# 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:** 228
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4542 "2024-07-27T03:51:48Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant ---
**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:** [July 27, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4543 "2024-07-27T03:53:18Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4544 "2024-07-27T03:57:30Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4545 "2024-07-27T04:31:49Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon 4. Lee Daniel’s The Butler - Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama No Ford or Carter for some reason. ---
**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 27, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4546 "2024-07-27T12:38:18Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon 4. Lee Daniel’s The Butler - Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama 5. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - George W. Bush ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4547 "2024-07-27T13:03:04Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon 4. Lee Daniel’s The Butler - Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama 5. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - George W. Bush 6. Iron-Jawed Angels - Woodrow Wilson ---
**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:** [July 27, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4548 "2024-07-27T13:51:18Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon 4. Lee Daniel’s The Butler - Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama 5. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - George W. Bush 6. Iron-Jawed Angels - Woodrow Wilson 7. Annie - Franklin Delano Roosevelt ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4549 "2024-07-27T16:13:08Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon 4. Lee Daniel’s The Butler - Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama 5. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - George W. Bush 6. Iron-Jawed Angels - Woodrow Wilson 7. Annie - Franklin Delano Roosevelt 8. 1776 - John Adams, Thomas Jefferson ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4550 "2024-07-27T17:22:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. 1776 - John Adams, Thomas Jefferson Does this count, since during the course of the film they technically weren’t yet presidents… ? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4551 "2024-07-27T17:55:10Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon 4. Lee Daniel’s The Butler - Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama 5. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - George W. Bush 6. Iron-Jawed Angels - Woodrow Wilson 7. Annie - Franklin Delano Roosevelt 8. Hamilton - George Washington Changed, given **BB’s** consideration of the meaning of the title of the thread. ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4552 "2024-07-27T19:47:53Z")
**Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon 4. Lee Daniel’s The Butler - Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama 5. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - George W. Bush 6. Iron-Jawed Angels - Woodrow Wilson 7. Annie - Franklin Delano Roosevelt 8. Hamilton - George Washington 9. First Kid – [Bill Clinton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqJXkvdWxk) Clinton had a cameo role in the film, playing himself (by name) as the former president on a video call with the current (fictional) president, asking him to look around and see if he (Clinton) had left his saxophone in one of the White House closets. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4553 "2024-07-27T23:49:19Z")
[quote=“Bicycle\_Bill, post:4552, topic:985988”] **Movies with real American presidents** (fictional and non-fictional) 1. Wild Wild West - Ulysses S. Grant 2. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - Abraham Lincoln 3. Forrest Gump - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon 4. Lee Daniel’s The Butler - Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama 5. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - George W. Bush 6. Iron-Jawed Angels - Woodrow Wilson 7. Annie - Franklin Delano Roosevelt 8. Hamilton - George Washington 9. First Kid – [Bill Clinton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqJXkvdWxk) 10. Thirteen days – Kennedy Spy Comedies 1. Johnny English ---
**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 27, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4554 "2024-07-27T23:59:49Z")
**Spy Comedies** 1. Johnny English 2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me ---
**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 28, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4555 "2024-07-28T00:01:34Z")
**Spy Comedies** 1. Johnny English 2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3. Top Secret! A spoof of spy movies, as well as WWII movies and Elvis movies. ---
**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 28, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4556 "2024-07-28T02:17:24Z")
**Spy Comedies** 1. Johnny English 2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3. Top Secret! 4. The Man Who Knew Too Little ---
**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:** [July 28, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4557 "2024-07-28T02:54:19Z")
**Spy Comedies** 1. Johnny English 2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3. Top Secret! 4. The Man Who Knew Too Little 5. Get Smart ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4558 "2024-07-28T05:33:15Z")
**Spy Comedies** 1. Johnny English 2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3. Top Secret! 4. The Man Who Knew Too Little 5. Get Smart 6. Casino Royale (the one with Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Woody Allen) _ **-“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 28, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4559 "2024-07-28T11:41:49Z")
**Spy Comedies** 1. Johnny English 2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3. Top Secret! 4. The Man Who Knew Too Little 5. Get Smart 6. Casino Royale (the one with Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Woody Allen) 7. Our Man in Havana ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4560 "2024-07-28T15:11:31Z")
**Spy Comedies** 1. Johnny English 2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3. Top Secret! 4. The Man Who Knew Too Little 5. Get Smart 6. Casino Royale (the one with Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Woody Allen) 7. Our Man in Havana 8. In Like Flint ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4561 "2024-07-28T20:55:34Z")
**Spy Comedies** 1. Johnny English 2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3. Top Secret! 4. The Man Who Knew Too Little 5. Get Smart 6. Casino Royale (the one with Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Woody Allen) 7. Our Man in Havana 8. In Like Flint 9. True Lies Hands-down my favorite Ahnuld movie. “Did you… _kill_ people, honey?” “Yeah, but they were _all bad._” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=227) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=229)