# 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:** 472
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9423 "2023-05-08T19:04:51Z")
**Dystopian futures** 1. Minority Report 2. Blade Runner 3. THX 1138 4. Idiocracy 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Tank Girl 7. 12 Monkeys ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9424 "2023-05-08T19:40:28Z")
**Dystopian futures** 1. Minority Report 2. Blade Runner 3. THX 1138 4. Idiocracy 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Tank Girl 7. 12 Monkeys 8. Brazil ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9425 "2023-05-08T19:46:09Z")
**Dystopian futures** 1. Minority Report 2. Blade Runner 3. THX 1138 4. Idiocracy 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Tank Girl 7. 12 Monkeys 8. Brazil 9. 1984 ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9426 "2023-05-08T19:54:34Z")
**Dystopian futures** 1. Minority Report 2. Blade Runner 3. THX 1138 4. Idiocracy 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Tank Girl 7. 12 Monkeys 8. Brazil 9. 1984 10. The Terminator From what we hear of humanity’s future after Skynet does its thing, anyway. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9427 "2023-05-08T21:52:22Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth You guys remember telephones, yes? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9428 "2023-05-08T21:55:07Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9429 "2023-05-08T22:00:01Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Get Shorty ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9430 "2023-05-09T01:01:49Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Get Shorty 4. When A Stranger Calls (1979) “The call is coming from inside the house!” ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9431 "2023-05-09T02:58:57Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Get Shorty 4. When A Stranger Calls (1979) 5. When Harry Met Sally The two title characters, watching _Casablanca_ together, but each in their own bed, while talking with one another on the phone. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9432 "2023-05-09T06:21:18Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Get Shorty 4. When A Stranger Calls (1979) 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. A Nightmare on Elm Street ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9433 "2023-05-09T08:08:53Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Get Shorty 4. When A Stranger Calls (1979) 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 7. Dial M For Murder ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9434 "2023-05-09T09:42:45Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Get Shorty 4. When A Stranger Calls (1979) 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 7. Dial M For Murder 8. Pillow Talk Rob Reiner, the director of **When Harry Met Sally** , said that the split-screen scenes in the Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie were the inspiration for the similar scenes in his film. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9435 "2023-05-09T11:10:46Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Get Shorty 4. When A Stranger Calls (1979) 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 7. Dial M For Murder 8. Pillow Talk 9. His Girl Friday Lots of snappy dialog on telephones in that one. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9436 "2023-05-09T11:28:53Z")
**Movies with memorable telephone scenes** (not cell phones!) 1. Phone Booth 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Get Shorty 4. When A Stranger Calls (1979) 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 7. Dial M For Murder 8. Pillow Talk 9. His Girl Friday 10. Sorry, Wrong Number **Movies with phone booths (remember those?)** 1. The Birds ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9437 "2023-05-09T13:16:15Z")
**Movies with phone booths (remember those?)** 1. The Birds 2. Superman ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9438 "2023-05-09T13:16:49Z")
**Movies with phone booths (remember those?)** 1. The Birds 2. Superman 3. Phone Booth ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9439 "2023-05-09T13:26:28Z")
**Movies with phone booths (remember those?)** 1. The Birds 2. Superman 3. Phone Booth 4. [Charade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLw0KJ6bLI) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9440 "2023-05-09T13:33:06Z")
**Movies with phone booths (remember those?)** 1. The Birds 2. Superman 3. Phone Booth 4. [Charade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLw0KJ6bLI) 5. Goodfellas ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9441 "2023-05-09T13:37:21Z")
**Movies with phone booths (remember those?)** 1. The Birds 2. Superman 3. Phone Booth 4. [Charade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLw0KJ6bLI) 5. Goodfellas 6. Three Days of the Condor ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9442 "2023-05-09T14:31:16Z")
**Movies with phone booths (remember those?)** 1. The Birds 2. Superman 3. Phone Booth 4. [Charade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLw0KJ6bLI) 5. Goodfellas 6. Three Days of the Condor 7. It Happened One Night [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=473)