Game #123: Casting Coups

[franktangredi]

Just reread question A-16. Otherwise, all the definites are correct. In fact, among the actors, all but one of the suggested answers are correct. And maybe the one that isn't is not quite fair, but it will work itself out IMMEDIATELY as soon as somebody gets the Tangredi.

'Round Midnight Consolidation

Complete through the discussion of the longest-running musical.

I added a couple of things, too.

LIST A: ACTORS

A-1. KATHARINE HEPBURN
A-2. GENE KELLY
A-3. PAUL NEWMAN
A-4. FREDRIC MARCH
A-5. MATT DAMON
A-6. MARLENE DIETRICH
A-7. WOODY ALLEN
A-8. JOSH BROLIN
A-9. WALTER HUSTON
A-10. ERROL FLYNN
A-11. ANNE BANCROFT
A-12. SYLVESTER STALLONE
A-13. DENZEL WASHINGTON
A-14. SCOTT BAIO
A-15. MERYL STREEP

A-16. One of the actresses who did NOT make Smiler Grogan’s last movie puzzle – although the sitcom on which she played a parent WAS included – claims that she was once engaged to this iconic film star. Got that? (If you don’t, there’s a follow-up to this clue later on.)

OK. I googled this on AFTER I thought about A-70.

LIZ SHERIDAN, who played Jerry Seinfield's mother on Seinfeld.

A-17. AL PACINO
A-18. PAUL SCOFIELD
A-19. BILLY BOB THORNTON
A-20. TOM COURTENAY
A-21. KEVIN KLINE
A-22. JOAN CRAWFORD
A-23. KIRK DOUGLAS
A-24. GENE TIERNEY
A-25. PETER O’TOOLE
A-26. HB WARNER
A-27. MICHAEL DOUGLAS
A-28. MATTHEW MODINE
A-29. DIANE KEATON
A-30. WARREN BEATTY
A-31. JOHN WAYNE
A-32. UMA THURMAN
A-33. WILL SMITH
A-34. VANESSA REDGRAVE
A-35. PETER BOYLE
A-36. LESLIE CARON
A-37. SAM JAFFE

A-38. He figured as a parent in Smiler Grogan’s last movie game – but his own record as a real-life parent is probably the worst of anybody who appeared in either that game or this one.

RYAN O'NEAL?

A-39. ROBIN WRIGHT PENN
A-40. ERIC SCHWEIG
A-41. SALLY FIELD
A-42. JEFFREY HUNTER
A-43. SHIRLEY MACLAINE
A-44. DAVID HUDDLESTON
A-45. ROD STEIGER
A-46. GREER GARSON
A-47. ANTHONY HOPKINS

A-48. Between 1926 and 1937, she made seven films for her favorite American director – including two in which she played title characters with the same first name.

GRETA GARBO?

A-49. MATT DILLON
A-50. JEAN SEBERG
A-51. DUSTIN HOFFMAN
A-52. AUDREY HEPBURN
A-53. STERLING HAYDEN

A-54. I only have to drive a few miles north to reach the birthplace of this paisano, best known for playing teenagers well into his twenties.

SAL MINEO?

A-55.ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
A-56. MEG TILLY
A-57. SPENCER TRACY
A-58. DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
A-59. RICHARD PRYOR
A-60. DAVID WARNER
A-61. MIA FARROW
A-62. MIRIAM HOPKINS
A-63. ELIJAH WOOD
A-64. MELANIE GRIFFITH
A-65. VICTOR MCLAGLEN

A-66. Talk about Odd Couples: this international heart throb and Walter Matthau have shared no less than three Oscar-winning leading ladies. (Shared them on screen, we hasten to add.)

OMAR SHARIF

A-67. MADONNA
A-68. ALAN LADD
A-69. JIMMY CAGNEY

A-70. This actress, who committed suicide at the age of 39, said that the only man she ever loved was the actor referenced in Clue A-16.

This is PIER ANGELI. The iconic star she loved was James Dean. Her mother broke it up.

A-71. RUSSELL CROWE
A-72. JON VOIGHT
A-73. PETER SELLERS
A-74. CHARLTON HESTON
A-75. SEAN PENN
A-76. COLIN FARRELL
A-77. JOHN TURTURRO
A-78. SARAH MILES
A-79. CLAUDETTE COLBERT
A-80. STEVE MCQUEEN

LIST B: MOVIES

B-1. CASABLANCA

B-2. Two of the triangle points in this landmark film were played by Queen Elizabeth I and Judas Iscariot.

