# 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:** 91
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1801 "2004-11-16T17:21:10Z")
Are we on _Casino_? Because John Bloom (aka Joe Bob Briggs) is in that. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1802 "2004-11-16T18:09:05Z")
Wait, I thought **Shibb** said Casino, in response to **vd’s** Joe Pesci. Then I said Alan King. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1803 "2004-11-16T19:02:40Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Wait, I thought **Shibb** said Casino, in response to **vd’s** Joe Pesci. Then I said Alan King. :smack: My mistake, I said _Casino_ on Pesci, but was thinking _Goodfellas_. Then I played _Casino_ on Alan King, thinking that one was still available. It’s not. So **Alan King** is still in play. Sorry **Vd** , my brain’s not firing on all of it’s synapses today. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1804 "2004-11-17T07:24:42Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > So **Alan King** is still in play. But he’s not in play for the 2005 Death Pool, as I scored 24 points by correctly picking him for this year’s round of that game. While he was still live, he appeared in _Author! Author!_, which featured Al Pacino as Ivan Travalian. In explaining how to identify people of his ethnic background, Travalian pointed out that “you can tell the Armenians, because their last names all rhyme with Armenian.” Except, of course, for the ones like Krekor Ohanian and Ross Bagdasarian, who Americanized their names for the sake of showbiz… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1805 "2004-11-17T12:40:45Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > But he’s not in play for the 2005 Death Pool, as I scored 24 points by correctly picking him for this year’s round of that game. While he was still live, he appeared in _Author! Author!_, which featured Al Pacino as Ivan Travalian. Okay, I’ll take the easy way out. **Al Pacino**. 🙂 Atom Egoyan is ethnically Armenian, although his name doesn’t rhyme with Armenian at all. Alecko Eskandarian, who was the MVP of this year’s MLS Cup and is a rising star on the US National team, is of Armenian descent. His father player for the NY Cosmos of the old NASL. Their last name only rhymes with Armenian if you really squint your ears. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1806 "2004-11-17T15:55:32Z")
You know, Al Pacino was in _Gigli_. Which I saw. Did you? ---
**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:** [November 17, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1807 "2004-11-17T16:01:05Z")
Proud to say I haven’t. **Jennifer Lopez**. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1808 "2004-11-17T16:17:15Z")
It was definitely weird, but not as bad as everyone claimed. It was an editing trainwreck, but it wasn’t boring. Anyway, Jennifer Lopez was in another cinema gem known as _Anaconda_. Hey, I saw it for free. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1809 "2004-11-17T16:19:57Z")
And so was one of my favorite MTV chcicks from the late eighties…_Kari Wuhrer_ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1810 "2004-11-17T20:48:48Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > And so was one of my favorite MTV chcicks from the late eighties…_Kari Wuhrer_ _Eight Legged Freaks_, which costars someone sexier than Kari. I was a Remote Control fan, but mainly of the categories - “Dead or Canadian?” was the best. Most of their contestants were dumber than rocks) **CBawlmer** - _Gigli_? You BASTARD!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1811 "2004-11-17T21:07:32Z")
_groan_ … my son dragged me to that movie. Among others, it featured the dubious talents of David Arquette. Y’know…there’s a reason these “radioactive waste monster” movies died out with drive ins. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1812 "2004-11-17T21:48:43Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > _groan_ … my son dragged me to that movie. Among others, it featured the dubious talents of David Arquette. Yeah, the talent is pretty thin in the Arquette family. I thought Patricia’s _Beyond Rangoon_ was the most ogawful individual performance I’d ever had the displeasure to sit through. When I saw her husband in _8mm_ I knew they were meant for each other. Anyway, in response to Arquette I just have to _Scream_! ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1813 "2004-11-17T22:12:11Z")
Skeet Ulrich ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1814 "2004-11-18T02:52:36Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Skeet Ulrich Oh, I know, _Pirates of the Caribbean_… no, wait, that was Johnny Depp. How about _Sleepy Hollow_? No, Depp again. _Donnie Brasco_? _Fear and Loathing_? _The Astronaut’s Wife_? _Blow_? _Chocolat_? _The Ninth Gate_? _From Hell_? Depp, Depp, Depp, Depp, Depp, Depp and Depp! Dang, okay, how about _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_… hmm, Wilder, then Depp. Was Ulrich actually ever in _anything_? Oh, oh, oh, I’ve got it – _Albino Alligator_! ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1815 "2004-11-18T02:58:04Z")
Hmmm how about _Frankie Faison?_ ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1816 "2004-11-18T04:41:07Z")
**Sommersby** ---
**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:** [November 18, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1817 "2004-11-18T04:56:45Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > **Sommersby** :: dons Raybans, throws jacket over the shoulder, and does the walk :: **Richard Gere** ---
**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:** [November 18, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1818 "2004-11-18T05:14:01Z")
_Chicago_! I need to see that movie again. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1819 "2004-11-18T05:18:59Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > _Chicago_! I need to see that movie again. I thought it was crap. Anyway, moving along to something - someone - that I would see again: **Catherine Zeta Jones** And to think a bloke I was at school with used to play opposite her in _The Darling Buds of May_. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/1820 "2004-11-18T05:26:11Z")
Quite the dancer, that woman. And I could barely tell she was pregnant in Chicago, I had to really look! She looked amazing. Anyway. **America’s Sweethearts** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=92)