This is Round Twenty-five of the Neverending Movie Chain. 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 Hamil, 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

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!”

I will occasionally be posting images with my plays but it is not a requirement and remember the more people who play the more interesting the chains become so jump in.

We will make our goal for Chain25 to exceed the length of Chain24 which lasted for a mind blowing 1660 steps. Previous to Chain24 the record was held by Chain18 which had 1440 steps in it.

Chain16 had 758 steps. Chain3 557 steps. Chain23 445 steps. Chain 22 345 steps. Chain1 had 215 steps, Chain8 201 steps, Chain12 173, Chain20 165, Chain11 163, Chain 17 120, Chain9 118, Chain5 had 111 steps, Chain2 108, Chain10 106, Chain15 103, Chain6 98, Chain21 62, Chain13 23, Chain4 10, Chain14 4, and Chain 19 a record breaking 2 steps.

Since it is December 8th, and the holidays are fast approaching, let's start Chain25 out with...



[1 step]

Darren McGavin

[3 steps]

Barbara Hershey

[5 steps]

Scott Glenn

[7 steps]

Stellan Skarsgård

Mamma Mia!

Pierce Brosnan

[10 steps]

Die another day

Halle Berry!

X-Men: The Last Stand

[13 steps]

Ian McKellen

[15 steps]

Paul Bettany

A Beautiful Mind

Jennifer Connelly

[18 steps]

Dark City

Rufus Sewell. I own that movie. Love it!

The Legend of Zorro

[21 steps]

Catherine Zeta-Jones

[23 steps]

Treat Williams

[25 steps]

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Ex, you need to play an actor who is in 1941.

Oops... I missed your post.

John Belushi

The Blues Brothers

[27 steps]

Dan Aykroyd

Hope I am not scuttling us with this because there are bigger easier choices but it is December 14th...



[29 steps]

Jamie Lee Curtis

[31 steps]

Denholm Elliott

[33 steps]

Karen Allen

[35 steps]

Charles Martin Smith

[37 steps]

Ron Howard

[39 steps]

Lauren Bacall

Mostly because I literally just finished watching it...

Harper

[41 steps]

Robert Wagner

Normally I would jump on a chance to play Prince Valiant here but in an effort to blaze some new trails I'll go with...



...filmed in the startling new multi-dimension of SENSURROND !

[43 steps]

James Coburn

[45 steps]

Audrey Hepburn

[47 steps]

I loved that movie, and Sabrina's father! Amazing actor... John Williams

To Catch a Thief

[49 steps]

I do like this character actress:

Jessie Royce Landis

[51 steps]

Martin Landau

Ed Wood!

Johnny Depp

[54 steps]

Lone Ranger!

Barry Pepper

[56 steps]

Saving Private Ryan

Nathan Fillion!

[59 steps]

Grey Damon!

I don't know who this person is, anybody else?

He was in the Possession of Hannah Grace - not a bad spooky film.

Not great by not bad.

Stana Katic was probably the best known person in that movie though.

She is not in very many movies, I only know one in fact...

Quantum of Solace

[63 steps]

Don she has been in a few... but Gemma Arterton was also in Quantum of Solace

Clash of the Titans (2010)

[65 steps]

While I detested that movie, it did have Luke Evans in it. I admit it, I thought the 80's version had more heart and a better storyline.

I like Luke Evans but he was in a string of less than epic remakes and re-tellings. Let's go with...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

...it is better than Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers and Dracula Untold and has a larger and probably more recognizable cast, especially in a role-playing forum like Dreamlyrics.

[67 steps]

Martin Freeman

Black Panther

[69 steps]

Andy Serkis!

[71 steps]

Daisy Ridley!

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Kenneth Branagh

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Richard Harris

Somewhat cheating but... I love the franchise...





Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Not a problem the Potter franchise has tons of stars who are in things other than them. In fact one of the only 'British' stars of consequence, that I can think of off the top of my head, that wasn't in them is Peter O'Toole, who comes to mind bcause he was best friends with Richard Harris.


Robbie Coltrane

[78 steps]

While I would be tempted to do another Potter movie...

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

Still had Alan Rickman, Maggic Smith and a host of others ...


Ewan McGregor

[80 steps]

His big break was in Trainspotting.

Robert Carlyle

[82 steps]

Loved him as Rumple in Once Upon A Time! But he was also in Eragon

John Malkovich

[84 STEPS]

Places in the Heart

Ed Harris

[86 steps]

He's great in Westworld, but he was also in Rules Don't Apply

Candice Bergen

[88 steps]

Book Club!