INTOLERANCE?

This can't be right. Queen Elizabeth isn't in Intolerance. It's Hugenots, Babylon, Christ and a modern story. I think Frank is looking for actors.

Harvey Keitel, David McCallum, Rip Torn all played Pilate. Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Flora Robson, Bette Davis all played Elizabeth I. Might be more.

B-3. “There are times when my conscience asks which has priority. It or the Holy Rule? When the bell calls me to chapel, I often have to sacrifice what might be the decisive moment in a spiritual talk with a patient. I'm late every day for chapel or refectory or both. When I have night duty I break the Grand Silence because I can no longer cut short a talk with a patient who seems to need me. Mother, why must God's helpers be struck dumb by five bells in the very hours when men in trouble want to talk about their souls?”

B-4. DEAD END
B-5. “FULL METAL JACKET
B-6. GIANT
B-7. VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
B-8. ALICE’S RESTAURANT
B-9. THELMA AND LOUISE

B-10. This courtroom drama was the first film made by its star’s independent production company – in fact, the first film made by any Hollywood star’s independent production company.

THE YOUNG SAVAGES?

B-11. CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
B-12. SAMSON AND DELILAH
B-13. TWELVE ANGRY MEN
B-14. LOVE ME TONIGHT
B-15. STALAG-17.

B-16. One of the most harrowing movies ever made – far more harrowing, in fact, than the real-life events depicted therein – it was banned for more than ten years in the country in which it was set.

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS? STRAW DOGS?

B-17. ANATOMY OF A MURDER
B-18. LUST FOR LIFE
B-19. COLLATERAL

B-20. This British movie was the third of four Best Picture nominees based on the work of the greatest novelist to have four adaptations of his work receive Oscar nominations for Best Picture. Got that?

DAVID COPPERFIELD? GREAT EXPECTATIONS?

B-21. MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
B-22. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
B-23. THE FRONT
B-24. THEY WERE EXPENDABLE
B-25. MISERY
B-26. SAVE THE TIGER
B-27. STRIPES

B-28. The year after this movie musical was released, the stage version became the longest running show in Broadway history – a position it held for over nearly eight years.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF?

B-29. FARGO
B-30. JFK

[mellytu74]

'Round Midnight Consolidation REDUX (after re-reading A-16).

I am thinking the unfair actor ? is the one where Frank was born. SO, I am taking the liberty of taking the ? off everyone EXCEPT Ryan O'Neal and Sal Mineo.

Complete through the discussion of the longest-running musical.

I added a couple of things, too.

LIST A: ACTORS

A-1. KATHARINE HEPBURN
A-2. GENE KELLY
A-3. PAUL NEWMAN
A-4. FREDRIC MARCH
A-5. MATT DAMON
A-6. MARLENE DIETRICH
A-7. WOODY ALLEN
A-8. JOSH BROLIN
A-9. WALTER HUSTON
A-10. ERROL FLYNN
A-11. ANNE BANCROFT
A-12. SYLVESTER STALLONE
A-13. DENZEL WASHINGTON
A-14. SCOTT BAIO
A-15. MERYL STREEP

A-16. One of the actresses who did NOT make Smiler Grogan’s last movie puzzle – although the sitcom on which she played a parent WAS included – claims that she was once engaged to this iconic film star. Got that? (If you don’t, there’s a follow-up to this clue later on.)

OK. I googled this on AFTER I thought about A-70.

LIZ SHERIDAN, who played Jerry Seinfield's mother on Seinfeld.

Duh, melly, it's JAMES DEAN who is the icon.

A-17. AL PACINO
A-18. PAUL SCOFIELD
A-19. BILLY BOB THORNTON
A-20. TOM COURTENAY
A-21. KEVIN KLINE
A-22. JOAN CRAWFORD
A-23. KIRK DOUGLAS
A-24. GENE TIERNEY
A-25. PETER O’TOOLE
A-26. HB WARNER
A-27. MICHAEL DOUGLAS
A-28. MATTHEW MODINE
A-29. DIANE KEATON
A-30. WARREN BEATTY
A-31. JOHN WAYNE
A-32. UMA THURMAN
A-33. WILL SMITH
A-34. VANESSA REDGRAVE
A-35. PETER BOYLE
A-36. LESLIE CARON
A-37. SAM JAFFE

A-38. He figured as a parent in Smiler Grogan’s last movie game – but his own record as a real-life parent is probably the worst of anybody who appeared in either that game or this one.

