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12 September 2007

The Long-Winded Movie Game ... involves giving the name of an actor, the movie they were in, and another actor from the same cast. Other people chime in with links to the last actor named, eventually bringing it back to said first actor.→[More:] Here's an example:

I post: Cameron Diaz was in "There's Something About Mary" with Ben Stiller...

The next person replies: Ben Stiller was in "Starsky & Hutch" with Owen Wilson

The next person says: Owen Wilson was "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" with Bill Murray

The last person says, for the win: Bill Murray was in "Charlie's Angels" with Cameron Diaz

Got it? Ready? [Preview should rule out double answers]

John Malkovich was in "Dangerous Liasons" with Uma Thurman...
post by: chuckdarwin at: 05:23 | 144 comments
Uma Thurman was in Pulp Fiction with Bruce Willis.
posted by LunaticFringe 12 September | 06:24
Bruce Willis was in Lucky Number Slevin with Ben Kingsley.
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 06:28
Ben Kingsley was in Sneakers with Robert Redford. God I love that movie.
posted by mike9322 12 September | 06:42
Robert Redford was in Up Close & Personal with Michelle Pfeiffer
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 06:52
Michelle Pfeiffer was in One Fine Day with George Clooney a bit of a stinker if you ask me, the film not the man that is /would never dare to insult GC on here
posted by altolinguistic 12 September | 07:14
George Clooney was in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind with Drew Barrymore.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 07:17
Hahaha I screwed up. George Clooney was in Batman & Robin with Uma Thurman.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 07:20
gotta do it...

Kevin Bacon was in A Few Good Men with Demi Moore.
posted by mike9322 12 September | 07:26
Uma Thurman was in Jennifer Eight with John Malkovich.

Now you can do the Kevin Bacon chain.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 07:50
I thought we were done. FBK confused me. Har har.
posted by mike9322 12 September | 08:04
I didn't confuse you nearly as badly as I confused myself.

Demi Moore was in Now and Then with Melanie Griffith.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 08:23
Melanie Griffith was in Lolita with Jeremy Irons.
posted by altolinguistic 12 September | 08:35
(I think we can call iconomy the winner)

Would you like to start a new one, iconomy?
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 08:46
Sorry. I will try not to confuse the shit out of anyone this next time. Maybe.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 09:02
Oh, are we trying to "win"? I thought it was a collaborative effort.
posted by mike9322 12 September | 09:06
Thanks but no, the Kevin Bacon one is fine.

Jeremy Irons was in Die Hard: With a Vengeance with Samuel L. Jackson.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 09:11
I don't think there's a "winner" insomuch as whomever completes the chain is supposed to start the next one, to keep it simple. I mean, I'm not getting a check in the mail, or anything. Cheapskates.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 09:25
Samuel "L.L. Cool" Jackson was in Shaft with Christian Bale.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 09:30
...who was in Empire of the Sun with John Malkovitch.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 09:30
and also John Malkovich.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 09:31
Oh sorry, didn't see the Malky one was done.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 09:33
I AM PICKING THIS UP from HJ's Christian Bale reference...

Christian Bale was in Swing Kids with Robert Sean Leonard. (Connect this with Kevin Bacon)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 09:43
Robert Sean Leonard was in Dead Poets with Ethan Hawke
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 09:56
Ethan Hawke was in Training Day with Denzel Washington.
posted by fallenposters 12 September | 10:01
Denzel was in The Pelican Brief with Julia Roberts.
posted by mike9322 12 September | 10:16
Julia Roberts was in Flatliners with Kevin Bacon.
posted by fallenposters 12 September | 10:22
HIGH FIVE, fallenposters!
posted by mike9322 12 September | 10:27
*high fives mike*

Here's a new one:

Ving Rhames was in Mission Impossible with Jean Reno.
posted by fallenposters 12 September | 10:30
Jean Reno was in Ronin with Sean Bean.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 10:36
Sean Bean was in National Treasure with Nicolas Cage.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 10:37
oh, man! Y'all could have had it in two!