Mary Steenburgen

[90 steps]

Time After Time

Malcolm Mcdowell

[92 setps]

I haven't seen this one in a long time, but how about:

Blue Thunder

Warren Oates

[94 steps]

Tough Enough

Dennis Quaid

[96 steps]

The Right Stuff

I usually go with Scott Glenn here but for sake of changing up the pathways a bit I will play...


Sam Shepard

[98 steps]

Steel Magnolias

Tom Skerritt

[100 steps]

Mila Kunis

[102 steps]

Jupiter Ascending

Sean Bean

[104 steps]

Patriot Games

James Earl Jones

[106 steps]

Rogue One!

Forest Whitaker

[108 steps]

The Last King of Scotland

James McAvoy

[110 steps]

X-Men: First Class

Can't resist...


Kevin Bacon

[112 steps]

WILD THINGS!

Normally I would go with Robert Wagner here but just to change things up a bit...


Denise Richards

[114 steps]

Starship Troopers!

Micheal Ironsides

[116 steps]

Top Gun!

Tom Cruise

[118 steps]

Minority Report

Max von Sydow

[120 steps]

Are we stuck? Seems like I remember this happening before with him.

Flash-ah-aaaa he'll save every one of us... He was Ming the Merciless in.... Flash Gordon

Timothy Dalton

[122 steps]



The only memorable thing about this movie is the Queen Soundtrack.

He was Basil St. John, the tragic romantic interest, doomed to "go insane before his time" in.... Brenda Starr

Brooke Shields

[124 steps]

Pretty Baby

Keith Carradine

[126 steps]

Are we stuck?

How about

Cowboys & Aliens

Harrison Ford

[128 steps]

Age of Adaline

Ellen Burstyn

[130 steps]

The Exorcist

We just played Max von Sydow, though far eough back that he would be legal but I always have trouble spelling his name so I will go with...


Lee J. Cobb

[132 steps]

12 Angry Men

Jack Warden

[134 steps]

While you were sleeping

Sandra Bullock

[136 steps]

Minions

Steve Carell

[138 steps]

Welcome to Marwen

Sorry. No idea what this is.

I looked Welcome to Marwen up in IMDB and I see what my problem is. I haven't been in a movie theater since August. Not having seen a movie doesn't always mean you can't play it but I have to confess I haven't seen either a trailer or a commercial for this one and therefore didn't know it even existed.

Anyone else out there who can help us out feel free to jump in here.

It is a really interesting movie (based on a true story, I think), Don. Problem is, other than Steve Carell, there's only a couple of actors in it that I remember the name... I can go with:

Merritt Wever (whom I know from Nurse Jackie, but nothing else although I know she's been in other movies - I hope someone else can place her in something)

Michael Clayton

I enjoyed Marwen, the people I went with thought it was okay, but too slow for them. However it does have Falk Hentschel in it (Hawkman from Legends of Tomorrow).

I liked Marwen, too, Mina and so did my wife...

Tilda Swinton

Loved her in Doctor Strange!

Benedict Cumberbatch

[144 steps]

Avengers: Infinity War! That should throw things pretty wide open!

Karen Gillan

[146 steps]

Guardians of the Galaxy

Chris Pratt

[148 steps]

Moneyball

Philip Seymour Hoffman

[150 steps]

Twister

Bill Paxton

[152 steps]

Aliens

Michael Biehn

[154 steps]

Just watched it the other day:

Tombstone

Val Kilmer

[156 steps]

The Saint!

Elizabeth Shue

[158 steps]

Piranha 3D

Ving Rhames

[160 steps]

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

I know this one because I have a FTF who liked Medium...


Jake Weber

[162 steps]

Are we stuck?

I am not familiar with Jake Webber.

Not a clue either.

Sorry, don't know him.

Don asked me to 'share' this with you.

Jake Weber was in 'Meet Joe Black'

Brad Pitt

[164 steps]

He was THE VANISHER in Deadpool 2

Josh Brolin

[166 steps]

Avengers Infinity War

Chris Hemsworth

[168 steps]

Continuing with superheros theme: Thor

Natalie Portman

[170 steps]

Annihilation

Jennifer Jason Leigh

[172 steps]

In honor of KenSeg's Smallville character (because of the character's name, only) -

WHITE BOY RICK

I haven't seen this one yet but I did see the trailer in the Theater and I know all about it because he is a homegrown gangsta. I actually remember when he, Rick, was in the news hereabouts...

Matthew McConaughey

[174 steps]

Fools Gold

Kate Hudson

[176 steps]

I wish she did more fun movies like Fool's Gold... but I really did like her in Bride Wars

Anne Hathaway

[178 steps]

Get Smart

Someone who doesn't seem to come up as often as he might...


