This is Round Thirty Three 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.

Red Dawn (1984)

1984 version, repeat, the 1984 version

Patrick Swayze!

Ghost!

Demi Moore!!

St. Elmo's Fire

thought you guys were gonna slip out of the loop but St Elmo's brings it back- so let's try...

Ally Sheedy

Only the Lonely

John Candy

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Great film. Steve Martin

The Jerk

Bernadette Peters

Prince Charming (2001)

Martin Short

Mars Attacks!

Jack Nicholson

Batman

Michael Keaton

Cars

John Ratzenberger

(I was tempted to go with Larry the Cable Guy.)

Oh! Oh oh oh! I know this one! Well I know an answer to this one, I just hope someone else saw this movie... While he's done a lot of voice work, he was in House II: The Second Story!

Unfortunately I only know his voice work in every Pixar movie ever. And Cheers.

Cheers is the only live action appearance I've seen him make.

Obviously he was the voice of the piggybank in Toy Story.

I think Mina already played House II.

I did, sorry Nemarsde

Arye Gross was in that one

He was also in Minority Report

Yay, back to movies (and actors) I've seen. This should open it up quite a bit, not at all "risky".

Tom Cruise

Top Gun

Meg Ryan



(Fun fact: I ate at the "Kansas City BBQ" where this scene was filmed, before it burned down. )

City of Angels

Nick Cage

Face/Off

Travolta

Grease

Olivia Newton-John

I thought someone would go for Stockard Channing- but Olivia was also in Xanadu

I thought about Channing, but I figured Dame Olivia would get us to Xanadu, and was prepared with

Gene Kelly

An American in Paris

I think Leslie Caron is the best bridge from that era back to more modern movies (please).

alright- i will give you one because you said 'please'...

Chocolat

Well here is a name that spans a long career (modern and not so much) Dame Judi Dench

You've just motivated me to watch Shakespeare in Love today.

(I pondered going in the Bond direction and it's not a repeat in this game, but hoping to tread new ground!)

Aqua, you can repeat, it just has to be back a little ways At least I think that is how it goes...

I know, but it's more fun to avoid a repeat! And Judi in that role is one of my favorite performances of her.

"The Queen of England does not attend exhibitions of public lewdness. So, something is out of joint."

Gweneth Paltrow

OK, I'll go there...

Avengers: Endgame

so let's dig down a little deeper in the cast then to keep things interesting...

Tilda Swinton

Oooh! Oooh! She was the white witch in:

The Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Jim Broadbent was in that one

Hot Fuzz

Nick Frost

Shaun of the Dead

Bill Nighy

Well it is About Time that someone used Billy Nighy - and that is my Movie submission as well.

Great movie. I think Rachel McAdams was in it.

Mean Girls!

Hmm, 3 good choices. I'll go with Amy Poehler (I may have spelled that wrong, but you know her from Parks & Rec and I know some movies!)

Anyone? Beueller? Amy and the SNL crowd did a few movies together! And she's done some voice roles for some major animated productions!

I know her. Know her face. Can't place her in any movies though!

Hmm. What hints are allowed?

Vaguely remember her in Blades of Glory

YES! Thanks for the rescue, Dugan. I'll go back to easier connections for people with Will Ferrell.

Some Amy Poehler roles for the peanut gallery:



Plus some voice roles. She was Joy:


And the quotes above are from (1) Monster's vs. Aliens, where she was Galaxhar's computer, and later (2) as one of the Chipettes in a few of the Alvin & the Chipmunk movies. She was also Snow White in Shrek the Third.

I guess I won't try Tina Fey on you.

The Other Guys

Dwayne Johnson

Jumanji (2017)

Karen Gillan

Jumanji: The Next Level

Muhahahahaha

Jack Black

Tropic Thunder

Ben STiller

There's Something About Mary

Matt Dillon

The Outsiders

Pretty sure Ralph Macchio was in that.

The Karate Kid

Ooh! What's her face. Was in Cocktail, and The Boys series on Amazon recently.

I don't know what's her face but I do know that Pat Morita was in quite a few other films, including some in the Disney universe.

Midway

I have to assume you are referring to the 1976 version of Midway(as that was the one Pat Morita was in), and not the 2019 one- I have seen them both and liked them both...

so let's go with Henry Fonda

(Yes, sorry, was unaware of the 2019 film.)

The Grapes of Wrath

Grabbing my popcorn.

Jane Darwell I think was in that one.

She was.

Mary Poppins

Well of course we have to tip our hat to Dame Julie Andrews, who is practically perfect in every way

I remember seeing a couple parts of Julie Andrews in S.O.B. that she normally didn't show in her movies.

William Holden

He was in a few movies I know, but the one I best know another actor's name in is Sabrina

I’ll keep it easy.

Humphrey Bogart

The African Queen

Okay, I’ll behave.

