Game #189: All-Star Cast

[franktangredi]

A-17 WALTER MATTHAU starred in A New Leaf with B-59 Elaine MAY and B-73 George ROSE

A-1 JOHN WAYNE starred in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence with B-70 Vera MILES and B-19 Carleton YOUNG

A-33 PAUL NEWMAN starred in Sweet Bird of Youth with B-63 Geraldine PAGE and B-38 Rip TORN

One of these is not what I intended, but it's 2/3 correct.

With more clues to work with, I realize that the last actor should be Shirley Knight.

I suggest putting accidental matches in brackets, thus:
A-33 PAUL NEWMAN starred in Sweet Bird of Youth with B-63 Geraldine PAGE and B-21 Shirley KNIGHT [and B-38 Rip TORN]

Actually, that wasn't the accidental one. I meant that I was thinking of a different movie entirely.

[franktangredi]

As usual, there are a lot of alternate answers, but it will all work itself out eventually.

[mellytu74]

Oh, gosh! I've seen this so much lately and it finally hit me what it was.

A-7. “I just want you to know, if you ever need anything, don't be shy, okay? There are no rules in the house. I'm not like a regular mom, I'm a cool mom.”

This is AMY POEHLER in Mean Girls.


A-7. AMY POEHLER starred in Inside Out with B-37. Lewis BLACK and B-51. Diane LANE

A-21. JOEL MCCREA starred in Sullivan's Travels with B-31. Veronica LAKE and B-17. Porter HALL

[jarnon]

B-1 Has to be a reference to Frank Oz. I am wondering if it has to be where he actually appears or could it be one of the muppet or Star Wars movies?

A-7. AMY POEHLER starred in Inside Out with B-37. Lewis BLACK and B-51. Diane LANE

IMHO if a cartoon is allowed, a Muppet movie should be too.

[mellytu74]

B-1 Has to be a reference to Frank Oz. I am wondering if it has to be where he actually appears or could it be one of the muppet or Star Wars movies?

A-7. AMY POEHLER starred in Inside Out with B-37. Lewis BLACK and B-51. Diane LANE

IMHO if a cartoon is allowed, a Muppet movie should be too.

Agreed. And there are plenty of Muppet/live actor movies to make it work.

Although, now that I think about it, Frank Oz was also in Inside Out.

[franktangredi]

Since there are obviously a lot of alternate answers, we will consider the game finished when every clue has been use.

[jarnon]

Since there are obviously a lot of alternate answers, we will consider the game finished when every clue has been use.

Updated with every match, intended or not…

Tangredi: Actor from List A starred in a movie with actors whose last names appear in the titles in List B

A-12 HOWARD KEEL starred in Show Boat with B-12 Joe E BROWN and B-65 Marge and Gower CHAMPION

A-3 BRAD PITT starred in Money Ball with B-77 Jonah HILL, B-32 Stanley BISHOP, and B-11 Reed DIAMOND

A-11 CARY ELWES starred in The Princess Bride with B-41 Billy CRYSTAL and B-52 Fred SAVAGE

A-23 STEVE MARTIN starred in Three Amigos with B-7 Martin SHORT and B-47 Chevy CHASE

A-4 ZERO MOSTEL starred in The Producers with B-72 Gene WILDER and B-35 Kenneth MARS

A-17 WALTER MATTHAU starred in A New Leaf with B-59 Elaine MAY and B-73 George ROSE

A-1 JOHN WAYNE starred in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with B-70 Vera MILES and B-19 Carleton YOUNG

A-33 PAUL NEWMAN starred in Sweet Bird of Youth with B-63 Geraldine PAGE, B-21 Shirley KNIGHT and B-38 Rip TORN

A-1 JOHN WAYNE starred in The Longest Day with B-4 Tommy SANDS and B-9 Jeffrey HUNTER

A-10 GALE SONDERGAARD starred in Anthony Adverse with B-13 Donald WOODS and B-28 Frederic MARCH