(because Jean Reno was in The Big Blue with Rosanna Arquette who was in Pulp Fiction with Ving Rhames.)
posted by taz 12 September | 10:39
We like to do things the complicated way here.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 10:41
Nick Cage was in Con Air with Ving Rhames.
posted by mike9322 12 September | 10:41
Carla Gugino was in Sin City with Mickey Rourke.
posted by mike9322 12 September | 10:44
(Oh man, I knew Nic Cage had been in something with Ving but could not for the life of me place the damn movie.)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 10:44
Mickey Rourke was in Sin City. with Carla Gugino.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 10:46
DaMNIT. Why do I keep confusing myself?
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 10:47
Anyway, Mickey Rourke was in 9 1/2 weeks with Kim Basinger.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 10:47
Kim Basinger was in Even Money with Carla Gugino.
posted by fallenposters 12 September | 10:52
Carrie-Anne Moss was in Disturbia with Shia LaBeouf.
posted by fallenposters 12 September | 10:54
(I bolded what I *think* are the beginnings of each game to possibly make it easier - someone tell me if I'm wrong please or if it's a bad idea. And hey how come I didn't get a high five?)
posted by iconomy 12 September | 11:04
Shia LaBeouf was in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle with Demi Moore.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 11:07
ico - why would we try to make this easier? ;)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 11:13
Demi Moore was in St Elmo's Fire with Rob Lowe
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 11:15
*high five iconomy for the bolding*
posted by fallenposters 12 September | 11:21
Rob Lowe was in The Outsiders with, uh, Tom Waits.
posted by box 12 September | 11:39
Tom Waits was in Dracula, with Keanu Reeves...
posted by richat 12 September | 11:41
Keanu Reeves was in Point Break with Patrick Swayze.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 11:45
So the point is to go away from the bold name?
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 11:46
You should really get credit for the assist, richat. Keanu Reeves was in The Matrix with Carrie-Ann Moss.

On preview: damn! Patrick Swayze was in Dirty Dancing with Jerry Orbach.
posted by box 12 September | 11:46
HAHAHAH. I suck at this game.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 11:47
(I am loopy from no sleep. In all fairness, if I'd had a full night's sleep I still think it likely I would suck at this game and be confused easily by it.)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 11:49
Yeah, I was tossing out the freebee there! Thanks box!
posted by richat 12 September | 11:49
The point is to work BACK to the bolded person,
posted by richat 12 September | 11:50
(Oh the hilarious bit is that I understand what I'm supposed to be doing. I just keep getting confused.)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 11:51
I like this game.
posted by box 12 September | 11:53
fbk, you're totally cracking me up.

So the point is to go away from the bold name?
It's to complete a chain, starting and ending with the bolded person.

So where are we? Let's recap ;P
posted by iconomy 12 September | 11:55
FBK, I was only 'splaining for Hugh.

I'll start another:

Buster Keaton was in Beach Blanket Bingo with Frankie Avalon.
posted by richat 12 September | 11:56
Frankie Avalon was in The Alamo with John Wayne.
posted by taz 12 September | 11:58
ico - I am good value at playing these types of games. Because I turn into a complete airhead.

richat - 's okay. I was explaining why I keep confuzzling things.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 11:59
John Wayne was in True Grit with Glen Campbell.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 12:00
Does anyone else find it really funny that we couldn't complete the Kevin Bacon chain in six moves or less?

Glen Campbell was in The Cool Ones with Roddy McDowall.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 12:03
Roddy McDowall was in The Cat from Outer Space with Ken Berry.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 12:09
I had the same thought, iconomy, but then realized that the six degrees thing is from Kevin Bacon to someone else, not back to Kevin Bacon.

As for the current game, I couldn't play it without imdb (I don't know anything about older movies), so I'll wait for the next.
posted by mike9322 12 September | 12:13
Ditto, mike. For a minute there, I was thinking Ken Berry played Rerun.
posted by box 12 September | 12:16
(sorry. I loved The Cat From Outer Space when I was a child.)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 12:19
No, wait, Ken Berry was the crack-smoking mayor. Or was he the Motown impresario?
posted by box 12 September | 12:21
Since Ken Berry was mostly on TV, lets make a tiny detour and say...

