# 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:** 374
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Movies from great directors 1. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t – Agnes Varda 2. Seven Samurai - Akira Kirosawa 3. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock 4. Raising Arizona - Ethan and Joel Coen 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick 6. Do The Right Thing - Spike Lee 7. The Quiet Man - John Ford ---
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**Movies from great directors** 1. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t – Agnes Varda 2. Seven Samurai - Akira Kirosawa 3. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock 4. Raising Arizona - Ethan and Joel Coen 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick 6. Do The Right Thing - Spike Lee 7. The Quiet Man - John Ford 8. Die Nibelungen - Fritz Lang Both parts, but I’ll take Siegfried if I have to pick one. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7464 "2025-04-23T14:06:17Z")
**Movies from great directors** 1. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t – Agnes Varda 2. Seven Samurai - Akira Kirosawa 3. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock 4. Raising Arizona - Ethan and Joel Coen 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick 6. Do The Right Thing - Spike Lee 7. The Quiet Man - John Ford 8. Die Nibelungen - Fritz Lang 9. Duel - Steven Spielberg ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7465 "2025-04-23T23:39:33Z")
**Movies from great directors** 1. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t – Agnes Varda 2. Seven Samurai - Akira Kirosawa 3. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock 4. Raising Arizona - Ethan and Joel Coen 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick 6. Do The Right Thing - Spike Lee 7. The Quiet Man - John Ford 8. Die Nibelungen - Fritz Lang 9. Duel - Steven Spielberg 10. It’s a Wonderful Life - Frank Capra **Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) ---
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**Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7467 "2025-04-23T23:44:32Z")
**Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) 3. The Commitments (The Commitments) ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7468 "2025-04-23T23:48:06Z")
**Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) 3. The Commitments (The Commitments) 4. The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers) ---
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**Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) 3. The Commitments (The Commitments) 4. The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers) 5. Almost Famous (Stillwater) ---
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**Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) 3. The Commitments (The Commitments) 4. The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers) 5. Almost Famous (Stillwater) 6. This is Spinal Tap (Spinal Tap) ---
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**Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) 3. The Commitments (The Commitments) 4. The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers) 5. Almost Famous (Stillwater) 6. This is Spinal Tap (Spinal Tap) 7. Where’s Charley? (The New Ashmolean Marching Society & Students Conservatory Band) ---
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**Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) 3. The Commitments (The Commitments) 4. The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers) 5. Almost Famous (Stillwater) 6. This is Spinal Tap (Spinal Tap) 7. Where’s Charley? (The New Ashmolean Marching Society & Students Conservatory Band) 8. Eddie and the Cruisers (Eddie and the Cruisers) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7473 "2025-04-24T03:57:27Z")
**Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) 3. The Commitments (The Commitments) 4. The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers) 5. Almost Famous (Stillwater) 6. This is Spinal Tap (Spinal Tap) 7. Where’s Charley? (The New Ashmolean Marching Society & Students Conservatory Band) 8. Eddie and the Cruisers (Eddie and the Cruisers) 9. Up In Smoke (Alice Bowie) ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7474 "2025-04-25T02:42:22Z")
[quote=“knoodler, post:7473, topic:985988, full:true”] **Movies About or Featuring Fictional Bands** 1. That Thing You Do (Oneders/Wonders) 2. A Mighty Wind (The Folksmen, The New Main Street Singers, Mitch and Mickey) 3. The Commitments (The Commitments) 4. The Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers) 5. Almost Famous (Stillwater) 6. This is Spinal Tap (Spinal Tap) 7. Where’s Charley? (The New Ashmolean Marching Society & Students Conservatory Band) 8. Eddie and the Cruisers (Eddie and the Cruisers) 9. Up In Smoke (Alice Bowie) 10. Frank (The Soronprfbs) Favorite low budget cult film 1. Dark star ---
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Favorite low budget cult film 1. Dark star 2. Eraserhead ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7476 "2025-04-25T04:22:26Z")
Favorite low budget cult film 1. Dark star 2. Eraserhead 3. Hardware Wars ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7477 "2025-04-25T04:35:17Z")
Favorite low budget cult film 1. Dark Star 2. Eraserhead 3. Hardware Wars 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail Produced for a budget of just over £200,000, and largely financed by several rock bands (including Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd) and record labels, who viewed it as a tax write-off. ---
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Favorite low budget cult film 1. Dark Star 2. Eraserhead 3. Hardware Wars 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Pi Darren Arenofsky’s first feature film. A remarkable movie done in black and white on a shoestring budget. ---
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Favorite low budget cult film 1. Dark Star 2. Eraserhead 3. Hardware Wars 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Pi 6. Plan 9 from Outer Space It cost a mere $60,000.00 to make in 1957, and it _looks_ like it cost about a buck ninety-eight. ---
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Favorite low budget cult film 1. Dark Star 2. Eraserhead 3. Hardware Wars 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Pi 6. Plan 9 from Outer Space 7. The Blair Witch Project ---
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**Favorite low-budget cult film** 1. Dark Star 2. Eraserhead 3. Hardware Wars 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Pi 6. Plan 9 from Outer Space 7. The Blair Witch Project 8. The Hidden [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=373) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=375)