# 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:** 381
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7602 "2025-05-03T04:09:22Z")
**Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Oho, _Beetlejuice_ 3. Joe Pantoliano - Cypher, _The Matrix_ ---
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**Cowards and scoundrels** "] 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Oho, _Beetlejuice_ 3. Joe Pantoliano - Cypher, _The Matrix_ 4. Wormtongue-LOTR played by Brad Dourif ---
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**Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Otho, _Beetlejuice_ 3. Joe Pantoliano - Cypher, _The Matrix_ 4. Wormtongue-LOTR played by Brad Dourif 5. Wayne Knight - Dennis Nedry, _Jurassic Park_ ---
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**Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Otho, _Beetlejuice_ 3. Joe Pantoliano - Cypher, _The Matrix_ 4. Wormtongue-LOTR played by Brad Dourif 5. Wayne Knight - Dennis Nedry, _Jurassic Park_ 6. Stephen Root - Coontz, _Robocop 3_ ---
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**Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Otho, _Beetlejuice_ 3. Joe Pantoliano - Cypher, _The Matrix_ 4. Wormtongue-LOTR played by Brad Dourif 5. Wayne Knight - Dennis Nedry, _Jurassic Park_ 6. Stephen Root - Coontz, _Robocop 3_ 7. Eric Idle - Sir Robin, _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7607 "2025-05-03T14:30:50Z")
**Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Otho, _Beetlejuice_ 3. Joe Pantoliano - Cypher, _The Matrix_ 4. Wormtongue-LOTR played by Brad Dourif 5. Wayne Knight - Dennis Nedry, _Jurassic Park_ 6. Stephen Root - Coontz, _Robocop 3_ 7. Eric Idle - Sir Robin, _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ 8. Michael Caine - Lawrence Jamieson, _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ ---
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**Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Otho, _Beetlejuice_ 3. Joe Pantoliano - Cypher, _The Matrix_ 4. Wormtongue-LOTR played by Brad Dourif 5. Wayne Knight - Dennis Nedry, _Jurassic Park_ 6. Stephen Root - Coontz, _Robocop 3_ 7. Eric Idle - Sir Robin, _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ 8. Michael Caine - Lawrence Jamieson, _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ 9. Bert Lahr – The Cowardly Lion, _The Wizard of Oz_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7609 "2025-05-03T20:28:39Z")
**Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Otho, _Beetlejuice_ 3. Joe Pantoliano - Cypher, _The Matrix_ 4. Wormtongue-LOTR played by Brad Dourif 5. Wayne Knight - Dennis Nedry, _Jurassic Park_ 6. Stephen Root - Coontz, _Robocop 3_ 7. Eric Idle - Sir Robin, _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ 8. Michael Caine - Lawrence Jamieson, _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ 9. Bert Lahr – The Cowardly Lion, _The Wizard of Oz_ 10. Andy Linden - Mundungus Fletcher, _Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ pass ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7610 "2025-05-04T00:24:03Z")
**Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. ---
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**Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. 2. The Matrix (1999) - the contrasting styles between The Matrix and the real world. ---
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> [@](#): > > **Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. 2. The Matrix (1999) - the contrasting styles between The Matrix and the real world. 3. House of Wax (1953) 3D remake starring Vincent Price, of Mystery of the Wax Museum. So well-received, it was released in ordinary 2d. 4. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) very early color film using a 2-color process. The reds are muted, but the director makes it work for him, and it adds to the mysterious tenor of the film. ---
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**Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. 2. The Matrix (1999) - the contrasting styles between The Matrix and the real world. 3. House of Wax (1953) 3D remake starring Vincent Price, of Mystery of the Wax Museum. So well-received, it was released in ordinary 2d. 4. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) very early color film using a 2-color process. The reds are muted, but the director makes it work for him, and it adds to the mysterious tenor of the film. 5. Russian Ark (2002) - Shot in one continuous eighty-seven-minute take. ---
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**Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. _The Wizard of Oz_ (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. 2. _The Matrix_ (1999) - the contrasting styles between The Matrix and the real world. 3. _House of Wax_ (1953) 3D remake starring Vincent Price, of Mystery of the Wax Museum. So well-received, it was released in ordinary 2d. 4. _Mystery of the Wax Museum_ (1933) very early color film using a 2-color process. The reds are muted, but the director makes it work for him, and it adds to the mysterious tenor of the film. 5. _Russian Ark_ (2002) - Shot in one continuous eighty-seven-minute take. 6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (1968) - There is no dialogue until 25 minutes into the movie (“Here you are, sir, Main Level, please”). ---
