# 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:** 225
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4482 "2024-07-19T22:51:06Z")
**Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4483 "2024-07-19T22:53:20Z")
**Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman 3. The Maltese Falcon ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4484 "2024-07-19T23:17:30Z")
**Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Duck Soup ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4485 "2024-07-19T23:56:02Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Duck Soup 5. The Birds ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4486 "2024-07-20T00:21:55Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Duck Soup 5. The Birds 6. Black Hawk Down ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4487 "2024-07-20T01:28:34Z")
**Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Duck Soup 5. The Birds 6. Black Hawk Down 7. Red Sparrow ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4488 "2024-07-20T02:20:04Z")
**Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Duck Soup 5. The Birds 6. Black Hawk Down 7. Red Sparrow 8. The Eagle Has Landed Not the Apollo 11 mission, but _Luftwaffe_ paratroopers trying to snatch Churchill. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4489 "2024-07-20T12:16:07Z")
**Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Duck Soup 5. The Birds 6. Black Hawk Down 7. Red Sparrow 8. The Eagle Has Landed 9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4490 "2024-07-20T13:15:30Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies with birds in the name** 1. The Pelican Brief 2. The Falcon and the Snowman 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Duck Soup 5. The Birds 6. Black Hawk Down 7. Red Sparrow 8. The Eagle Has Landed 9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 10. Sparrows NEXT: **Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) About a guy who fronts scripts for blacklisted writers during McCarthyism, but sounds like a war film. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4491 "2024-07-20T15:00:12Z")
**Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) I know how it fits within the film itself, but if you saw that all by itself on a theater marquee – well, what would _ **YOU** _ think? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4492 "2024-07-20T15:17:31Z")
**Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 3. Duck Soup (1933) Except for the opening shot, which is a kind of pictographic title card, I suppose, there are no ducks, and no soup. The meaning may be that starting a war is “duck soup” (easy-peasy), but that’s reaching. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4493 "2024-07-20T15:27:23Z")
**Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 3. Duck Soup (1933) 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) There is no nest of cuckoos nor does anyone fly. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4494 "2024-07-20T18:22:15Z")
**Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 3. Duck Soup (1933) 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 5. Pan’s Labyrinth del Toro has said that the satyr-like creature in the movie isn’t the Greek god Pan at all. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4495 "2024-07-20T18:31:10Z")
**Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 3. Duck Soup (1933) 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 5. Pan’s Labyrinth 6. Half Nelson (2006) Not about wrestling, and doesn’t even have a character named Nelson. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4496 "2024-07-20T22:51:57Z")
**Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 3. Duck Soup (1933) 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 5. Pan’s Labyrinth 6. Half Nelson (2006) 7. The NeverEnding Story (1984) It does, in fact, end. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4497 "2024-07-21T03:04:52Z")
Somebody [oughta sue!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL_pRiXov7Q) **Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 3. Duck Soup (1933) 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 5. Pan’s Labyrinth 6. Half Nelson (2006) 7. The NeverEnding Story (1984) 8. The China Syndrome (1979) China is not shown, or visited, and IIRC not a single Chinese person appears in the movie at any time. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4498 "2024-07-21T15:48:23Z")
**Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 3. Duck Soup (1933) 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 5. Pan’s Labyrinth 6. Half Nelson (2006) 7. The NeverEnding Story (1984) 8. The China Syndrome (1979) 9. The Breakfast Club (1985) There is no breakfast served or eaten. In fact, the event takes place _after_ breakfast. They do eat lunch, so maybe _The Lunch Club_ is more appropriate? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4499 "2024-07-21T15:56:27Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > There is no breakfast served or eaten. In fact, the event takes place _after_ breakfast. They do eat lunch, so maybe _The Lunch Club_ is more appropriate? Not in play, but according to Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > The title was originally _The Lunch Bunch_, but a friend of John’s from another school had a detention class called “The Breakfast Club”, so he decided to go with that. A college friend of mine attended a high school in the same area as the one used in the film; he claimed that the detention class there was also called “The Breakfast Club,” as they served detention early in the morning, before school. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4500 "2024-07-21T18:42:32Z")
**Movies where the title is misleading** 1. The Front (1976) 2. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 3. Duck Soup (1933) 4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 5. Pan’s Labyrinth 6. Half Nelson (2006) 7. The NeverEnding Story (1984) 8. The China Syndrome (1979) 9. The Breakfast Club (1985) 10. It Happened One Night (1934) The movie takes place over several days and nights; no one night seems to be indicated. **Movies Where The Action Happens At Night** 1. The Howling ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4501 "2024-07-21T18:47:16Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies Where The Action Happens At Night** 1. The Howling 2. Before Sunrise [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=226)