Movie Marathon (Part 3)

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Movies starring or featuring someone from Monty Python that are not “Monty Python Movies” repeats OK.

  1. A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese, Michael Palin)
  2. Death of Stalin (Michael Palin)
  3. Silverado (John Cleese)
  4. Fierce Creatures (John Cleese, Michael Palin)
  5. Nuns on the Run (Eric Idle)
  6. The Magic Christian (John Cleese, Graham Chapman)
  7. Erik the Viking (Terry Jones, John Cleese)
642

Movies starring or featuring someone from Monty Python that are not “Monty Python Movies” repeats OK.

  1. A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese, Michael Palin)
  2. The Death of Stalin (Michael Palin)
  3. Silverado (John Cleese)
  4. Fierce Creatures (John Cleese, Michael Palin)
  5. Nuns on the Run (Eric Idle)
  6. The Magic Christian (John Cleese, Graham Chapman)
  7. Erik the Viking (Terry Jones, John Cleese)
  8. Brazil (Michael Palin)
643

Movies starring or featuring someone from Monty Python that are not “Monty Python Movies” repeats OK.

  1. A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese, Michael Palin)
  2. The Death of Stalin (Michael Palin)
  3. Silverado (John Cleese)
  4. Fierce Creatures (John Cleese, Michael Palin)
  5. Nuns on the Run (Eric Idle)
  6. The Magic Christian (John Cleese, Graham Chapman)
  7. Erik the Viking (Terry Jones, John Cleese)
  8. Brazil (Michael Palin)
  9. Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman)
644

Movies starring or featuring someone from Monty Python that are not “Monty Python Movies” repeats OK.

  1. A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese, Michael Palin)
  2. The Death of Stalin (Michael Palin)
  3. Silverado (John Cleese)
  4. Fierce Creatures (John Cleese, Michael Palin)
  5. Nuns on the Run (Eric Idle)
  6. The Magic Christian (John Cleese, Graham Chapman)
  7. Erik the Viking (Terry Jones, John Cleese)
  8. Brazil (Michael Palin)
  9. Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman)
  10. Time Bandits (John Cleese, Michael Palin)

Pass.

645

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage

Robin Williams plays straight man to Nathan Lane. This is the only role I ever liked Williams in.

646

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopie Goldberg
647

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopie Goldberg
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carrey
648

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopi Goldberg
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carrey
  4. Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler
649

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopi Goldberg
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carrey
  4. Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler
  5. Requiem for a Dream - Marlon Wayans
650

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopi Goldberg
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carrey
  4. Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler
  5. Requiem for a Dream - Marlon Wayans
  6. You’ve Got Mail - Dave Chappelle

He played friend/associate to Tom Hanks’ megabookseller.

651

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopi Goldberg
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carrey
  4. Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler
  5. Requiem for a Dream - Marlon Wayans
  6. You’ve Got Mail - Dave Chappelle
  7. The Story Of Mankind - Chico Marx
652

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopi Goldberg
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carrey
  4. Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler
  5. Requiem for a Dream - Marlon Wayans
  6. You’ve Got Mail - Dave Chappelle
  7. The Story Of Mankind - Chico Marx
  8. The Spanish Prisoner - Steve Martin

Still one of his best performances

653

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopi Goldberg
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carrey
  4. Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler
  5. Requiem for a Dream - Marlon Wayans
  6. You’ve Got Mail - Dave Chappelle
  7. The Story Of Mankind - Chico Marx
  8. The Spanish Prisoner - Steve Martin
  9. The Razor’s Edge - Bill Murray

He was, by all accounts, very disappointed when it bombed.

654

Movies where a comedian plays a dramatic role-- or plays the straight man in a comedy to another comic

  1. The Birdcage - Robin Williams
  2. The Color Purple - Whoopi Goldberg
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jim Carrey
  4. Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler
  5. Requiem for a Dream - Marlon Wayans
  6. You’ve Got Mail - Dave Chappelle
  7. The Story Of Mankind - Chico Marx
  8. The Spanish Prisoner - Steve Martin
  9. The Razor’s Edge - Bill Murray
  10. The Day The Clown Cried – Jerry Lewis

Produced in 1972, it is an unfinished Swedish/French film that has never been released, although its controversial subject matter – the Holocaust and Nazi concentration / extermination camps – has generated much debate. In 2015, Lewis did donate an incomplete copy to the Library of Congress with the stipulation that it not be screened until after June 2024.

Movie Villains You Love to Hate

  1. The Sheriff of Nottingham – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

“Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings … and CALL OFF CHRISTMAS!”

-“BB”-

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Movie Villains You Love to Hate

  1. The Sheriff of Nottingham – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  2. Magua - The Last of the Mohicans

Wes Studi should’ve gotten an Oscar and a truckload of other acting awards for his role as a vengeful, very scary warrior.

656

Movie Villains You Love to Hate

  1. The Sheriff of Nottingham – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  2. Magua - The Last of the Mohicans
  3. Frank Nitti - The Untouchables

Billy Drago just oozed pure evil even though he looked nothing like the real man.

657

Movie Villains You Love to Hate

  1. The Sheriff of Nottingham – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  2. Magua - The Last of the Mohicans
  3. Frank Nitti - The Untouchables
  4. Scorpio - Dirty Harry
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Movie Villains You Love to Hate

  1. The Sheriff of Nottingham – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  2. Magua - The Last of the Mohicans
  3. Frank Nitti - The Untouchables
  4. Scorpio - Dirty Harry
  5. Hans Gruber - Die Hard

Alan Rickman was the star, as far as I’m concerned. (I think @Bicycle_Bill would agree.)

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  1. The Sheriff of Nottingham – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  2. Magua - The Last of the Mohicans
  3. Frank Nitti - The Untouchables
  4. Scorpio - Dirty Harry
  5. Hans Gruber - Die Hard
  6. Roat - Wait Until Dark

That appears to be the studio-sanctioned spelling, with the capitalized preposition.

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  1. The Sheriff of Nottingham – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  2. Magua - The Last of the Mohicans
  3. Frank Nitti - The Untouchables
  4. Scorpio - Dirty Harry
  5. Hans Gruber - Die Hard
  6. Roat - Wait Until Dark
  7. Ming the Merciless - Flash Gordon

“Pathetic earthlings. Who can save you now?”