A-8. LIZA MINNELLI starred in Cabaret with B-48 Michael YORK and B-56 Joel GREY

A-25 TOM HANKS starred in Big with B-76 David MOSCOW and B-18 John HEARD

A-27 JOHNNY DEPP starred in Edward Scissorhands with B-61 Vincent PRICE and B-17 Anthony Michael HALL

A-9 KEVIN KLINE starred in The Big Chill with B-3 William HURT and B-69 Glenn CLOSE

A-16 CARL REINER starred in The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! with B-48 Eva Marie SAINT, B-78 John Phillip LAW and B-24 Ben BLUE

A-7. AMY POEHLER starred in Inside Out with B-37. Lewis BLACK and B-51. Diane LANE

A-21. JOEL MCCREA starred in Sullivan's Travels with B-31. Veronica LAKE and B-17. Porter HALL


LIST A: ACTORS

**A-1. JOHN WAYNE
A-2. BETTE MIDLER
*A-3. BRAD PITT
*A-4. ZERO MOSTEL
A-5. MAGGIE SMITH

A-6. He originated a screen role that would later be played – more or less – by Jeff Bridges and Adrien Brody.

*A-7. AMY POEHLER
*A-8. LIZA MINNELLI
*A-9. KEVIN KLINE
*A-10. GALE SONDERGAARD
*A-11. CARY ELWES
*A-12. HOWARD KEEL

A-13. “You slammed her! You dunked her donut! You gave her dog a Snausage! You stuffed her like a Thanksgiving turkey!”

A-14. This legendary performer played himself in movies starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and James Stewart.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG?

A-15. PETER LORRE
*A-16. CARL REINER
*A-17. WALTER MATTHAU

A-18. Many people – including Hitchcock himself – thought this actor was far more appealing as a Hitchcock villain than he was three years later as a Hitchcock hero.

A-19. DON AMECHE

A-20. Her real-life film roles included the sister of a great 20th century novelist and the wife of a great 20th century poet and playwright.

*A-21. JOEL MCCREA
A-22. JOHN LITHGOW
*A-23. STEVE MARTIN
A-24. JULIE HARRIS
*A-25. TOM HANKS

A-26. She often signed autographs “WWW.”
MARGARET HAMILTON?

*A-27. JOHNNY DEPP
A-28. MARGARET O’BRIEN
A-29. CHER
A-30. ZACHARY QUINTO
A-31. RENEE ZELLWEGER

A-32. In 2007, he became the first person born in the 1980s to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
RYAN GOSLING

*A-33. PAUL NEWMAN

LIST B: MOVIES

B-1. THE WIZARD OF OZ
B-2. LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
*B-3. THE HURT LOCKER
*B-4. THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA

B-5. “I'm so Chinese I'm an econ professor with lactose intolerance.”
CRAZY RICH ASIANS

B-6. The making of this 1978 documentary led directly to an acclaimed German director eating his shoe.
GATES OF HEAVEN

*B-7. THE BIG SHORT

B-8. The director of this western flew to America to persuade its star to take on the villain role, telling him, “"Picture this: the camera shows a gunman from the waist down pulling his gun and shooting a running child. The camera pans up to the gunman's face and...”
THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY? ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST?

*B-9. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
B-10. THREE SMART GIRLS
*B-11. BLOOD DIAMOND
*B-12. BROWN BUNNY
*B-13. CABIN IN THE WOODS
B-14. THE BUTLER
B-15. THE POWER OF ONE
B-16. THE NIGHT WALKER
**B-17. HALL PASS
*B-18. I’VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING
*B-19. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

B-20. The young actress who causes all the trouble in this psychological thriller would, six years later, cause almost as much trouble as the title character of an Oscar-winning movie.
A GUEST IN THE HOUSE

*B-21. THE DARK KNIGHT
B-22. THE FOX AND THE HOUND

B-23. “This is the one about the babysitter, right? She's getting those scary and harassing phone calls and when she traces them back, they are coming from inside the house. But a**swipe, aren't you forgetting something? I'm not babysitting any kids!”
“Wrong legend! This is the one about the old lady who dries her wet dog in the microwave oven.”
URBAN LEGEND

