Movie Marathon (Part 2)

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Movies Whose Titles Feature Acronyms

  1. F.I.S.T. (1978) – Federation of Interstate Truckers
  2. C.H.U.D. (1984) Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers
  3. S.W.A.T. (2003) - Special Weapons and Tactics
  4. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - United
  5. CODA - Children of Deaf Adults
  6. D.O.A. (1949) - Dead on Arrival
  7. The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) - Collect on Delivery
  8. The FBI Story (1959)
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Movies Whose Titles Feature Acronyms

  1. F.I.S.T. (1978) – Federation of Interstate Truckers
  2. C.H.U.D. (1984) Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers
  3. S.W.A.T. (2003) - Special Weapons and Tactics
  4. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - United
  5. CODA - Children of Deaf Adults
  6. D.O.A. (1949) - Dead on Arrival
  7. The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) - Collect on Delivery
  8. The FBI Story (1959)
  9. The Secret of NIMH (1982) - National Institute of Mental Health
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Movies Whose Titles Feature Acronyms

  1. F.I.S.T. (1978) – Federation of Interstate Truckers
  2. C.H.U.D. (1984) Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers
  3. S.W.A.T. (2003) - Special Weapons and Tactics
  4. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - United
  5. CODA - Children of Deaf Adults
  6. D.O.A. (1949) - Dead on Arrival
  7. The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) - Collect on Delivery
  8. The FBI Story (1959)
  9. The Secret of NIMH (1982) - National Institute of Mental Health
  10. D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) - Data-Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform

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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (2021) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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Now that is a ninja!

Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - based on Homer’s The Odyssey
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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - based on Homer’s The Odyssey
  5. Valley Girl - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - based on Homer’s The Odyssey
  5. Valley Girl - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  6. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - based on Homer’s The Odyssey
  5. Valley Girl - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  6. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
  7. Forbidden Planet (1956) - Based on The Tempest

Seeing a lot of Shakespeare here. :wink:

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Well, studios don’t have to pay royalties to him. :wink:

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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - based on Homer’s The Odyssey
  5. Valley Girl - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  6. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
  7. Forbidden Planet (1956) - Based on The Tempest
  8. Apocalypse Now (1979) - based on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Just to get us out of the Shakespeare rut.

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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - based on Homer’s The Odyssey
  5. Valley Girl - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  6. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
  7. Forbidden Planet (1956) - Based on The Tempest
  8. Hook (1991) – based on J.M. Barrie’s 1904 stage play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up

-“BB”-

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Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - based on Homer’s The Odyssey
  5. Valley Girl - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  6. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
  7. Forbidden Planet (1956) - Based on The Tempest
  8. Hook (1991) – based on J.M. Barrie’s 1904 stage play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up
  9. Naked Lunch (1991) - based on William Burroughs’s novel Naked Lunch, with material from other writings of his and biographical accounts mixed in, as director David Cronenberg deemed a straight adaptation of the novel to be unfilmable.
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Housekeeping.

Movies Loosely Based on Previous Works (Not Direct Adaptations)

  1. Strange Brew (1983) - based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  2. West Side Story (1961) - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  3. A Thousand Acres (1997) - based on Shakespeare’s King Lear
  4. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - based on Homer’s The Odyssey
  5. Valley Girl - based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
  6. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew
  7. Forbidden Planet (1956) - Based on The Tempest
  8. Apocalypse Now (1979) - based on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  9. Hook (1991) – based on J.M. Barrie’s 1904 stage play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up
  10. Naked Lunch (1991) - based on William Burroughs’s novel Naked Lunch , with material from other writings of his and biographical accounts mixed in, as director David Cronenberg deemed a straight adaptation of the novel to be unfilmable.

As this was my category, I’ll pass on starting the next one.

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Movies with an ensemble cast

  1. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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Movies with an ensemble cast

  1. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  2. Avengers: Endgame
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Movies with an ensemble cast

  1. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  2. Avengers: Endgame
  3. Around the World in 80 Days (the 1956 spectacular)

-“BB”-

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Movies with an ensemble cast

  1. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  2. Avengers: Endgame
  3. Around the World in 80 Days (the 1956 spectacular)
  4. The Poseidon Adventure
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Movies with an ensemble cast

  1. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  2. Avengers: Endgame
  3. Around the World in 80 Days (the 1956 spectacular)
  4. The Poseidon Adventure
  5. Prêt-à-Porter