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**Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. _The Wizard of Oz_ (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. 2. _The Matrix_ (1999) - the contrasting styles between The Matrix and the real world. 3. _House of Wax_ (1953) 3D remake starring Vincent Price, of Mystery of the Wax Museum. So well-received, it was released in ordinary 2d. 4. _Mystery of the Wax Museum_ (1933) very early color film using a 2-color process. The reds are muted, but the director makes it work for him, and it adds to the mysterious tenor of the film. 5. _Russian Ark_ (2002) - Shot in one continuous eighty-seven-minute take. 6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (1968) - There is no dialogue until 25 minutes into the movie (“Here you are, sir, Main Level, please”). 7. _Rope_ (1948) - Filmed as one long cut in real time. Hitchcock actually snuck in a few cuts due to the technical restraints of the time, but they looked almost seamless. ---
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**Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. _The Wizard of Oz_ (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. 2. _The Matrix_ (1999) - the contrasting styles between The Matrix and the real world. 3. _House of Wax_ (1953) 3D remake starring Vincent Price, of Mystery of the Wax Museum. So well-received, it was released in ordinary 2d. 4. _Mystery of the Wax Museum_ (1933) very early color film using a 2-color process. The reds are muted, but the director makes it work for him, and it adds to the mysterious tenor of the film. 5. _Russian Ark_ (2002) - Shot in one continuous eighty-seven-minute take. 6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (1968) - There is no dialogue until 25 minutes into the movie (“Here you are, sir, Main Level, please”). 7. _Rope_ (1948) - Filmed as one long cut in real time. Hitchcock actually snuck in a few cuts due to the technical restraints of the time, but they looked almost seamless. 8. _Lady in the Lake_ (1947) Early use of main character POV filming, Robert Montgomery(star and director) tried it to give a sense of Chandler’s 1st person narrative by Phillip Marlowe. It didn’t go over well. ---
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**Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. _The Wizard of Oz_ (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. 2. _The Matrix_ (1999) - the contrasting styles between The Matrix and the real world. 3. _House of Wax_ (1953) 3D remake starring Vincent Price, of Mystery of the Wax Museum. So well-received, it was released in ordinary 2d. 4. _Mystery of the Wax Museum_ (1933) very early color film using a 2-color process. The reds are muted, but the director makes it work for him, and it adds to the mysterious tenor of the film. 5. _Russian Ark_ (2002) - Shot in one continuous eighty-seven-minute take. 6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (1968) - There is no dialogue until 25 minutes into the movie (“Here you are, sir, Main Level, please”). 7. _Rope_ (1948) - Filmed as one long cut in real time. Hitchcock actually snuck in a few cuts due to the technical restraints of the time, but they looked almost seamless. 8. _Lady in the Lake_ (1947) Early use of main character POV filming, Robert Montgomery(star and director) tried it to give a sense of Chandler’s 1st person narrative by Phillip Marlowe. It didn’t go over well. 9. _Waking Life_ (2001) - The whole film was shot and edited into a complete live-action version before animation began. ---
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[quote=“knoodler, post:7617, topic:985988, full:true”] **Movies with a cinematic gimmick** 1. _The Wizard of Oz_ (1939) - the film goes from black & white to color and back. 2. _The Matrix_ (1999) - the contrasting styles between The Matrix and the real world. 3. _House of Wax_ (1953) 3D remake starring Vincent Price, of Mystery of the Wax Museum. So well-received, it was released in ordinary 2d. 4. _Mystery of the Wax Museum_ (1933) very early color film using a 2-color process. The reds are muted, but the director makes it work for him, and it adds to the mysterious tenor of the film. 5. _Russian Ark_ (2002) - Shot in one continuous eighty-seven-minute take. 6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (1968) - There is no dialogue until 25 minutes into the movie (“Here you are, sir, Main Level, please”). 7. _Rope_ (1948) - Filmed as one long cut in real time. Hitchcock actually snuck in a few cuts due to the technical restraints of the time, but they looked almost seamless. 8. _Lady in the Lake_ (1947) Early use of main character POV filming, Robert Montgomery(star and director) tried it to give a sense of Chandler’s 1st person narrative by Phillip Marlowe. It didn’t go over well. 9. _Waking Life_ (2001) - The whole film was shot and edited into a complete live-action version before animation began. 10. _Time Code_ (2000) - screen is divided into quarters each representing a different scene going on simultaneously. Non-musical movies whose title is based on a song lyric 1. _Paper Moon_- from “Its only a Paper Moon”. ---
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**Non-musical movies whose title is based on a song lyric** 1. _Paper Moon_- from “Its only a Paper Moon”. 2. _Jumping Jack Flash_ - fun Whoopi Goldberg spy movie ---
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**Non-musical movies whose title is based on a song lyric** 1. _Paper Moon_- from “Its only a Paper Moon”. 2. _Jumping Jack Flash_ - fun Whoopi Goldberg spy movie 3. _Boys Don’t Cry_ ---
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**Non-musical movies whose title is based on a song lyric** 1. _Paper Moon_- from “Its only a Paper Moon”. 2. _Jumping Jack Flash_ - fun Whoopi Goldberg spy movie 3. _Boys Don’t Cry_ 4. _Stand By Me_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=380) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=382)