# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1082 "2023-09-04T23:21:31Z")
**Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1083 "2023-09-05T00:25:07Z")
> [@](#): > > **Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1084 "2023-09-05T00:27:22Z")
**Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 4. Me, Myself & Irene ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1085 "2023-09-05T00:34:16Z")
**Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 4. Me, Myself & Irene 5. The Mask of Fu Manchu ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1086 "2023-09-05T01:53:40Z")
**Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 4. Me, Myself & Irene 5. The Mask of Fu Manchu 6. Check and Double Check The one and only Amos ‘n’ Andy movie, in 1930, with both lead actors in blackface. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1087 "2023-09-05T07:01:45Z")
**Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 4. Me, Myself & Irene 5. The Mask of Fu Manchu 6. Check and Double Check 7. Silver Streak Admittedly, if anyone could get away with blackface, it would be Gene Wilder. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1088 "2023-09-05T09:13:27Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > 1. Silver Streak > > Admittedly, if anyone could get away with blackface, it would be Gene Wilder. Remember too, it was by suggestion of Richard Pryor and within the context of the movie… and Pryor acknowledges that “I didn’t say I was gonna make you black. I said I was gonna get you on the train. We got to make them cops _(the ones checking boarding passengers, comparing them a blow-up of the Wilder character’s driver’s license photo)_ _ **think** _ you’re black.” Camouflage, in other words. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1089 "2023-09-05T14:24:47Z")
**Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 4. Me, Myself & Irene 5. The Mask of Fu Manchu 6. Check and Double Check 7. Silver Streak 8. Falling Down ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1090 "2023-09-05T14:48:39Z")
**Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 4. Me, Myself & Irene 5. The Mask of Fu Manchu 6. Check and Double Check 7. Silver Streak 8. Falling Down 9. Driving Miss Daisy Not a racist movie, but a movie that shows racism in that era. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1091 "2023-09-05T15:20:30Z")
**Racist Movies** 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2. Soul Man 3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 4. Me, Myself & Irene 5. The Mask of Fu Manchu 6. Check and Double Check 7. Silver Streak 8. Falling Down 9. Driving Miss Daisy 10. Song of the South **Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1092 "2023-09-05T15:23:17Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1093 "2023-09-05T15:53:19Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump 3. Boyhood ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1094 "2023-09-05T16:03:42Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump 3. Boyhood 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1095 "2023-09-05T16:10:35Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump 3. Boyhood 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 5. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1096 "2023-09-05T16:12:02Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump 3. Boyhood 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 5. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 6. The Last Emperor ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1097 "2023-09-05T16:13:47Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump 3. Boyhood 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 5. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 6. The Last Emperor 7. It’s a Wonderful Life ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1098 "2023-09-05T17:26:01Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump 3. Boyhood 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 5. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 6. The Last Emperor 7. It’s a Wonderful Life 8. Elvis (2022) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1099 "2023-09-05T17:36:41Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump 3. Boyhood 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 5. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 6. The Last Emperor 7. It’s a Wonderful Life 8. Elvis (2022) 9. The Jerk ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1100 "2023-09-05T19:26:35Z")
**Movies That Show All Or Most Of A Person’s Life** 1. Citizen Kane 2. Forrest Gump 3. Boyhood 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 5. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 6. The Last Emperor 7. It’s a Wonderful Life 8. Elvis (2022) 9. The Jerk 10. A.I: Artificial Intelligence Assuming you consider David a person, which I certainly do. Pass. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1101 "2023-09-06T00:47:28Z")
NEXT: **Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=56)