# 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:** 232
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4623 "2022-03-21T14:13:37Z")
**Movies Where The Guy Doesn’t Get The Girl In The End** 1. Casablanca 2. Annie Hall 3. 500 Days of Summer 4. The Third Man 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6. You Light Up My Life 7. Laura 8. Repo Man Otto goes into outer space in a Chevy Malibu instead. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4624 "2022-03-21T15:05:55Z")
**Movies Where The Guy Doesn’t Get The Girl In The End** 1. Casablanca 2. Annie Hall 3. 500 Days of Summer 4. The Third Man 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6. You Light Up My Life 7. Laura 8. Repo Man 9. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Luke finds out Leia is his sister – which shoots that prospective romance clear to hell and back _(or turns the squick factor up to around fourteen on a scale of one to ten)_. Although in finding out about the sister he didn’t know he had, maybe in a way he _ **DID** _ get the girl. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4625 "2022-03-21T15:14:47Z")
**Movies Where The Guy Doesn’t Get The Girl In The End** 1. Casablanca 2. Annie Hall 3. 500 Days of Summer 4. The Third Man 5. Solo: A Star Wars Story 6. You Light Up My Life 7. Laura 8. Repo Man 9. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 10. The Break-Up Sort of a spoiler right there in the title, I guess. But in true rom-com fashion, you watch it expecting that they’ll get back together in the end. Real spoiler: They don’t. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4626 "2022-03-21T15:21:25Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham “Candlesticks always make a nice gift. Maybe you could find out where she’s registered and maybe a place setting or maybe a silverware pattern… Okay, let’s get two!” ---
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**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross Only in one scene, but arguably the most memorable one in the film. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4628 "2022-03-21T15:37:58Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross 3. Caspar Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) - The Maltese Falcon The fat man didn’t get the MacGuffin, but he steals the show. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4629 "2022-03-21T15:47:48Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross 3. Caspar Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) - The Maltese Falcon 4. Neil Patric Harris (as, ahem, himself) - The Harold and Kumar movies ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4630 "2022-03-21T15:50:42Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross 3. Caspar Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) - The Maltese Falcon 4. Neil Patric Harris (as, ahem, himself) - The Harold and Kumar movies 5. Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz) - Inglorious Basterds ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4631 "2022-03-21T17:09:28Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross 3. Caspar Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) - The Maltese Falcon 4. Neil Patric Harris (as, ahem, himself) - The Harold and Kumar movies 5. Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz) - Inglorious Basterds 6. Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker) – Major League Much of his dialogue – _“This guy even threw at his own son in a father-son game”, “Heywood leads the league in most offensive categories, including nose hair … when this guy sneezes, he looks like a party favor”, “The post-game show is brought to you by… (searches through his papers) … I can’t find it. To hell with it”_ – was ad-libbed at the director’s request. According to legend, he’s said that he enjoyed himself so much he would have done the movie for free. Whatever they _ **DID** _ pay him for that role, he was worth every red cent of it. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4632 "2022-03-21T17:53:22Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross 3. Caspar Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) - The Maltese Falcon 4. Neil Patrick Harris (as, ahem, himself) - The Harold and Kumar movies 5. Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz) - Inglorious Basterds 6. Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker) – Major League 7. Magua (Wes Studi) - The Last of the Mohicans One of the most chilling villains in movie history. Studi shoulda gotten an Oscar. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4633 "2022-03-21T18:25:39Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross 3. Caspar Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) - The Maltese Falcon 4. Neil Patrick Harris (as, ahem, himself) - The Harold and Kumar movies 5. Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz) - Inglorious Basterds 6. Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker) – Major League 7. Magua (Wes Studi) - The Last of the Mohicans 8. Jaws (Richard Kiel) - appeared in two 007 movies: The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4634 "2022-03-21T19:38:03Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross 3. Caspar Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) - The Maltese Falcon 4. Neil Patrick Harris (as, ahem, himself) - The Harold and Kumar movies 5. Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz) - Inglorious Basterds 6. Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker) – Major League 7. Magua (Wes Studi) - The Last of the Mohicans 8. Jaws (Richard Kiel) - appeared in two 007 movies: The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker 9. Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) - The Princess Bride ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4635 "2022-03-22T12:12:08Z")
**Memorable secondary or tertiary film characters** 1. Coach Larry (Robert Wuhl) - Bull Durham 2. Blake (Alec Baldwin) - Glengarry Glen Ross 3. Caspar Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet) - The Maltese Falcon 4. Neil Patrick Harris (as, ahem, himself) - The Harold and Kumar movies 5. Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz) - Inglorious Basterds 6. Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker) – Major League 7. Magua (Wes Studi) - The Last of the Mohicans 8. Jaws (Richard Kiel) - appeared in two 007 movies: The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker 9. Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) - The Princess Bride 10. Rue (Amandla Stenburg) - The Hunger Games **Character actors** 1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_ ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4636 "2022-03-22T12:25:11Z")
**Character actors** 1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_ 2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_ ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4637 "2022-03-22T14:19:29Z")
**Character actors** 1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_ 2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_ 3. Henry Travers - Clarence in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ And about a hundred other roles. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4638 "2022-03-22T14:24:35Z")
**Character actors** 1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_ 2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_ 3. Henry Travers - Clarence in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ 4. Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook in _The Maltese Falcon_ ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4639 "2022-03-22T14:26:28Z")
**Character actors** 1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_ 2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_ 3. Henry Travers - Clarence in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ 4. Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook in _The Maltese Falcon_ 5. Stephen Root - Milton Waddams in _Office Space_ ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4640 "2022-03-22T15:05:06Z")
**Character actors** 1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_ 2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_ 3. Henry Travers - Clarence in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ 4. Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook in _The Maltese Falcon_ 5. Stephen Root - Milton Waddams in _Office Space_ 6. Ian Wolfe - Carter in _Witness for the Prosecution_ Also a gazillion other movies, and two meaty roles on the original _Star Trek_: [Ian Wolfe | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ian_Wolfe) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4641 "2022-03-22T15:30:50Z")
**Character actors** 1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_ 2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_ 3. Henry Travers - Clarence in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ 4. Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook in _The Maltese Falcon_ 5. Stephen Root - Milton Waddams in _Office Space_ 6. Ian Wolfe - Carter in _Witness for the Prosecution_ 7. Dick Miller - Mr. Futterman in _Gremlins_ And many, many more. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4642 "2022-03-22T16:26:46Z")
“Hey, just what you see, pal.” **Character actors** 1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_ 2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_ 3. Henry Travers - Clarence in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ 4. Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook in _The Maltese Falcon_ 5. Stephen Root - Milton Waddams in _Office Space_ 6. Ian Wolfe - Carter in _Witness for the Prosecution_ 7. Dick Miller - Mr. Futterman in _Gremlins_ 8. J.T. Walsh - White House Chief of Staff in _Outbreak_ Also in a gazillion other movies. The quintessential “Hey, it’s that guy!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=231) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=233)