Dwayne Johnson

[180 steps]

Jumanji!!

Jack Black

[183 steps]

Kyle Chandler!

[185 steps]

Good character actor:

Christine Ebersole

Even though she had been around for years I didn't know who she was until I watched Royal Pains...



[187 steps]

Are we Stuck?

I think that was the one with

Christopher Lloyd,

wasn't it?

The Wikipedia article on that film says it was. And since I didn't look up any other films by him, it should be okay if I play it safe with

Back to the Future

Michael J. Fox

Doc Hollywood

Barnard Hughes

[192 steps]

Sister Act 2

James Coburn

[194 steps]

Our Man Flint

Benson Fong is tempting but I don't know if there are any Charlie Chan fans out there so...

Lee J. Cobb

is probably safer.

[196 steps]

I know Benson Fong from several movies...

The Exorcist

Ellen Burstyn

198 steps

The Age of Adaline

I know the above movie mostly from playing this game...

Harrison Ford

[200 steps]

Apocalypse Now

ividia Good Play BTW. I had completely forgotten Ford was in Apocalypse Now.


Robert Duvall

[202 steps]

Second Hand Lions

Michael Caine

[204 steps]

Zulu

I love this movie. Micheal Caine's first major role. It is like the Alamo but they don't all die. We have already established that people do not know who Stanley Baker is, so as much as I want to go with Nigel Green I almost have to go with...


Jack Hawkins

...if I want to keep the chain going. The color sergeant BTW is Nigel Green.

[206 steps]

Ben-Hur

Charlton Heston

"We keep you alive to serve this raft."

[208 steps]

HERCULES (1997)

Danny DeVito

Get Shorty

Gene Hackman

[213 steps]

I think I'll go with one we haven't used in a long time...

Dirk Bogarde

[215 steps]

Alec Guinness

let's go with one we don't use a lot, probably because I am not a fan of prison movies, even the good ones...



[217 steps]

Because I have to share a bit of family trivia. One of my father's uncles died building this and is still buried there, somewhere. Like with my grandfather who passed on after WWII while still in the Dutch East Indies, the grave has never been found.

No I don't have an actor as it's been many years since I've seen this.

Ividia,

Thanks for sharing a personal connection with the movie. It's always nice to learn more a bout my fellow dreamlyricers

William Holden

While I am tempted to go with Sabrina, the more fun choice, and the one I submit for the next entry, is S.O.B.

Robert Loggia

[220 steps]

Independence Day: Resurgence

Jeff Goldbloom

[222 steps]

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Now there's a sight you can't unsee...


[size:12pt][/size]Chris Pratt

[224 steps]

PASSENGERS

Jennifer Lawrence

X-Men: Apocalypse

James McAvoy

[228 steps]

Deadpool 2

I haven't seen Deadpool 2 yet so I'll stick with...


Ryan Reynolds

...just to be safe.

[230 steps]

[OOC: I looked the picture up after I played Reynolds]

The Green Lantern (which I'm sure we'd all like to forget)

Mark Strong

[232 steps]

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Colin Firth

[235 steps]

Helena Bonham Carter

Well, we played Green Lantern so there is no good excuse not to play...



[237 steps]

Hi-oh Armie Hammer, away!

HEY! I liked The Lone Ranger movie!

MIRROR, MIRROR

Sean Bean

[240 steps]

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Viggo Mortensen

[242 steps]

A History of Violence

William Hurt

[244 steps]

Captain America: Civil War

Chris Evans

[246 steps]

Spider-man: Home Coming!

Marisa Tomei

[248 steps]

Only You (1994)

Robert Downey Jr.

[250 steps]

The Gingerbread Man

Kenneth Branagh

[252 steps]

Dead Again

Robin Williams

[254 steps]

Patch Adams

Philip Seymour Hoffman

[256 steps]

Mission: Impossible III

I'm not sure if we have ever used this guy. Myself, I remember him because of one other movie...


Billy Crudup

[258 steps]

Waking the Dead

Jennifer Connelly

[260 steps]

So tempted to go with Labyrinth, but instead Inkheart gives some fun options.

Brendan Fraser

[262 steps]

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

Josh Hutcherson

The Disaster Artist

James Franco

[266 steps]

Flyboys

Jean Reno

[268 steps]

French Kiss

Someone else who doesn't seem to come up a lot...


Timothy Hutton

[270 steps]

Ordinary People

Donald Sutherland

[272 steps]

Eye of the needle

Kate Nelligan

[274 steps]

The Cider House Rules

Paul Rudd

[276 steps]

Clueless!