RYAN O'NEAL?

A-39. ROBIN WRIGHT PENN
A-40. ERIC SCHWEIG
A-41. SALLY FIELD
A-42. JEFFREY HUNTER
A-43. SHIRLEY MACLAINE
A-44. DAVID HUDDLESTON
A-45. ROD STEIGER
A-46. GREER GARSON
A-47. ANTHONY HOPKINS
A-48. GRETA GARBO
A-49. MATT DILLON
A-50. JEAN SEBERG
A-51. DUSTIN HOFFMAN
A-52. AUDREY HEPBURN
A-53. STERLING HAYDEN

A-54. I only have to drive a few miles north to reach the birthplace of this paisano, best known for playing teenagers well into his twenties.

SAL MINEO?

A-55.ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
A-56. MEG TILLY
A-57. SPENCER TRACY
A-58. DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
A-59. RICHARD PRYOR
A-60. DAVID WARNER
A-61. MIA FARROW
A-62. MIRIAM HOPKINS
A-63. ELIJAH WOOD
A-64. MELANIE GRIFFITH
A-65. VICTOR MCLAGLEN
A-66. OMAR SHARIF
A-67. MADONNA
A-68. ALAN LADD
A-69. JIMMY CAGNEY
A-70. PIER ANGELI
A-71. RUSSELL CROWE
A-72. JON VOIGHT
A-73. PETER SELLERS
A-74. CHARLTON HESTON
A-75. SEAN PENN
A-76. COLIN FARRELL
A-77. JOHN TURTURRO
A-78. SARAH MILES
A-79. CLAUDETTE COLBERT
A-80. STEVE MCQUEEN

LIST B: MOVIES

B-1. CASABLANCA

B-2. Two of the triangle points in this landmark film were played by Queen Elizabeth I and Judas Iscariot.

INTOLERANCE?

This can't be right. Queen Elizabeth isn't in Intolerance. It's Hugenots, Babylon, Christ and a modern story. I think Frank is looking for actors.

Harvey Keitel, David McCallum, Rip Torn all played Pilate. Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Flora Robson, Bette Davis all played Elizabeth I. Might be more.

B-3. “There are times when my conscience asks which has priority. It or the Holy Rule? When the bell calls me to chapel, I often have to sacrifice what might be the decisive moment in a spiritual talk with a patient. I'm late every day for chapel or refectory or both. When I have night duty I break the Grand Silence because I can no longer cut short a talk with a patient who seems to need me. Mother, why must God's helpers be struck dumb by five bells in the very hours when men in trouble want to talk about their souls?”

B-4. DEAD END
B-5. FULL METAL JACKET
B-6. GIANT
B-7. VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
B-8. ALICE’S RESTAURANT
B-9. THELMA AND LOUISE

B-10. This courtroom drama was the first film made by its star’s independent production company – in fact, the first film made by any Hollywood star’s independent production company.

THE YOUNG SAVAGES?

B-11. CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
B-12. SAMSON AND DELILAH
B-13. TWELVE ANGRY MEN
B-14. LOVE ME TONIGHT
B-15. STALAG-17.

B-16. One of the most harrowing movies ever made – far more harrowing, in fact, than the real-life events depicted therein – it was banned for more than ten years in the country in which it was set.

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS? STRAW DOGS?

B-17. ANATOMY OF A MURDER
B-18. LUST FOR LIFE
B-19. COLLATERAL

B-20. This British movie was the third of four Best Picture nominees based on the work of the greatest novelist to have four adaptations of his work receive Oscar nominations for Best Picture. Got that?

DAVID COPPERFIELD? GREAT EXPECTATIONS?

B-21. MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
B-22. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
B-23. THE FRONT
B-24. THEY WERE EXPENDABLE
B-25. MISERY
B-26. SAVE THE TIGER
B-27. STRIPES

B-28. The year after this movie musical was released, the stage version became the longest running show in Broadway history – a position it held for over nearly eight years.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF?

