Archive through October 05, 2001
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Donut

Wednesday, October 03, 2001 - 10:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is an offshoot of the TV listings game that i just made up (inspired by tonypros dog day afternoon post in the other thread). Its an experiment,done in the same style as the other game, but this time you list films, shows etc that would be in an actor's resume( i dont know how to put the little accent over the 'e') and others guess the actor and the films.
eg:
A cocky young man fights off a big-mouthed enemy, conquers Broadway, plays with his food and explores outer space, then returns to lead an orchestra.

A young woman goes from a farm to a wild bar, then gets caught up in a war and ends up in a NYC romance. ( this one is pretty remote)

BTW, i left some new ones on the TV listings game in case anyone wants to get that one up and running again

Max

Wednesday, October 03, 2001 - 10:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmmm..

The first one looks like RIchard Dreyfuss to me. Not sure what the first reference is, but 'Goodbye Girl' might be the second, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is next, and 'Mr. Holland's Opus' is the last one.

Not sure on that second one!

Donut

Wednesday, October 03, 2001 - 11:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yep! but still need the first movie..

Weinermr

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 12:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The first Richard Dreyfuss movie is Jaws.

Weinermr

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 12:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm going to guess Amy Madigan, but I'm too sleepy to remember the movies. If this is still unanswered in the morning I'll take another stab at it.

Alib

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 08:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually Richard Dreyfuss was first in "American Graffiti" and then the "Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". I think that Jaws was his third movie.

Weinermr

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 09:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Alib - Richard Dreyfuss had a bit part in The Graduate which was his first movie. Then small roles before and inbetween American Grafitti, Duddy Kravitz, and Jaws.

Donut

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 09:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks you movie experts! actually i shouldve said that these are portions of resumes, cuz it would be crazy to list the whole careers of most actors, IMHO! Yes to Jaws, no to Amy Madigan. I can add a couple more movies as a hint if you want.

Nutsy

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 10:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Meg Ryan?
farm - Flesh and Bone
war - Courage Under Fire
NYC Romance - You've Got Mail

Can't come up with a wild bar movie for her though...

Donut

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 01:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
sorry nutsy, not meg , but if you came up with a bar movie, i would have to give it to you! This is a very remote actress who has been in non-hollywood type movies, but now has begun to star in big studio movies and has a whole new look.

I will try to add a less remote one:

After working as a waitress ,she then had a bad time in the bedroom, then she had a lucrative time in the bedroom , then she had a boss with kind of a split personality, then she fought a powerful enemy with the help of a little cleavage.

Donut

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 01:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Gail

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 03:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Julia Roberts!

The Mexican?? (I am not sure about the waitress one)
Sleeping with the Enemy
Pretty Woman
Erin Brockovich

Gail

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fried Green Tomatoes for the waitress part, right? I didn't see that movie but it seems to fit.

Carigsby

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No, Mystic Pizza was the waitress!! What a great movie

Gail

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't seen that one either.

Weinermr

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
>then she had a boss with kind of a split personality<
Mary Reilly

Donut

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 10:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
what team effort! yes, mystic pizza, sleeping with the enemy, pretty woman,mary reilly and erin brockovich
still no one that watches british movies to get the other one? Ok, besides the farm, the nightclub, the war and the nyc romance, she was in jail and she made a big deal out of bubkes(her first american role i think) and btw the nyc romance hasnt come out yet.

Blonde

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 10:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kate Beckinsale

Farm: Cold Comfort Farm
Wild Bar: Last Days of Disco (Studio 54)
War: Pearl Harbor
NYC Romance: Serendipity

Blonde

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 11:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Donut

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 11:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hooray blonde! also the other ones i added were brokedown palace and much ado about nothing. Dont you think that she looks like a completely different person now than she did in her earlier movies. I loved Cold Comfort Farm, and just saw her recently and thought who is that model and thought she couldnt be the same Kate Beckinsale!
Yours is really hard- i have to think about it!

Blonde

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 11:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Went to edit and messed it up so here it is again: A young heroin addict later joins the Marines and becomes a war hero. Upon his return he rules over evil empires in the U.S. and England. In later life he redeems himself by risking his life and career for his priciples helping an honest man be heard.

Hint: Famous actor with a long career. A couple of obscure movies here, but the rest are very well known.

Blonde

Thursday, October 04, 2001 - 11:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I'm hooked on this game! This guy arrived in the U.S. as a young man without a passport, then became a muscular vegetarian. He later settled down, raised a family and worked as a writer, but then moved to NYC where he held a series of odd jobs and studied for his citizenship. In an interesting turn of events he became a crossdresser, then an award winning psychologist and was recently seen as an unorthodox but amusing doctor in training.

Gail

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 03:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Robin Williams

Dead Poets Society (?)
Jakob the Liar (?)
Mrs Doubtfire
Good Will Hunting
Patch Adams

Blonde

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 07:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gail - you are right with Robin!

Dead Poets is not correct - the first one is not a movie, but was his starmaking role.

The second one was first starring role in a movie.

And there are two more in there before Mrs. Doubtfire. Some of his more serious ones which are two of my personal favorites.

I'll be back after work so you have a while to think about it.

Blonde

Friday, October 05, 2001 - 08:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I'm late for work anyway...

Another hint: If you know our war hero very well, you know he had a pet project he was try to get made for years and years. It's obscure but if you're really a fan, you know what it is.

Donut, about Kate, I got lucky on this one. I have a friend at work who is a movie fan like me. With the release of Serendipity, we got into a conversation about her. I knew the last 3 movies but he also knew her from back in the early days on the farm!