# Movie Marathon (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 10, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550 "2026-02-10T16:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 47
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/921 "2026-06-18T04:49:58Z")
**Movies that take place within the film’s run time (or even less time than that)** 1. Rope 2. Nick of Time 3. My Dinner with Andre 4. Speed 5. 'night, Mother 6. Carnage 7. Buried 8. Run, Lola, Run 9. Cadillac Man If this turns out to be #10, then I’ll 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:** [June 18, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/922 "2026-06-18T13:33:18Z")
Yeah, I was in error. Sorry. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/923 "2026-06-18T18:41:08Z")
**Movies that take place within the film’s run time (or even less time than that)** 1. Rope 2. Nick of Time 3. My Dinner with Andre 4. Speed 5. 'night, Mother 6. Carnage 7. Buried 8. Run, Lola, Run 9. Cadillac Man 10. 12 Angry Men 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:** [June 18, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/924 "2026-06-18T20:22:15Z")
**Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/925 "2026-06-18T20:45:31Z")
**Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/926 "2026-06-18T20:58:55Z")
**Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) 3. _Edward Scissorhands_ (starts with Kim as a teenager; ends with her talking to her grandchild) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/927 "2026-06-18T22:25:17Z")
**Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) 3. _Edward Scissorhands_ (starts with Kim as a teenager; ends with her talking to her grandchild) 4. _Cloud Atlas_ (the distant past to the far future) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/928 "2026-06-18T22:48:49Z")
**Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) 3. _Edward Scissorhands_ (starts with Kim as a teenager; ends with her talking to her grandchild) 4. _Cloud Atlas_ (the distant past to the far future) 5. _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ (covers the span of a person born as an old man until his death from old age with the appearance of an infant. He has a very limited amount of time in which he appears to be the same age as his love interest. The movie goes from 1918 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005). ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/929 "2026-06-19T02:32:37Z")
1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) 3. _Edward Scissorhands_ (starts with Kim as a teenager; ends with her talking to her grandchild) 4. _Cloud Atlas_ (the distant past to the far future) 5. _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ (covers the span of a person born as an old man until his death from old age with the appearance of an infant. He has a very limited amount of time in which he appears to be the same age as his love interest. The movie goes from 1918 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005). 6. _Interview with the Vampire_ (covers Louis’ “life” as a vampire from the the time he is made one in the 1790s to his interview in the 1990s) ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/930 "2026-06-19T02:41:07Z")
**Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) 3. _Edward Scissorhands_ (starts with Kim as a teenager; ends with her talking to her grandchild) 4. _Cloud Atlas_ (the distant past to the far future) 5. _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ (covers the span of a person born as an old man until his death from old age with the appearance of an infant. He has a very limited amount of time in which he appears to be the same age as his love interest. The movie goes from 1918 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005). 6. _Interview with the Vampire_ (covers Louis’ “life” as a vampire from the the time he is made one in the 1790s to his interview in the 1990s) 7. _Bicentennial Man_: Details the life of an android named Andrew Martin from 2005 to 2205. Towards the end of the movie, he makes arrangements to die a natural death by putting real human blood and organs inside himself, with the intention of dying alongside his wife and being given confirmation of his humanity. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/931 "2026-06-19T04:47:54Z")
**Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) 3. _Edward Scissorhands_ (starts with Kim as a teenager; ends with her talking to her grandchild) 4. _Cloud Atlas_ (the distant past to the far future) 5. _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ (covers the span of a person born as an old man until his death from old age with the appearance of an infant. He has a very limited amount of time in which he appears to be the same age as his love interest. The movie goes from 1918 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005). 6. _Interview with the Vampire_ (covers Louis’ “life” as a vampire from the the time he is made one in the 1790s to his interview in the 1990s) 7. _Bicentennial Man_: Details the life of an android named Andrew Martin from 2005 to 2205. Towards the end of the movie, he makes arrangements to die a natural death by putting real human blood and organs inside himself, with the intention of dying alongside his wife and being given confirmation of his humanity. 8. _A.I. Artificial Intelligence_ (Covers a very long period of time) ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/932 "2026-06-19T08:37:06Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) 3. _Edward Scissorhands_ (starts with Kim as a teenager; ends with her talking to her grandchild) 4. _Cloud Atlas_ (the distant past to the far future) 5. _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ (covers the span of a person born as an old man until his death from old age with the appearance of an infant. He has a very limited amount of time in which he appears to be the same age as his love interest. The movie goes from 1918 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005). 