B-29. FARGO
B-30. JFK

[mellytu74]

I will be travelling down to Wildwood tomorrow morning so I probably won't be able to consolidate until noonish or early afternoon.

[KillerTomato]

OK, so I looked up Sal Mineo's birthplace, and it appears he's the wrong "?" answer. He was born in the Bronx, which isn't "a few miles north" of southern Long Island.

I think he's going for RALPH MACCHIO.

[franktangredi]

OK, so I looked up Sal Mineo's birthplace, and it appears he's the wrong "?" answer. He was born in the Bronx, which isn't "a few miles north" of southern Long Island.

I think he's going for RALPH MACCHIO.

My own self-absorption got in the way on this clue. For some reason, I assumed everybody knew I lived on Long Island.

At the same time, those people who do know I live on Long Island also know I work in New Jersey, and would have no idea where I was when I writing that clue. That's what made it unfair.

When I saw that Macchio's birthplace was Huntington, it blinded me to everything else.

[KillerTomato]

Frank, my problem wasn't remembering that you're from West Babylon, it was remembering where Mineo was born! That's why I had to look him up, and when I saw he was from the Bronx, I knew he had to be wrong.

[Weyoun]

Well, that gives some weird credence to what I was saying about Avildsen - he directed The Karate Kid. So, we have a guy who directed a handful of noteworthy films, and the stars of two of them are in List A. And we have this Schweig guy, who hasn't done a whole lot noteworthy, and the director of his most noteworthy film is reference in List B. I suspect there's more, but that seems to be at elast a good starting point.

[Weyoun]

So here is my thought. The directors from B directed actors from A in title roles. So Schweig I assume was the actual last Mohican. Newman was in Hud and Hombre, directed by Martin Ritt of The Front. Elijah Wood was in Reiner's North. I am on iPhone and can't help a lot, but below are the directors I know. One second...

[Weyoun]

1.Curtiz - Flynn was robin hood
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
5. Kubrick - Ryan Oneal is lyndon
6. George Stevens?
7. Allen
8. ?
9. Ridley Scott - Crowe is gladiator
10. ?
11. Mike Nichols
12. Demille
13. Stanley kramer?
14. ?
15. Billy wilder
16. Peckinpah? Alan parker?
17. Preminger - tierney was laura
18. Minnelli? Would give us Caron
19. Can't read my note but it begins with m
20. Lean
21. Van sant - is Penn on list a?
22. ?
23. Martin ritt
24. Ford
25. Reiner
26. Avildsen - Stallone and macchio were title roles
27. Ramis?
28. Jewison?
29. Coens
30. Stone

[NellyLunatic1980]

So here is my thought. The directors from B directed actors from A in title roles. So Schweig I assume was the actual last Mohican. Newman was in Hud and Hombre, directed by Martin Ritt of The Front. Elijah Wood was in Reiner's North. I am on iPhone and can't help a lot, but below are the directors I know. One second...

Not a bad path to go down. I know that Ivan Reitman directed "Stripes", and he directed two films with Gov. Ahnold in the title role ("Twins" and "Kindergarten Cop") as well as Kevin Kline's "Dave".

[NellyLunatic1980]

1.Curtiz - Flynn was robin hood

Curtiz also directed Flynn in "Captain Blood" and "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex".

Other Curtiz films included two starring James Cagney ("Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "Jimmy the Gent") and Joan Crawford's "Mildred Pierce".

[Weyoun]

Arnie is a good one to start with. Let's go down the list from there.

Tilly was Agnes of God. The musical must be Jewison's Fiddler
Tracy was Father of the Bride. That's Minnelli
Dandridge was Carmen Jones. Preminger or Wilder?
Pryor was The Wiz. That's Lumet so 12 Angry Men is him not Kramer.
Know Warner only from Star Trek.
Hopkins dunno.
Wood is North.
Griffith - think Scott directed Working Girl.
McLaglen is The Informer by Ford right?
Sharif is Dr Zhivago
Madonna was Evita, so the film is Parkers Midnight Express
For Ladd, did George Stevens direct Shane?

More in a bit.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Preminger did "Carmen Jones". I remember that from watching "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge".

