# The Movie Game II **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423 "2005-01-30T13:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 64
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1261 "2005-03-28T19:23:36Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > What can I say – there aren’t a whole lot of movies about us Quakers. There’s this, and, uh … You’ve got _All the President’s Men_ and _Nixon_. Is that helpful? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1262 "2005-03-28T19:40:00Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > You’ve got _All the President’s Men_ and _Nixon_. Is that helpful? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1263 "2005-03-29T17:35:57Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Two very big names amongst the top three billed. Should I drop some other hints, **Shibb** (you young whippersnapper), or do you want to? Well, the leading man in that one was known to go out at high noon. But that’s because he was once an iron horse. I first recall seeing him portray a WWI hero who used a turkey call to draw out the bad guys. But some people of my generation just remember him as compared to a “million dollar trouper” by both Taco and Dr. Frankenstein. The other actor, to whom **Twickster** refers, and who might be a better play to get us back in the nearer half of the 20th Century is most famous for making people afraid to use the shower. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1264 "2005-03-29T17:44:26Z")
A tip of the ol’ chapeau on your hints, mon frere! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1265 "2005-03-29T19:05:19Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Friendly Persuasion** Well, with **Shibb** ’s hints, it’s easy enough to deduce that the “Iron Horse” has to be **Gary Cooper**. Yes, I’m deliberately playing the more “old-timey” actor — but then, Lou Gehrig was a better ballplayer than was the outfielder that other guy portrayed. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1266 "2005-03-29T19:20:07Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Well, with **Shibb** ’s hints, it’s easy enough to deduce that the “Iron Horse” has to be **Gary Cooper**. Yes, I’m deliberately playing the more “old-timey” actor — but then, Lou Gehrig was a better ballplayer than was the outfielder that other guy portrayed. **Sergeant York** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1267 "2005-03-29T19:38:32Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > **Sergeant York** Maybe Walter Brennan can help us in our slow climb back into modern times. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1268 "2005-03-29T19:51:36Z")
**Support Your Local Sheriff** ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1269 "2005-03-29T23:24:20Z")
Bruce Dern. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1270 "2005-03-29T23:38:07Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Bruce Dern. _Coming Home_ ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1271 "2005-03-30T14:21:53Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > _Coming Home_ \*\* Jon Voight\*\* ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1272 "2005-03-30T14:29:32Z")
**Enemy of the State** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1273 "2005-03-30T17:21:23Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Enemy of the State** Jack Black ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1274 "2005-03-30T17:25:49Z")
Envy ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1275 "2005-03-30T20:23:50Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Envy **Ben Stiller** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1276 "2005-03-30T20:35:57Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > **Ben Stiller** _The Royal Tenebaums_ ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1277 "2005-03-30T20:38:26Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > _The Royal Tenebaums_ \*\*Gwyneth Paltrow \*\* ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1278 "2005-03-30T20:41:11Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > _The Royal Tenebaums_ For future reference, that should be “Tene **n** baums”. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1279 "2005-03-30T20:54:55Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > \*\*Gwyneth Paltrow > \*\* _Shakespeare in Love_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423/1280 "2005-03-30T21:07:19Z")
Judi Dench has been played already. Sigh. Guess that means I have to go with **Joseph Fiennes** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game-ii/287423.md?page=65)