Author Topic: Connecting films (Read 3504 times)

dr_christian_troy · « **on:** May 28, 2010, 01:30:07 PM »

I believe you can connect any film together from any genre or era...somehow.

For example, let's try to connect Deep Throat to American Beauty:

DEEP THROAT (1972)
starred
Carol Connors
who also starred in
RED LINE 7000 (1965)
with James Caan
who also starred in
THE GODFATHER (1972)
with Al Pacino
who also starred in
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992)
with Kevin Spacey
who starred in
AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)

That worked out surprisingly sooner than I expected.

Okay, here's one for the next poster, who suggests one to the next and so on:

The Great Dictator to Die Hard.....

Clue: Phil Silvers

Blumf · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2010, 01:47:58 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon

dr_christian_troy · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2010, 01:52:03 PM »

Quote from: Blumf on May 28, 2010, 01:47:58 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon

This is kind of an extension of that I guess. Taking any film from any era and any country or any genre and connecting them through the actors. One might argue that 'of course it's possible if you're going to be that broad!' but I still think it's quite a bizarre concept.

Cerys · « **Reply #3 on:** May 28, 2010, 02:16:07 PM »

I invented that game years ago as a sleep aid. I was simultaneously devastated and ecstatic to discover that somebody else got there too.

Neville Chamberlain · « **Reply #4 on:** May 28, 2010, 02:27:19 PM »

I've tried to play this game too, but with little success. My brain goes all super-logical and starts linking any film with any other film in one step simply by virtue of the fact they're both films.

AsparagusTrevor · « **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2010, 03:57:27 PM »

Quote from: Cerys on May 28, 2010, 02:16:07 PM

I invented that game years ago as a sleep aid. I was simultaneously devastated and ecstatic to discover that somebody else got there too.

A sleep aid? That would do the exact opposite to me, I can't sleep when my brain is busy.

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2010, 04:09:00 PM »

Quote from: dr_christian_troy on May 28, 2010, 01:30:07 PM

The Great Dictator to Die Hard.....

I thought I had this, but it turned out I was mixing up Jackie Coogan with Jackie Cooper

Edit: I got it.

The Great Dictator Starred Charlie Chaplin
Who starred in The Kid with Jackie Coogan
Who was in The Addams Family with John Astin
Who is the father of Sean Astin
Who was in Lord of the Rings with Elijah Wood
Who was in Sin City with Bruce Willis
Who was in Die Hard.

An tSaoi · « **Reply #7 on:** May 28, 2010, 04:13:57 PM »

Quote from: dr_christian_troy on May 28, 2010, 01:30:07 PM

The Great Dictator to Die Hard.....

Clue: Phil Silvers

The Great Dictator
starred
Charlie Chaplin
who directed
A Countess from Hong Kong
which featured
Anthony Chinn
who was in
The Fifth Element
which starred
Bruce Willis
who was in Die Hard

I cheated by the way

Serge · « **Reply #8 on:** May 28, 2010, 04:34:16 PM »

I'll give a shiny pound to anyone who can connect 'The Werckmeister Harmonies' with 'Porkys' in ten moves or less.

_{DISCLAIMER: Pound may not be shiny. Pound may actually consist of 68p in loose change as 'that's all I've got on me.' Competition will be rendered null and void if it turns out that somehow Henry Winkler was in both of them.}

EDIT: Actually...
'Werckmeister Harmonies' stars LARS RUDOLPH, who's also in...
'Run Lola Run', which stars FRANKE POTENTE, who's also in...
'The Bourne Identity', which stars MATT DAMON, who co-stars in...
'Oceans Eleven' with BRAD PITT, who's in...
'Inglourious Basterds', directed by QUENTIN TARANTINO, as is...
'Death Proof', which stars KURT RUSSELL, as does...
'Big Trouble In Little China', which also stars KIM CATTRALL, who apparently is in...
'Porkys'.

I get to keep the pound.

Bad Ambassador · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2010, 05:33:16 PM »

Quote from: Serge on May 28, 2010, 04:34:16 PM

I'll give a shiny pound to anyone who can connect 'The Werckmeister Harmonies' with 'Porkys' in ten moves or less.

