# 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:** 489
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9763 "2023-06-07T19:42:10Z")
**Movies that will never get made** 1. The Satanic Verses 2. Mass Effect 3. The Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie 4. Back to the Future IV 5. Mr. Ed – The Movie 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day at School ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9764 "2023-06-07T22:00:46Z")
**Movies that will never get made** 1. The Satanic Verses 2. Mass Effect 3. The Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie 4. Back to the Future IV 5. Mr. Ed – The Movie 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day at School 7. Highlander II: The Quickening Thank God it never was, and never will be, made. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9765 "2023-06-08T00:59:27Z")
**Movies that will never get made** 1. The Satanic Verses 2. Mass Effect 3. The Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie 4. Back to the Future IV 5. Mr. Ed – The Movie 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day at School 7. Highlander II: The Quickening 8. My porno with Scarlett Johansson But I’m still trying to make it happen. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9766 "2023-06-08T01:06:00Z")
**Movies that will never get made** 1. The Satanic Verses 2. Mass Effect 3. The Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie 4. Back to the Future IV 5. Mr. Ed – The Movie 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day at School 7. Highlander II: The Quickening 8. My porno with Scarlett Johansson 9. The Apotheosis of Donald John Trump ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9767 "2023-06-08T01:18:11Z")
**Movies that will never get made** 1. The Satanic Verses 2. Mass Effect 3. The Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie 4. Back to the Future IV 5. Mr. Ed – The Movie 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day at School 7. Highlander II: The Quickening 8. My porno with Scarlett Johansson 9. The Apotheosis of Donald John Trump 10. Serenity II Wouldn’t be the same without Book and Wash. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9768 "2023-06-08T04:18:06Z")
**Cheaply made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9769 "2023-06-08T04:27:40Z")
**Cheaply made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9770 "2023-06-08T04:30:05Z")
**Cheaply made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 3. Clerks ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9771 "2023-06-08T04:52:57Z")
**Cheaply made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 3. Clerks 4. Good Will Hunting $225M gross on a budget of $10M. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9772 "2023-06-08T05:36:05Z")
1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 3. Clerks 4. Good Will Hunting 5. Roger and Me ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9773 "2023-06-08T05:56:52Z")
**Cheaply made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 3. Clerks 4. Good Will Hunting 5. Roger and Me 6. El Mariachi Made $2 million at the box office on a $7,000 budget, spawned two sequels, and established Robert Rodriguez as an A-list director. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9774 "2023-06-08T07:20:19Z")
**Cheaply made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 3. Clerks 4. Good Will Hunting 5. Roger and Me 6. El Mariachi 7. Napoleon Dynamite ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9775 "2023-06-08T12:31:46Z")
**Cheaply made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 3. Clerks 4. Good Will Hunting 5. Roger and Me 6. El Mariachi 7. Napoleon Dynamite 8. My Big Fat Greek Wedding A $5 million budget turned into $368.7 million worldwide. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9776 "2023-06-08T13:22:54Z")
**Cheaply-made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 3. Clerks 4. Good Will Hunting 5. Roger and Me 6. El Mariachi 7. Napoleon Dynamite 8. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 9. What the Bleep Do We Know!? ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9777 "2023-06-09T01:36:26Z")
**Cheaply-made independent films that cashed in at the box office** 1. The Blair Witch Project 2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 3. Clerks 4. Good Will Hunting 5. Roger and Me 6. El Mariachi 7. Napoleon Dynamite 8. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 9. What the Bleep Do We Know!? 10. Jackass: The Movie A full-length film following up on the success of an MTV program, it had a $5 million dollar budget. It was the #1 movie on the weekend of its release and took in a world-wide gross of $79.5 million, as well as spawning a sequel. **Movies Told Mostly in Flashback** 1. Twelve O’Clock High Starts in 1949, when retired USAAF Major Harvey Stovall (Dean Jagger) spots a ‘Toby’ mug in an antique store. He purchases it and then bicycles out to the remains of the WWII aerodrome where he had been stationed as the adjutant of a squadron of B-17s. As he reminisces, the movie goes to flashback when the airfield was operational and the story plays out. At the end, the scene shifts back to 1949; Major Stovall places the mug on the mantle over the fireplace of the building that had been the officers’ club, then cycles away. _ **-“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:** [June 9, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9778 "2023-06-09T01:50:45Z")
**Movies Told Mostly in Flashback** 1. Twelve O’Clock High 2. Titanic The story of the _Titanic_ in 1912, and Rose’s recollection of it and what happened, is bookended by the elderly Rose today, on the modern exploration ship, _Keldysh_. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9779 "2023-06-09T01:53:25Z")
**Movies Told Mostly in Flashback** 1. Twelve O’Clock High 2. Titanic 3. Sunset Boulevard The opening scene shows the police fishing the dead body of the main character out of a swimming pool. Then we flash back six months, and the rest of the movie relates the events that led to his unfortunate demise. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9780 "2023-06-09T01:54:53Z")
**Movies Told Mostly in Flashback** 1. Twelve O’Clock High 2. Titanic 3. Sunset Boulevard 4. Amadeus The main plot is bookended by scenes of an elderly Salieri, in an asylum, confessing to having murdered Mozart. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9781 "2023-06-09T03:45:18Z")
**Movies Told Mostly in Flashback** 1. Twelve O’Clock High 2. Titanic 3. Sunset Boulevard 4. Amadeus 5. Forrest Gump ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/9782 "2023-06-09T06:23:17Z")
**Movies Told Mostly in Flashback** 1. Twelve O’Clock High 2. Titanic 3. Sunset Boulevard 4. Amadeus 5. Forrest Gump 6. Citizen Kane Rosebud [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=488) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=490)