This is Round Twenty-Eight 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 Chain28 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. Chain25 had 296 steps, Chain26 had steps, Chain1 had 215 steps, Chain8 201 steps, Chain 27 180, 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.

Because the Sixth was the 75th anniversary and because TCM is showing 75 war movies to commemorate it lets go with...



...according to one poster I looked at you have 43 international stars to pick from.

[Step 1]

Sal Mineo

[3 steps]

Let’s go big.

Paul Newman

[5 steps]

Lauren Bacall

[7 steps]

Elisha Cook, Jr.

1941

It’s early enough for me to play this one.

Eddie Deezen

The Polar Express

They are both...


Tom Hanks

[12 steps]

You've Got Mail

Meg Ryan

[14 steps]

Top Gun

It is a well established fact by now that I am an Airplane geek and that the only thing I might love more than baseball movies are movies about flying especially ones about combat flying and that for me Top Gun might just be the ultimate of those.



So let's combine both my loves by going with...


Tim Robbins

partly because everyone always forgets he is in it and partly because I am fishing for...

[16 steps]

Mission to Mars

Because I didn’t want to go with the baseball movie. 😀

Hope I got this right, for some reason I tend to get these Mars movies mixed up...


Gary Sinise

[18 steps]

That’s the one.

Forest Gump

Sally Field

Soapdish!

Robert Downey Jr.

[22 steps]

Tropic Thunder

Jack Black

[24 steps]

King Kong 2005, I think...

Andy Serkis

[26 steps]

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sean Astin

[28 steps]

The Goonies

Martha Plimpton

Parenthood

Keanu Reeves

[32 steps]

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Going out on a bit of a limb here but not as far as I would be if i went with Al Leong.


George Carlin

[34 steps]

Dogma

And I hope I didn’t take a saw to that limb.

Lotsa people in Dogma..


Alan Rickman

[36 steps]

Galaxy Quest

Tim Allen

[38 steps]

The Shaggy Dog

Danny Glover

Lethal Weapon 2

Mel Gibson

[42 steps]

Daddy's Home 2

Mark Whalberg

[44 steps]

Instant Family

I haven't seen it, and only person I remember from the commercials is Mark Whalberg so this one is by me.

Joan Cusack

[47 steps]

Alan Arkin

[49 steps]

Jennifer Connelly

This one is for Mina...



[51 steps]

And that is why I love ya Don!

David Bowie... was there any doubt who I would pick?

[53 steps]

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

EX:> we need an actor from The Prestige here, not another movie.

Christian Bale

Hostiles

[55 steps]

Are we stuck here?

Maybe not... there's an Indian actor, but I couldn't think of his name until last night...

Wes Studi

[57 steps]



I love Clannad and the music gives this movie a huge boost imo! Wes Studi is also excellent as the heavy.

Are we stuck or just suffering from Holiday lag?

What's her name? Uh...

Madeleine Stowe

[59 steps]

Keri Russell

[61 steps]

Ving Rhames

[63 steps]

John Travolta

[65 steps]

Ray Liotta

[67 steps]

James Earl Jones

[69 steps]

Scott Glenn

Normally I would go with The Right Stuff or Silverado here but just to change up the path and maybe set myself up for my next play let's go with...



[71 steps]

Just to detour around your plan, Don...

Rebecca De Mornay

Beauty and the Beast! (1987)
Taking a chance on this one, but I adore this version!

I only remember one other person in this movie and then only because it was from Rebecca De Mornay's heyday, coming only a few films after Risky Business. To bad you didn't say, "Who's the u-boat Captain?"... now that movie I remember.



John Savage

[74 steps]

I have never even heard of Who's the U-Boat Captain!

Actually the line is "Who's the U-boat Commander?" It is my favorite line from Risky Business. Which was the first film I remember seeing Rebecca De Mornay in.

Remember when the Porsche rolls off the end of the dock and they have it towed into the dealer and when the mechanic opens the door water and fish gush out? Later in the waiting room the Service Manager calls out, "Who's the U-boat Commander?" Originally they start out trying to make enough money to pay for the repairs.

