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Ok second time starting this. Still going to the expert and creator of the chain for his write up on the rules and such.

This will be round 53 of Never Ending Movie Chain.

From Don:

Feel free to jump in anywhere you want, post once or post as often as you want just don't reply to yourself. huh

For any new folks joining in <and new folks are definitely encouraged to do so>...

We start by naming a movie, the next player to jump in has to name an actor in that film and the next to follow him/her has to name a different movie that actor was in.

EX:

Player one: Star Wars, Player Two: Mark Hamill, Player Three: Corvette Summer, Player Four: Annie Potts, Player Five: Ghostbusters, etc., etc.

Repeats are allowed but discouraged and there has to be a distance of at least five steps before you use a movie or an an actor a second time. No IMDb please <expect to look up dates of movies with identical titles or spellings of names>. grin

No repeats within 5 steps and avoid getting caught in a loop with MCU or Fast & Furious movies, for example. Long-running franchises with ensemble casts can allow you go round and round indefinitely.

You need to follow the chain as it is drawn, no jumping. If we have Stephen Moyer on the table and someone plays Prince Valiant then the Prince Valiant you have to go out of is the one that had Stephen Moyer in it, no matter how many other movies out there are named Prince Valiant.

A clarification on play. We want to avoid using archival footage. For purposes of our game Dick Clark, Bob Hope, President Kennedy etc. Did not appear in Forrest Gump.

I won't make this a rule but rather a recommendation. Please avoid films that have not been released/aired in the U.S.

And just for the sake of putting it into the written rules mostly for sake of newcomers voice work (animated films) and made-for-TV movies are allowed but not mini-series.

Oh, and the idea is not to stump everyone but to keep the chain going for as long as possible. We play this one on road trips and I don't know why I didn't think to start this up here years ago. It is perfect for the online community because you can jump in whenever and wherever or as often as you want.

Also feel free to add comments about the movies or actors mentioned if you like. Part of the fun is saying “Wow, I haven't thought about that movie for years.” or “I love Errol Flynn!”

Finally this is what burned us in 51. Generally no posting of names, trailers, or posters that show who might have been involved in the movie.


And special rule for me... Try to use movies that were not colossal failures in the box office. Goes for Aqua too... no Movie 43

Going to start this with... Ummm...

Will start with: Pulp Fiction

Travolta

Swordfish

New Year's Eve (2011)

seeing the Mickey pic caught my attention

so Cary Elwes was in this one

The Princess Bride

Wallace Shawn

Hard to forget seeing him. But was in The Book Club

and Young Sheldon but that is TV so doesn't count

He was also the grand nagus in deep space 9. But that is also a TV show.

I enjoyed seeing him in The Haunted Mansion. It was totally a surprise seeing him push a cart through the background of a scene and I thought, "Is that...?" And it was.

Of course there's the easy out of a certain animated toy dinosaur with short arms in a Pixar franchise. And he was in another Pixar film or two.

But back to Book Club. I'm going with Diane Keaton because she doesn't get much play time in this game. And has also been in Pixar films

Diane was also in First Wives Club!

Goldie Hawn

I see Goldie Hawn and I automatically think Overboard

Roddy McDowall

Ugggh... you could have gone Russell or Edward Herman. But no Dr Cornelius from the original Planet of the Apes

Charlton Heston. I was very young watching this, but i had all the action figures and a couple of the playsets. Wish I kept my toys in good shape... or even still had them...

The Greatest Show on Earth

TCM used to have a Jimmy Stewart marathon every year about the time of his birthday I think. Remember seeing this then. If it wasn't for his distinctive voice I'd never have known that Jimmy Stewart played the clown.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Lee Marvin

The Dirty Dozen, on my "top ten" list.

Donald Sutherland... father of Kiefer