*B-24. THE BLUE GARDENIA
B-25. ROMANCING THE STONE
B-26. BOTTLE ROCKET
B-27. BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
*B-28. THE WEDDING MARCH

B-29. “Billy, before I go there's something I want to tell you. You're not quite old enough, but, well ... it's the googly. Your hand is too small to master it, but you can make a start.”
HOPE AND GLORY

B-30. SHALL WE DANCE
*B-31. LAKE PLACID
*B-32. THE BISHOP MISBEHAVES
B-33. THE WEDDING SINGER
B-34. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
*B-35. MARS ATTACKS

B-36. A shipwreck survivor starts to go mad in the bayou – or does she? – in this 1944 Gothic film noir.

*B-37. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
*B-38. TORN CURTAIN

B-39. “Running was always a big thing in our family, specially running away from the police. It's hard to understand. All I know is that you've got to run, running without knowing why, through fields and woods. And the winning post's no end, even though the barmy crowds might be cheering themselves daft.”

B-40. THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET
*B-41. THE DARK CRYSTAL

B-42. This movie won the first Oscar for Visual Effects thanks to its earthquake and flood sequences.

B-43. COYOTE UGLY

B-44. Like another film released the same year, this movie deals with lovers whose happiness is threatened by a family feud – but set in Appalachia rather than Verona.

B-45. ROMAN HOLIDAY

B-46. There are only about 25 lines of dialogue in this horror movie, and the first does not occur until 38 minutes into the film.

*B-47. THE PAPER CHASE
**B-48. THE SAINT IN NEW YORK

B-49. “You hate me. You hate me, don't you? Answer me! You hate me don't you!”
“Yes, I hate you. Always have.”
“Well, I’ve always loved you.”

B-50. MONTERREY POP
*B-51. 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
*B-52. SAVAGE SAM
B-53. TAXI DRIVER

B-54. Despite its title, this 1935 comedy starred, not Jack Benny, but one of his closest friends.

B-55. AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD
*B-56. GREY GARDENS

B-57. “We cannot stop the ship!”
“Then we have to slow it down.”
“What are you gonna do, are you gonna let the air outta our tires?”

B-58. FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO
*B-59. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY
B-60. THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH
*B-61. WHAT PRICE GLORY

B-62. This comedy about a hayseed who becomes a Hollywood star marked the screen debut of a veteran vaudevillian who was best known for his stage role as one of the main characters in the movie referenced in Clue B-1. Got that?

*B-63. THE FRONT PAGE

B-64. In this comedy, Danny Kaye played a role akin to ones played by Michael Redgrave on the big screen and Cliff Robertson on the small screen.

*B-65. CHAMPION

B-66. This British family drama takes its name from an early 19th century Christmas carol.

B-67. “He's dead. They stuffed him with pages torn from his favorite book. Could you cook him?”

B-68. THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
*B-69. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
*B-70. 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND
B-71. CANADIAN BACON
*B-72. THESE WILDER YEARS
*B-73. PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
B-74. SMALL FRY
B-75. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
*B-76.MISSION TO MOSCOW
*B-77. NOTTING HILL
*B-78. DOWN BY LAW
B-79. FIELD OF DREAMS
B-80. THE GOLD RUSH

[mellytu74]

I just realized B-54 must be LOVE IN BLOOM - which was Jack Benny’s theme song. Starring George Burns.

[kroxquo]

A-11 CARY ELWES starred in The Princess Bride with B-41 Billy CRYSTAL and B-52 Fred SAVAGE

We could add B-20 Christopher GUEST to this

[kroxquo]

Since we have both GRAVES and BRIDGES, is it possible that one of the A List is someone else who was in Airplane?

[kroxquo]

B-67. “He's dead. They stuffed him with pages torn from his favorite book. Could you cook him?”

THis one was bugging me because I knew it sounded familiar - It's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

[mrkelley23]

B-67. “He's dead. They stuffed him with pages torn from his favorite book. Could you cook him?”