Hair

Treat Williams

[76 steps]

Once Upon a Time in America

Just because she is in a movie with Kevin Bacon...


Elizabeth McGovern

[78 steps]

Woman in Gold

Helen Mirren

[280 steps]

Collateral Beauty

Keira Knightley

[82 steps]

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Orlando Bloom

[84 steps]

Three Musketeers (2011)

Luke Evans

[86 steps]

Opening things wide up here ...

Murder Mystery!

And I thought you'd go with Beauty and the Beast ...

I haven't seen this, of course, didn't even know Luke Evans was in it. About the only thing I do know about it is that it is the new...

Adam Sandler

...movie.

[88 steps]

I thought about Beauty and the Beast... I was so tempted... Adam Sandler huh, I guess I will Just Go With It 2011...

Nicole Kidman

[90 steps]

Days of Thunder

Cary Elwes

[92 steps]

The Princess Bride

Peter Falk

[94 steps]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Spencer Tracy

[96 steps]

One of my favorites:

Inherit the Wind

Gene Kelly

I like that version of Inherit The Wind a lot and I actually think Gene Kelly holds his own in it.

I usually go with The Three Musketeers from here but today I think I 'll go to the changeup, as they say in baseball, but I'm not sure how well people remember Take Me out To the Ball Game so I will play...



...which has to the closest thing there is to a lob with Gene Kelly.

[99 steps]

I remember Take Me Out to the Ballgame fairly well but, I must admit Singing in the Rain is much easier.

Let's go with:

Debby Reynolds

I just watched Goodbye Charlie <yesterday> not because of its rewatchability but because it is one of those movies I actually remember seeing in the theater as a kid <which makes it highly nostalgic for me personally>, so it is tempting, but I think I still have to go with...



[101 steps]

Agnes Moorehead

Charlotte's Web

To soon for Debbie Reynolds again so I am going out on the limb with...


Paul Lynde

[104 steps]

The Glass Bottom Boat!

I love Paul Lynde! He almost always cracked me up with his performances!

Doris Day

[106 steps]

Way before I was born, and only know that Doris Day was in "West Point Story" because my Mom told me about it.

James Cagney

[109 steps]

Patrick Wayne

Just because it is also not a John Wayne movie...



[111 steps]

Katharine Ross

Could have gone to Hellfighters or to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid but in in a afford to avoid the usual I'll go with...



[113 steps]

Anne Bancroft

[115 steps]

If you have ever seen the famous newsreel footage with the well known line, "Oh, the humanity!" you can't help but be amazed after being informed that of the 97 passengers and crew 62 of them survived! The disaster's 36 deaths included 13 passengers, 22 crew members and one worker on the ground.

George C Scott

Anatomy of a Murder

James Stewart

[118 steps]

Rear Window

Thelma Ritter

How the West Was Won

John Wayne

The Shootist

Lauren Bacall

My Fellow Americans

I usually try to go with female actors when I can since they tend to be under-represented here:

Esther Rolle

I almost forgot she was in that one! She was also in Driving Miss Daisy

Dan Aykroyd

The Great Outdoors

Annette Bening

An American President

Richard Dreyfuss

American Graffiti

Everybody, since we've lost our friend, Don, I am thinking about taking over this game if it suits all of you.

Charles Martin Smith

Suits me just fine, Ex.

Deep Impact

Exeter, I think Don would like that.

Dougray Scott

Mission Impossible 2

And thanks Exeter for taking this game on.

This one is for Don - Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell is one of the main characters on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, one of Don's favorite shows. He and I would discuss episodes each week

Tough one, Mina... How about

Straw Dogs

Alexander Skarsgard

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original non US version)

You've got me on that one, ividia...

I’m not familiar with either version of that one (nor much else produced this century ) so I checked IMDb to see who was in the original. Skarsgard isn’t listed.

Mina?

So I think we are broken... His father, Stellan, was in a version, but according to IMDB Alexander has not been in any version.

I'll get another thread going soon.

Chain 28 ended after 140 steps.