# 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:** 434
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8663 "2023-03-11T11:17:43Z")
**Sports movies other than the Big Four** (Football, baseball, basketball, hockey) 1. Kingpin 2. Diggstown 3. Tin Cup 4. Rocky 5. Rush (2013) 6. Dodgeball ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8664 "2023-03-11T12:27:04Z")
**Sports movies other than the Big Four** (Football, baseball, basketball, hockey) 1. Kingpin 2. Diggstown 3. Tin Cup 4. Rocky 5. Rush (2013) 6. Dodgeball 7. Rollerball ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8665 "2023-03-11T12:42:09Z")
**Sports movies other than the Big Four** (Football, baseball, basketball, hockey) 1. Kingpin 2. Diggstown 3. Tin Cup 4. Rocky 5. Rush (2013) 6. Dodgeball 7. Rollerball 8. Junior Bonner Steve McQueen is a past-his-prime bull rider who gets back in the saddle for one more big win. A Sam Peckinpah movie with no blood! ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8666 "2023-03-11T13:30:42Z")
**Sports movies other than the Big Four** (Football, baseball, basketball, hockey) 1. Kingpin 2. Diggstown 3. Tin Cup 4. Rocky 5. Rush (2013) 6. Dodgeball 7. Rollerball 8. Junior Bonner 9. Balls of Fury Ping pong movie starring Christopher Walken with the tagline “A huge comedy with tiny balls”. It’s not great. ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8667 "2023-03-11T14:18:34Z")
**Sports movies other than the Big Four** (Football, baseball, basketball, hockey) 1. Kingpin 2. Diggstown 3. Tin Cup 4. Rocky 5. Rush (2013) 6. Dodgeball 7. Rollerball 8. Junior Bonner 9. Balls of Fury 10. The Legend of Bagger Vance **Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8668 "2023-03-11T15:15:24Z")
**Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid Jackie Coogan was six when it was released in 1921. It was Charlie Chaplin’s first full-length film as a director. ---
**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 11, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8669 "2023-03-11T18:13:34Z")
**Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid 3. Bugsy Malone ---
**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 11, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8670 "2023-03-11T18:16:11Z")
**Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid 3. Bugsy Malone 4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8671 "2023-03-11T19:33:20Z")
**Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid 3. Bugsy Malone 4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 5. Lord of the Flies ---
**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 11, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8672 "2023-03-11T21:14:17Z")
**Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid 3. Bugsy Malone 4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 5. Lord of the Flies 6. Oliver! ---
**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 11, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8673 "2023-03-11T21:30:20Z")
**Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid 3. Bugsy Malone 4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 5. Lord of the Flies 6. Oliver! 7. The Sandlot ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8674 "2023-03-11T22:02:04Z")
**Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid 3. Bugsy Malone 4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 5. Lord of the Flies 6. Oliver! 7. The Sandlot 8. National Velvet ---
**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 11, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8675 "2023-03-11T22:40:26Z")
**Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid 3. Bugsy Malone 4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 5. Lord of the Flies 6. Oliver! 7. The Sandlot 8. National Velvet 9. Paper Moon ---
**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 11, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8676 "2023-03-11T22:49:59Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:8675, topic:938801, full:true”] **Movies starring Children** 1. Matilda: the Musical 2. The Kid 3. Bugsy Malone 4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 5. Lord of the Flies 6. Oliver! 7. The Sandlot 8. National Velvet 9. Paper Moon 10. Hook **Movies Starring Singers in a Non-Singing Role** 1. 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) _ **-“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 11, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8677 "2023-03-11T22:52:50Z")
**Movies Starring Singers in a Non-Singing Role** 1. 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) 2. Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8678 "2023-03-11T23:04:46Z")
**Movies Starring Singers in a Non-Singing Role** 1. 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) 2. The Manchurian Candidate (Frank Sinatra) Elvis sings in Viva Las Vegas (and most of his other movies). ---
**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 11, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8679 "2023-03-11T23:24:05Z")
**Movies Starring Singers in a Non-Singing Role** 1. 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) 2. The Manchurian Candidate (Frank Sinatra) 3. Enchanted (Idina Menzel) ---
**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 11, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8680 "2023-03-11T23:42:00Z")
**Movies Starring Singers in a Non-Singing Role** 1. 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) 2. The Manchurian Candidate (Frank Sinatra) 3. Enchanted (Idina Menzel) 4. Into Temptation (Kristin Chenoweth) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8681 "2023-03-12T00:07:56Z")
**Movies Starring Singers in a Non-Singing Role** 1. 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) 2. The Manchurian Candidate (Frank Sinatra) 3. Enchanted (Idina Menzel) 4. Into Temptation (Kristin Chenoweth) 5. Semi-Tough (Kris Kristofferson) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8682 "2023-03-12T00:26:38Z")
**Movies Starring Singers in a Non-Singing Role** 1. 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton) 2. The Manchurian Candidate (Frank Sinatra) 3. Enchanted (Idina Menzel) 4. Into Temptation (Kristin Chenoweth) 5. Semi-Tough (Kris Kristofferson) 6. A League of Their Own - Madonna Although she sang over the end credits, her character never sang in the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=433) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=435)