Game #214: Talking Pictures

[silverscreenselect]

I did count it.

Do you want to call this game? You're the only one still playing so it's up to you. I know you want to post yours and that's fine with me!

I don't know if Frank counts this or not.

A-41 Jamie Foxx + B-17 What's Love (Angela Bassett) = Soul

Also, Pete's Dragon was a mix of live action and animation, so that doesn't count.

I'm at the stage of downright cheating to find matches, and I'm not sure what you counted and what you didn't for some lesser-known films and smaller roles. I would like to keep working on this for my own satisfaction, but I would also like to get my new game posted so we can rekindle some interest among everyone else. I know I've got at least one wrong now, since I've got three matches for the Greatest Showman. I'd appreciate if you could note if there any more incorrect answers and which matches, if any, aren't what you had in mind. Then, for everyone else, I can post my game Monday morning.

[jarnon]

I can cheat too!

A-8 Justin Timberlake + B-4 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Anna Kendrick) = Trolls

A-39 James Earl Jones + B-3 Dreamgirls (Beyoncé) = The Lion King

While these replacements don’t increase the matches, they reduce the number of unmatched movies.

[jarnon]

Another corrected consolidation …

Identify the 50 actors in List A and the 50 movies in List B. (Every other clue is a quotation.) Then, match them into 75 pairs consisting of one actor and one movie according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Eighteen actors will be use twice, two actors will be used three times, and one actor will be used four times. 25 movies will be used twice.

Alternate matches are probably inevitable, but I tried!

LIST A: ACTORS

**A-1. MEL GIBSON
*A-2. EDDIE MURPHY
*A-3. TOBEY MAGUIRE
**A-4. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
*A-5. AGNES MOOREHEAD
*A-6. CHRIS SARANDON
**A-7. EVA GABOR
*A-8. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
*A-9. VAL KILMER
*A-10. ANGELA LANSBURY
*A-11. DEREK JACOBI
**A-12. WILL FERRELL
*A-13. PETER USTINOV
*A-14. CRAIG T. NELSON
**A-15. BENJAMIN BRATT
*A-16. KENNETH MARS
*A-17. IDRIS ELBA
A-18. MICKEY ROONEY
**A-19. ANGELINA JOLIE
**A-20. JOHN GOODMAN
*A-21. HAILEE STEINFELD
*A-22. EMILY BLUNT
*A-23. SEBASTIAN CABOT
*A-24. AMERICA FERRERA
*A-25. CHANNING TATUM
*A-26. MICHAEL J. FOX
*A-27. CHRIS ROCK
***A-28. STEVE CARRELL
*A-29. BEN KINGSLEY
**A-30. RYAN REYNOLDS
**A-31. JOHNNY DEPP
*A-32. ROSCOE LEE BROWNE
**A-33. DENNIS LEARY

A-34. “This rock ... this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. In its entire life, ever since it was a bit of meteorite a million, billion years ago up there In space. It's been waiting, to come here. Right, right here. I've been moving towards it my entire life. The minute I was born, every breath I've taken, every action has been leading me to this crack on the earth's surface.”
JAMES FRANCO

*A-35. DEMI MOORE
**A-36. ALBERT BROOKS
*A-37. VIN DIESEL
*A-38. JIM VARNEY
*A-39. JAMES EARL JONES
*A-40. AMY POEHLER
**A-41. JAMIE FOXX
****A-42 ROBIN WILLIAMS
*A-43. BASIL RATHBONE
*A-44. WOODY ALLEN
*A-45. PETER O'TOOLE
*A-46. RICHARD HAYDN
*A-47. TONY GOLDWYN
**A-48. DANNY DeVITO
*A-49. JUDY GARLAND
**A-50. MERYL STREEP

LIST B: MOVIES

*B-1. MIDNIGHT COWBOY
**B-2. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
*B-3. DREAMGIRLS
*B-4. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD
**B-5. SAYONARA
*B-6. THE SHINING
**B-7. THE BIG SICK
*B-8. THE FAVOURITE
**B-9. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
*B-10. THE SOCIAL NETWORK
*B-11. LIVING
*B-12. SCARY MOVIE
**B-13. A ROOM WITH A VIEW
**B-14. POOTIE TANG
*B-15. ANYTHING GOES
*B-16. LOOPER
*B-17. WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
**B-18. BIG
*B-19. GHOST TOWN
*B-20. END OF WATCH
**B-21. DUNE
*B-22. LEPRECHAUN
*B-23. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
*B-24. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
**B-25. DANCE WITH THE STRANGER
*B-26. NOTTING HILL
*B-27. SPECTRE
**B-28. BEST IN SHOW
**B-29. SEX TAPE
*B-30. SINGING IN THE RAIN
**B-31. GRAVITY
*B-32. EDTV
**B-33. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
*B-34. 300
B-35. RAY
*B-36. PROBLEM CHILD
***B-37. THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
*B-38. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
*B-39. SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET
**B-40. THE PALLBEARER
*B-41. DANIEL
*B-42. DIRTY DANCING
*B-43. REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
*B-44. UNFORGIVEN
**B-45. YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW
*B-46. BLADE RUNNER
*B-47. YENTL
*B-48. AMADEUS
**B-49. HIDDEN FIGURES
*B-50. ALL ABOUT EVE


TANGREDI: An actor in List A and an actor from a movie in List B are voice actors in an animated movie.

