# 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:** 229
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4562 "2024-07-28T20:57:59Z")
**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 10. Spy **Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3 time Norwegian gold medalist skater ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4563 "2024-07-28T21:26:56Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4564 "2024-07-28T21:41:31Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games 3. Miracle - the story of coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4565 "2024-07-28T21:58:19Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games 3. Miracle - the story of coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team 4. Munich - opens with the terrible PLO attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympiad ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4566 "2024-07-29T01:40:37Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games 3. Miracle - the story of coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team 4. Munich - opens with the terrible PLO attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympiad 5. Unbreakable - About an Olympic runner who somehow survived tremendous ordeals during WWII ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4567 "2024-07-29T02:14:39Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games 3. Miracle - the story of coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team 4. Munich - opens with the terrible PLO attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympiad 5. Unbreakable - About an Olympic runner who somehow survived tremendous ordeals during WWII 6. Cool Runnings - Jamaica, we have a BOBSLED TEAM! ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4568 "2024-07-29T05:45:08Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games 3. Miracle - the story of coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team 4. Munich - opens with the terrible PLO attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympiad 5. Unbreakable - About an Olympic runner who somehow survived tremendous ordeals during WWII 6. Cool Runnings - Jamaica, we have a BOBSLED TEAM! 7. American Flyers – one of the characters [expresses dissatisfaction with the media and their part in the 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088707/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu) _ **-“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 29, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4569 "2024-07-29T11:41:03Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games 3. Miracle - the story of coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team 4. Munich - opens with the terrible PLO attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympiad 5. Unbreakable - About an Olympic runner who somehow survived tremendous ordeals during WWII 6. Cool Runnings - Jamaica, we have a BOBSLED TEAM! 7. American Flyers – one of the characters [expresses dissatisfaction with the media and their part in the 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088707/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu) 8. Charlie Chan at the Olympics - #1 son is a US swimmer at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Includes shots of Charlie on the Hindenburg en route to Germany. The movie was released in 1937, just days after the Hindenburg disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4570 "2024-07-29T11:49:24Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games 3. Miracle - the story of coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team 4. Munich - opens with the terrible PLO attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympiad 5. Unbreakable - About an Olympic runner who somehow survived tremendous ordeals during WWII 6. Cool Runnings - Jamaica, we have a BOBSLED TEAM! 7. American Flyers – one of the characters [expresses dissatisfaction with the media and their part in the 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088707/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu) 8. Charlie Chan at the Olympics - #1 son is a US swimmer at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Includes shots of Charlie on the Hindenburg en route to Germany. The movie was released in 1937, just days after the Hindenburg disaster. 9. Chariots of Fire - Story of British athletes at the 1924 Olympics ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4571 "2024-07-29T12:02:43Z")
**Movies connected to the Olympics somehow** 1. Sun Valley Serenade - starring Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian gold medalist skater 2. Personal Best - about American women track and field athletes hoping to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games 3. Miracle - the story of coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team 4. Munich - opens with the terrible PLO attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympiad 5. Unbreakable - About an Olympic runner who somehow survived tremendous ordeals during WWII 6. Cool Runnings - Jamaica, we have a BOBSLED TEAM! 7. American Flyers – one of the characters [expresses dissatisfaction with the media and their part in the 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088707/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu) 8. Charlie Chan at the Olympics - #1 son is a US swimmer at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Includes shots of Charlie on the Hindenburg en route to Germany. The movie was released in 1937, just days after the Hindenburg disaster. 