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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

Great film. Steve Martin

Bernadette Peters

Prince Charming (2001)

Martin Short

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

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

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.

Dwayne Johnson

Jumanji (2017)

Karen Gillan

Jumanji: The Next Level

Muhahahahaha

Jack Black

Tropic Thunder

Ben STiller

There's Something About Mary

Matt Dillon

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.

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

(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