Ken Berry was in The Andy Griffith Show with Ron Howard.

and... back to films...
posted by taz 12 September | 12:30
Ron Howard was in American Graffiti with Richard Dreyfuss.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 12:35
Richard Dreyfuss was in What About Bob? with Bill Murray.
posted by box 12 September | 12:41
Bill Murray was in Broken Flowers with Tilda Swinton.
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 12:53
Tilda Swinton was in The Beach with Leo DiCaprio.
posted by box 12 September | 12:57
Sorry, didn't mean to make this so tough! I just figured it'd be cool to make a chain out of ol' Buster.
posted by richat 12 September | 13:01
Leo DiCaprio was in The Quick and the Dead with Gene Hackman.
posted by richat 12 September | 13:05
I knew we were s'posed to go toward the bolded name, I was just having a josh at fbk's obliviousness on the Matrix gimme, which was pretty funny.

Maybe if we try to pick out older actors in flicks with all these hot young stars, we'd get somewhere, Keaton-wise.

But I'm putting too much thought into it, so by the time I remembered Robert Mitchum was in Scrooged, we're onto Leo-chan.

Hackman was in Prime Cut with Lee Marvin.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 13:08
Ah...I shoulda known you wouldn't miss that Hugh.

Hey, um, Lee Marvin was in Gun Fury, with Donna Reed.
posted by richat 12 September | 13:17
Reed was in It's a Wonderful Life wit Lionel Barrymore.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 13:20
Lionel Barrymore was in Free and Easy with Buster Keaton.
posted by taz 12 September | 13:26
whew!

Giovanni Ribisi was in The Gift with Katie Holmes.
posted by taz 12 September | 13:27
Woo!
posted by box 12 September | 13:28
Yay taz; I knew someone would get it!
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 13:29
Katie Holmes was in Phone Booth with Colin Farrell.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 13:31
Farrell was in SWAT with Ladies Love Cool J.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 13:40
Delete mine! Hugh's is better.

LL Cool J was in Any Given Sunday with Al Pacino.
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 13:42
Pacino was in Gigli with J-Lo.
posted by box 12 September | 13:47
J-Lo was in Out of Sight with George Clooney.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 13:56
George Clooney was in Oceans 11 with Matt Damon... ;)
posted by iconomy 12 September | 13:58
Matt Damon was in The Talented Mr. Ripley with Cate Blanchett.
posted by taz 12 September | 14:02
Damon and Ribisi were in Saving Private Ryan together, right?
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 14:03
strike mine, and go... Hugh!
posted by taz 12 September | 14:04
Oh, oops, I shoulda previewed better.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 14:04
Art Carney was in The Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
posted by Hugh Janus 12 September | 14:06
Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Total Recall with Sharon Stone.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 14:08
Sharon Stone was in The Quick and the Dead with Gene Hackman.
posted by box 12 September | 14:09
Gene Hackman was in Superman with Christopher Reeve
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur 12 September | 14:15
Christopher Reeve was in Mousetrap with Michael Caine.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 14:21
(The film was actually called Deathtrap. hi.)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 14:23
Michael Caine was in Hannah and Her Sisters with Woody Allen.
posted by taz 12 September | 14:28
Woody Allen was in Scenes from a Mall with Bette Midler.
posted by box 12 September | 14:29
Bette Midler was in For the Boys with James Caan.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 14:31
Bette Midler was in The Rose with Harry Dean Stanton.
posted by richat 12 September | 14:42
I like this one so much I'm a-gonna post two in a row.

