# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 194
**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 5, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3862 "2024-06-05T02:19:53Z")
**Movies starring someone who managed the leap from TV to big screen** 1. Sally Field – _Norma Rae_ 2. Robin Williams - _Popeye_ 3. Tom Selleck – _Quigley Down Under_ 4. Chris Pratt - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3863 "2024-06-05T04:34:07Z")
**Movies starring someone who managed the leap from TV to big screen** 1. Sally Field – _Norma Rae_ 2. Robin Williams - _Popeye_ 3. Tom Selleck – _Quigley Down Under_ 4. Chris Pratt - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Eddie Murphy - _Beverly Hills Cop_ ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3864 "2024-06-05T13:01:21Z")
**Movies starring someone who managed the leap from TV to big screen** 1. Sally Field – _Norma Rae_ 2. Robin Williams - _Popeye_ 3. Tom Selleck – _Quigley Down Under_ 4. Chris Pratt - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Eddie Murphy - _Beverly Hills Cop_ 6. Dan Ackroyd - _Blues Brothers_ ---
**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 5, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3865 "2024-06-05T13:54:50Z")
**Movies starring someone who managed the leap from TV to big screen** 1. Sally Field – _Norma Rae_ 2. Robin Williams - _Popeye_ 3. Tom Selleck – _Quigley Down Under_ 4. Chris Pratt - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Eddie Murphy - _Beverly Hills Cop_ 6. Dan Ackroyd - _Blues Brothers_ 7. Jennifer Aniston - _Office Space_ I have a quibble with the last category. _What’s Love Got to Do With It?_ - How is that “Boy Gets Girl, Boy Loses girl, Boy Gets Girl”? Tina Turner meets Ike, dumps Ike, and never gets back with him! (And goes onto shining solo success!) Granted, she dumps him several times trying to escape his abusiveness, but I don’t think this movie fits the category. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3866 "2024-06-05T14:05:27Z")
**Movies starring someone who managed the leap from TV to big screen** 1. Sally Field – _Norma Rae_ 2. Robin Williams - _Popeye_ 3. Tom Selleck – _Quigley Down Under_ 4. Chris Pratt - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Eddie Murphy - _Beverly Hills Cop_ 6. Dan Ackroyd - _Blues Brothers_ 7. Jennifer Aniston - _Office Space_ 8. Steve Carell - _The 40-Year-Old virgin_ ---
**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 5, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3867 "2024-06-05T14:10:31Z")
**Movies starring someone who managed the leap from TV to big screen** 1. Sally Field – _Norma Rae_ 2. Robin Williams - _Popeye_ 3. Tom Selleck – _Quigley Down Under_ 4. Chris Pratt - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Eddie Murphy - _Beverly Hills Cop_ 6. Dan Ackroyd - _Blues Brothers_ 7. Jennifer Aniston - _Office Space_ 8. Steve Carell - _The 40-Year-Old virgin_ 9. George Clooney - _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3868 "2024-06-05T14:13:13Z")
**Movies starring someone who managed the leap from TV to big screen** 1. Sally Field – _Norma Rae_ 2. Robin Williams - _Popeye_ 3. Tom Selleck – _Quigley Down Under_ 4. Chris Pratt - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 5. Eddie Murphy - _Beverly Hills Cop_ 6. Dan Ackroyd - _Blues Brothers_ 7. Jennifer Aniston - _Office Space_ 8. Steve Carell - _The 40-Year-Old virgin_ 9. George Clooney - _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ 10. John Travolta - _Saturday Night Fever_ 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:** [June 5, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3869 "2024-06-05T14:20:33Z")
**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3870 "2024-06-05T14:21:44Z")
**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) Not the inferior remake. ---
**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 5, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3871 "2024-06-05T14:26:21Z")
**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) 3. The 39 Steps ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3872 "2024-06-05T14:33:39Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > The 39 Steps I hope you mean the Hitchcock version and not the '59 remake. **British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) 3. The 39 Steps 4. Lawrence of Arabia ---
**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 5, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3873 "2024-06-05T14:36:18Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > I hope you mean the Hitchcock version and not the '59 remake. Of course! I guess I should have specified, but if I cite a Hitchcock title, it’ll invariably be the Hitchcock work. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3874 "2024-06-05T14:52:16Z")
**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) 3. The 39 Steps 4. Lawrence of Arabia 5. Nuns on the Run ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3875 "2024-06-05T15:05:55Z")
I never actually saw the movie myself. The title popped up on a Google search for that criteria. You should submit a substitute submission, as I listed the only other romcom (Notting Hill) I can recall actually seeing. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3876 "2024-06-05T15:06:53Z")
**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) 3. The 39 Steps 4. Lawrence of Arabia 5. Nuns on the Run 6. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3877 "2024-06-05T15:10:04Z")
**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) 3. The 39 Steps 4. Lawrence of Arabia 5. Nuns on the Run 6. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels 7. Trainspotting ---
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**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) 3. The 39 Steps 4. Lawrence of Arabia 5. Nuns on the Run 6. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels 7. Trainspotting 8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3879 "2024-06-05T15:52:16Z")
**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) 3. The 39 Steps 4. Lawrence of Arabia 5. Nuns on the Run 6. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels 7. Trainspotting 8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 9. The Magic Christian ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3880 "2024-06-05T19:01:50Z")
**British Films** 1. Kind Hearts And Coronets 2. The Ladykillers (1955) 3. The 39 Steps 4. Lawrence of Arabia 5. Nuns on the Run 6. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels 7. Trainspotting 8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 9. The Magic Christian 10. Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) **Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society ---
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