# 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:** ![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:** [November 23, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3263 "2021-11-23T02:17:26Z")

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**RKO Pictures**

1. Bringing Up Baby
2. King Kong
3. Citizen Kane
4. Gunga Din
5. Cat People
6. Flying Down to Rio (1933) — first film pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
7. Tarzan Triumphs
8. Cimarron
9. Stranger on the Third Floor

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3264 "2021-11-23T07:20:26Z")

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**RKO Pictures**

1. Bringing Up Baby
2. King Kong
3. Citizen Kane
4. Gunga Din
5. Cat People
6. Flying Down to Rio (1933) — first film pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
7. Tarzan Triumphs
8. Cimarron
9. Stranger on the Third Floor
10. Little Women

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3265 "2021-11-23T14:17:03Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3266 "2021-11-23T15:04:36Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris

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**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:** [November 23, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3267 "2021-11-23T15:07:27Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris
3. Don’t Drink the Water - Vulgaria

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**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:** [November 23, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3268 "2021-11-23T16:25:16Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris
3. Don’t Drink the Water - Vulgaria
4. The Third Man - Vienna

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3269 "2021-11-23T17:09:10Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris
3. Don’t Drink the Water - Vulgaria
4. The Third Man - Vienna
5. Lost in Translation - Tokyo

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3270 "2021-11-23T17:35:34Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris
3. Don’t Drink the Water - Vulgaria
4. The Third Man - Vienna
5. Lost in Translation - Tokyo
6. Never on Sunday - Piraeus, Greece

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3271 "2021-11-23T19:21:07Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris
3. Don’t Drink the Water - Vulgaria
4. The Third Man - Vienna
5. Lost in Translation - Tokyo
6. Never on Sunday - Piraeus, Greece
7. Don’t Look Now - Venice

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3272 "2021-11-23T19:45:07Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris
3. Don’t Drink the Water - Vulgaria
4. The Third Man - Vienna
5. Lost in Translation - Tokyo
6. Never on Sunday - Piraeus, Greece
7. Don’t Look Now - Venice
8. King Ralph - London

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**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:** [November 23, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3273 "2021-11-23T19:47:42Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris
3. Don’t Drink the Water - Vulgaria
4. The Third Man - Vienna
5. Lost in Translation - Tokyo
6. Never on Sunday - Piraeus, Greece
7. Don’t Look Now - Venice
8. King Ralph - London
9. Ben-Hur - Rome

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3274 "2021-11-23T22:23:56Z")

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**Movies set largely in a non-American city that’s not named in the title**

1. Love Actually - London
2. Ratatouille - Paris
3. Don’t Drink the Water - Vulgaria
4. The Third Man - Vienna
5. Lost in Translation - Tokyo
6. Never on Sunday - Piraeus, Greece
7. Don’t Look Now - Venice
8. King Ralph - London
9. Ben-Hur - Rome
10. Mamma Mia - Skopelos, Greece

pass

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3275 "2021-11-23T23:33:32Z")

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**Unusual Roles for Actors**

1. Dustin Hoffman as the Kung Fu Master Shifu in _Kung Fu Panda_.

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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:** [November 23, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3276 "2021-11-23T23:42:54Z")

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**Unusual Roles for Actors**

1. Dustin Hoffman as the Kung Fu Master Shifu in _Kung Fu Panda_ .
2. Glenn Close as Irani Rael, Nova Prime, in _Guardians of the Galaxy_

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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:** [November 24, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3277 "2021-11-24T00:41:50Z")

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**Unusual Roles for Actors**

1. Dustin Hoffman as the Kung Fu Master Shifu in _Kung Fu Panda_ .
2. Glenn Close as Irani Rael, Nova Prime, in _Guardians of the Galaxy_
3. Taika Waititi as Adolf Hitler in _Jojo Rabbit_

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3278 "2021-11-24T01:10:40Z")

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**Unusual Roles for Actors**

1. Dustin Hoffman as the Kung Fu Master Shifu in _Kung Fu Panda_ .
2. Glenn Close as Irani Rael, Nova Prime, in _Guardians of the Galaxy_
3. Taika Waititi as Adolf Hitler in _Jojo Rabbit_
4. Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin in _The King of Comedy_.

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**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:** [November 24, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3279 "2021-11-24T07:36:40Z")

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**Unusual Roles for Actors**

1. Dustin Hoffman as the Kung Fu Master Shifu in _Kung Fu Panda_ .
2. Glenn Close as Irani Rael, Nova Prime, in _Guardians of the Galaxy_
3. Taika Waititi as Adolf Hitler in _Jojo Rabbit_
4. Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin in _The King of Comedy_ .
5. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_

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**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:** [November 24, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3280 "2021-11-24T13:06:25Z")

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**Unusual Roles for Actors**

1. Dustin Hoffman as the Kung Fu Master Shifu in _Kung Fu Panda_ .
2. Glenn Close as Irani Rael, Nova Prime, in _Guardians of the Galaxy_
3. Taika Waititi as Adolf Hitler in _Jojo Rabbit_
4. Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin in _The King of Comedy_ .
5. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_
6. Mickey Rooney as Yuniohshi in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_

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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:** [November 24, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3281 "2021-11-24T14:50:29Z")

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**Unusual Roles for Actors**

1. Dustin Hoffman as the Kung Fu Master Shifu in _Kung Fu Panda_ .
2. Glenn Close as Irani Rael, Nova Prime, in _Guardians of the Galaxy_
3. Taika Waititi as Adolf Hitler in _Jojo Rabbit_
4. Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin in _The King of Comedy_ .
5. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_
6. Mickey Rooney as Yuniohshi in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_
7. Michael Madsen in _Free Willy_

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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:** [November 24, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/3282 "2021-11-24T16:36:07Z")

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Hey, just realized that _Don’t Drink the Water_ and _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ are both set in Vulgaria!

**Unusual Roles for Actors**

1. Dustin Hoffman as the Kung Fu Master Shifu in _Kung Fu Panda_ .
2. Glenn Close as Irani Rael, Nova Prime, in _Guardians of the Galaxy_
3. Taika Waititi as Adolf Hitler in _Jojo Rabbit_
4. Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin in _The King of Comedy_ .
5. John Wayne as Genghis Khan in _The Conqueror_
6. Mickey Rooney as Yuniohshi in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_
7. Michael Madsen as Glen Greenwood in _Free Willy_
8. Brad Pitt as Vanisher in _Deadpool 2_

Blink and you’ll miss him!

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