This is Round Thirty Nine 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.
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>.
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.
It seems to be the hall of shame to have to start off a new round when you spoil an old one. I've tried to work this film in many times but y'all have gone different directions, so I'll take this chance to start with a movie I think I'm gonna watch (again) right now.
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Inglorious Basterds
National Treasure
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief
Not gonna let you escape the 007 universe that easily.
Pierce Brosnan
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Star Trek: The Greatest Hits... Sorry, I meant Star Trek: Into Darkness!
The multi-talented Simon Pegg
Mission Impossible: Ghost protocol (2011)
Because he was in The Mummy, and that was one dodgy movie.
Was he? I didn't watch that one.
keep in mind, this is the reboot from just a few years ago
but let's get out of the trap altogether...
Russell Crowe
He sang (better than me but not as good as some) in Les Misérables
Since we've already hit Mamma Mia, let's go for the sequel: Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again!
The "If I Could Turn Back Time" music video.
Oh, that's not a movie?
Fine.
The Witches of Eastwick
On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever..
Bob Newhart
Going out on a limb here... but since T.V. Movies are allowed, and it is one of my all time favorite movies... The Librarian: Quest for the spear
Loved him on ER but the only film I remember him in was on the stand answering questions about the mess hall in A Few Good Men
Ooh, we're in the danger zone now since we've already had Tom. But nicely done, AquaDyne, A Few Good Men also starred Kevin Bacon.
Oh, the choices with the only person with a Bacon Number of zero!
Let's go to the very beginning of his career with a movie so successful he said, "Thank you Sir, may I have another?!"
Animal House
Did you know
George Lucas had a cameo in that, along with a few other big films?
I only know
Revenge of the Sith, where he played the Panteran ambassador. And I only know that because in the FFG Star Wars RPG, they gave the Panteran species extra stat points in honour of his cameo.
Indeed! He was also one of the (holographic) chessboard monsters in the original Star Wars. But go another direction, we will.
Frank Oz.
OK, well I know Rufus Sewell was in it, but does anyone know anything else he was in?
He was a jerk in a lot of movies, including The Holiday.
Kate Winslet was great in that!
Steve Jobs, the film biopic starring...
Jeff Daniels, who I recently watched in...
101 Dalmatians (1996 version, with....)
Well that isn't where I recently watched him, but I guess if you extend the definition of "recent" it works.
Glenn Close was a great Cruella.
Steering away from the MCU... so, Fatal Attraction!
Still steering away from the MCU and to my favourite M. Douglas film, Ridley Scott's Black Rain.
love love love that movie
need to watch it again
Kate Capshaw
You know what, I am watching it again tomorrow night. Good call, PP!!
And Kate Capshaw. I had a crush on her since
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
I killed one of the previous chains on the wrong Indiana Jones movie so I'm not even going to attempt to remember anything other than the obvious.
Harrison Ford
I want to say the name of a French actress but it might not be the right one, got to warn you up front.
if you were thinking if julia ormand, then you are correct
Along with Richard Gere, who was also in...
I was hoping for An Officer and a Gentleman, but sure, why not dance?
You can't dance without J Lo! (Jennifer Lopez)
if you were thinking if julia ormand, then you are correct
(I was thinking of Juliet Binoche, so phew!!)
Jason Statham
He was hilarious in that. It's worth watching the film just for his ludicrous antics.
Anyway, Jude Law.
He is in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
So was Johnny Depp, although he won't be in any more of that series.
He was also in The Tourist
So was Timothy Dalton, but not in the same role he played in ...
While I want to say BRENDA STARR, I don't want to kill the thread (since I am not sure how many others know that movie, but it is SOOO much fun!) so I will go with Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Honestly, no idea.
(The only Looney Tunes movie I remember is Space Jam.)
Same here. I could guess a certain voice (Mel Blanc) but he died over a decade before this so even if his voice was used he'd fall under the rule about archival "footage".
Noooooo, am I the only one who really watches the Looney Tune live action movies? I thought that was a safe bet
yes brendan fraser was in that movie
but who else was in this movie franchise in which he was the lead...
The Mummy- Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
Sly was in Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.
Kurt Russell
He was in Overboard (the original)
Was that the one with his future missus, Goldie Hawn?
She was hilarious in Private Benjamin, but the connections are better with the First Wives Club
Hey Stockard Channing was in that one!
Which also had Eve Arden!
I think it might be hasta la vista, baby, for this thread.
i wasn't following closely but i saw Nem's message about the thread ending- so i looked. You guys are definitely in Don/ Exeter territory here<g>
But I know this movie...
In fact I can think of 2 for it.
Jimmy Stewart
(I’ve stayed away from the game because I’m very definitely in that Don/Exeter territory rather than the more modern movies and actors you guys tend to cite, but when I saw poor Eve Arden sitting there all alone I had to reply. 😄)
Lots of possibilities here. I'm not sure I know any other actors in the canonical It's a Wonderful Life, so I'll go with another classic with an all-star cast:
How the West Was Won
I'm not a big western movie fan, but I do know John Wayne was in this one.
He wasn't in the 1969 one with John Wayne, unfortunately.
He was in the 2010 remake.
Y'all need to start putting years on stuff. I keep making these mistakes.
Hmm on to movie chain 40?
I suppose. Who's starting? I just started it.