# 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:** 52
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**The films of Amy Adams** 1. Big Eyes 2. American Hustle 3. Enchanted 4. Drop Dead Gorgeous 5. Hillbilly Elegy 6. Arrival She is _great_ in it. ---
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**The films of Amy Adams** 1. Big Eyes 2. American Hustle 3. Enchanted 4. Drop Dead Gorgeous 5. Hillbilly Elegy 6. Arrival 7. Justice League ---
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**The films of Amy Adams** 1. Big Eyes 2. American Hustle 3. Enchanted 4. Drop Dead Gorgeous 5. Hillbilly Elegy 6. Arrival 7. Justice League 8. Pumpkin ---
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**The films of Amy Adams** 1. Big Eyes 2. American Hustle 3. Enchanted 4. Drop Dead Gorgeous 5. Hillbilly Elegy 6. Arrival 7. Justice League 8. Pumpkin 9. Junebug ---
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**The films of Amy Adams** 1. Big Eyes 2. American Hustle 3. Enchanted 4. Drop Dead Gorgeous 5. Hillbilly Elegy 6. Arrival 7. Justice League 8. Pumpkin 9. Junebug 10. Catch Me If You Can Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut ---
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Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. ---
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Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. 3. _Aliens_ - The Director’s Cut restores a scene in which Ripley learns her daughter died of old age while she was stranded in space. ---
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Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. 3. _Aliens_ - The Director’s Cut restores a scene in which Ripley learns her daughter died of old age while she was stranded in space. 4. _Star Wars_ - A deleted scene from early in the film had Luke going to Tosche Station, where he ran into his best friend Biggs, who had just graduated from the Imperial flight academy. Biggs explained to Luke that he was planning to join the Rebellion. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WaS_0oVJvio/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WaS_0oVJvio/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
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**Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies** 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. 3. _Aliens_ - The Director’s Cut restores a scene in which Ripley learns her daughter died of old age while she was stranded in space. 4. _Star Wars_ - A deleted scene from early in the film had Luke going to Tosche Station, where he ran into his best friend Biggs, who had just graduated from the Imperial flight academy. Biggs explained to Luke that he was planning to join the Rebellion. 5. _Dr. Strangelove_ - Kubrick cut a big pie fight in the War Room from the end of the movie. > **[Rare images of the Dr Strangelove custard pie fight](https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/rare-images-dr-strangelove-custard-pie-fight)** > > A special glimpse at the famous custard pie fight finale that was shot but cut out of Stanley Kubrick’s cold war masterpiece Dr Strangelove. ---
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**Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies** 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. 3. _Aliens_ - The Director’s Cut restores a scene in which Ripley learns her daughter died of old age while she was stranded in space. 4. _Star Wars_ - A deleted scene from early in the film had Luke going to Tosche Station, where he ran into his best friend Biggs, who had just graduated from the Imperial flight academy. Biggs explained to Luke that he was planning to join the Rebellion. 5. _Dr. Strangelove_ - Kubrick cut a big pie fight in the War Room from the end of the movie. 6. _Scott Pilgrim vs the Word_ - There was a different ending scene where Scott ends up with Knives instead of Ramona. While the rest of the movie is the same, this ending changes the meaning of every scene in the movie and makes it an entirely different movie. ---
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**Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies** 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. 3. _Aliens_ - The Director’s Cut restores a scene in which Ripley learns her daughter died of old age while she was stranded in space. 4. _Star Wars_ - A deleted scene from early in the film had Luke going to Tosche Station, where he ran into his best friend Biggs, who had just graduated from the Imperial flight academy. Biggs explained to Luke that he was planning to join the Rebellion. 5. _Dr. Strangelove_ - Kubrick cut a big pie fight in the War Room from the end of the movie. 6. _Scott Pilgrim vs the Word_ - There was a different ending scene where Scott ends up with Knives instead of Ramona. While the rest of the movie is the same, this ending changes the meaning of every scene in the movie and makes it an entirely different movie. 7. _Limitless_ - An alternate ending was filmed, showing the lead character and his former boss more confrontational in their last meeting, and implying that the latter was more powerful. I prefer the original ending. ---
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**Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies** 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. 3. _Aliens_ - The Director’s Cut restores a scene in which Ripley learns her daughter died of old age while she was stranded in space. 4. _Star Wars_ - A deleted scene from early in the film had Luke going to Tosche Station, where he ran into his best friend Biggs, who had just graduated from the Imperial flight academy. Biggs explained to Luke that he was planning to join the Rebellion. 5. _Dr. Strangelove_ - Kubrick cut a big pie fight in the War Room from the end of the movie. 6. _Scott Pilgrim vs the Word_ - There was a different ending scene where Scott ends up with Knives instead of Ramona. While the rest of the movie is the same, this ending changes the meaning of every scene in the movie and makes it an entirely different movie. 7. _Limitless_ - An alternate ending was filmed, showing the lead character and his former boss more confrontational in their last meeting, and implying that the latter was more powerful. I prefer the original ending. 8. _Kingsman: The Golden Circle_ – Hamish Mycroft/Merlin (played by Mark Strong) was supposed to have survived the mine explosion but at the cost of his legs. He was supposed to crawl into the diner following the final fight scene, revealing his survival to Eggsy, and he would then be seen with prosthetic legs at the wedding. Test audiences were said to have felt cheated that Merlin’s ‘death’ was used as a cheap gag, so his demise was made permanent in the final cut. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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[quote=“Bicycle\_Bill, post:1032, topic:938801”] **Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies** 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. 