction
6. The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain
7. K2 (1991)
8. Touching the Void
9. The Sound of Music
10. Cliffhanger

Movies featuring a bridge

1. Sorcerer

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**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:** [September 25, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2466 "2021-09-25T17:56:34Z")

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Movies featuring a bridge

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Terabithia

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**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:** [September 25, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2467 "2021-09-25T17:59:42Z")

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Movies featuring a bridge

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Teribithia
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [September 25, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2468 "2021-09-25T19:37:06Z")

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Movies featuring a bridge

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Teribithia
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Thor

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2469 "2021-09-25T19:56:41Z")

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Movies featuring a bridge

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Teribithia
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Thor
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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**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:** [September 25, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2470 "2021-09-25T20:26:00Z")

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**Movies featuring a bridge**

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Teribithia
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Thor
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
6. The Bridges of Madison County

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**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:** [September 25, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2471 "2021-09-25T20:27:13Z")

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**Movies featuring a bridge**

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Teribithia
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Thor
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
6. The Bridges of Madison County
7. Bridge of Spies

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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:** [September 25, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2472 "2021-09-25T20:32:22Z")

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**Movies featuring a bridge**

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Teribithia
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Thor
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
6. The Bridges of Madison County
7. Bridge of Spies
8. A Bridge Too Far

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2473 "2021-09-26T00:16:56Z")

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**Movies featuring a bridge**

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Teribithia
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Thor
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
6. The Bridges of Madison County
7. Bridge of Spies
8. A Bridge Too Far
9. The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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**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:** [September 26, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2474 "2021-09-26T02:20:12Z")

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**Movies featuring a bridge**

1. Sorcerer
2. Bridge to Teribithia
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Thor
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
6. The Bridges of Madison County
7. Bridge of Spies
8. A Bridge Too Far
9. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
10. The Bridge at Remagen

Pretty good WWII flick.

Next up:

**Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**

1. Titanic

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**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:** [September 26, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2475 "2021-09-26T03:55:54Z")

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**Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**

1. Titanic
2. The Poseidon Adventure

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [September 26, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2476 "2021-09-26T04:05:54Z")

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**Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**

1. Titanic
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Cast Away

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**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:** [September 26, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2477 "2021-09-26T04:08:50Z")

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**Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**

1. Titanic
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Cast Away
4. Diamonds Are Forever

Plenty O’Toole thinks she’s going to bed James Bond, but the villain’s henchmen break in and throw her out the window. She plunges into the hotel pool.

Henchman: “I didn’t know there was a pool there.”

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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:** [September 26, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2478 "2021-09-26T04:19:55Z")

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**Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**

1. Titanic
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Cast Away
4. Diamonds Are Forever
5. It’s a Wonderful Life

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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2479 "2021-09-26T06:11:48Z")

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**Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**

1. Titanic
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Cast Away
4. Diamonds Are Forever
5. It’s a Wonderful Life
6. Inception

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**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:** [September 26, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2480 "2021-09-26T10:59:12Z")

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**Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**

1. Titanic
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Cast Away
4. Diamonds Are Forever
5. It’s a Wonderful Life
6. Inception
7. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Features the plunge into Reichenbach Falls, but from a balcony rather than the canonical cliff.

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**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:** [September 26, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2481 "2021-09-26T12:55:07Z")

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> **Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**
> 
> 1. Diamonds Are Forever
> 
> Plenty O’Toole thinks she’s going to bed James Bond, but the villain’s henchmen break in and throw her out the window. She plunges into the hotel pool.
> 
> Henchman: “I didn’t know there was a pool there.”

Not in play…

I remembered that scene too, but couldn’t recall off the top of my head which one of the films it was from.

Play on.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [September 26, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/2482 "2021-09-26T13:43:36Z")

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**Movies featuring an unexpected plunge into the water**

1. Titanic
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Cast Away
4. Diamonds Are Forever
5. It’s a Wonderful Life
6. Inception
7. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
8. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Swimming pool scene

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