# 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:** 304
**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:** [January 2, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6062 "2025-01-02T18:51:48Z")
**Coen Brothers actors in non-Coen movies** 1. John Goodman in _Bringing Out the Dead_ 2. Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver in _Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens_ 3. Jennifer Jason Leigh in _Delores Claiborne_ 4. George Clooney, _Ocean’s Eleven_ 5. Randall “Tex” Cobb, _Blind Fury_ 6. Jeff Bridges, _Fearless_ 7. Frances McDormand, _Something’s Gotta Give_ 8. Javier Bardem, _Biutiful_ 9. Steve Buscemi, _Ed and His Dead Mother_ ---
**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:** [January 2, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6063 "2025-01-02T20:08:09Z")
> [@Mike\_H](#): > > Steve Buscemi, _Ed and His Dead Mother_ I thought I was the only one to know of that movie! Utterly bizarre! ---
**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:** [January 2, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6064 "2025-01-02T23:54:39Z")
**oen Brothers actors in non-Coen movies** 1. John Goodman in _Bringing Out the Dead_ 2. Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver in _Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens_ 3. Jennifer Jason Leigh in _Delores Claiborne_ 4. George Clooney, _Ocean’s Eleven_ 5. Randall “Tex” Cobb, _Blind Fury_ 6. Jeff Bridges, _Fearless_ 7. Frances McDormand, _Something’s Gotta Give_ 8. Javier Bardem, _Biutiful_ 9. Steve Buscemi, _Ed and His Dead Mother_ 10. Julianne Moore, _The Lost World: Jurassic Park_ **Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6065 "2025-01-03T00:13:29Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6066 "2025-01-03T01:01:00Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ 3. Ron Howard - _Grand Theft Auto_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6067 "2025-01-03T01:05:25Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ 3. Ron Howard - _Grand Theft Auto_ 4. Peter Jackson - _Bad Taste_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6068 "2025-01-03T01:16:16Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ 3. Ron Howard - _Grand Theft Auto_ 4. Peter Jackson - _Bad Taste_ 5. Orson Welles - _Citizen Kane_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6069 "2025-01-03T02:47:21Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ 3. Ron Howard - _Grand Theft Auto_ 4. Peter Jackson - _Bad Taste_ 5. Sofia Coppola - _The Virgin Suicides_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6070 "2025-01-03T02:55:05Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ 3. Ron Howard - _Grand Theft Auto_ 4. Peter Jackson - _Bad Taste_ 5. Sofia Coppola - _The Virgin Suicides_ 6. John Ford-_The Maltese Falcon_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6071 "2025-01-03T03:13:21Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ 3. Ron Howard - _Grand Theft Auto_ 4. Peter Jackson - _Bad Taste_ 5. Orson Welles - _Citizen Kane_ 6. Sofia Coppola - _The Virgin Suicides_ 7. John Ford-_The Maltese Falcon_ 8. Robert Zemeckis - _I Wanna Hold Your Hand_ _P_lus Housekeeping ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6072 "2025-01-03T05:25:43Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ 3. Ron Howard - _Grand Theft Auto_ 4. Peter Jackson - _Bad Taste_ 5. Orson Welles - _Citizen Kane_ 6. Sofia Coppola - _The Virgin Suicides_ 7. John Ford - _The Maltese Falcon_ 8. Robert Zemeckis - _I Wanna Hold Your Hand_ 9. Bruce Beresford - _The Adventures of Barry McKenzie_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6073 "2025-01-03T13:06:24Z")
**Directors’ First Films** 1. George Lucas - _THX 1138_ 2. Steven Spielberg - _The Sugarland Express_ 3. Ron Howard - _Grand Theft Auto_ 4. Peter Jackson - _Bad Taste_ 5. Orson Welles - _Citizen Kane_ 6. Sofia Coppola - _The Virgin Suicides_ 7. John Ford - _The Maltese Falcon_ 8. Robert Zemeckis - _I Wanna Hold Your Hand_ 9. Bruce Beresford - _The Adventures of Barry McKenzie_ 10. Ben Affleck - _Gone Baby Gone_ Next: More Director’s First Films 1. Alex Cox - _Edge City_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6074 "2025-01-03T13:31:00Z")
**Next: More Director’s First Films** 1. Alex Cox - _Edge City_ 2. Woody Allen - _What’s New Pussycat?_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6075 "2025-01-03T13:48:25Z")
**More Director’s First Films** 1. Alex Cox - _Edge City_ 2. Woody Allen - _What’s New Pussycat?_ 3. Mel Brooks - _The Producers_ ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6076 "2025-01-03T14:25:12Z")
**More Director’s First Films** 1. Alex Cox - _Edge City_ 2. Woody Allen - _What’s New Pussycat?_ 3. Mel Brooks - _The Producers_ 4. John Landis - _Schlock_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6077 "2025-01-03T14:39:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > John Ford-_The Maltese Falcon_ I think you mean John Huston. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6078 "2025-01-03T14:51:10Z")
**More Director’s First Films** 1. Alex Cox - _Edge City_ 2. Woody Allen - _What’s New Pussycat?_ 3. Mel Brooks - _The Producers_ 4. John Landis - _Schlock_ 5. Akira Kurosawa - _Sanshiro Sugata_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6079 "2025-01-03T15:01:09Z")
**More Director’s First Films** 1. Alex Cox - _Edge City_ 2. Woody Allen - _What’s New Pussycat?_ 3. Mel Brooks - _The Producers_ 4. John Landis - _Schlock_ 5. Akira Kurosawa - _Sanshiro Sugata_ 6. Martin Scorsese - _Vesuvius VI_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6080 "2025-01-03T15:21:15Z")
**More Director’s First Films** 1. Alex Cox - _Edge City_ 2. Woody Allen - _What’s New Pussycat?_ 3. Mel Brooks - _The Producers_ 4. John Landis - _Schlock_ 5. Akira Kurosawa - _Sanshiro Sugata_ 6. Martin Scorsese - _Vesuvius VI_ 7. David Lynch - _Eraserhead_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6081 "2025-01-03T15:26:01Z")
**More Director’s First Films** 1. Alex Cox - _Edge City_ 2. Woody Allen - _What’s New Pussycat?_ 3. Mel Brooks - _The Producers_ 4. John Landis - _Schlock_ 5. Akira Kurosawa - _Sanshiro Sugata_ 6. Martin Scorsese - _Vesuvius VI_ 7. David Lynch - _Eraserhead_ 8. Chris Columbus - _Adventures in Babysitting_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=303) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=305)