# 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:** 195
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3882 "2024-06-05T19:10:52Z")
**Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society 2. If… 3. School Ties ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3883 "2024-06-05T19:17:09Z")
**Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society 2. If… 3. School Ties 4. The _Harry Potter_ series _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3884 "2024-06-05T19:58:09Z")
**Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society 2. If… 3. School Ties 4. The _Harry Potter_ series 5. Taps ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3885 "2024-06-05T20:40:18Z")
**Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society 2. If… 3. School Ties 4. The _Harry Potter_ series 5. Taps 6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3886 "2024-06-05T20:44:28Z")
**Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society 2. If… 3. School Ties 4. The _Harry Potter_ series 5. Taps 6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7. [Finding Forrester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Forrester) ---
**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, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3887 "2024-06-05T20:59:28Z")
**Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society 2. If… 3. School Ties 4. The _Harry Potter_ series 5. Taps 6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7. [Finding Forrester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Forrester) 8. The Children’s Hour ---
**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, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3888 "2024-06-05T21:54:21Z")
**Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society 2. If… 3. School Ties 4. The _Harry Potter_ series 5. Taps 6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7. [Finding Forrester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Forrester) 8. The Children’s Hour 9. The Holdovers ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3889 "2024-06-05T22:03:51Z")
> [@](#): > > **Films Set in Boarding Schools** 1. Dead Poets Society 2. If… 3. School Ties 4. The _Harry Potter_ series 5. Taps 6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips 7. [Finding Forrester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Forrester) 8. The Children’s Hour 9. The Holdovers 10. Au revoir les enfants gimme a sec on NEXT-- dog needs out ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3890 "2024-06-05T22:08:30Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3891 "2024-06-05T22:52:40Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers ---
**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 5, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3892 "2024-06-05T22:57:04Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers 3. Rudy ---
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3893 "2024-06-05T23:38:30Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers 3. Rudy 4. The Little Colonel Includes the famous dance-on-the-staircase scene with Shirley Temple and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3894 "2024-06-05T23:52:36Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers 3. Rudy 4. The Little Colonel 5. Risky Business ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3895 "2024-06-06T00:18:10Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers 3. Rudy 4. The Little Colonel 5. Risky Business 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3896 "2024-06-06T00:46:37Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers 3. Rudy 4. The Little Colonel 5. Risky Business 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 7. Adventures in Babysitting (1987) Set in Chicago; I’m specifying 1987 because I don’t know where the 2016 remake is set. And what my local news calls the “Tri-state area” is NY, NJ, CT. ---
**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 6, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3897 "2024-06-06T01:22:32Z")
Another Tri-state area is where Ohio, Penna. and W.Va. come together. **Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers 3. Rudy 4. The Little Colonel 5. Risky Business 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 7. Adventures in Babysitting (1987) 8. The Fugitive ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3898 "2024-06-06T03:01:08Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers 3. Rudy 4. The Little Colonel 5. Risky Business 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 7. Adventures in Babysitting (1987) 8. The Fugitive 9. The Breakfast Club ---
**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 6, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3899 "2024-06-06T05:17:10Z")
**Movies in what the local news calls the “Tri-state area”: Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky** 1. Breaking Away 2. Blues Brothers 3. Rudy 4. The Little Colonel 5. Risky Business 6. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 7. Adventures in Babysitting (1987) 8. The Fugitive 9. The Breakfast Club 10. Goldfinger The villain’s stud farm/HQ, the airport that was the base for Pussy Galore’s Flying Circus, and Fort Knox were all located in Kentucky. **Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers The hospital/research facility were supposedly on the Madison campus of the fictional Wisconsin State University … although prior to 1971, there WAS a Wisconsin State University system with campuses in eight or nine locations across the state before they were rolled into the University of Wisconsin system and renamed. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 6, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3900 "2024-06-06T12:14:17Z")
**Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers 2. Tommy Boy ---
**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 6, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3901 "2024-06-06T13:13:04Z")
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