# 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:** 68
**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 31, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1341 "2026-08-31T14:58:00Z")
**Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ ---
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**Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ 4. Huttese, _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ ---
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**Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ 4. Huttese, _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Pig Latin, _[We’re in the Money](https://youtu.be/yEZ25TYKDv8?t=101)_ Ginger Rogers sings the title song in fluent Pig Latin ---
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**Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ 4. Huttese, _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Pig Latin, _[We’re in the Money](https://youtu.be/yEZ25TYKDv8?t=101)_ 6. Minionese, _Despicable Me_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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Missed the edit window: I used the song title instead of the movie title for number 5 - **Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ 4. Huttese, _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Pig Latin, Gold Diggers of 1933 (_[We’re in the Money](https://youtu.be/yEZ25TYKDv8?t=101))_ 6. Minionese, _Despicable Me_ ---
**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 31, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1346 "2026-08-31T17:32:07Z")
**Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ 4. Huttese, _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Pig Latin, Gold Diggers of 1933 (_[We’re in the Money](https://youtu.be/yEZ25TYKDv8?t=101))_ 6. Minionese, _Despicable Me_ 7. Sindarin, Quenya, Khuzdul and the Black Speech of Mordor, _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1347 "2026-08-31T20:45:12Z")
**Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ 4. Huttese, _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Pig Latin, Gold Diggers of 1933 (_[We’re in the Money](https://youtu.be/yEZ25TYKDv8?t=101))_ 6. Minionese, _Despicable Me_ 7. Sindarin, Quenya, Khuzdul and the Black Speech of Mordor, _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ 8. Gibberish posing as a language from the South Seas, _Princess Caraboo_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1348 "2026-09-02T02:31:43Z")
**Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ 4. Huttese, _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Pig Latin, Gold Diggers of 1933 (_[We’re in the Money](https://youtu.be/yEZ25TYKDv8?t=101))_ 6. Minionese, _Despicable Me_ 7. Sindarin, Quenya, Khuzdul and the Black Speech of Mordor, _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ 8. Gibberish posing as a language from the South Seas, _Princess Caraboo_ 9. Alien language, _Disclosure Day_ ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1349 "2026-09-03T13:52:14Z")
**Movies where a made-up language is spoken (one film per franchise, please)** 1. Klingon, _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ 2. Nell’s Idioglossia, _Nell_ 3. Atlantean, _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_ 4. Huttese, _Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi_ 5. Pig Latin, Gold Diggers of 1933 (_[We’re in the Money](https://youtu.be/yEZ25TYKDv8?t=101))_ 6. Minionese, _Despicable Me_ 7. Sindarin, Quenya, Khuzdul and the Black Speech of Mordor, _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ 8. Gibberish posing as a language from the South Seas, _Princess Caraboo_ 9. Alien language, _Disclosure Day_ 10. Na’vi language, _Avatar_ **Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1350 "2026-09-03T14:22:58Z")
**Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky ---
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**Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 3. American Movie - Great snapshot of indie filmmaking in the 90s and the struggles of independent filmmaking with some interesting real characters. ---
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**Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 3. _American Movie_ - Great snapshot of indie filmmaking in the 90s and the struggles of independent filmmaking with some interesting real characters. 4. _Supersize Me_ - about fast food, factory farming, additives, etc. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1353 "2026-09-03T18:59:21Z")
**Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 3. _American Movie_ - Great snapshot of indie filmmaking in the 90s and the struggles of independent filmmaking with some interesting real characters. 4. _Supersize Me_ - about fast food, factory farming, additives, etc. 5. _Grey Gardens_ - about a mother and daughter, Big Edie and Little Edie, cousins of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who live in squalid conditions. (This movie served as inspiration for episode 1 of IFC’s satirical series, _Documentary Now!_ titled “Sandy Passage.”) ---
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**Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 3. _American Movie_ - Great snapshot of indie filmmaking in the 90s and the struggles of independent filmmaking with some interesting real characters. 4. _Supersize Me_ - about fast food, factory farming, additives, etc. 5. _Grey Gardens_ - about a mother and daughter, Big Edie and Little Edie, cousins of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who live in squalid conditions. (This movie served as inspiration for episode 1 of IFC’s satirical series, _Documentary Now!_ titled “Sandy Passage.”) 6. _An Inconvenient Truth_ - Al Gore produced documentary about the global warming crisis ---