_{DISCLAIMER: Pound may not be shiny. Pound may actually consist of 68p in loose change as 'that's all I've got on me.' Competition will be rendered null and void if it turns out that somehow Henry Winkler was in both of them.}

EDIT: Actually...
'Werckmeister Harmonies' stars LARS RUDOLPH, who's also in...
'Run Lola Run', which stars FRANKE POTENTE, who's also in...
'The Bourne Identity', which stars MATT DAMON, who co-stars in...
'Oceans Eleven' with BRAD PITT, who's in...
'Inglourious Basterds', directed by QUENTIN TARANTINO, as is...
'Death Proof', which stars KURT RUSSELL, as does...
'Big Trouble In Little China', which also stars KIM CATTRALL, who apparently is in...
'Porkys'.

I get to keep the pound.

Beat you.

"Werckmeister Harmonies" starred LARS RUDOLPH, who's also in...
"Luther" with ALFRED MOLINA, who's also in...
"Spider-Man 2" with KIRSTEN DUNST, who's also in...
"The Bonfire of the Vanities" with KIM CATTRALL, who's also in...
"Porky's".

James Whale's "Frankenstein" to "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein".

Oh wait, I can actually do that in two. Alright, to "Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde".

kidsick5000 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2010, 07:03:34 PM »

James Whale's "Frankenstein" starred Boris Karloff
Who was in The Terror with Jack Nicholson
who was in Blood and Wine with Michael Caine
who was in Blue Ice with Sean Young - 'star' of Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

I intially tried the Ian Ogilvy route but then realised any link to Nicholson or Caine is like a triple word score or Rolling two 6's with these things. They've been with everyone

How about Bringing Up Baby to Monster

SavageHedgehog · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2010, 07:53:19 PM »

Bringing Up Baby starred Carry Grant
Grant in That Touch of Mink with Doris Day
Day in Caprice with Richard Harris
Harris in Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood
Eastwood in Blood Work with Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels in Trial and Error with Charlize Theron
Theron is the star of Monster

Serge · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2010, 07:55:43 PM »

'Bringing Up Baby' was directed by HOWARD HAWKS, who also directed...
'El Dorado' in 1966, which starred JOHN WAYNE, who also starred in...
'The Cowboys', where his character famously gets shot in the back by BRUCE DERN, who apparently plays a character called Thomas in...
'Monster'

EDIT: Damn, beaten to it by SavageHedgehog, though I did it in less moves!

TotalNightmare · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2010, 07:59:11 PM »

Quote from: SavageHedgehog on May 28, 2010, 07:53:19 PM

Bringing Up Baby starred Carry Grant
Grant in That Touch of Mink with Doris Day
Day in Caprice with Richard Harris
Harris in Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood
Eastwood in Blood Work with Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels in Trial and Error with Charlize Theron
Theron is the star of Monster

Or

Bring up Baby starred Katharine Hepburn
who was in
Love Affair which featured Annette Benning
Who was in
Grifters with Anjelica Houston
Who was in
Addams Family with Christina Ricci
was in
Monster

not better... just different

kidsick5000 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2010, 08:36:36 PM »

Wow. Three excellent and different routes. I thought it would be harder.
OKay. Seeingas no-one put a new challenge

The Thin Man to Dude, Where's My Car

Serge · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2010, 08:45:37 PM »

'The Thin Man' stars MYRNA LOY, who decades later starred in..
'The End', a fairly lame comedy starring BURT REYNOLDS, who apparently played Boss Hogg in the movie version of..
'The Dukes Of Hazzard', which starred SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT, as did...
'Dude, Where's My Car?'

Addictive, this. OK...

'Chinatown' to 'Run, Fatboy, Run!'