6. _Interview with the Vampire_ (covers Louis’ “life” as a vampire from the the time he is made one in the 1790s to his interview in the 1990s) 7. _Bicentennial Man_: Details the life of an android named Andrew Martin from 2005 to 2205. Towards the end of the movie, he makes arrangements to die a natural death by putting real human blood and organs inside himself, with the intention of dying alongside his wife and being given confirmation of his humanity. 8. _A.I. Artificial Intelligence_ (Covers a very long period of time) 9. _Dreamchild_ Explores the childhood and other ages of Alice Pleasance Hargreaves. nee Liddell, who was Lewis Carroll’s “Alice,” and how being such informed practically every facet of her life, into her very old age. Notable in that the actresses who played the child Alice and the old woman Alice were very believably the same person. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/933 "2026-06-19T09:26:55Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies that span at least three decades** 1. _Mr. Holland’s Opus_ (covers just over 30 years in the protagonist’s life) 2. _History of the World Part 1_ (Stone age, the Old Testament, Roman Empire, Spanish Inquisition, French Resolution) 3. _Edward Scissorhands_ (starts with Kim as a teenager; ends with her talking to her grandchild) 4. _Cloud Atlas_ (the distant past to the far future) 5. _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ (covers the span of a person born as an old man until his death from old age with the appearance of an infant. He has a very limited amount of time in which he appears to be the same age as his love interest. The movie goes from 1918 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005). 6. _Interview with the Vampire_ (covers Louis’ “life” as a vampire from the the time he is made one in the 1790s to his interview in the 1990s) 7. _Bicentennial Man_: Details the life of an android named Andrew Martin from 2005 to 2205. Towards the end of the movie, he makes arrangements to die a natural death by putting real human blood and organs inside himself, with the intention of dying alongside his wife and being given confirmation of his humanity. 8. _A.I. Artificial Intelligence_ (Covers a very long period of time) 9. _Dreamchild_ Explores the childhood and other ages of Alice Pleasance Hargreaves. nee Liddell, who was Lewis Carroll’s “Alice,” and how being such informed practically every facet of her life, into her very old age. Notable in that the actresses who played the child Alice and the old woman Alice were very believably the same person. 10. _Citizen Kane_ - The life story of fictional newspaper publisher Charles Foster Kane. pass ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/934 "2026-06-19T13:26:07Z")
**Movies that spawned lines you love to repeat.** 1. _The Princess Bride_ - Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/935 "2026-06-19T13:38:58Z")
**Movies that spawned lines you love to repeat.** 1. _The Princess Bride_ - Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! 2. _Repo Man_ - Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am. Otto: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me. Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/936 "2026-06-19T14:04:06Z")
**Movies that spawned lines you love to repeat.** 1. _The Princess Bride_ - Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! 2. _Repo Man_ - Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am. Otto: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me. Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts. 3. Casablanca - I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/937 "2026-06-19T14:11:03Z")
**Movies that spawned lines you love to repeat.** 1. _The Princess Bride_ - Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! 2. _Repo Man_ - Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am. Otto: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me. Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts. 3. _Casablanca_ - I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. 4. _The Last Picture Show_ - A few football teams have had some luck with tackling. Keeps the other team from scoring so often. It can be used, metaphorically, in lots of everyday situations when you want to be sarcastic. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/938 "2026-06-19T14:12:36Z")
**Movies that spawned lines you love to repeat.** 1. _The Princess Bride_ - Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! 2. _Repo Man_ - Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am. Otto: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me. Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts. 3. _Casablanca_ - I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. 4. _The Last Picture Show_ - A few football teams have had some luck with tackling. Keeps the other team from scoring so often. 5. _Blazing Saddles_ - Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/939 "2026-06-19T15:00:29Z")
**Movies that spawned lines you love to repeat.** 1. _The Princess Bride_ - Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! 2. _Repo Man_ - Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am. Otto: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me. Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts. 3. _Casablanca_ - I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. 4. _The Last Picture Show_ - A few football teams have had some luck with tackling. Keeps the other team from scoring so often. 5. _Blazing Saddles_ - Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life. 6. _Die Hard_ - Yippie-ki-yay, motherf\*\*er! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/940 "2026-06-19T15:04:45Z")
**Movies that spawned lines you love to repeat.** 1. _The Princess Bride_ - Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line! 2. _Repo Man_ - Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am. Otto: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me. Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts. 3. _Casablanca_ - I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. 4. _The Last Picture Show_ - A few football teams have had some luck with tackling. Keeps the other team from scoring so often. 5. _Blazing Saddles_ - Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life. 6. _Die Hard_ - Yippie-ki-yay, motherf\*\*er! 7. _Stripes_ - Lighten up, Francis! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=48)