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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

First name that comes to mind. Matt Damon

That makes me want to watch The Martian

With Sean Bean

Which takes us back to Disney-owned properties with National Treasure

That darn Disney... Nicholas Cage

That man carries The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

My daughter and I just watched that movie and I can name at least a couple of people in it, but I have no idea what other movies they might have been in. So I'm not going to mention them and I'll leave it to you experts.

This is the way.

Pedro Pascal

Kingsman:The Golden Circle

Julianne Moore

Boogie Nights

Wow. Dying on Page 2... I can't be the only person to remember this film from 1997.

Incidentally this is considered one of her better roles. Not only that she was nominated for her work in this movie.

I spent most of 1997 underwater.

sheesh- just seeing this now- sorry- Burt Reynolds

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

I swear Aqua. The guy has been in close to 200 movies. Some even recent. And you choose one of his... oh yeah he also was in movies.

But Dolly Parton was in it.

9 to 5

Lily Tomlin

Well I'm tempted to go with The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, but given that all 13 characters were played by Lily Tomlin that would by definition kill the chain.

So let's got with the recent silly GOAT-based 80 for Brady which I haven't seen, but could name at least 3 of the stars.

Sally Field

Soapdish

Whoopi Goldberg

Ghost

Demi Moore

A Few Good Men.

Kevin Bacon.

Hasn't starred in any movies, so this'll be hard.

Wild Things!

Neve Campbell

As for Kevin Bacon... Footloose, Quicksilver, He Said, She Said, She's Having a Baby, Flatliners, and Tremors were his main starring movies

Well I never like the Kevin kind of bacon, but I did like the wild things movie.

But Neve Campbell was also in Scream 2

Meh. They all pale in comparison to the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

More on the Baconator
But to continue with the chain Sarah Michelle Gellar was also in Scream 2 also.

Scooby-Doo!

Hate to do this but going with ----> Freddie Prinze Jr





But wanted to go with Linda Cardellini---> Velma but no clue to what else she has done since she played Velma

He was in Head Over Heels!

Monica Potter

Patch Adams

Robin Williams

Hook

Dustin Hoffman

Rain Man

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

Top Gun: Maverick

Jennifer Connelly (misspelling fixed)

Mulholland Falls... misspelling overlooked

Nick Nolte, who I never thought was as old as he is now

48 Hrs. (1982)

Wow.... we get to Eddie Murphy

Trading Places

Dan Aykroyd

Sneakers

Robert Redford

Loved that movie.... Sneakers...

So Redford was also in Captain America: The Winter Soldier

I'll go for what might be the obvious choice - Chris Evans

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Live Free or Die Hard

Maggie Q

The Protege

Michael Keaton

Batman (1989)

Jack Nicholson

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Cher.

And it may not count as a movie, but...

Moonstruck

I think Nick Cage was in that (I'm pretty sure that's who I'm picturing) and I guess it has been long enough since he was mentioned in this thread. <shrugs>

Yes he was... And before we get something from Aqua... The Rock

I'm tempted to go with Moana, just because you can't stand the unbearable weight of massive talent. But really I would have done Face/Off.

But I digress. The Rock you want, the Rock you have.

Red Notice

psst Aqua, you might have broken the chain. The Rock was the movie, not the actor.

I don't think it counts as breaking the chain if you do that.

Sean Connery was in The Rock

Aqua, whew! Good!


Sean was also in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

I'll go with the last Indiana Jones movie - The Last Crusade. (because I can't think of names of some of his other movies)

Too slow.

Richard Roxburgh

Moulin Rouge!