Mike Nichols directed "Working Girl".

George Stevens did indeed direct "Shane". He got Best Pic and Best Director nods for it.

[silverscreenselect]

Just reread question A-16. Otherwise, all the definites are correct. In fact, among the actors, all but one of the suggested answers are correct. And maybe the one that isn't is not quite fair, but it will work itself out IMMEDIATELY as soon as somebody gets the Tangredi.

'Round Midnight Consolidation

Complete through the discussion of the longest-running musical.

Going off the top of my head here without any cheating.....

Stanley Kubrick (Full Metal Jacket) directed Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers) and Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal)
The Coen Brothers (Fargo) directed the Big Lebowski (Huddleston), Billy Bob Thornton (Man Who Knew Too Much)
Oliver Stone (JFK) directed W (Josh Brolin) and Nixon (Anthony Hopkins)
Michael Mann (Collateral) directed Schweig (Mohicans)
Otto Preminger (Murder) directed Jean Seberg (Joan of Arc) and Gene Tierney (Laura)
Gus Van Zant (Private Idaho) directed Sean Penn (Milk), Matt Damon (Gerry which has to be the worst movie ever made by a name director)
Woody Alle (Vicki) directed Mia Farrow (Alice), Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Billy Wilder (Stalag 17) directed Shirley MacLaine (Irma La Douce)
Martin Ritt (Front) directed Sally Field (Norma Rae) and Hombre (Paul Newman)
Arthur Penn (Alices Rest) directed Warren Beatty (Bonny and Clyde), Anne Bancroft (Miracle Worker)
David Lean (Great Expect) directed Omar Sharif (Dr. Zhivago) and Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia)

I also don't think The Young Savages is right. I don't see Burt Lancaster, Laurence Harvey, Alan Bates or Marlon Brando (who were the title characters in Frankenheimer films) here.

[smilergrogan]

Just reread question A-16. Otherwise, all the definites are correct. In fact, among the actors, all but one of the suggested answers are correct. And maybe the one that isn't is not quite fair, but it will work itself out IMMEDIATELY as soon as somebody gets the Tangredi.

'Round Midnight Consolidation

Complete through the discussion of the longest-running musical.

Going off the top of my head here without any cheating.....

Stanley Kubrick (Full Metal Jacket) directed Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers) and Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal)
The Coen Brothers (Fargo) directed the Big Lebowski (Huddleston), Billy Bob Thornton (Man Who Knew Too Much)
Oliver Stone (JFK) directed W (Josh Brolin) and Nixon (Anthony Hopkins)
Michael Mann (Collateral) directed Schweig (Mohicans)
Otto Preminger (Murder) directed Jean Seberg (Joan of Arc) and Gene Tierney (Laura)
Gus Van Zant (Private Idaho) directed Sean Penn (Milk), Matt Damon (Gerry which has to be the worst movie ever made by a name director)
Woody Alle (Vicki) directed Mia Farrow (Alice), Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Billy Wilder (Stalag 17) directed Shirley MacLaine (Irma La Douce)
Martin Ritt (Front) directed Sally Field (Norma Rae) and Hombre (Paul Newman)
Arthur Penn (Alices Rest) directed Warren Beatty (Bonny and Clyde), Anne Bancroft (Miracle Worker)
David Lean (Great Expect) directed Omar Sharif (Dr. Zhivago) and Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia)

I also don't think The Young Savages is right. I don't see Burt Lancaster, Laurence Harvey, Alan Bates or Marlon Brando (who were the title characters in Frankenheimer films) here.

We need three actors per director. The other Kubrick would be Kirk Douglas (Spartacus). The other Coen is John Turturro (Barton Fink). The other Woody may be himself (Sleeper)

[silverscreenselect]

Just thought of another. Arthur Penn directed Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man.

[kroxquo]

Rob Reiner (Misery) directed Robin Wright Penn (The Princess Bride)

Also - if Father of the Bride is Minelli, then that would also be Leslie Caron as Gigi.

Who directed Gene Kelly as An American in Paris?

[mellytu74]

CONSOLIDATION COMING SHORTLY!!

[mellytu74]

Evening consolidation

Adding a couple, too.

