# 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:** 347
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6923 "2022-10-20T19:16:47Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6924 "2022-10-20T19:17:39Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) 3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Neil Patrick Harris) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6925 "2022-10-20T19:27:09Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) 3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Neil Patrick Harris) 4. To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6926 "2022-10-20T19:40:59Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) 3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Neil Patrick Harris) 4. To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy) 5. Contact (Bill Clinton) The President appeared in file footage edited so that he appeared to be responding to events in the film. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6927 "2022-10-20T20:01:01Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) 3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Neil Patrick Harris) 4. To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy) 5. Contact (Bill Clinton) 6. Ocean’s Twelve (Julia Roberts) Julia plays a character who is impersonating Julia Roberts, as well as playing herself. Hilarity ensues. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6928 "2022-10-20T20:25:30Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) 3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Neil Patrick Harris) 4. To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy) 5. Contact (Bill Clinton) 6. Ocean’s Twelve (Julia Roberts) 7. Being John Malkovich (George Clooney) Ha! No, it’s actually John Malkovich. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6929 "2022-10-20T20:37:04Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) 3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Neil Patrick Harris) 4. To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy) 5. Contact (Bill Clinton) 6. Ocean’s Twelve (Julia Roberts) 7. Being John Malkovich (George Clooney) 8. JCVD (Jean-Claude van Damme) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6930 "2022-10-20T21:10:39Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) 3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Neil Patrick Harris) 4. To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy) 5. Contact (Bill Clinton) 6. Ocean’s Twelve (Julia Roberts) 7. Being John Malkovich (George Clooney) 8. JCVD (Jean-Claude van Damme) 9. Trainwreck (LeBron James) And he’s funny, too! ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6931 "2022-10-21T00:13:47Z")
**Fictional films in which a real-life person plays a prominent role (not a cameo)** 1. Zombieland (Bill Murray) 2. My Name Is Bruce (Bruce Campbell) 3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Neil Patrick Harris) 4. To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy) 5. Contact (Bill Clinton) 6. Ocean’s Twelve (Julia Roberts) 7. Being John Malkovich (George Clooney) 8. JCVD (Jean-Claude van Damme) 9. Trainwreck (LeBron James) 10. Saving Silverman (Neil Diamond) **Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6932 "2022-10-21T02:25:32Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6933 "2022-10-21T02:26:45Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet 3. WALL• **Ⓔ** _ **-“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:** [October 21, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6934 "2022-10-21T02:31:10Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet 3. WALL• **Ⓔ** 4. Star Wars Pretty much all of them. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6935 "2022-10-21T09:58:58Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet 3. WALL• **Ⓔ** 4. Star Wars 5. Rocky IV Before it was edited out. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6936 "2022-10-21T10:07:28Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet 3. WALL• **Ⓔ** 4. Star Wars 5. Rocky IV 6. The Iron Giant ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6937 "2022-10-21T12:55:56Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet 3. WALL• **Ⓔ** 4. Star Wars 5. Rocky IV 6. The Iron Giant 7. Short Circuit ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6938 "2022-10-21T12:58:03Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet 3. WALL• **Ⓔ** 4. Star Wars 5. Rocky IV 6. The Iron Giant 7. Short Circuit 8. Lost in 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:** [October 21, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6939 "2022-10-21T13:14:00Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet 3. WALL• **Ⓔ** 4. Star Wars 5. Rocky IV 6. The Iron Giant 7. Short Circuit 8. Lost in Space 9. Metropolis ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6940 "2022-10-21T13:29:16Z")
**Films with prominent robots** 1. Robots 2. Forbidden Planet 3. WALL• **Ⓔ** 4. Star Wars 5. Rocky IV 6. The Iron Giant 7. Short Circuit 8. Lost in Space 9. Metropolis 10. The Day The Earth Stood Still **Films of Helen Mirren** 1. Excalibur ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6941 "2022-10-21T13:31:37Z")
**Films of Helen Mirren** 1. Excalibur 2. The Good Liar ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6942 "2022-10-21T13:43:06Z")
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