# 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:** 365
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7282 "2025-04-11T20:21:57Z")
**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars 3. Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies 4. Wes Studi as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans 5. James Mason as Phillip Vandamm North by Northwest 6. Conrad Veidt as Maj. Heinrich Strasser in Casablanca 7. Javier Bardem as Anton Chigur in No Country For Old Men 8. Heath Ledger as The Joker in _The Dark Knight_ 9. Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge in _Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix_ ---
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**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars 3. Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies 4. Wes Studi as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans 5. James Mason as Phillip Vandamm North by Northwest 6. Conrad Veidt as Maj. Heinrich Strasser in Casablanca 7. Javier Bardem as Anton Chigur in No Country For Old Men 8. Heath Ledger as The Joker in _The Dark Knight_ 9. Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge in _Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix_ 10. Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in _The Matrix_ Pass. ---
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**Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ ---
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> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Exceptional Movie Villains I wanted to add HAL 9000 to that list. In play: **Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ ---
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**Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ 3. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ ---
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**Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ 3. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 4. James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_ ---
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**Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ 3. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 4. James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_ 5. Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras in _The Exorcist_ You deal with a demon the way he did at the end of that movie, you’re absolutely on the short list of exceptional movie heroes. ---
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> [@](#): > > **Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ 3. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 4. James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_ 5. Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras in _The Exorcist_ 6. Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper in _Night of the Hunter_ ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7290 "2025-04-13T00:05:23Z")
> [@](#): > > **Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ 3. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 4. James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_ 5. Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras in _The Exorcist_ 6. Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper in _Night of the Hunter_ 7. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the _Alien_ series ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7291 "2025-04-13T00:10:29Z")
> [@](#): > > **Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ 3. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 4. James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_ 5. Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras in _The Exorcist_ 6. Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper in _Night of the Hunter_ 7. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the _Alien_ series 8. William Shatner as James Kirk in the _Star Trek_ film series ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7292 "2025-04-13T00:44:08Z")
> [@](#): > > **Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ 3. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 4. James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_ 5. Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras in _The Exorcist_ 6. Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper in _Night of the Hunter_ 7. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the _Alien_ series 8. William Shatner as James Kirk in the _Star Trek_ film series 9. Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins _Mary Oiooins_ ---
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I never saw _Mary Oiooins_. I’ll have to look that up. **Exceptional movie heroes and heroines** 1. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in _Notorious_ 2. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in _Erin Brockovich_ 3. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 4. James Stewart as Sen. Jefferson Smith in _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_ 5. Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras in _The Exorcist_ 6. Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper in _Night of the Hunter_ 7. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the _Alien_ series 8. William Shatner as Capt. James Kirk in the _Star Trek_ film series 9. Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins _Mary Oiooins_ 10. Clint Eastwood as U.S. Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan in _In the Line of Fire_ Pass. ---
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**Life’s a Drag** 1. To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar ---
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**Life’s a Drag** 1. To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar 2. Tootsie ---
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**Life’s a Drag** 1. To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar 2. Tootsie 3. Kinky Boots ---
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**Life’s a Drag** 1. To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar 2. Tootsie 3. Kinky Boots 4. The Birdcage ---
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**Life’s a Drag** 1. To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar 2. Tootsie 3. Kinky Boots 4. The Birdcage 5. Victor/Victoria ---
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**Life’s a Drag** 1. To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar 2. Tootsie 3. Kinky Boots 4. The Birdcage 5. Victor/Victoria 6. I Was a Male War Bride ---
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**Life’s a Drag** 1. To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar 2. Tootsie 3. Kinky Boots 4. The Birdcage 5. Victor/Victoria 6. I Was a Male War Bride 7. Mrs. Doubtfire ---
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