Harry Dean Stanton was in Renaldo and Clara with, among others, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, who was in Roadie with...Art fuckin' Carney!
posted by richat 12 September | 14:45
Start another one, doubleshot!
posted by iconomy 12 September | 14:50
Levon Helm was in Coal Miner's Daughter with Sissy Spacek.
posted by richat 12 September | 14:56
Sissy Spacek was in Carrie with John Travolta.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 15:00
John Travolta was in Pulp Fiction with Amanda Plummer.
posted by taz 12 September | 15:02
Amanda Plummer was in The Fisher King with Robin Williams.
posted by box 12 September | 15:07
Robin Williams was in Death to Smoochy with Catherine Keener
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 15:11
Catherine Keener was in Being John Malkovich with John Cusack.
posted by box 12 September | 15:37
John Cusak was in The Grifters with Anjelica Huston.
posted by danf 12 September | 15:44
Anjelica Huston was in The Royal Tenenbaums with Danny Glover.
posted by box 12 September | 15:53
Danny Glover was in Lethal Weapon with Mel Gibson.
posted by box 12 September | 17:19
Mel Gibson is in Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome with Tina Turner
posted by danf 12 September | 17:37
(We're getting close, I can feel it) Tina Turner was in Gimme Shelter with Grace Slick.
posted by box 12 September | 17:43
Oh, dear. Grace Slick is like Godwin to this game.
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 18:48
(I was considering listing one of Mel Gibson's Lacandon co-stars in Apocalypto, but that would have ended the game.)
posted by danf 12 September | 19:07
Tina Turner was in Tommy with Oliver Reed
posted by chuckdarwin 12 September | 19:12
Oliver Reed? You're killing me here, chuck! You were supposed to say that Grace Slick was in Monterey Pop with Pops Staples, and then danf would say that Pops Staples was in The Last Waltz with Levon Helm, hooray! Who the hell is Oliver Reed? I've heard the name, but I can't summon a single piece of information about him.
posted by box 12 September | 19:38
Oliver Reed was in Gladiator with Joaquin Phoenix.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 19:39
Oh. Did box finish the Levon Helm chain for us? (I hope...)
posted by iconomy 12 September | 19:44
I didn't mean to, but, sure, why not? ico, why don't you start a new one?
posted by box 12 September | 19:46
Ok, thanks box.

Michael Madsen was in Donnie Brasco with Bruno Kirby.
posted by iconomy 12 September | 19:56
Bruno Kirby was in When Harry Met Sally with Carrie Fisher.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 20:09
Carrie Fisher was in The Blues Brothers with Frank Oz.
posted by box 12 September | 20:27
Frank Oz was in The Muppet Movie with Madeline Kahn.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 12 September | 20:29
Madeline Kahn was in Clue with Christopher Lloyd.
posted by box 12 September | 21:11
Christopher Lloyd was in Back to the Future with Michael J. Fox.
posted by phoenixc 12 September | 21:14
Mike Fox was in Bright Lights, Big City with Phoebe Cates.
posted by box 12 September | 21:24
Phoebe Cates was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High with Sean Penn.
posted by phoenixc 12 September | 21:41
Ooh, ooh, Sean Penn was in Dead Man Walking with Susan Sarandon.
posted by box 12 September | 21:45
Ms. Sarandon was in Thelma and Louise with Brad Pitt.
posted by phoenixc 12 September | 22:04
Is it cheating to say that Pitt was in Thelma and Louise with Michael Madsen?
posted by box 12 September | 22:09
Oh, my bad. I messed that one up!
posted by phoenixc 12 September | 22:13
Well, Madsen's only onscreen in Thelma and Louise for a few minutes.

Ice Cube is in Three Kings with Mecha fave George Clooney.
posted by box 12 September | 22:21
George Clooney was in Ocean's 11, 12 & 13 with Bernie Mac.
posted by phoenixc 12 September | 22:28
Nice play, phoenixc. Bernie Mac is in The Original Kings of Comedy with Cedric the Entertainer.
posted by box 12 September | 23:17
And Cedric was in Barbershop (and Barbershop 2) with Ice Cube.

If anyone's left alive (or just awake)...
Harry Shearer is in "The Simpsons Movie" (d'oh!) with Hank Azaria.

Clue: Hank was in my all-time favorite satirical superhero movie in 1999 with a dozen other cool folk...
posted by wendell 13 September | 04:19
Hank Azaria was in Mystery Men with William H Macy.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 13 September | 05:51
Harry Shearer was in Mystery Men with William H. Macy
posted by chuckdarwin 13 September | 05:52
Bill Macy was in Wild Hogs with Martin Lawrence.
posted by box 13 September | 06:55
Martin Lawrence was in Nothing to Lost with John C McGinley.
posted by fluffy battle kitten 13 September | 07:05
John C McGinley was in Wagons East with John Candy (Candy's last movie, and the only one I recognized McGinley in)
posted by wendell 13 September | 12:02
John Candy was in National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase.
posted by box 13 September | 12:24
Chevy was in ¡Three Amigos! with Steve Martin
posted by chuckdarwin 14 September | 04:17
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