# 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:** 44
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/861 "2023-08-20T00:08:30Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Closer ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/862 "2023-08-20T00:38:11Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Closer 5. Caligula ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/863 "2023-08-20T00:40:14Z")
[quote=“Intergalactic\_Gladiator, post:862, topic:985988, full:true”] **Movies primarily about sex** **Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Closer 5. Caligula 6. American Pie ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/864 "2023-08-20T00:49:20Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Closer 5. Caligula 6. American Pie 7. No Strings Attached ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/865 "2023-08-20T00:57:16Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Closer 5. Caligula 6. American Pie 7. No Strings Attached 8. Debbie Does Dallas ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/866 "2023-08-20T01:15:27Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Closer 5. Caligula 6. American Pie 7. No Strings Attached 8. Debbie Does Dallas 9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/867 "2023-08-20T03:45:13Z")
**Movies primarily about sex** 1. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 2. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex\* (\*But Were Afraid to Ask) 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Closer 5. Caligula 6. American Pie 7. No Strings Attached 8. Debbie Does Dallas 9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 10. Kinsey pass ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/868 "2023-08-20T10:17:18Z")
**Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern Robert De Niro plays a kindly retired executive who imparts his experience while interning in a modern startup, rather than a soldier, ultra-conservative, authoritarian father, sociopath, or other tough guy role. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/869 "2023-08-20T11:38:29Z")
**Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West In his first scene in the movie, Henry Fonda cold-bloodedly kills a little boy. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/870 "2023-08-20T12:48:28Z")
**Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Death Becomes Her Bruce Willis as a henpecked hubby. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/871 "2023-08-20T12:57:28Z")
**Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Death Becomes Her 4. Analyze This! Robert De Niro again. Still playing a gangster, but in a comedy. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/872 "2023-08-20T16:16:31Z")
**Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Death Becomes Her 4. Analyze This! 5. One Hour Photo Robin Williams plays a very seriously disturbed man who uses his customers’ photography to feel closer to them. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/873 "2023-08-20T16:19:51Z")
**Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Death Becomes Her 4. Analyze This! 5. One Hour Photo 6. Airplane! At the time, Leslie Nielsen was not known as a comic actor. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/874 "2023-08-20T16:22:33Z")
**Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Death Becomes Her 4. Analyze This! 5. One Hour Photo 6. Airplane! 7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Dramatic actor Kenneth Branagh plays the ridiculous, egotistical celebrity wizard Gilderoy Lockhart. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/875 "2023-08-20T17:20:19Z")
**Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Death Becomes Her 4. Analyze This! 5. One Hour Photo 6. Airplane! 7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 8. Dick Tracy (1990) Al Pacino in a rare comedy performance, wearing a comical rubber face. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/876 "2023-08-20T17:36:29Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Death Becomes Her 4. Analyze This! 5. One Hour Photo 6. Airplane! 7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 8. Dick Tracy (1990) 9. It’s a Wonderful Life Lionel Barrymore as the villain, the miserly Mr. Potter, usually played kindly, avuncular guys. It’s kind of funny that Mr. Potter is the role he is remembered for. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/877 "2023-08-20T17:54:28Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies where an actor plays against type** 1. The Intern 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Death Becomes Her 4. Analyze This! 5. One Hour Photo 6. Airplane! 7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 8. Dick Tracy (1990) 9. It’s a Wonderful Life 10. The Color Purple Whoopi nailed this in a dramatic role. **Movies About Making Movies** 1. Hail, Caesar! ---
**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:** [August 20, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/878 "2023-08-20T18:09:41Z")
**Movies About Making Movies** 1. Hail, Caesar! 2. Day for Night ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/879 "2023-08-20T18:11:40Z")
**Movies About Making Movies** 1. Hail, Caesar! 2. Day for Night 3. Ed Wood ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/880 "2023-08-20T18:17:12Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies About Making Movies** 1. Hail, Caesar! 2. Day for Night 3. Ed Wood 4. The Big Picture [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=45)