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My first time starting this so I went to the expert and creator of the chain for his write up on the rules and such.

This will be round 52 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 the last time. Generally no posting of names, trailers, or posters that show who might have been involved in the movie.

To start us out I'll go with a nice large ensemble cast that can take us anywhere:

Pulp Fiction

The Christmas Classic.. Die Hard

*sigh* Feels like this train has gone down these tracks before.

But because he's so awesome Alan Rickman

Off the tracks...

Quigley Down Under

Was he in that one with Tom Selleck?

He was indeed.

Three Men and a Baby

With Steve Guttenberg

Short Circuit!

Ally Sheedy

Number 5 is alive!

Also, would you like to play a game of chess?

WarGames

I can still hear that computer voice asking Matthew Broderick the question

I can still hear ...



(Ferris Bueller's Day Off)

Ouch still going to the 80's... Alan Ruck

Speed

Keanu Reeves who ironically said recently that he wouldn't mind making a third movie in this franchise.

You want out of the 80's? OK. Toy Story 4.

And to give us a chance of staying there solely due to body of work Tom Hanks

Staying in the Disneyverse with Saving Mr. Banks

Emma Thompson was in that. I thought that movie was underrated.

She was in Dead Again

Forget the name of the lead actor. But seem to remember Robin Williams was in it.

Good Will Hunting