THis one was bugging me because I knew it sounded familiar - It's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Which could add Peter Cook to The Princess Bride. Could it be one of the foursomes?

[mrkelley23]

I think B-8 must be Once Upon a Time in the West, because:

A26 MARGARET HAMILTON starred in MY LITTLE CHICKADEE with B-8 Mae WEST and B-55 W. C. FIELDS

[mrkelley23]

A-6 is BRUCE CABOT

[mrkelley23]

B-57 is Speed 2: Cruise Control

Hmm. Wonder what actor's last name is lurking there?

[mrkelley23]

A-31 RENEE ZELLWEGER starred in Jerry Maguire with B57 Tom CRUISE and B-75 Bonnie HUNT.

[mrkelley23]

B-42 is called THE RAINS CAME

B-46 is A QUIET PLACE, I think. Some places give different numbers on the lines of dialogue, but it seems to match up well otherwise. And Mary Kay Place has certainly been in a bunch of movies.

B-64 is KNOCK ON WOOD. Danny Kaye as a ventriloquist.

[mellytu74]

A-15. PETER LORRE starred in Casablanca with B-63. Joy PAGE and B-42 Claude RAINS

Does that screw up the number of times a movie is used?

[franktangredi]

A-15. PETER LORRE starred in Casablanca with B-63. Joy PAGE and B-42 Claude RAINS

Does that screw up the number of times a movie is used?

Well, it's digging pretty deep into the cast list. Remember, if a movie is used more than once, it has to be used a different way each time. And you might ... just might ... be able to find another place for Claude Rains.

[mellytu74]

Can this

B-66. This British family drama takes its name from an early 19th century Christmas carol.

be THE HOLLY AND THE IVY?

Because

A-13. “You slammed her! You dunked her donut! You gave her dog a Snausage! You stuffed her like a Thanksgiving turkey!”

is JIM CARREY in Liar Liar

A-13. JIM CARREY in Dumb and Dumber with B-26. Charles ROCKET and B-66 Lauren HOLLY

[mellytu74]

A-15. PETER LORRE starred in Casablanca with B-63. Joy PAGE and B-42 Claude RAINS

Does that screw up the number of times a movie is used?

Well, it's digging pretty deep into the cast list. Remember, if a movie is used more than once, it has to be used a different way each time. And you might ... just might ... be able to find another place for Claude Rains.

I dunno, Frank. He didn't make many movies.

[mellytu74]

B-42 is called THE RAINS CAME

B-46 is A QUIET PLACE, I think. Some places give different numbers on the lines of dialogue, but it seems to match up well otherwise. And Mary Kay Place has certainly been in a bunch of movies.

B-64 is KNOCK ON WOOD. Danny Kaye as a ventriloquist.

Can we add Mary Kay Place to this?

A-9 KEVIN KLINE starred in The Big Chill with B-3 William HURT and B-69 Glenn CLOSE

[mellytu74]

I had been looking for this word.

B-36. A shipwreck survivor starts to go mad in the bayou – or does she? – in this 1944 Gothic film noir.

DARK WATERS

A-24. JULIE HARRIS starred in Member of the Wedding with B-36 Ethel WATERS and B-6. Nancy GATES

[mellytu74]

A-30. ZACHARY QUINTO starred in Stark Trek with B-23. Karl URBAN and B-68. Ben CROSS

[mellytu74]

This match may be the "accidental" one Frank was talking about. He said he was talking about something other than Sweet Bird of Youth.

A-1 JOHN WAYNE starred in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with B-70 Vera MILES and B-19 Carleton YOUNG

BECAUSE A-28. MARGARET O’BRIEN's first movie was Journey for Margaret with B-19 Robert YOUNG and B-37. Laraine DAY (Bad Day at Black rock was used for Lewis Black, so two different uses)

I think Vera Miles is here for The Searchers with Jeffrey Hunter and Hunter doesn't go with Longest Day but with 1the Searchers and someone in the large Longest Day cast goes with Tommy Sands