3. _Aliens_ - The Director’s Cut restores a scene in which Ripley learns her daughter died of old age while she was stranded in space. 4. _Star Wars_ - A deleted scene from early in the film had Luke going to Tosche Station, where he ran into his best friend Biggs, who had just graduated from the Imperial flight academy. Biggs explained to Luke that he was planning to join the Rebellion. 5. _Dr. Strangelove_ - Kubrick cut a big pie fight in the War Room from the end of the movie. 6. _Scott Pilgrim vs the Word_ - There was a different ending scene where Scott ends up with Knives instead of Ramona. While the rest of the movie is the same, this ending changes the meaning of every scene in the movie and makes it an entirely different movie. 7. _Limitless_ - An alternate ending was filmed, showing the lead character and his former boss more confrontational in their last meeting, and implying that the latter was more powerful. I prefer the original ending. 8. _Kingsman: The Golden Circle_ – Hamish Mycroft/Merlin (played by Mark Strong) was supposed to have survived the mine explosion but at the cost of his legs. He was supposed to crawl into the diner following the final fight scene, revealing his survival to Eggsy, and he would then be seen with prosthetic legs at the wedding. Test audiences were said to have felt cheated that Merlin’s ‘death’ was used as a cheap gag, so his demise was made permanent in the final cut. 9. _The Wizard of Oz_ - The “Jitterbug scene.” A bug affects the four travelers and causes them to break out in dance. I don’t know if it was shot in full production and cut for the final, or whether it was filmed as a test. You can find it online. It explains a cryptic comment by the Wicked Witch of the West where she tells the leader of the monkeys that she had sent “a little insect to take the fight out of them.” ---
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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **The films of Amy Adams** > > 1. Big Eyes I thought that said Bug Eyes for a second. 😳 ---
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**Memorable deleted scenes or scenes from alternate versions of movies** 1. _Alien_ - The cocoon scene from the Director’s Cut 2. _This is Spinal Tap_ - Derek Smalls shows off how he had a big part as a bad guy in a spy movie and his character is shot before the opening credits. 3. _Aliens_ - The Director’s Cut restores a scene in which Ripley learns her daughter died of old age while she was stranded in space. 4. _Star Wars_ - A deleted scene from early in the film had Luke going to Tosche Station, where he ran into his best friend Biggs, who had just graduated from the Imperial flight academy. Biggs explained to Luke that he was planning to join the Rebellion. 5. _Dr. Strangelove_ - Kubrick cut a big pie fight in the War Room from the end of the movie. 6. _Scott Pilgrim vs the Word_ - There was a different ending scene where Scott ends up with Knives instead of Ramona. While the rest of the movie is the same, this ending changes the meaning of every scene in the movie and makes it an entirely different movie. 7. _Limitless_ - An alternate ending was filmed, showing the lead character and his former boss more confrontational in their last meeting, and implying that the latter was more powerful. I prefer the original ending. 8. _Kingsman: The Golden Circle_ – Hamish Mycroft/Merlin (played by Mark Strong) was supposed to have survived the mine explosion but at the cost of his legs. He was supposed to crawl into the diner following the final fight scene, revealing his survival to Eggsy, and he would then be seen with prosthetic legs at the wedding. Test audiences were said to have felt cheated that Merlin’s ‘death’ was used as a cheap gag, so his demise was made permanent in the final cut. 9. _The Wizard of Oz_ - The “Jitterbug scene.” A bug affects the four travelers and causes them to break out in dance. I don’t know if it was shot in full production and cut for the final, or whether it was filmed as a test. You can find it online. It explains a cryptic comment by the Wicked Witch of the West where she tells the leader of the monkeys that she had sent “a little insect to take the fight out of them.” 10. _Clerks_ - The original ending had Dante being shot by a guy robbing the store. Pass. ---
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**Take Two: Movies Where an Actor in a Major Role Was Replaced During Production** 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Stuart Townsend as Strider/Aragorn) Once filming had begun, director Peter Jackson realized that Townsend was too young for the role. After both Russell Crowe and Daniel Day-Lewis turned down the recast role, Jackson selected Viggo Mortensen. ---
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**Take Two: Movies Where an Actor in a Major Role Was Replaced During Production** 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Stuart Townsend as Strider/Aragorn) 2. Back To The Future (Eric Stoltz as Marty) ---
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**Take Two: Movies Where an Actor in a Major Role Was Replaced During Production** 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Stuart Townsend as Strider/Aragorn) 2. Back To The Future (Eric Stoltz as Marty) 3. All the Money in the World (Christopher Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey as John Paul Getty) Spacey was replaced when sexual assault allegations were made against him. ---
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**Take Two: Movies Where an Actor in a Major Role Was Replaced During Production** 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Stuart Townsend as Strider/Aragorn) Once filming had begun, director Peter Jackson realized that Townsend was too young for the role. After both Russell Crowe and Daniel Day-Lewis turned down the recast role, Jackson selected Viggo Mortensen. 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space. Director Ed Wood used posthumous footage of Bela Lugosi as a vampire. He didn’t have what he needed to cover everything in the story, so his wife’s chiropractor played the role in the remaining scenes, to unintended comic effect. ---
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**Take Two: Movies Where an Actor in a Major Role Was Replaced During Production** 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Stuart Townsend as Strider/Aragorn) Once filming had begun, director Peter Jackson realized that Townsend was too young for the role. After both Russell Crowe and Daniel Day-Lewis turned down the recast role, Jackson selected Viggo Mortensen. 2. Back To The Future (Eric Stoltz as Marty) 3. All the Money in the World (Christopher Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey as John Paul Getty) Spacey was replaced when sexual assault allegations were made against him. 4. Plan 9 from Outer Space. Director Ed Wood used posthumous footage of Bela Lugosi as a vampire. He didn’t have what he needed to cover everything in the story, so his wife’s chiropractor played the role in the remaining scenes, to unintended comic effect. housekeeping [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=53)