# Movie Marathon (Part 2) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/241 "2021-04-10T02:05:45Z")
**Movies in which a character is portrayed as of a different race or ethnicity than in the source material** 1. _Doctor Strange_ - the Ancient One went from being a Tibetan man to a Celtic woman 2. _The Shawshank Redemption_ - white Irish guy Red was played by Morgan Freeman in the movie. 3. _Starship Troopers_ - Johnnie Rico goes from Pilipino to Casper Van Dien 4. _Thor_ - Heimdall goes from Nordic white to Idris Elba. 5. _Fantastic Four_ - White, blonde Johnny Storm is played by Michael P. Jordan 6. _Field of Dreams_ – Real-life reclusive author J. D. Salinger became fictional black reclusive author Terence Mann. 7. Romeo + Juliet – Mercutio goes from white to black as played by Harold Perrineau ---
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**Movies in which a character is portrayed as of a different race or ethnicity than in the source material** 1. _Doctor Strange_ - the Ancient One went from being a Tibetan man to a Celtic woman 2. _The Shawshank Redemption_ - white Irish guy Red was played by Morgan Freeman in the movie. 3. _Starship Troopers_ - Johnnie Rico goes from Pilipino to Casper Van Dien 4. _Thor_ - Heimdall goes from Nordic white to Idris Elba. 5. _Fantastic Four_ - White, blonde Johnny Storm is played by Michael P. Jordan 6. _Field of Dreams_ – Real-life reclusive author J. D. Salinger became fictional black reclusive author Terence Mann. 7. Romeo + Juliet – Mercutio goes from white to black as played by Harold Perrineau 8. _The Wiz_ - All white cast in the 1939 film (and presumably the original book) to an all African-American cast ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/243 "2021-04-10T02:58:29Z")
**Movies in which a character is portrayed as of a different race or ethnicity than in the source material** 1. _Doctor Strange_ - the Ancient One went from being a Tibetan man to a Celtic woman 2. _The Shawshank Redemption_ - white Irish guy Red was played by Morgan Freeman in the movie. 3. _Starship Troopers_ - Johnnie Rico goes from Pilipino to Casper Van Dien 4. _Thor_ - Heimdall goes from Nordic white to Idris Elba. 5. _Fantastic Four_ - White, blonde Johnny Storm is played by Michael P. Jordan 6. _Field of Dreams_ – Real-life reclusive author J. D. Salinger became fictional black reclusive author Terence Mann. 7. Romeo + Juliet – Mercutio goes from white to black as played by Harold Perrineau 8. _The Wiz_ - All white cast in the 1939 film (and presumably the original book) to an all African-American cast 9. _The Martian_ - two Asian-American characters from the book were played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mackenzie Davis in the movie ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/244 "2021-04-10T12:55:49Z")
**Movies in which a character is portrayed as of a different race or ethnicity than in the source material** 1. _Doctor Strange_ - the Ancient One went from being a Tibetan man to a Celtic woman 2. _The Shawshank Redemption_ - white Irish guy Red was played by Morgan Freeman in the movie. 3. _Starship Troopers_ - Johnnie Rico goes from Pilipino to Casper Van Dien 4. _Thor_ - Heimdall goes from Nordic white to Idris Elba. 5. _Fantastic Four_ - White, blonde Johnny Storm is played by Michael P. Jordan 6. _Field of Dreams_ – Real-life reclusive author J. D. Salinger became fictional black reclusive author Terence Mann. 7. Romeo + Juliet – Mercutio goes from white to black as played by Harold Perrineau 8. _The Wiz_ - All white cast in the 1939 film (and presumably the original book) to an all African-American cast 9. _The Martian_ - two Asian-American characters from the book were played by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mackenzie Davis in the movie 10. _Othello_ - with Sir Lawrence Olivier as the Moor of Venice. I started this one, so Pass. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/245 "2021-04-10T22:18:20Z")
**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/246 "2021-04-10T22:43:21Z")
**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/247 "2021-04-10T22:47:37Z")
**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) 3. Lassie (1994, 2005) ---
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**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) 3. Lassie (1994, 2005) 4. Babe (1995) ---
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**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) 3. Lassie (1994, 2005) 4. Babe (1995) 5. Bambi (1942) ---
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**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) 3. Lassie (1994, 2005) 4. Babe (1995) 5. Bambi (1942) 6. Bolt (2008) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/251 "2021-04-11T00:31:03Z")
**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) 3. Lassie (1994, 2005) 4. Babe (1995) 5. Bambi (1942) 6. Bolt (2008) 7. Cujo (1983) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/252 "2021-04-11T01:20:19Z")
**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) 3. Lassie (1994, 2005) 4. Babe (1995) 5. Bambi (1942) 6. Bolt (2008) 7. Cujo (1983) 8. Paddington (2014) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/253 "2021-04-11T02:41:27Z")
**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) 3. Lassie (1994, 2005) 4. Babe (1995) 5. Bambi (1942) 6. Bolt (2008) 7. Cujo (1983) 8. Paddington (2014) 9. Flipper (1963, 1996) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/254 "2021-04-11T03:30:18Z")
**Animal Movies With One-Word Titles (and the Title is the Given Name of the Animal Character)** 1. Benji (1974) 2. Balto (1995) 3. Lassie (1994, 2005) 4. Babe (1995) 5. Bambi (1942) 6. Bolt (2008) 7. Cujo (1983) 8. Paddington (2014) 9. Flipper (1963, 1996) 10. Jaws (1975) Although the shark’s nickname on set was Bruce—named after Spielberg’s lawyer) Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist 1. Dick Tracy (1990) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/255 "2021-04-11T03:42:20Z")
The kid from Dick Tracy is now a law professor in Cleveland, as it happens: [https://thedaily.case.edu/5-questions-withformer-child-actor-and-assistant-professor-of-law-charlie-korsmo/](https://thedaily.case.edu/5-questions-withformer-child-actor-and-assistant-professor-of-law-charlie-korsmo/) Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/256 "2021-04-11T03:48:49Z")
Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) 3. Doctor Strange (2016) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/257 "2021-04-11T03:54:46Z")
Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) 3. Doctor Strange (2016) 4. Shirley Valentine (1989) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/258 "2021-04-11T04:21:38Z")
Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) 3. Doctor Strange (2016) 4. Shirley Valentine (1989) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) _…(is a hyphenated name one or two words?)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) 3. Doctor Strange (2016) 4. Shirley Valentine (1989) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) 6. Erin Brockovich (2000) ---
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Movies with one or two word titles where the title is the name of the protagonist 1. Dick Tracy (1990) 2. Robin Hood (2010) 3. Doctor Strange (2016) 4. Shirley Valentine (1989) 5. Ben-Hur (1959) 6. Erin Brockovich (2000) 7. Major Payne (1995) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=14)