# 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:** 440
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8783 "2023-03-20T22:29:01Z")
**Box office failures** 1. Ishtar 2. John Carter 3. Cutthroat Island ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8784 "2023-03-20T22:41:14Z")
**Box office failures** 1. Ishtar 2. John Carter 3. Cutthroat Island 4. The Lone Ranger (2013) ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8785 "2023-03-20T22:51:52Z")
**Box office failures** 1. Ishtar 2. John Carter 3. Cutthroat Island 4. The Lone Ranger (2013) 5. Mortal Engines ---
**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, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8786 "2023-03-21T02:46:57Z")
**Box office failures** 1. Ishtar 2. John Carter 3. Cutthroat Island 4. The Lone Ranger (2013) 5. Mortal Engines 6. Hudson Hawk …though I still like the _Swinging on a Star_ number. ---
**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, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8787 "2023-03-21T03:52:32Z")
**Box office failures** 1. Ishtar 2. John Carter 3. Cutthroat Island 4. The Lone Ranger (2013) 5. Mortal Engines 6. Hudson Hawk 7. Leonard Part 6 Written and produced by Bill Cosby, it took in about $4.6 million against a $24 million budget. When the film was released in 1987, even Cosby himself was so disappointed with it that he publicly advised people not to waste their money on it. ---
**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, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8788 "2023-03-21T12:15:05Z")
**Box office failures** 1. Ishtar 2. John Carter 3. Cutthroat Island 4. The Lone Ranger (2013) 5. Mortal Engines 6. Hudson Hawk 7. Leonard Part 6 8. Gigli ---
**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, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8789 "2023-03-21T12:53:28Z")
**Box office failures** 1. Ishtar 2. John Carter 3. Cutthroat Island 4. The Lone Ranger (2013) 5. Mortal Engines 6. Hudson Hawk 7. Leonard Part 6 8. Gigli 9. Doctor Dolittle ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8790 "2023-03-21T13:25:35Z")
**Box office failures** 1. Ishtar 2. John Carter 3. Cutthroat Island 4. The Lone Ranger (2013) 5. Mortal Engines 6. Hudson Hawk 7. Leonard Part 6 8. Gigli 9. Doctor Dolittle 10. Heaven’s Gate Pass. ---
**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, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8791 "2023-03-21T14:18:14Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa ---
**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, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8792 "2023-03-21T14:32:51Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda ---
**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, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8793 "2023-03-21T14:35:01Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda 3. Trader Horn The first Hollywood feature to be filmed on location in Africa. ---
**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, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8794 "2023-03-21T14:46:49Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda 3. Trader Horn 4. The Ghost and the Darkness ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8795 "2023-03-21T15:17:27Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda 3. Trader Horn 4. The Ghost and the Darkness 5. Casablanca ---
**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, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8796 "2023-03-21T15:22:13Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda 3. Trader Horn 4. The Ghost and the Darkness 5. Casablanca 6. Jewel of the Nile ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8797 "2023-03-21T16:12:05Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda 3. Trader Horn 4. The Ghost and the Darkness 5. Casablanca 6. Jewel of the Nile 7. District 9 ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8798 "2023-03-21T16:16:03Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda 3. Trader Horn 4. The Ghost and the Darkness 5. Casablanca 6. Jewel of the Nile 7. District 9 8. Black Panther Set in the fictional African nation of Wakanda. ---
**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, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8799 "2023-03-21T16:42:39Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda 3. Trader Horn 4. The Ghost and the Darkness 5. Casablanca 6. Jewel of the Nile 7. District 9 8. Black Panther 9. Congo ---
**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, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8800 "2023-03-21T17:12:07Z")
**Movies set in Africa** 1. Out of Africa 2. Hotel Rwanda 3. Trader Horn 4. The Ghost and the Darkness 5. Casablanca 6. Jewel of the Nile 7. District 9 8. Black Panther 9. Congo 10. The Gods Must Be Crazy **Movies that don’t easily fit into one particular genre** 1. [True Stories](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092117/) ---
**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, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8801 "2023-03-21T17:53:20Z")
**Movies that don’t easily fit into one particular genre** 1. [True Stories](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092117/) 2. Parasite ---
**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, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/8802 "2023-03-21T18:10:23Z")
**Movies that don’t easily fit into one particular genre** 1. [True Stories](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092117/) 2. Parasite 3. A Clockwork Orange [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=441)