# New Thread: 27 to 9 to 3 to 1 Movie Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771 "2005-10-18T17:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/81 "2005-10-19T17:42:05Z")
Excellent! I think he’ll be the most difficult thing to get this round. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/82 "2005-10-19T17:42:43Z")
> [@Desperate Welfie](#): > > Excellent! > > I think he’ll be the most difficult thing to get this round. Richard or Gary? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/83 "2005-10-19T17:44:29Z")
> [@Desperate Welfie](#): > > I wondered how long it would take for someone to get _Near Dark_, it’s one of my faves. > > **Anyrose** , you aren’t having much luck with the second set of actors. The guy for Confessions was pretty far down the list if I remember correctly. but was Tim Thomerson correct? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/84 "2005-10-19T17:45:31Z")
[did you see these guesses? how’d I do?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6701540&postcount=73) ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/85 "2005-10-19T17:45:54Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Delroy Lindo/Renee Russo/Liev Schreiber > \*\*Ransom \*\* > Gary Sinese Yup! I have to admit, I love it when Sinese plays a bad guy! ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/86 "2005-10-19T17:47:15Z")
Tim Thomerson, David Alan Grier, and Michelle are all incorrect. Give me a minute and I’ll do a recap. ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/87 "2005-10-19T17:55:07Z")
1st Round actors still left: Alan Arkin Kathy Baker Christine Baranski Louise Fletcher William Forsythe Jamie Kennedy Delroy Lindo Kelly Lynch Vincent Price Renee Russo Leiv Schreiber Terence Stamp 2nd round, so far: Confessions of a dangerous mind( **Richard Kind** ) Mannequin( **James Spader** ) McHale’s Navy(not _Stockwell or Grier_) Practical Magic ( **Stockard Channing** ) Ransom( **Gary Sinese** ) Near Dark(not _Tim Thomerson_) ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/88 "2005-10-19T17:56:10Z")
I forgot to take Lindo, Russo, and Schreiber off the list, sorry! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/89 "2005-10-19T17:56:39Z")
McHale’s Navy - **French Stewart** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/90 "2005-10-19T17:59:30Z")
McHale’s Navy - **French Stewart** Near Dark - **Lance Henriksen** ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/91 "2005-10-19T18:02:11Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > McHale’s Navy - **French Stewart** That’s it. I knew no one would mistake Tim Arnold for an actor! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/92 "2005-10-19T18:03:27Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > McHale’s Navy - **French Stewart** > Near Dark - **Lance Henriksen** Two for two! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/93 "2005-10-19T18:06:53Z")
Christine Baranski/Jamie Kennedy/Terence Stamp \*\*Bowfinger \*\* Robert Downey, Jr ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/94 "2005-10-19T18:10:13Z")
how obvious is this that I could have missed it until now? Alan Arkin/Kathy Baker/Vincent Price **Edward Scissorhands** Anthony Michael Hall ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/95 "2005-10-19T18:15:41Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Christine Baranski/Jamie Kennedy/Terence Stamp > \*\*Bowfinger \*\* > Robert Downey, Jr Yes on **Bowfinger** , no to Robert Downey, Jr. And you are correct with Scissorhands and A.M. Hall. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/96 "2005-10-19T18:18:09Z")
Bowfinger - Heather Graham? ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/97 "2005-10-19T18:22:18Z")
Correct! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/98 "2005-10-19T18:25:09Z")
the last first round movie is Louise Fletcher/William Forsythe/Kelly Lynch **Virtuosity** Russel Crowe ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/99 "2005-10-19T18:28:29Z")
the first round two movie is Spader/Stewart/Kind **Stargate** Kurt Russell ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-27-to-9-to-3-to-1-movie-game/326771/100 "2005-10-19T18:32:39Z")
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