# The All-Movie-Star Game

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**Created:** [July 11, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-movie-star-game/312016 "2005-07-11T16:43:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-movie-star-game/312016/1 "2005-07-11T16:43:55Z")

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Inspired by Baseball’s All-Star game, I decided to draw up two teams of 10 Movie Stars each. One team consists of USA-born stars, one team non-USA-born. My criteria for inclusion are as follows:

1. Must play a primary character in one of the top grossing movies of 2005 so far (International box office figures used where available).
2. Animated movies and CGI voice work are excluded.
3. Extra credit for appearing in multiple hit movies.

And so, here are my picks:

USA Team:  
Will Smith, _Hitch_  
Brad Pitt, _Mr. And Mrs. Smith_  
Angelina Jolie, _Mr. And Mrs. Smith_  
Dakota Fanning, _War of the Worlds_ and _Hide and Seek_  
Tom Cruise, _War of the Worlds_  
Vin Diesel, _The Pacifier_  
Adam Sandler, _The Longest Yard_  
Nicole Kidman, _The Interpreter_ (extra credit for _Bewitched_)  
Sean Penn, _The Interpreter_  
Sandra Bullock, _Miss Congeniality 2_

Non-USA Team:  
Ewan McGregor, _Revenge of the Sith_  
Hayden Christiansen, _Revenge of the Sith_  
Natalie Portman, _Revenge of the Sith_  
Rachel Weisz, _Constantine_  
Keanu Reeves, _Constantine_  
Christian Bale, _Batman Begins_  
Michael Caine, _Batman Begins_  
Liam Neeson, _Batman Begins_ and _Kingdom of Heaven_  
Orlando Bloom, _Kingdom of Heaven_  
Naomi Watts, _The Ring 2_

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-movie-star-game/312016/2 "2005-07-11T19:14:46Z")

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Uh, so now what? Who would kick whose ass? Which stars on each team you’d want to watch have sex with each other? And when you say “top” movies of this year–Top 10? 25? 50?

If you want to compare Oscars, Team USA comes out ahead: 12 nominations and 3 awards vs. 9 nominations and 2 awards.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-movie-star-game/312016/3 "2005-07-11T19:52:34Z")

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Nicole Kidman–USA?  
I thought she was an Aussie.

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**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-movie-star-game/312016/4 "2005-07-11T20:40:47Z")

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> [@ArchiveGuy](#):
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> Uh, so now what? Who would kick whose ass? Which stars on each team you’d want to watch have sex with each other? And when you say “top” movies of this year–Top 10? 25? 50?
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> If you want to compare Oscars, Team USA comes out ahead: 12 nominations and 3 awards vs. 9 nominations and 2 awards.

I was wondering: which team do you like better? I did have to make some choices. Do you agree with them? Is there someone you think deserves to be on one of the teams that isn’t? Dakota Fanning is 11 or so. Let’s leave sex out of it, shall we?

I was using the top 12 non-animated films in gross worldwide receipts.

Oscars? How about Golden Globes? I’m trying to retain an international flavor.

According to the IMDB, Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii.