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This will be Round 61 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

We will start with a fairly recent movie...

Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)

Morgan Freeman

Unforgiven (1992)

Clint Eastwood

Problem with him is so many spaghetti westerns and films he directed with niche actor/actresses...

In the Line of Fire

John Malkovich

Con Air

Nicolas Cage

National Treasure

Ouch... hmmm... to make things interesting...

Christopher Plummer

I could make it really interesting by playing a particular Pixar movie in which he plays the villian.

But I'm distracted by a squirrel, so instead I'll go with something with an ensemble cast.

Knives Out

Which I am suddenly motivated to watch tonight.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Christmas with the Kranks

Tim Allen

Galaxy Quest

Tony Shalhoub

Men in Black

Vincent D’Onofrio

The Magnificent 7 (2016)

Come on people... somebody has got to have seen the remake of the classic Yul Brynner/Charles Bronson/Steve McQueen Film.

Of course I have. I'm also trying to disambiguate it from all the other classic western remakes.

Don't kill me if I'm wrong.

Denzel Washington

You were right...

Ironically if you answer this next one you might get a costar from both movies...

Training Day

Ethan Hawke

Ding ding... You got it It was Ethan Hawke in both the Movies

But one of his first movies was Dead Poet's Society

Robin Williams

Good Will Hunting

Good Matt Damon

Oceans Thirteen

Brad Pitt

Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood

Is it cheating if I just watched this movie on the airplane?



Along with another Leo movie.

DiCaprio, to be precise.

Betcha can't name which one I watched.

Titanic

It was a menu option, but I picked something from his early days. The Wolff before the Wolf.

But I do recall seeing Titanic on Christmas with a 32-oz soft drink and just when it came time for a potty break at 2 hours into the movie water started sloshing around the screen and I didn't dare miss anything... but I digress.

Let's go with another great actress that I saw on this flight who also happened to be in Titanic: Kathy Bates.

Can you name the film?

No clue what they show on flights...

But: A Family Affair

It was actually the RBG documentary.

I think A Family Affair was also available... small cast. I have two options, will pick Nicole Kidman with better options to get out of teen heartthrob world.

Days of Thunder

Cary Elwes

Mel Brooks

Blazing Saddles

Gene Wilder

PS, feel free to join "Escape the Dream" forum and play the current room

Bonnie and Clyde

Warren Beatty

Shampoo

Goldie Hawn

The First Wives Club

Diane Keaton

Reds

Jack Nicholson

A Few Good Men

Demi Moore

Ghost