# 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:** 338
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6742 "2025-03-04T18:06:59Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Nottinghill ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6743 "2025-03-04T18:15:22Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Nottinghill 2. The Fablemans ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6744 "2025-03-04T18:19:34Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Nottinghill 2. The Fablemans 3. Their Finest ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6745 "2025-03-04T18:24:25Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Nottinghill 2. The Fablemans 3. Their Finest 4. Day for Night ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6746 "2025-03-04T18:44:59Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Nottinghill 2. The Fablemans 3. Their Finest 4. Day for Night 5. The Stunt Man ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6747 "2025-03-04T18:54:51Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Nottinghill 2. The Fablemans 3. Their Finest 4. Day for Night 5. The Stunt Man 6. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles _(the third Crocodile Dundee film … it’s OK if you never heard ot it)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6748 "2025-03-04T19:52:32Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Nottinghill 2. The Fablemans 3. Their Finest 4. Day for Night 5. The Stunt Man 6. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles _(the third Crocodile Dundee film … it’s OK if you never heard ot it)_ 7. American Movie ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6749 "2025-03-04T20:43:30Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Notting Hill 2. The Fablemans 3. Their Finest 4. Day for Night 5. The Stunt Man 6. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles _(the third Crocodile Dundee film … it’s OK if you never heard ot it)_ 7. American Movie 8. Boogie Nights ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6750 "2025-03-04T21:05:47Z")
I **Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Notting Hill 2. The Fablemans 3. Their Finest 4. Day for Night 5. The Stunt Man 6. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles _(the third Crocodile Dundee film … it’s OK if you never heard ot it)_ 7. American Movie 8. Boogie Nights 9. Sunset Boulevard ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6751 "2025-03-04T21:24:02Z")
**Movies with scenes that depict moviemaking** 1. Notting Hill 2. The Fablemans 3. Their Finest 4. Day for Night 5. The Stunt Man 6. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles _(the third Crocodile Dundee film … it’s OK if you never heard ot it)_ 7. American Movie 8. Boogie Nights 9. Sunset Boulevard 10. The Muppet Movie At the end of the film. New category: **Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6752 "2025-03-04T21:26:12Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6753 "2025-03-04T21:36:21Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6754 "2025-03-04T22:13:45Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ 4. Jim Brown in _The Dirty Dozen_ ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6755 "2025-03-04T22:17:56Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ 4. Jim Brown in _The Dirty Dozen_ 5. Bubba Smith in _Police Academy_ ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6756 "2025-03-04T22:21:09Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ 4. Jim Brown in _The Dirty Dozen_ 5. Bubba Smith in _Police Academy_ 6. Bernie Casey in _Revenge of the Nerds_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6757 "2025-03-04T22:33:06Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ 4. Jim Brown in _The Dirty Dozen_ 5. Bubba Smith in _Police Academy_ 6. Bernie Casey in _Revenge of the Nerds_ 7. Andre the Giant in _The Princess Bride_ ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6758 "2025-03-04T23:09:01Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ 4. Jim Brown in _The Dirty Dozen_ 5. Bubba Smith in _Police Academy_ 6. Bernie Casey in _Revenge of the Nerds_ 7. Andre the Giant in _The Princess Bride_ 8. Bob Euker - _Major League_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6759 "2025-03-04T23:48:55Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ 4. Jim Brown in _The Dirty Dozen_ 5. Bubba Smith in _Police Academy_ 6. Bernie Casey in _Revenge of the Nerds_ 7. Andre the Giant in _The Princess Bride_ 8. Bob Euker - _Major League_ 9. O. J. Simpson- The Towering Inferno ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6760 "2025-03-05T01:07:53Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ 4. Jim Brown in _The Dirty Dozen_ 5. Bubba Smith in _Police Academy_ 6. Bernie Casey in _Revenge of the Nerds_ 7. Andre the Giant in _The Princess Bride_ 8. Bob Uecker - _Major League_ 9. O. J. Simpson- The Towering Inferno housekeeping … correcting the misspelling of Uke’s name _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6761 "2025-03-05T01:50:18Z")
**Professional athletes in film** 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in _Airplane!_ 2. Alex Karras in _Blazing Saddles_ 3. Shawn Bradley in _Space Jam_ 4. Jim Brown in _The Dirty Dozen_ 5. Bubba Smith in _Police Academy_ 6. Bernie Casey in _Revenge of the Nerds_ 7. Andre the Giant in _The Princess Bride_ 8. Bob Uecker - _Major League_ 9. O. J. Simpson- The Towering Inferno 10. Babe Ruth - _Pride of the Yankees_ He wasn’t the only baseball player in the film, but of all of them, he’s probably the best-remembered today. Next: **Disney Live-Action Features** 1. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=339)