# Movie Marathon (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988>\
**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\
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**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:** [April 16, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7342 "2025-04-16T12:26:56Z")

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**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera

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**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:** [April 16, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7343 "2025-04-16T13:43:43Z")

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**Worst Best Picture Oscar Win**

1. Green Book
2. Forrest Gump
3. Crash
4. Anora
5. Moonlight
6. Argo
7. Shakespeare in Love
8. The Broadway Melody

**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7344 "2025-04-16T14:58:12Z")

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**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie
4. The Producers

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**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:** [April 16, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7345 "2025-04-16T21:28:12Z")

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**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie
4. The Producers
5. Spamalot: the Movie

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**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:** [April 16, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7346 "2025-04-16T22:54:21Z")

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**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie
4. The Producers
5. Spamalot: the Movie
6. A Night at Karlstein (_Noc na Karlštejně_)

1973 Czech musical set in Mediaeval times.

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**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 16, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7347 "2025-04-16T23:26:58Z")

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**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie
4. The Producers
5. Spamalot: the Movie
6. A Night at Karlstein (_Noc na Karlštejně_)
7. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

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**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:** [April 17, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7348 "2025-04-17T03:00:37Z")

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**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie
4. The Producers
5. Spamalot: the Movie
6. A Night at Karlstein (_Noc na Karlštejně_)
7. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
8. Shucked

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**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 17, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7349 "2025-04-17T03:33:27Z")

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**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie
4. The Producers
5. Spamalot: the Movie
6. A Night at Karlstein (_Noc na Karlštejně_)
7. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
8. Shucked
9. Shock Treatment

The unsuccessful follow-up to the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7350 "2025-04-17T06:28:52Z")

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**Worst Best Picture Oscar Win**

1. Green Book
2. Forrest Gump
3. Crash
4. Anora
5. Moonlight
6. Argo
7. Shakespeare in Love
8. The Broadway Melody
9. The English Patient

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7351 "2025-04-17T07:29:22Z")

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**Worst Best Picture Oscar Win**

1. Green Book
2. Forrest Gump
3. Crash
4. Anora
5. Moonlight
6. Argo
7. Shakespeare in Love
8. The Broadway Melody
9. The English Patient
10. Going My Way

**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)

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**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 17, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7352 "2025-04-17T14:17:08Z")

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**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)
2. Heath Ledger (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)

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**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7353 "2025-04-17T14:26:39Z")

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**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)
2. Heath Ledger (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)
3. John Wayne (The Shootist)

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**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7354 "2025-04-17T14:30:33Z")

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**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)
2. Heath Ledger (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)
3. John Wayne (The Shootist)
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2)

Died near the end of principle photography. His last completed role was in _A Most Wanted Man_

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**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7355 "2025-04-17T14:43:53Z")

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Wait a minute! We didn’t finish this one!

**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie
4. The Producers
5. Spamalot: the Movie
6. A Night at Karlstein (_Noc na Karlštejně_)
7. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
8. Shucked
9. Shock Treatment

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**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7356 "2025-04-17T14:55:29Z")

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We didn’t finish **Worst Best Picture Oscar Wins** yet either.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7357 "2025-04-17T15:40:53Z")

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**Comedic Musicals**

1. Little Shop of Horrors
2. A Night at the Opera
3. The Muppet Movie
4. The Producers
5. Spamalot: the Movie
6. A Night at Karlstein (_Noc na Karlštejně_)
7. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
8. Shucked
9. Shock Treatment
10. Phantom of the Paradise

**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)
2. Heath Ledger (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)
3. John Wayne (The Shootist)
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2)
5. James Dean (Giant)

I think we’re caught up now.

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**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:** [April 17, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7358 "2025-04-17T15:51:18Z")

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**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)
2. Heath Ledger (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)
3. John Wayne (The Shootist)
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2)
5. James Dean (Giant)
6. Peter Finch (Network)

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7359 "2025-04-17T16:35:21Z")

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**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)
2. Heath Ledger (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)
3. John Wayne (The Shootist)
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2)
5. James Dean (Giant)
6. Peter Finch (Network)
7. Oliver Reed(Gladiator)

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**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:** [April 17, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7360 "2025-04-17T16:38:15Z")

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**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)
2. Heath Ledger (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)
3. John Wayne (The Shootist)
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2)
5. James Dean (Giant)
6. Peter Finch (Network)
7. Oliver Reed(Gladiator)
8. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Christopher Lee)

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**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 17, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7361 "2025-04-17T17:11:40Z")

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**An important character’s last screen performance**

1. Edward G. Robinson(Soylent Green)
2. Heath Ledger (The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus)
3. John Wayne (The Shootist)
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2)
5. James Dean (Giant)
6. Peter Finch (Network)
7. Oliver Reed(Gladiator)
8. Christopher Lee (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)
9. Fred Gwynne (My Cousin Vinny)

He played Judge Chamberlain Haller.

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