9. Chariots of Fire - Story of British athletes at the 1924 Olympics 10. Visions of Eight - A documentary film about the 1972 Summer Olympics (Henry Mancini wrote the music). **Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster ---
**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 29, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4572 "2024-07-29T12:45:58Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4573 "2024-07-29T13:07:12Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling 3. Life of Pi (2012) Pi Patel hangs with a Bengal tiger on a lifeboat ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4574 "2024-07-29T13:24:21Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling 3. Life of Pi (2012) Pi Patel hangs with a Bengal tiger on a lifeboat 4. RRR - (2022) Bollywood movie, its song, _Naatu Naatu_ won the Oscar for best song. ---
**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 29, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4575 "2024-07-29T16:47:19Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling 3. Life of Pi (2012) Pi Patel hangs with a Bengal tiger on a lifeboat 4. RRR - (2022) Bollywood movie, its song, _Naatu Naatu_ won the Oscar for best song. 5. The Jungle Book (1967) - The story of the wild child Mowgli. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4576 "2024-07-29T17:07:05Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling 3. Life of Pi (2012) Pi Patel hangs with a Bengal tiger on a lifeboat 4. RRR - (2022) Bollywood movie, its song, _Naatu Naatu_ won the Oscar for best song. 5. The Jungle Book (1967) - The story of the wild child Mowgli. 6. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4577 "2024-07-29T17:21:08Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling 3. Life of Pi (2012) Pi Patel hangs with a Bengal tiger on a lifeboat 4. RRR - (2022) Bollywood movie, its song, _Naatu Naatu_ won the Oscar for best song. 5. The Jungle Book (1967) - The story of the wild child Mowgli. 6. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 7. Around the World In 80 Days (1956) – Phileas Fogg and Passepartout rescue Princess Aouda from a Suttee ceremony while passing through India. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4578 "2024-07-29T17:23:58Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling 3. Life of Pi (2012) Pi Patel hangs with a Bengal tiger on a lifeboat 4. RRR - (2022) Bollywood movie, its song, _Naatu Naatu_ won the Oscar for best song. 5. The Jungle Book (1967) - The story of the wild child Mowgli. 6. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 7. Around the World In 80 Days (1956) – Phileas Fogg and Passepartout rescue Princess Aouda from a Suttee ceremony while passing through India. 8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - Most of the film takes place in a fictionalized 1935 India. ---
**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 29, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4579 "2024-07-29T17:40:33Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling 3. Life of Pi (2012) Pi Patel hangs with a Bengal tiger on a lifeboat 4. RRR - (2022) Bollywood movie, its song, _Naatu Naatu_ won the Oscar for best song. 5. The Jungle Book (1967) - The story of the wild child Mowgli. 6. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 7. Around the World In 80 Days (1956) – Phileas Fogg and Passepartout rescue Princess Aouda from a Suttee ceremony while passing through India. 8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - Most of the film takes place in a fictionalized 1935 India 9. Rann - a serious Bollywood action drama. ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4580 "2024-07-29T18:02:21Z")
**Movies connected with India somehow** 1. A Passage to India - (1984) based on the book by E.M. Forster 2. Gunga Din (1939) based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling 3. Life of Pi (2012) Pi Patel hangs with a Bengal tiger on a lifeboat 4. RRR - (2022) Bollywood movie, its song, _Naatu Naatu_ won the Oscar for best song. 5. The Jungle Book (1967) - The story of the wild child Mowgli. 6. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 7. Around the World In 80 Days (1956) – Phileas Fogg and Passepartout rescue Princess Aouda from a Suttee ceremony while passing through India. 8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - Most of the film takes place in a fictionalized 1935 India 9. Rann - a serious Bollywood action drama. 10. The Peacock Spring (1996) - TV movie based on Rumer Godden’s novel of the same name; centered around a British teenager sent to join her father in India shortly after it became independent from the British Empire **Movies featuring a “Ruritania”-type country (European; fictional; small / localized)** 1. The Princess Diaries - Genovia (a sort of fantasy counterpart to Andorra) ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/4581 "2024-07-29T18:09:40Z")
**Movies featuring a “Ruritania”-type country (European; fictional; small / localized)** 1. The Princess Diaries - Genovia (a sort of fantasy counterpart to Andorra) 2. Avengers: Age of Ultron - Sokovia (a small Eastern European country; home country of the MCU versions of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=228) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=230)