LIST A: ACTORS

A-1. KATHARINE HEPBURN
A-2. GENE KELLY
A-3. PAUL NEWMAN
A-4. FREDRIC MARCH
A-5. MATT DAMON
A-6. MARLENE DIETRICH
A-7. WOODY ALLEN
A-8. JOSH BROLIN
A-9. WALTER HUSTON
A-10. ERROL FLYNN
A-11. ANNE BANCROFT
A-12. SYLVESTER STALLONE
A-13. DENZEL WASHINGTON
A-14. SCOTT BAIO
A-15. MERYL STREEP
A-16. JAMES DEAN
A-17. AL PACINO
A-18. PAUL SCOFIELD
A-19. BILLY BOB THORNTON
A-20. TOM COURTENAY
A-21. KEVIN KLINE
A-22. JOAN CRAWFORD
A-23. KIRK DOUGLAS
A-24. GENE TIERNEY
A-25. PETER O’TOOLE
A-26. HB WARNER
A-27. MICHAEL DOUGLAS
A-28. MATTHEW MODINE
A-29. DIANE KEATON
A-30. WARREN BEATTY
A-31. JOHN WAYNE
A-32. UMA THURMAN
A-33. WILL SMITH
A-34. VANESSA REDGRAVE
A-35. PETER BOYLE
A-36. LESLIE CARON
A-37. SAM JAFFE
A-38. RYAN O'NEAL
A-39. ROBIN WRIGHT PENN
A-40. ERIC SCHWEIG
A-41. SALLY FIELD
A-42. JEFFREY HUNTER
A-43. SHIRLEY MACLAINE
A-44. DAVID HUDDLESTON
A-45. ROD STEIGER
A-46. GREER GARSON
A-47. ANTHONY HOPKINS
A-48. GRETA GARBO
A-49. MATT DILLON
A-50. JEAN SEBERG
A-51. DUSTIN HOFFMAN
A-52. AUDREY HEPBURN
A-53. STERLING HAYDEN
A-54. RALPH MACCHIO
A-55.ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
A-56. MEG TILLY
A-57. SPENCER TRACY
A-58. DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
A-59. RICHARD PRYOR
A-60. DAVID WARNER
A-61. MIA FARROW
A-62. MIRIAM HOPKINS
A-63. ELIJAH WOOD
A-64. MELANIE GRIFFITH
A-65. VICTOR MCLAGLEN
A-66. OMAR SHARIF
A-67. MADONNA
A-68. ALAN LADD
A-69. JIMMY CAGNEY
A-70. PIER ANGELI
A-71. RUSSELL CROWE
A-72. JON VOIGHT
A-73. PETER SELLERS
A-74. CHARLTON HESTON
A-75. SEAN PENN
A-76. COLIN FARRELL
A-77. JOHN TURTURRO
A-78. SARAH MILES
A-79. CLAUDETTE COLBERT
A-80. STEVE MCQUEEN

LIST B: MOVIES

B-2. Two of the triangle points in this landmark film were played by Queen Elizabeth I and Judas Iscariot.

B-3. “There are times when my conscience asks which has priority. It or the Holy Rule? When the bell calls me to chapel, I often have to sacrifice what might be the decisive moment in a spiritual talk with a patient. I'm late every day for chapel or refectory or both. When I have night duty I break the Grand Silence because I can no longer cut short a talk with a patient who seems to need me. Mother, why must God's helpers be struck dumb by five bells in the very hours when men in trouble want to talk about their souls?”

B-10. This courtroom drama was the first film made by its star’s independent production company – in fact, the first film made by any Hollywood star’s independent production company.


