# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1261 "2004-07-16T18:35:06Z")
Down, boy. Heel. **City of Angels** ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1262 "2004-07-16T18:36:20Z")
CRAP!!! NOT City of Angels!! Strike that! Delete it! **Mad City**. Dear god, I need to NOT stare at my video cabinet while posting. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1263 "2004-07-16T19:01:04Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > CRAP!!! NOT City of Angels!! Strike that! Delete it! > > **Mad City**. Dear god, I need to NOT stare at my video cabinet while posting. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Arf!!! **Alan Alda** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1264 "2004-07-16T20:18:49Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > Arf!!! > > **Alan Alda** I just happen to have _Flirting with Disaster_ out from the Library right now, although I’ve not watched it yet. We got about halfway through some Japanese movie about a couple of shy kids who meet each other (and probably fall in love, we’ve not got that far yet), while accidentally stealing money and running from the Yakuza. But back to Alan Alda. I saw part of a weird film with him once where he’s either going insane or talking to the camera, or both, throughout the whole film. It’s about his failure to form decent relationships, or something like that. Anyone know the name of that one? (And yes, I know that’s a semi-constant theme in any film in which he’s featured) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1265 "2004-07-16T20:21:53Z")
BTW, I’m kind of disappointed that you didn’t fall into my _Exotica_ trap from Mia Kirshner. I had a great play from that one. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1266 "2004-07-17T03:11:45Z")
Sorry, **Shibb** , but I’ve never even heard of it. If you recommend it, tho, I’ll watch it. **Flirting With Disaster** was pretty good. Ben Stiller is kinda hit & miss for me. I am pretty sure the movie you’re thinking of is actually Woody Allen, (and, yes Alan Alda is in a LOT of his movies) Play It Again, Sam. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1267 "2004-07-17T20:03:59Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Sorry, **Shibb** , but I’ve never even heard of it. If you recommend it, tho, I’ll watch it. > > **Flirting With Disaster** was pretty good. Ben Stiller is kinda hit & miss for me. > > I am pretty sure the movie you’re thinking of is actually Woody Allen, (and, yes Alan Alda is in a LOT of his movies) Play It Again, Sam. The Alan Alda movie was _Jake’s Women_, I looked it up. It was just strange and was apparently made for TV, probably Showtime or HBO given the subject matter. As for _Exotica_, if you like Atom Egoyian (spelling is way off) then go for it. Very Canadian film. Other films of his you may have seen: _The Sweet Hereafter_ (very sad) and _Calendar_ a bit odd but interesting and some lovely shots of Armenian churches. For Ben Stiller, let’s go with _Reality Bites_ which is the oldest film of his I can recall. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1268 "2004-07-17T23:27:02Z")
Guess it is time to bring this up… “Free Winona!” I have a feeling that is her asking price for a movie role these days…lol. jk. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1269 "2004-07-18T20:05:37Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > Guess it is time to bring this up… “Free Winona!” I have a feeling that is her asking price for a movie role these days…lol. jk. Ok, I am sad to admit, even though I generally love Scorcese, I was not generally enthralled with his Merchant Ivoryesque effort, _The Age of Innocence_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1270 "2004-07-19T03:39:35Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > _The Age of Innocence_ Mary Beth Hurt ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1271 "2004-07-19T04:21:11Z")
Parents ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1272 "2004-07-19T04:59:17Z")
I _loved_ this movie. Steve Martin ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1273 "2004-07-19T13:24:19Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > I _loved_ this movie. > > Steve Martin _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1274 "2004-07-19T16:02:38Z")
Glenne Headley ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1275 "2004-07-19T17:12:12Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Glenne Headley That’s Headly, dammit! Headly! [/Harvey Corman] I believe that the darling Ms Headly is in _Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen_, which I’ve not seen but commercials for the DVD have been in heavy rotation on the TV channels my kids watch. She also plays the Captain’s wife on _Monk_. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1276 "2004-07-19T17:46:08Z")
Ooooooooooh!! Her!! K. Carol Kane. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1277 "2004-07-19T18:07:50Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Ooooooooooh!! Her!! K. > Carol Kane. Carol Kane is the sort of woman that I fall in love with even though I know that she’s secretly crazy. Revenge of _The Princess_ (Jedi)\* Bride\* He’s only _mostly_ dead ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1278 "2004-07-20T00:49:46Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Revenge of _The Princess_ (Jedi)\* Bride\* > > He’s only _mostly_ dead **Mandy Patinkin** > [@](#): > > Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1279 "2004-07-20T02:31:00Z")
_Yentl_ Everybody got “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” in their heads now? You’re welcome! ;j ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1280 "2004-07-20T02:41:38Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > _Yentl_ > > Everybody got “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” in their heads now? You’re welcome! ;j LOL. Yes I certainly do. Of course I must go with Barbra Streisand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=65)