[OCC: Number 3 in Vanity Fair's The 25 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time: saw that on Jeopardy tonight.]

Even though I feel like Denny McLain asking Mickey Mantle where he wants it for his 535th (and last) home run...


Alicia Silverstone

[278 steps]

Batman and Robin (I'm going to have to re-watch Dark Knight to get the aforementioned movie out of my head now)

Ha, you beat Mina! I figured she was going to play Book Club again.

And while Batman and Robin was indeed bad, most people have seen it. Which separates it from all the bad movies out there that no one has ever seen. And with Batman movies it is a question of worse, worse-er or worse-est, the best Batman movie made is simply less worse than the rest. The Dark Knight Rises is so far off track that it is even hard to call it a Batman movie. Batman doesn't command armies or lead men into combat*, he is a crime fighter and a detective who doesn't save cities from H-bombs that's Superman's job and he sure as H*** doesn't retire and live happily ever after. Christopher Nolan is so Clueless (note intentional reference to earlier movie) when it comes to Batman that he actually said, "Anyone can put on the suit and become Batman." That is so WRONG! Like I said clueless. Whew that felt good! We now return control of your channel.


Arnold Schwarzenegger

And Yes Virgina, even the stills make you cringe.

[280 steps]

*Somebody should tell Nolan that Captain America already has this one covered.

Running Man

Going way out on a limb here but I am hoping Ex knows the movie I am thinking of, and if anybody else knows one fell free to jump in, there aren't that many but I couldn't pass him by again...

Richard Dawson

[282 steps]

Munster, GO HOME!

Not the one I was thinking of but I did say there were a couple. Since we are living dangerously...


Fred Gywnne

[284 steps]

My Cousin Vinny

Continuing to live dangerously I will go with the Number One Yute...


Ralph Macchio

Well I will also go dangerously...

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead

Rolled the dice one too many times for me, I never even heard of this movie. At first glance I thought it was Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, now that I have seen. Luckily I looked at it twice before playing Gary Oldman.

Maybe someone else knows it.

Lurkers?

Well, this one is also out on the limb, but I think he was in the movie (of which I only saw a few scenes)

Jake Hoffman

Welcome back EX and Good Job!



[289 steps]

Margot Robbie

[291 steps]

Will Smith

I don't think we've brought attention lately to:

Emma Thompson

[295 steps]

Emma Watson

I am assuming you mean Emma Watson since I played a movie.

This is the End

[297 steps]

Lol I did... sorry

Seth Rogen

[299 steps]

Cameron Diaz

If I remember correctly this is one of Mina's favorites...



[301 steps]

I only remember a couple of actors from that movie, of those two, I'd say:

Tom Cruise

Don, Knight and Day is a favorite of mine! And Tom was also in TROPIC THUNDER!

Robert Downey Jr.

[304 steps]

The Shaggy Dog (2006)

Tim Allen

[306 steps]

Alan Rickman

[308 steps]

Alice in Wonderland 2010

Anne Hathaway

[310 steps]

Get Smart

Dwayne Johnson

[312 steps]

Hmmm...

Skyscraper

I haven't actually seen this one yet but did see the hype about Never Campbell's comeback...


Neve Campbell

Wild Things!

Can't resist...


Kevin Bacon

[316 steps]

He was in a movie that I think I am the only person who liked it...

I liked this movie fine but then I have never hated ...


Ryan Reynolds

...as much as most people seem to.

[318 steps]

Did I ever tell you guys my Ryan Reynolds story? When I was visiting Linda in California she got tickets for us to be part of the studio audience of Veronica's Closet because she figured I would know who Kristie Alley was but Alley got laryngitis and the filming was cancelled. So we went to back to Mann's Chinese Theater so I could say I saw a movie there and we got approached by a guy who was trying to recruit folks to go and see the filming of a brand new show that wasn't on TV yet part of deal was if you went you also got passes for a free tour of Paramount Studios the next day and Linda hadn't been to Paramount yet so we decided to go. The show turned out to be Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Joint, later Two Guys and a Girl. So Linda and I knew who Ryan Reynolds was before his first appearance on TV.

Green Lantern

It's that time of year again! The first Spring Training games were played last Saturday so let's go with...


Tim Robbins

[320 steps]

Not my favorite actor, but he was in ... Zathura: A Space Adventure

Another of those rare cases where I actually liked the sequel better than the original but you were supposed to say Bull Durham ...


Josh Hutcherson

[322 steps]

I think he was the kid in

Polar Express

Polar Express is about as far from a baseball movie as you can get ...


Tom Hanks

[324 steps]

A League of Their Own

Just for you, Don...