DIRECTORS
B-1. MICHAEL CURTIZ -- Errol Flynn (Robin Hood), James Cagney ("Yankee Doodle Dandy"), Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce)
B-2. ??
B-3. ??
B-4. WILLIAM WYLER -- Fredric March (Best Years of Our Lives), Miriam Hopkins (These Three), Omar Sharif (Funny Girl)
B-5. STANLEY KUBRICK -- Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers), Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal), Kirk Douglas (Spartacus)
B-6. GEORGE STEVENS -- James Dean (Giant), Katharine Hepburn (Alice Adams), Alan Ladd (Shane)
B-7. WOODY ALLEN --Mia Farrow (Alice), Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
B-8. ARTHUR PENN -- Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man, Warren Beatty (Bonny and Clyde), Anne Bancroft (Miracle Worker)
B-9. RIDLEY SCOTT -- Russell Crowe (Gladiator),
B-10. ??
B-11. MIKE NICHOLS -- Melanie Griffith (Working Girl),
B-12. CECIL B. DEMILLE -- HB Warner (King of Kings -1927),
B-13. SIDNEY LUMET -- Richard Pryor (The Wiz),
B-14. ROUBEN MAMOULIAN -- Greta Garbo (Queen Christina), Miriam Hopkins (Becky Sharp), Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll)
B-15. BILLY WILDER -- Shirley MacLaine (Irma La Douce),
B-16. ALAN PARKER -- Scott Baio (bugsy Malone), Madonna (Evita),
B-17. OTTO PREMMINGER -- Gene Tierney (Laura), Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones), Jean Seberg (Joan of Arc)
B-18. VINCENTE MINNELLI -- Spencer Tracy (Father oif the Bride), Leslie Caron (Gigi), Gene Kelly (American in Paris)
B-19. MICHAEL MANN -- Schweig (Mohicans)
B-20. DAVID LEAN -- Omar Sharif (Dr. Zhivago), Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia)
B-21. GUS VAN SANT --Sean Penn (Milk), Matt Damon (Gerry)
B-22. KAREL REISZ
B-23. MARTIN RITT -- Sally Field (Norma Rae), Paul Newman (Hud),
B-24. JOHN FORD -- Victor McLaglen (The Informer),
B-25. ROB REINER -- Robin Wright Penn (The Princess Bride), Elijah Wood (North),
B-26. JOHN AVILDSEN -- Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky),
B-27. IVAN REITMAN -- Kevin Kline's (Dave), Arnold Schwargeneger (Twins),
B-28. NORMAN JEWISON -- Meg Tilly (Agnes of God),
B-29. COEN BROTHERS -- Big Lebowski (Huddleston), Billy Bob Thornton (Man Who Knew Too Much), John Turturro (Barton Fink)
B-30. OLIVER STONE -- W (Josh Brolin), Nixon (Anthony Hopkins)

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Not that it matters, but I think "Good Will Hunting" is a better Van Sant/Damon match.

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Mike Nichols - Dustin Hoffman (The Graduate), Meryl Streep (Silkwood)
Ridley Scott - Denzel Washington (American Gangster) and Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal)
Sidney Lumet - Al Pacino (Serpico)
Billy Wilder - Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina)
Michael Mann - Russell Crowe (The Insider)
Martin Ritt - Paul Newman again (Hombre)?????
Ivan Reitman - Uma Thurman (My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
Oliver Stone - Colin Farrell (Alexander)

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I'm thinking we're missing something here. Frank said the first step was to match up the actors into triples, THEN match them to the directors. (Not in so many words, but...) Doesn't that imply that the actors have to be related independently of the directors first? I thought at first they might be in ANOTHER movie as title characters together (a la Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep as Kramer vs. Kramer), then used independently with ANOTHER director (one who didn't direct them together, since I don't see Robert Benton anywhere), so that puts Hoffman (The Graduate) and Streep (Silkwood) together again....but I can't make it work with triples. That said, I still think we're missing a layer here.

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I'm thinking we're missing something here. Frank said the first step was to match up the actors into triples, THEN match them to the directors. (Not in so many words, but...) Doesn't that imply that the actors have to be related independently of the directors first? I thought at first they might be in ANOTHER movie as title characters together (a la Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep as Kramer vs. Kramer), then used independently with ANOTHER director (one who didn't direct them together, since I don't see Robert Benton anywhere), so that puts Hoffman (The Graduate) and Streep (Silkwood) together again....but I can't make it work with triples. That said, I still think we're missing a layer here.

I was thinking the same thing.

We are missing something.

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Regardless of my last post, add

Martin Ritt - Jon Voight (Conrack and The Champ) and
Michael Mann - Will Smith (Ali)

[mellytu74]

Regardless of my last post, add

Martin Ritt - Jon Voight (Conrack and The Champ) and
Michael Mann - Will Smith (Ali)

Karate Kid, Rocky, Queen Christina, Robin Hood, Gigi, American in Paris, Shane, Alice Adams.

I am thinking the actors play the title character. But that still gives us the kind of disjointedness that we were thinking of.