TotalNightmare · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2010, 08:54:24 PM »

The Thin Man starred William Powell
who was in
Mister Roberts with Jack Lemmon
who was in
The Apartment with Shirley Maclaine
who was in
Valentine's Day with Jennifer Garner
who was in
Dude Where's My Car

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2010, 09:01:38 PM »

Chinatown Starred Jack Nicholson
Who was in The Departed
Which was directed by Martin Scorsese
Who directed Taxi Driver
Which Starred Robert DeNiro
Who Starred in Heat
Which featured Hank Azaria
Who Starred in Run Fatboy Run

Blue Velvet to Blade

SavageHedgehog · « **Reply #18 on:** May 28, 2010, 09:17:08 PM »

Blue Velvet starred Dennis Hopper
Hopper was in Boiling Point with Wesley Snipes
Wesley is Blade

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf to Commando

kidsick5000 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2010, 10:52:01 PM »

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf starred Richard Burton
who starred in 1984 with John Hurt
who starred in Alien with Sigourney Weaver
who starred in Alien:Resurrection with Dan Hedaya
who was in Commando

Hell Drivers to Predator

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth · « **Reply #20 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:17:40 PM »

Hell Drivers starred Patrick McGoohan
Who was in Braveheart
Which starred Mel Gibson
Who was in Lethal Weapon
Which Was written by Shane Black
Who was in Predator

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and The Shining

Serge · « **Reply #21 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:31:12 PM »

'Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure' stars KEANU REEVES who was in...
'Dangerous Liaisons' alongside MICHELLE PFEIFFER, who was in...
'Witches Of Eastwick', as was JACK NICHOLSON, who is the star of...
'The Shining'

'Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas' and 'Night Of The Demon'

Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth · « **Reply #22 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:36:41 PM »

Och I'm bad at this.

Bad Ambassador · « **Reply #23 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:38:07 PM »

Quote from: kidsick5000 on May 28, 2010, 10:52:01 PM

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf starred Richard Burton
who starred in 1984 with John Hurt
who starred in Alien with Sigourney Weaver
who starred in Alien:Resurrection with Dan Hedaya
who was in Commando

Hell Drivers to Predator

Hell Drivers featured HERBERT LOM who was in
King Solomon's Mines with SHARON STONE who was in
Total Recall with ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER who was in
Predator

Cerys · « **Reply #24 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:39:30 PM »

Fear and Loathing - Johnny Depp - Sleepy Hollow - Christopher Lee - Julius Caesar - Charlton Heston - Airport 1975 - Dana Andrews - Night of the Demon.

Ginger Snaps and Peeping Tom.

Bad Ambassador · « **Reply #25 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:50:43 PM »

Quote from: Serge on May 28, 2010, 11:31:12 PM

'Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure' stars KEANU REEVES who was in...
'Dangerous Liaisons' alongside MICHELLE PFEIFFER, who was in...
'Witches Of Eastwick', as was JACK NICHOLSON, who is the star of...
'The Shining'

'Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas' and 'Night Of The Demon'

Night of the Hunter starred DANA ANDREWS who was in
The Last Tycoon with JACK NICHOLSON who was in
The Pledge with BENICIO DEL TORO who was in
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Bad Ambassador · « **Reply #26 on:** May 28, 2010, 11:55:08 PM »

Quote from: Cerys on May 28, 2010, 11:39:30 PM

Fear and Loathing - Johnny Depp - Sleepy Hollow - Christopher Lee - Julius Caesar - Charlton Heston - Airport 1975 - Dana Andrews - Night of the Demon.

Ginger Snaps and Peeping Tom.

Peeping Tom starred ESMOND KNIGHT who was in
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace with CHRISTOPHER REEVE who was in
Street Smart with MIMI ROGERS who was in
Ginger Snaps.

dr_christian_troy · « **Reply #27 on:** May 29, 2010, 01:15:21 PM »

Here's an interesting one....

Citizen Kane (1941) to Disaster Movie (2008)

SavageHedgehog · « **Reply #28 on:** May 29, 2010, 01:23:17 PM »

Citizen Kane starred Orson Welles
Who was in Transformers: The Movie with Judd Nelson
Who was in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back with Shannon Elizabeth
Who was in Scary Movie with Carmen Electra
Who was also in Disaster Movie

dr_christian_troy · « **Reply #29 on:** May 29, 2010, 01:31:18 PM »

Very good!

Duck Soup (1933) to Y tu mamá también (2001)

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Author Topic: Connecting films (Read 3504 times)