Katharine Hepburn

(Although I really wanted to play Peter Bull 😄)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

James Stewart

It's a Wonderful Life

Beulah Bondi

The Snake Pit

(Wow. I really thought this one was a gimme. 😄)

If the movie had been Snakes on a Plane, I would have gotten something

I don't know if would be a gimme to anyone other than JJ, or Don, or Exeter... I know who the lead actress is... but only because my father watched old movies and this was one of his favorite leading ladies of her time. I only vaguely remember the Snake Pit because the story was quite compelling in terms of an amnesiac in a mental institution them can be quite heartbreaking. beyond her though- i couldn't name another person in this movie.

Olivia de Haviland

Now that name I know! The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Well, I'm in like (Errol) Flynn!

(The reason I thought it was a gimme is the lead actress, who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, just passed away at age 104. But anyway...)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Vincent Price

Edward Scissorhands

How can we not have used Johnny Depp yet?

The Tourist

Angelina Jolie

Oooooh, so many choices. I could go the easy route to the tombs, or her voice acting of a particular tigress, but I most recently adored her in her role as Maleficent.

Since there have been two recent movies, I'll specify the sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Elle Fanning

i am sam

I'm guessing that few of you watched this Oscar-nominated performance?

I was only "meh" about this film-

Michelle Pfeiffer

(white gold- oh yeah!)

Ladyhawke!

Rutger Hauer. Under-utilised but great actor.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Donald Sutherland!

Animal House!

Kevin Bacon

Thank you, sir, may I have another!

Speaking of which: "Houston, we have a problem."

Apollo 13

Ed Harris

Snowpiercer

The original movie's so superior to the Netflix show it's not funny.

Tilda Swenton

Ah, my favorite White Witch! But since we've visited her already this game, as well as her Avengers appearance, let's try:

Moonrise Kingdom

No one else has seen this artistic masterpiece with an A-list ensemble cast?

Me? Nope.

Tilda Swinton

J-J, we got *to* Moonrise kingdom from Tilda, you can't go back to her.

Whoops. Sorry. I haven’t been paying attention.

Bruce Willis.

Okay, will name Bruce's best movie.. Hudson Hawk.

Andie MacDowell

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Hugh Grant

Bridget Jones' Diary

Colin Firth

Mama Mia

Pierce Brosnan

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

OMG. Alexandra Daddario. Swoon!

Nemarsde her brother is the hot one but she was in San Andreas

Who's her brother?

Not The Rock (who was in San Andreas).

No, The Rock is not her brother... her brother is Matthew Daddario who played Alec in The Shadows Hunters, the tv version of the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare.

But the Rock was in Jumanji: The Next Level

So was Danny DeVito

Once upon a time he was Romancing the Stone

Great movie!

Michael Douglas was fantastic in it.

Ant man

Dang, I can name most of the characters but not their actors. So how about (this isn't cheating!)

Stan Lee.

Spider Man (2002)

Thanks Mina. I think we need to divide and conquer. You take the brother, I'll take the sister.

And Spider Man. Another hottie!

Kirsten Dunst

You know she was in the original Jumanji!

Since we can't go back to The Rock, how about someone else associated with rock:

Jack Black

Jumanji!

We just came from there -- both the original and the next level.

Ah, okay. How about King Kong then

Don't do that, Mina!

OK, so we're working on PJ's King Kong...

I guess we'll go with Andy Serkis.

Think we might be a bit broken... Jack Black was not in the original Jumanji with Kirsten Dunst? I know Black was in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The next level though

Mina is correct- after Kirsten dunst to Jumanji- you guys broke the chain with Jack Black- he wasn't in the original

OK, yep I guess technically it is a break, no two ways about it. Them's the rules.

I think that means KenSeg gets to start up the next round.

sorry, I didn't remember the full title to the new Jumanji that had Jack in it. Also no idea how to start a round. I just occasionally pop in.

ARGH. I guess that was me that broke it. And we had just surpassed all the previous rounds since I'd joined, too.

Y'all keep going to the *ORIGINAL* ancient stuff. I thought "original" for "the next level" was the "welcome to the jungle" not remembering it was already a sequel....

I hereby pledge not to answer any movie with "Original" as a caveat!

Actually everytime anyone mentions Jumanji, not just here, it gets damn confusing. It's far worse with computer games these days!

"Have you played Hitman 1?" They ask me!

What is hitman 1?

Aqua, I cannot help it. If I can answer any of the Jumanji movies or Scooby Doo movies, I will. It is the way I was designed. You may wish to take this up with my "original" programmers

Well, I guess Hitman 1 is either IO Interactive's Hitman featuring the assassin Codename 47, or IO Interactive's Hitman featuring the assassin Codename 47.

Released 2000 and 2016 respectively.

And this of course leads us to Hitman 2!! 2002 and 2018 respectively. We can look forward to Hitman 3, I guess, and after that they can reboot again with Hitman 1 (2022)!