Genna Davis

[326 steps]

Earth Girls Are Easy

Jeff Goldbloom

[328 steps]

Pretty sure this is the first movie I saw him in:

Death Wish

Charles Bronson

[330 steps]

Choosing among several...

The Dirty Dozen

Lee Marvin

[332 steps]

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

One of my favorites:

Strother Martin

Cool Hand Luke

[335 steps]

Paul Newman

[337 steps]

Dabney Coleman

WarGames

Ally Sheedy!

Only the Lonely

John Candy

The Great Outdoors

Annette Bening

I'm back.... Did you miss me, I've been computer-less for five days. Ouch!



ACK...ACK!

[345 steps]

Sarah Jessica Parker

[347 steps]

Diane Weist (I think I spelled that right)

There are two 'N's in Dianne. I wouldn't have known myself but I checked



[349 steps]

Robert Redford

Considering that Major League Season starts in Japan in just 10 days we pretty much have to go with...



...here.

[351 steps]

Kim Basinger

9-1/2 Weeks

Mickey Rourke

[354 steps]

Immortals!

John Hurt

Lol I can't resist.

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERERS STONE

Richard Harris

[358 steps]

Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood

[360 steps]

The Mule

I haven't seen this movie as yet but I know from the trailers that...

Bradley Cooper

...is in it.

[362 steps]

The Mule was a good movie, Don...

The Hangover

Since the discount theaters in my area all closed I don't get out to the movies as much as I once did. I have only seen 10 movies released in 2018 and two of those were Netflicks originals and a third was viewed on Netflicks.

Zach Galifianakis

[364 steps]

Just curious... whatever happened to Phage Press? I remember that from the ancient CIS:RPGames years.

A Wrinkle in Time

[Phage Press was pretty much a one man operation and Eric Wujcik died back in 2008. Wow doesn't seem like it as that long ago. He had been living and working in China for several years before his death, from pancreatic cancer, so Phage Press has been dormant since around 2005 or thereabouts.]

Another 2018 film I haven't seen yet, it is in Netflicks though so I will I just haven't gotten to it, Cars 3 or Despicable Me 3 yet but I know...

Oprah Winfrey

...is in it.

[266 steps]

Princess and the Frog (2009)

I have almost a complete set of Amberzines... missing 2 I think. They are tucked safely away

[Hope you have #2, 3 and 4. Myself, I have two sets, one to read and one to save. Only a thousand copies of each issue were printed as per Erick's agreement with Zelazny.

One of the coolest things that ever happened to me was when a complete stranger at a gaming convention on the University of Michigan campus walked up to me and asked me to sign his Amberzine. I'd had friends and fellow Amber players ask but that is not the same thing. ]



Keith David

[268 steps]

I'm thinking the problem here is one of availability more than playability but if we are indeed stuck let me know.

I'm pretty sure he was in

Platoon

Tom Berenger

...is probably under utilized here and yes I am fishing as well.

[370 steps]

Just for you, Don...

Major League

It's that time of Year... first game in Japan tomorrow and the rest of season in 9 days ...


Charlie Sheen

...and Mike Trout just agreed to biggest contract in baseball history.

[372 steps]

Eight Men Out

Good job you found another baseball move!

John Cusack

[374 steps]

Hot Tub Time Machine

Chevy Chase

[376 steps]

Caddyshack

Bill Murray

[378 steps]

Stripes

Warren Oates

[380 steps]

In The Heat of The Night

Sidney Poitier

[382 steps]

The Defiant Ones

Tony Curtis

[384 steps]

The Great Race

Natalie Wood

Let's try something different this time...



[387 steps]

Rita Moreno

Singing In The Rain

Gene Kelly

[391 steps]

Claude Akins

The Killers (1964)

Angie Dickinson is tempting as bait but I can't resist...


Ronald Reagan

...in his last movie and playing a bad guy to boot. Besides he's bait as well but for a different sort of fish.

[294 steps]

Not sure what you're fishing for...

Hellcats of the Navy

There's only one guy in Hollywood I enjoy more than John Wayne and that is Errol Flynn so the bait this time was for Santa Fe Trail.

Do you know that for years and years I thought this movie was about Navy fliers as the Hellcat as the go to carrier fighter in WWII but then I finally got a chance to see it and it turns out to be about submarines.

I have to say this is a hard one. Nancy (Davis) Reagan wasn't in that much and...

Arthur Franz

...is principally a TV guy but he was in a couple of big movies.

[296 steps]

Hatari!

Unfortunately it is Eduard Franz who is in Hatari not Arthur Franz. Which was an understandable error but still breaks the chain.

Ah... you're right, of course...