# 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:** 332
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6622 "2025-02-18T02:08:59Z")
Nitpick in previous category: the movie title was _October Sky_. **Units of time in movie titles** 1. Two Week Notice 2. Three Days of the Condor 3. 8 Seconds 4. Hour of the Wolf 5. Two-Minute Warning 6. Zero Dark Thirty ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6623 "2025-02-18T05:59:51Z")
**Units of time in movie titles** 1. Two Week Notice 2. Three Days of the Condor 3. 8 Seconds 4. Hour of the Wolf 5. Two-Minute Warning 6. Zero Dark Thirty 7. 3:10 to Yuma ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6624 "2025-02-18T10:58:21Z")
**Units of time in movie titles** 1. Two Week Notice 2. Three Days of the Condor 3. 8 Seconds 4. Hour of the Wolf 5. Two-Minute Warning 6. Zero Dark Thirty 7. 3:10 to Yuma 8. The Year of Living Dangerously ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6625 "2025-02-18T11:36:22Z")
**Units of time in movie titles** 1. Two Week Notice 2. Three Days of the Condor 3. 8 Seconds 4. Hour of the Wolf 5. Two-Minute Warning 6. Zero Dark Thirty 7. 3:10 to Yuma 8. The Year of Living Dangerously 9. Twentieth Century ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6626 "2025-02-18T12:41:17Z")
**Units of time in movie titles** 1. Two Week Notice 2. Three Days of the Condor 3. 8 Seconds 4. Hour of the Wolf 5. Two-Minute Warning 6. Zero Dark Thirty 7. 3:10 to Yuma 8. The Year of Living Dangerously 9. Twentieth Century 10. 28 Days pass ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6627 "2025-02-18T12:42:15Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6628 "2025-02-18T12:43:40Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6629 "2025-02-18T13:11:52Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile 3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6630 "2025-02-18T14:03:38Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile 3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 4. 90 Feet from Home ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6631 "2025-02-18T14:15:32Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile 3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 4. 90 Feet from Home 5. Inches ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6632 "2025-02-18T18:47:01Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile 3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 4. 90 Feet from Home 5. Inches 6. 8mm _(1999 movie starring Nicholas Cage)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6633 "2025-02-18T18:58:15Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile 3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 4. 90 Feet from Home 5. Inches 6. 8mm _(1999 movie starring Nicholas Cage)_ 7. 8 Mile ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6634 "2025-02-18T20:54:08Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile 3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 4. 90 Feet from Home 5. Inches 6. 8mm _(1999 movie starring Nicholas Cage)_ 7. 8 Mile 8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch ---
**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:** [February 18, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6635 "2025-02-18T21:52:55Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile 3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 4. 90 Feet from Home 5. Inches 6. 8mm _(1999 movie starring Nicholas Cage)_ 7. 8 Mile 8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch 9. Lightyear ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6636 "2025-02-18T22:04:02Z")
**Units of distance in movie titles** 1. The Longest Yard 2. The Green Mile 3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 4. 90 Feet from Home 5. Inches 6. 8mm _(1999 movie starring Nicholas Cage)_ 7. 8 Mile 8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch 9. Lightyear 10. My Left Foot pass ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6637 "2025-02-19T08:00:51Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh ---
**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:** [February 19, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6638 "2025-02-19T12:44:35Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve Obviously debatable which was more enjoyable, but both featured top notch production quality for their respective times ---
**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:** [February 19, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6639 "2025-02-19T12:49:11Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Siegel and Kaufman ---
**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:** [February 19, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6640 "2025-02-19T12:51:52Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Siegel and Kaufman 4. A Christmas Carol, Scott and Stewart ---
**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:** [February 19, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6641 "2025-02-19T14:15:08Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Siegel and Kaufman 4. A Christmas Carol, Scott and Stewart 5. True Grit, Hathaway and the Coens [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=333)