Game #118 -- Film Editing

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KillerTomato · #101 Post by **KillerTomato** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:37 am

B-38. one of the actors in List A spent a lot of time hanging out with one of this year’s unsuccessful presidential candidates.

Could this be PRIMARY COLORS? John Travolta had to have hung around with Hilary during that production.

silverscreenselect · #102 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:51 pm

KillerTomato wrote:

B-38. one of the actors in List A spent a lot of time hanging out with one of this year’s unsuccessful presidential candidates.

Could this be PRIMARY COLORS? John Travolta had to have hung around with Hilary during that production.

I thought of that, but it doesn't seem to match up with Diane Keaton's filmography very well. She's done three one word films: Reds, Manhattan, and Interiors, none of which match with Primary Colors. In fact, there are no other movies with "reds" or "interiors" in the title. There are several movies with "Manhattan" in them, most notably Maid in Manhattan, Night Falls on Manhattan and Manhattan Melodrama.

I'm thinking Keaton is on there for one of her movies that transposes to something else. The most obvious one would be Annie Hall, but no one from the cast of Annie is in the film.

The presidential candidate might be Fred Thomspon who has appeared in a bunch of films over the years and who could easily have spent time with the more recent actors on the list.

smilergrogan · #103 Post by **smilergrogan** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:05 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:The presidential candidate might be Fred Thomspon who has appeared in a bunch of films over the years and who could easily have spent time with the more recent actors on the list.

He was in "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" with Albert Brooks, and Diane Keaton was in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", but I don't know of a movie called "Mr. Goodbar" (plus it's two words).

After Frank's game is finished will somebody please, please, please finish my game? You are so very, very close, and basically had it Tangrediwise for all practical purposes last week

franktangredi · #104 Post by **franktangredi** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:45 am

smilergrogan wrote:
silverscreenselect wrote:The presidential candidate might be Fred Thomspon who has appeared in a bunch of films over the years and who could easily have spent time with the more recent actors on the list.
He was in "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" with Albert Brooks, and Diane Keaton was in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", but I don't know of a movie called "Mr. Goodbar" (plus it's two words).

After Frank's game is finished will somebody please, please, please finish my game? You are so very, very close, and basically had it Tangrediwise for all practical purposes last week

I'm trying, but it just doesn't seem to be hitting me. I'll keep looking. I feel bad.

silverscreenselect · #105 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:50 am

smilergrogan wrote: After Frank's game is finished will somebody please, please, please finish my game? You are so very, very close, and basically had it Tangrediwise for all practical purposes last week

The solution to this game may be buried under a big W.

smilergrogan · #106 Post by **smilergrogan** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:54 am

silverscreenselect wrote:The solution to this game may be buried under a big W.

Dere's dis big Tangredi, see, and it's been just layin' dere for what seems like fifteen years. And I'm just givin' it to ya! All you gotta do is go down dere and dig it up! Then ya fix yourself up real nice, see - back to the ol' neighborhood, walk down da street like a king. Tell 'em the Smiler sent ya! But watch out for the bulls, ya hear! Lousy stinkin' bulls are everywhere!

mrkelley23 · #107 Post by **mrkelley23** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:24 am

According to imdb, the cast and crew of "The American President" spent a lot of time with the Clintons, and Annette Bening was in that cast and on our list. Unfortunately, I can find no link between that movie and Diane Keaton's career. I also don't know whether we can eliminate "female actors" from consideration, based on the wording of the clue.

I keep trying to think of 90s movies that showed life around the White House, for someone who might've spent time with Hillary. Fred Thompson is also an obvious choice, but the fact that the clue says "in preparation for" leads me more toward someone who was already in or around the White House. Ralph Nader is still a possibility, too.

franktangredi · #108 Post by **franktangredi** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:10 am

I think that, once somebody really thinks about the correct failed candidate, and what kind of role would require you to spend time with that candidate, everything else wil fall into place.

mrkelley23 wrote:According to imdb, the cast and crew of "The American President" spent a lot of time with the Clintons, and Annette Bening was in that cast and on our list. Unfortunately, I can find no link between that movie and Diane Keaton's career. I also don't know whether we can eliminate "female actors" from consideration, based on the wording of the clue.

I keep trying to think of 90s movies that showed life around the White House, for someone who might've spent time with Hillary. Fred Thompson is also an obvious choice, but the fact that the clue says "in preparation for" leads me more toward someone who was already in or around the White House. Ralph Nader is still a possibility, too.

smilergrogan · #109 Post by **smilergrogan** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:15 am

mrkelley23 wrote:According to imdb, the cast and crew of "The American President" spent a lot of time with the Clintons, and Annette Bening was in that cast and on our list. Unfortunately, I can find no link between that movie and Diane Keaton's career. I also don't know whether we can eliminate "female actors" from consideration, based on the wording of the clue.

I keep trying to think of 90s movies that showed life around the White House, for someone who might've spent time with Hillary. Fred Thompson is also an obvious choice, but the fact that the clue says "in preparation for" leads me more toward someone who was already in or around the White House. Ralph Nader is still a possibility, too.

It's probably Giuliani, and somebody who played the mayor of NYC, but I don't know who that would be. I don't think Nader is a possibility, because he is not (yet) an unsuccessful candidate this year.

KillerTomato · #110 Post by **KillerTomato** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:18 am

Can't spend too much time thinking about this this morning, but could the failed candidate be Rudy Giuliani? The only biopic I can think of was a TV one with James Woods.

mrkelley23 · #111 Post by **mrkelley23** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:05 pm

Giuliani is another good possibility, especially with the 9/11 movies out there. Unfortunately, I can find no cast members from either World Trade Center or United 93 on List A. It may just be because my eyes are starting to cross, though.

franktangredi · #112 Post by **franktangredi** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:20 pm

Giuliani is a damn good possibility, in fact.

mrkelley23 wrote:Giuliani is another good possibility, especially with the 9/11 movies out there. Unfortunately, I can find no cast members from either World Trade Center or United 93 on List A. It may just be because my eyes are starting to cross, though.

smilergrogan · #113 Post by **smilergrogan** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:10 pm

Looks like Al Pacino played a mayor of NY in "City Hall", and Albert Finney played Daddy Warbucks in "Annie", so that gets us to Diane Keaton.

Good one, Frank. I apologize for being impatient about the GroganGame in this thread. (But if Mr. K is reading this, he in particular may want to take another look at the game.)

mrkelley23 · #114 Post by **mrkelley23** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:39 am

smilergrogan wrote:Looks like Al Pacino played a mayor of NY in "City Hall", and Albert Finney played Daddy Warbucks in "Annie", so that gets us to Diane Keaton.

Good one, Frank. I apologize for being impatient about the GroganGame in this thread. (But if Mr. K is reading this, he in particular may want to take another look at the game.)

Dang it, I thought I was close on it. I'll go take another look at my last couple of ideas there.