amazzony wrote:I'm so bad at it and I thought that I've watched quite a lot of movies... so, here's a question - how much are you using, for example, imdb?
I mean, I'm checking the first guy to see his movies and then trying to connect but I can never end up to the person who I should (especially with 6 moves)
I try to avoid using imdb if I can, but when I come across an actor I'm not familiar with then I will do a quick check. Quite often I find that I actually do know the face - just don't recognize the name - names are definitely not my strong point, my memory being much more visually orientated, which is probably why I seem to do so well in the screen shot thread!
Anyway once I have the actor and look down the list of films, I usually spot a few I'm familiar with and then it's back to using the little grey cells, until I come up with a successful string of six or less.
Richard Dean Anderson was in Odd Jobs with Paul Reiser
Paul Reiser was in One Night At McCools with Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon was in In & Out with Tom Selleck
Ok, connect the following CCer's Claudette Colbert to Courteney Cox
I had to use a touch of the imdb for this one, but like UTM, only really at the outset. With these old actors, the key is really to find a late-career movie, or a connected old-timer with a late-career movie, to really get the ball rolling.
Okay, here we go.
Claudette Colbert was in It Happened One Night with Clark Gable.
Clark Gable was in Run Silent Run Deep with Don Rickles.
Don Rickles was in Casino with Robert de Niro.
de Niro was in Ronin with Natasha McElhone.
Natasha was in The Truman Show with Jim Carrey.
Jim Carrey was in Ace Ventura with Courtney Cox.
Surfer chicks: Sally Field to Kate Bosworth.
THOTA: dingdingdingdingdingdingBOOM
Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est
Wow.... ole' Dirk's CV isn't exactly the most impressive I've ever seen...
Mr. T was in Rocky III with Sly.
Sly was in Tango and Cash with Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell was in Tombstone with Chuck Heston
Moses was in Alaska with Dirk Benedict
90's TV stars - David Duchovny to Dennis Franz
THOTA: dingdingdingdingdingdingBOOM
Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est
David Duchovny was inEvolution with Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore was in Freedomland with Samuel L. Jackson
Jackson was inPulp Fiction with Bruce Willis
Brucie Baby was in Die Hard II with Dennis Franz
Naughty Noughties TV stars Evangeline Lilly to Eva Longoria
Evangeline Lilly was in The Long Weekend with Chris Klein
Klein was in American Pie with Alyson Hannigan
Hannigan was in My Stepmother is an Alien with Kim Basinger
and Basinger was in The Sentinel with Eva Longoria
God to God: George Burns to Alanis Morissette
ETA: Gimme a break, I spent all of last night reading Confessor (the final book in Sword of Truth series)!
So let's see, God to God: George Burns to Alanis Morissette
Mr Burns was inRadioland Murders with Christopher Lloyd
Lloyd was in Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead with Andy Garcia
Garcia was in Ocean's Eleven with Matt Damon
Damon was in Dogma with Alanis Morissette
Now try Jesus to Jesus: Robert Powell to Matt Stone
Robert Powell was in Tommy with Eric Clapton
Clapton was in Blues Brothers 2000 with Isaac Hayes
and Hayes was in South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut with Matt Stone
(Side note #1: if you ain't seen BB2K, go rent it right now. The grand finale scene is a who's who of legendary blues players, and if you've got any liking for blues music it's utterly worth the price of admission.)
(Side note #2: The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind ranks right up there among the greatest fantasy novels I've ever even HEARD of. Start with Wizard's First Rule. You won't regret it.)
That said, connect Carol Burnett to Larry the Cable Guy.
UselessTriviaMan wrote:(Side note #1: if you ain't seen BB2K, go rent it right now. The grand finale scene is a who's who of legendary blues players, and if you've got any liking for blues music it's utterly worth the price of admission.)
Not quite up to the standard of the original Blues Brothers movie I didn't think, but what it lacks in cinematic prowess it more than makes up for in kick-ass tunes!
UselessTriviaMan wrote:(Side note #2: The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind ranks right up there among the greatest fantasy novels I've ever even HEARD of. Start with Wizard's First Rule. You won't regret it.)
Cool, I just might do that....when I can tear myself away from this blooming website long enough that is!
Carol Burnett was in The Four Seasons with Alan Alda
Alda was in The Aviator with Jude Law
Law was in Road To Perdition with Paul Newman
Newman was voiced Cars with Larry the Cable Guy.
Shirley Temple was in Fort Apache with John Wayne
Wayne was in The Cowboys with Robert Carradine
Carradine was in Revenge of the Nerds with Anthony Edwards
Edwards was in Top gun with Tom Cruise
and Cruise was in War of the Worlds with Dakota Fanning
More child stars: Mary-Kate Olsen to Danny Bonaduce
Mary-Kate Olsen was in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle with Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu was in Kill Bill with Michael Madsen
Michael Madsen voiced Firedog with Danny Bonaduce
Dawn French was in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with Gary Oldman
Oldman was in Hannibal with Julianne Moore
Moore was in Boogie Nights with Burt Reynolds
Reynolds was in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Noah Beery Jr.
and Noah was in Stormy with William Welsh
Chicago Jones was in Fool's Gold with James Franco
Franco was in Spiderman 3 with Kirsten Dunst
Dunst was in Interview with the Vampire with Christian Slater
and Slater had a cameo appearance in Zoolander, as did Paris "Skanky" Hilton
Dena Atlantic was in Face with Ling Bai
Bai was in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith with Samuel L. Jackson
Jackson was in The Long Kiss Goodnight with Brian Cox
Bri was in Zodiac with Charles Schneider
SchneiderShapeshifter with Ocean
Thanks for the Imdb links - there's no way I could have done this one at the beginning or end without using it!
China Shavers was in Not Another Teen Movie with Lacey Chabert
Lacey was in Lost in Space with Gary Oldman
Oldman was in The Fifth Element with Bruce Willis
Willis was in Die Hard 2 with John Leguizamo
Legizamo was in Summer of Sam with Christian Reeve
and Reeve was in Imagination with India Radding
*PHEW!*
Okay, after all o' that work, something easier (or else it'll just be Tripitaka and I ping-ponging this back and forth):
Sharon Stone was in Catwoman with Halle Berry
Halle Berry was in Monster's Ball with Heath Ledger
And Heath Ledger was in A Knight's Tale with Shannyn Sossamon
Next one...
Btw, do I have to know if they can actually be connected?
No Amazzony, you don't have to know beforehand whether they link up or not - because it's almost certain that they will!
Holly Marie Combs was in Chain Of Desire with Linda Fiorentino
Linda Fiorentino was in Dogma with Jason lee
The gorgeous Mr. lee was in Mallratswith Shannen Doherty
Turkey Joe was in Desperate Living with Mink Stole ( )
Mink was in But I'm a Cheerleader with Cathy Moriarty
Cathy was in Casper with Bill Pullman
Pullman was in Scary Movie 4 with Leslie Neilsen
Nielsen was in Repossessed with Linda Blair
and Blair was in Roller Boogie with Pumpkin Mayo
Turkey Joe was inDolemite with Jerry Jones
Jones was inWalking the Edge with Robert Forster
Forster was in The Delta Force with Lee Marvin
Marvin was in The Comancheros with George J. Lewis
Lewis was in Bandits of El Dorado with Gravy
George Pilgrim was in Tammy and the T-Rex with Paul Walker
Walker was in Into the Blue with Jessica Alba
Alba was in Never Been Kissed with Jordan Ladd
and Ladd was in Cabin Fever with Rock
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