**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:** [September 5, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1355 "2026-09-05T22:39:52Z")
**Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 3. _American Movie_ - Great snapshot of indie filmmaking in the 90s and the struggles of independent filmmaking with some interesting real characters. 4. _Supersize Me_ - about fast food, factory farming, additives, etc. 5. _Grey Gardens_ - about a mother and daughter, Big Edie and Little Edie, cousins of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who live in squalid conditions. (This movie served as inspiration for episode 1 of IFC’s satirical series, _Documentary Now!_ titled “Sandy Passage.”) 6. _An Inconvenient Truth_ - Al Gore produced documentary about the global warming crisis 7. _The Twister: Caught In The Storm -_ A devastating and gut-punching documentary about various people impacted by the May 22, 2011 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri.+ +Has the matter of streaming-only films come up in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1356 "2026-09-06T03:46:00Z")
**Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 3. _American Movie_ - Great snapshot of indie filmmaking in the 90s and the struggles of independent filmmaking with some interesting real characters. 4. _Supersize Me_ - about fast food, factory farming, additives, etc. 5. _Grey Gardens_ - about a mother and daughter, Big Edie and Little Edie, cousins of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who live in squalid conditions. (This movie served as inspiration for episode 1 of IFC’s satirical series, _Documentary Now!_ titled “Sandy Passage.”) 6. _An Inconvenient Truth_ - Al Gore produced documentary about the global warming crisis 7. _The Twister: Caught In The Storm -_ A devastating and gut-punching documentary about various people impacted by the May 22, 2011 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri. 8. _Future Shock_ - a 1873 documentary, based on the 1970 novel of the same name, that describes changes in the cultural mindset such as indecision from overwhelming options, instant gratification, disposable products and impermanence. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1357 "2026-09-06T03:52:36Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Has the matter of streaming-only films come up in this thread? You mean whether they’re applicable in this thread? I’m not certain. Streamers like Netflix produce cinematic features, but would a streamer like ESPN or Discovery be considered equal to WTBS? ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1358 "2026-09-06T16:30:16Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. _Future Shock_ - a 1873 documentary, based on the 1970 novel of the same name, that describes changes in the cultural mindset such as indecision from overwhelming options, instant gratification, disposable products and impermanence. Wow! That was very prescient of the filmmakers. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1359 "2026-09-06T16:50:45Z")
**Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 3. _American Movie_ - Great snapshot of indie filmmaking in the 90s and the struggles of independent filmmaking with some interesting real characters. 4. _Supersize Me_ - about fast food, factory farming, additives, etc. 5. _Grey Gardens_ - about a mother and daughter, Big Edie and Little Edie, cousins of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who live in squalid conditions. (This movie served as inspiration for episode 1 of IFC’s satirical series, _Documentary Now!_ titled “Sandy Passage.”) 6. _An Inconvenient Truth_ - Al Gore produced documentary about the global warming crisis 7. _The Twister: Caught In The Storm -_ A devastating and gut-punching documentary about various people impacted by the May 22, 2011 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri. 8. _Future Shock_ - a 1873 documentary, based on the 1970 novel of the same name, that describes changes in the cultural mindset such as indecision from overwhelming options, instant gratification, disposable products and impermanence. 9. _Seven Up!_ - a 1964 British documentary, profiling the lives of fourteen seven-year-olds, from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds. It became the first in a highly-praised series, in which the same children (later adults) were revisited every seven years; the final installment, _70 Up_, will be released next week. ---
**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, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/1360 "2026-09-06T19:01:38Z")
> [@](#): > > **Impactful Documentaries** 1. _Blackfish_ - about the horrible and inhumane treatment of captive orcas. 2. _Harlan County, USA_ - about a coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 3. _American Movie_ - Great snapshot of indie filmmaking in the 90s and the struggles of independent filmmaking with some interesting real characters. 4. _Supersize Me_ - about fast food, factory farming, additives, etc. 5. _Grey Gardens_ - about a mother and daughter, Big Edie and Little Edie, cousins of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who live in squalid conditions. (This movie served as inspiration for episode 1 of IFC’s satirical series, _Documentary Now!_ titled “Sandy Passage.”) 6. _An Inconvenient Truth_ - Al Gore produced documentary about the global warming crisis 7. _The Twister: Caught In The Storm -_ A devastating and gut-punching documentary about various people impacted by the May 22, 2011 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri. 8. _Future Shock_ - a 1873 documentary, based on the 1970 novel of the same name, that describes changes in the cultural mindset such as indecision from overwhelming options, instant gratification, disposable products and impermanence. 9. _Seven Up!_ - a 1964 British documentary, profiling the lives of fourteen seven-year-olds, from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds. It became the first in a highly-praised series, in which the same children (later adults) were revisited every seven years; the final installment, _70 Up_, will be released next week. 10. _Roger and Me_ - Every other thing Michael Moore did exists because this film made money. NEXT: **Films of any genre you went into knowing nothing about, but they made an impact on you.** 1. _Return of the Secaucus 7_ – Started following John Sayles career-- also learned how reified the Boomers were (I was only about 16 when I saw it in maybe 1983). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550.md?page=69)