# 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:** 354
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7063 "2022-11-06T22:23:37Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who became adult major motion picture stars** ``` The Horse Whisperer - Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) The Music Man - Ron Howard (American Graffiti) Napoleon and Samantha - Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs) Anchors Aweigh - Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob) It Happened at the World’s Fair - Kurt Russell (Escape from New York) ``` The Goonies - Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7064 "2022-11-06T22:32:56Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who became adult major motion picture stars** 1. The Horse Whisperer - Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) 2. The Music Man - Ron Howard (American Graffiti) 3. Napoleon and Samantha - Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs) 4. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – Natalie Wood (The Great Race) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 6, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7065 "2022-11-06T22:36:23Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who became adult major motion picture stars** 1. The Horse Whisperer - Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) 2. The Music Man - Ron Howard (American Graffiti) 3. Napoleon and Samantha - Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs) 4. Anchors Aweigh - Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob) 5. It Happened at the World’s Fair - Kurt Russell (Escape from New York) 6. The Goonies - Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) 7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – Natalie Wood (The Great Race) (Housekeeping) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7066 "2022-11-07T03:42:32Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who became adult major motion picture stars** 1. The Horse Whisperer - Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) 2. The Music Man - Ron Howard (American Graffiti) 3. Napoleon and Samantha - Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs) 4. Anchors Aweigh - Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob) 5. It Happened at the World’s Fair - Kurt Russell (Escape from New York) 6. The Goonies - Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) 7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – Natalie Wood (The Great Race) 8. Leon: The Professional - Natalie Portman (Black Swan) ---
**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 7, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7067 "2022-11-07T04:09:17Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who became adult major motion picture stars** 1. The Horse Whisperer - Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) 2. The Music Man - Ron Howard (American Graffiti) 3. Napoleon and Samantha - Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs) 4. Anchors Aweigh - Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob) 5. It Happened at the World’s Fair - Kurt Russell (Escape from New York) 6. The Goonies - Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) 7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – Natalie Wood (The Great Race) 8. Leon: The Professional - Natalie Portman (Black Swan) 9. The Addams Family - Christina Ricci (Monster) ---
**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 7, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7068 "2022-11-07T13:31:43Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who became adult major motion picture stars** 1. The Horse Whisperer - Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) 2. The Music Man - Ron Howard (American Graffiti) 3. Napoleon and Samantha - Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs) 4. Anchors Aweigh - Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob) 5. It Happened at the World’s Fair - Kurt Russell (Escape from New York) 6. The Goonies - Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) 7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – Natalie Wood (The Great Race) 8. Leon: The Professional - Natalie Portman (Black Swan) 9. The Addams Family - Christina Ricci (Monster) 10. Empire of the Sun - Christian Bale (American Psycho) Pass. ---
**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 7, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7069 "2022-11-07T13:47:13Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7070 "2022-11-07T14:15:48Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7071 "2022-11-07T15:21:27Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) 3. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgement Day) ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7072 "2022-11-07T15:26:49Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) 3. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgement Day) 4. Jake Lloyd (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) He dropped out of acting due to bullying after The Phantom Menace, had run-ins with the law, and was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7073 "2022-11-07T15:55:22Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) 3. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgement Day) 4. Jake Lloyd (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) 5. Bobby Driscoll (Treasure Island, Peter Pan, Song of the South, and other Disney movies) One of the most infamous child actor falls from grace with the requisite prison and substance abuse issues. He was quoted before his death in 1968 as saying _‘I was carried on a silver platter and then dumped into the garbage can.’_ ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7074 "2022-11-07T15:58:50Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) 3. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgement Day) 4. Jake Lloyd (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) 5. Bobby Driscoll (Treasure Island, Peter Pan, Song of the South, and other Disney movies) 6. Corey Haim (License to Drive) ---
**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 7, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7075 "2022-11-07T17:35:50Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) 3. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) 4. Jake Lloyd (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) 5. Bobby Driscoll (Treasure Island, Peter Pan, Song of the South, and other Disney movies) 6. Corey Haim (License to Drive) 7. Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7076 "2022-11-08T00:32:26Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) 3. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) 4. Jake Lloyd (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) 5. Bobby Driscoll (Treasure Island, Peter Pan, Song of the South, and other Disney movies) 6. Corey Haim (License to Drive) 7. Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap) 8. River Phoenix (Stand by Me) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7077 "2022-11-08T00:35:47Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) 3. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) 4. Jake Lloyd (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) 5. Bobby Driscoll (Treasure Island, Peter Pan, Song of the South, and other Disney movies) 6. Corey Haim (License to Drive) 7. Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap) 8. River Phoenix (Stand By Me) 9. Brad Renfro (The Client) Died of a heroin overdose 15 years later. ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7078 "2022-11-08T15:08:43Z")
**Movies that feature child actors who crashed and burned** 1. Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) 2. Jamie Waylett (Harry Potter franchise) 3. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) 4. Jake Lloyd (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) 5. Bobby Driscoll (Treasure Island, Peter Pan, Song of the South, and other Disney movies) 6. Corey Haim (License to Drive) 7. Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap) 8. River Phoenix (Stand By Me) 9. Brad Renfro (The Client) 10. Danny Bonaduce (The Fight) Best known for The Partridge Family, of course. Pass. ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7079 "2022-11-08T15:29:19Z")
**Mindfuck movies** (not just twist endings, but weird-ass stuff in most aspects from the ground up) 1. Schizopolis ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7080 "2022-11-08T16:32:26Z")
**Mindfuck movies** (not just twist endings, but weird-ass stuff in most aspects from the ground up) 1. Schizopolis 2. Eraserhead ---
**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 8, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7081 "2022-11-08T16:42:23Z")
**Mindfuck movies** (not just twist endings, but weird-ass stuff in most aspects from the ground up) 1. Schizopolis 2. Eraserhead 3. Evil Dead II ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7082 "2022-11-08T16:45:32Z")
**Mindfuck movies** (not just twist endings, but weird-ass stuff in most aspects from the ground up) 1. Schizopolis 2. Eraserhead 3. Evil Dead II 4. Un Chien Andalou [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=355)