# The Movie Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051 "2004-04-08T23:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/821 "2004-05-19T11:27:49Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Never seen it, but a quick trip to IMDB confirmed my hunch that Judd was in _Kiss the Girls_. > > (_A Prayer for Owen Meany_ really was an excellent book…I may have to watch _Simon Birch_ now!) **Morgan Freeman**. Mornin’ folks. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/822 "2004-05-19T12:50:33Z")
I’m taking a chance on this one…a search for “se7en” came up empty, but “seven” isn’t searchable, so we’ll see… _Se7en_ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/823 "2004-05-19T13:20:34Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > I’m taking a chance on this one…a search for “se7en” came up empty, but “seven” isn’t searchable, so we’ll see… > > _Se7en_ Morning, all! Gwyneth Paltrow ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/824 "2004-05-19T13:24:03Z")
R. Lee Ermey ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/825 "2004-05-19T13:26:25Z")
Never mind, then. _Duets_ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/826 "2004-05-19T13:36:45Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Never mind, then. > > _Duets_ Maria Bello ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/827 "2004-05-19T15:53:37Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Maria Bello \*\* Auto Focus \*\* ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/828 "2004-05-19T16:18:40Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > \*\* > Auto Focus \*\* That’s the movie in which **Greg Kinnear** plays Bob Crane, right? ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/829 "2004-05-19T16:47:41Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > That’s the movie in which > > **Greg Kinnear** > > plays Bob Crane, right? and in \*\* Mystery Men\*\* he played Captain Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/830 "2004-05-19T17:06:07Z")
Jeanine Garofolo ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/831 "2004-05-19T17:11:08Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Jeanine Garofolo **200 Cigarettes** ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/832 "2004-05-19T17:20:25Z")
Casey Affleck ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/833 "2004-05-19T18:18:37Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > You really thought so? I’ve never been able to watch that movie all the way through. > > Janeane Garofalo Janeane’s been played already. So we’re back to _Mystery Men_, which I don’t have a play for. (It’s in the spelling, **Maureen** ) ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/834 "2004-05-19T18:23:19Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Janeane’s been played already. I thought so. But I copied and pasted the name as spelled into the search thing. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/835 "2004-05-19T18:58:10Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > I thought so. But I copied and pasted the name as spelled into the search thing. :smack: What’s truly sad is that I’m the one who played her, and I had no recollection of that. Just that I’d seen the name. This is one longass game, my friends. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/836 "2004-05-19T19:04:03Z")
Fine. Fine. Fine. Just. FINE. 😛😃 I’ll just go with Hank Azaria, then. He’s sexier, anyway. (yes, that’s right. Funny=sexy) ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/837 "2004-05-19T19:09:21Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > I’ll just go with Hank Azaria, then. He’s sexier, anyway. (yes, that’s right. Funny=sexy) **The Birdcage** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/838 "2004-05-19T19:09:51Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Fine. Fine. Fine. Just. FINE. 😛😃 > > I’ll just go with Hank Azaria, then. He’s sexier, anyway. (yes, that’s right. Funny=sexy) Darn, _now_ I remember that movie. Or at least I remember the trailers. They played it with that Smashmouth song. Let’s stick with the mystery theme and go with _Mystery, Alaska_ ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/839 "2004-05-19T19:16:38Z")
Birdcage was first. And, not as funny as the French original, but still pretty damn funny. Nathan Lane ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/840 "2004-05-19T19:28:45Z")
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