# 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:** 328
**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 15, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6543 "2022-09-15T21:49:18Z")
**Foreign language films that attracted appreciable sized audiences** 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2. Cinema Paradiso 3. Life is Beautiful 4. La Femme Nikita 5. Das Boot 6. Amélie 7. Pan’s Labyrinth 8. Hiroshima, Mon Amour ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6544 "2022-09-15T23:51:37Z")
**Foreign language films that attracted appreciable sized audiences** 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2. Cinema Paradiso 3. Life is Beautiful 4. La Femme Nikita 5. Das Boot 6. Amélie 7. Pan’s Labyrinth 8. Hiroshima, Mon Amour 9. Seven Samurai ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6545 "2022-09-16T14:53:54Z")
**Foreign language films that attracted appreciable sized audiences** 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2. Cinema Paradiso 3. Life is Beautiful 4. La Femme Nikita 5. Das Boot 6. Amélie 7. Pan’s Labyrinth 8. Hiroshima, Mon Amour 9. Seven Samurai 10. Run Lola, Run Next: **Movies with invented an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Klingon ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6546 "2022-09-16T14:56:15Z")
Next: **Movies with invented an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Klingon 2. Star Wars (any of the franchis) ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6547 "2022-09-16T14:57:27Z")
**Movies with an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Klingon 2. Star Wars (any of the franchise) 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Sindarin ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6548 "2022-09-16T15:25:18Z")
**Movies with an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Klingon 2. Star Wars (any of the franchise) 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Sindarin 4. The Great Dictator (Esperanto) Chaplin used Esperanto for window signs in the ghetto scenes because Hitler condemned its use. ---
**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 16, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6549 "2022-09-16T17:01:38Z")
One of my favorite little details of _Casablanca_ is that the sign of the German legation in the Arabic-speaking, French-ruled city is painted in… English. **Movies with an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Klingon) 2. Star Wars (Greedo’s language) 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Sindarin) 4. The Great Dictator (Esperanto) 5. Avatar (Na’vi) ---
**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 16, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6550 "2022-09-16T17:45:18Z")
**Movies with an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Klingon) 2. Star Wars (Greedo’s language) 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Sindarin) 4. The Great Dictator (Esperanto) 5. Avatar (Na’vi) 6. Nell (twins’ idiomatic language) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6551 "2022-09-16T18:07:01Z")
**Movies with an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Klingon) 2. Star Wars (Greedo’s language) 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Sindarin) 4. The Great Dictator (Esperanto) 5. Avatar (Na’vi) 6. Nell (twins’ idiomatic language) 7. Despicable Me (Minionese) ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6552 "2022-09-16T18:15:03Z")
**Movies with an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Klingon) 2. Star Wars (Greedo’s language) 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Sindarin) 4. The Great Dictator (Esperanto) 5. Avatar (Na’vi) 6. Nell (twins’ idiomatic language) 7. Despicable Me (Minionese) 8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Parseltongue) ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6553 "2022-09-16T18:41:20Z")
**Movies with an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Klingon) 2. Star Wars (Greedo’s language) 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Sindarin) 4. The Great Dictator (Esperanto) 5. Avatar (Na’vi) 6. Nell (twins’ idiomatic language) 7. Despicable Me (Minionese) 8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Parseltongue) 9. Caveman (primitive) ---
**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 17, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6554 "2022-09-17T14:00:55Z")
**Movies with an invented language** 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Klingon) 2. Star Wars (Greedo’s language) 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Sindarin) 4. The Great Dictator (Esperanto) 5. Avatar (Na’vi) 6. Nell (twins’ idiomatic language) 7. Despicable Me (Minionese) 8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Parseltongue) 9. Caveman (primitive) 10. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Atlantean) pass _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6555 "2022-09-19T12:55:42Z")
**Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)** 1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass) ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6556 "2022-09-19T13:05:23Z")
**Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)** 1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass) 2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6557 "2022-09-19T13:27:44Z")
**Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)** 1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass) 2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie) 3. Scent of Mystery (used Smell-o-Vision) ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6558 "2022-09-19T13:31:23Z")
**Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)** 1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass) 2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie) 3. Scent of Mystery (used Smell-o-Vision) 4. Polyester (Odorama - scratch n sniff cards) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6559 "2022-09-19T13:32:39Z")
**Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)** 1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass) 2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie) 3. Scent of Mystery (used Smell-o-Vision) 4. Polyester (Odorama - scratch n sniff cards) 5. Chelsea Girls - (movie shown split screen with two projectors) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6560 "2022-09-19T13:52:32Z")
**Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)** 1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass) 2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie) 3. Scent of Mystery (used Smell-o-Vision) 4. Polyester (Odorama - scratch n sniff cards) 5. Chelsea Girls - (movie shown split screen with two projectors) 6. Clue - (alternate endings) ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6561 "2022-09-19T14:20:03Z")
**Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)** 1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass) 2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie) 3. Scent of Mystery (used Smell-o-Vision) 4. Polyester (Odorama - scratch n sniff cards) 5. Chelsea Girls - (movie shown split screen with two projectors) 6. Clue - (alternate endings) 7. Psycho (no one admitted to theater after movie started) ---
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**Movies with gimmicks (and what the gimmick was)** 1. Earthquake (Sensurround made theaters shake from the bass) 2. It Came From Outer Space (first 3D movie) 3. Scent of Mystery (used Smell-o-Vision) 4. Polyester (Odorama - scratch n sniff cards) 5. Chelsea Girls (movie shown split screen with two projectors) 6. Clue (alternate endings) 7. Psycho (no one admitted to theater after movie started) 8. The Tingler (vibrating devices in the seats which were activated at random) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=327) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=329)