MATCHES:

A-38 Jim Varney + B-18 Big (Tom Hanks) = Toy Story

A-17 Idris Elba + B-49 Hidden Figures (Octavia Spencer) = Zootopia

A-7 Eva Gabor + B-6 The Shining (Scatman Crothers) = The Aristocats

A-24 America Ferrera + B-34 300 (Gerard Butler) = How to Train Your Dragon

A-33 Dennis Leary + B-7 The Big Sick (Ray Romano) = Ice Age

A-19 Angelina Jolie + B-1 Midnight Cowboy (Dustin Hoffman) = Kung Fu Panda

A-19 Angelina Jolie + B-33 Once Upon a Time in America (Robert De Niro) = Shark Tale

A-10 Angela Lansbury + B-42 Dirty Dancing (Jerry Orbach) = Beauty and the Beast

A-39 James Earl Jones + B-3 Dreamgirls (Beyoncé) = The Lion King

A-5 Agnes Moorehead + B-30 Singing in the Rain (Debbie Reynolds) = Charlotte's Web

A-47 Tony Goldwyn + B-43 Reversal of Fortune (Glenn Close) = Tarzan

A-43 Basil Rathbone + B-15 Anything Goes (Bing Crosby) = The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

A-48 Danny DeVito + B-33 Once Upon a Time in America (James Woods) = Hercules

A-23 Sebastian Cabot + B-50 All About Eve (George Sanders) = The Jungle Book

A-35 Demi Moore + B-48 Amadeus (Tom Hulce) = The Hunchback of Notre Dame

A-46 Richard Haydn + B-23 The Diary of Anne Frank (Ed Wynn) = Alice in Wonderland

A-40 Amy Poehler + B-21 Dune (Kyle MacLachlan) = Inside Out

A-20 John Goodman + B-38 When Harry Met Sally (Billy Crystal) = Monsters, Inc.

A-44 Woody Allen + B-44 Unforgiven (Gene Hackman) = Antz

A-9 Val Kilmer + B-27 Spectre (Ralph Fiennes) = Prince of Egypt

A-22 Emily Blunt + B-13 A Room with a View (THE Dame Maggie Smith) = Gnomeo & Juliet

A-28 Steve Carrell + B-29 Sex Tape (Jason Segel) = Despicable Me

A-2 Eddie Murphy + B-29 Sex Tape (Cameron Diaz) = Shrek

A-4 Christopher Plummer + B-47 Yentl (Nehemiah Persoff) = An American Tail

A-42 Robin Williams + B-36 Problem Child (Gilbert Gottfried) = Aladdin

A-50 Meryl Streep + B-31 Gravity (George Clooney) = Fantastic Mr. Fox

A-37 Vin Diesel + B-22 Leprechaun (Jennifer Aniston) = Iron Giant

A-7 Eva Gabor + B-45 You're a Big Boy Now (Geraldine Page) = The Rescuers

A-28 Steve Carell + B-31 Gravity (Sandra Bullock) = Minions

A-6 Chris Sarandon + B-28 Best in Show (Catherine O'Hara) = Nightmare Before Christmas

A-1 Mel Gibson + B-21 Dune (Linda Hunt) = Pocahantas

A-49 Judy Garland + B-5 Sayonara (Red Buttons) = Gay Purr-ee

A-3 Tobey Maguire + B-2 Glengarry Glen Ross (Alec Baldwin) = Boss Baby

A-27 Chris Rock + B-40 The Pallbearer (David Schwimmer) = Madagascar

A-31 Johnny Depp + B-11 Living (Bill NIghy) = Rango

A-20 John Goodman + B-14 Pootie Tang (Chris Rock) = Bee Movie

A-11 Derek Jacobi + B-45 You're a Big Boy Now (Elizabeth Hartman) = Secret of NIMH

A-12 Will Ferrell + B-39 Seven Years in Tibet (Brad Pitt) = Megamind

A-30 Ryan Reynolds + B-8 The Favourite (Emma Stone) = The Croods

A-41 Jamie Foxx + B-10 The Social Network (Jesse Eisenberg) = Rio

A-1 Mel Gibson + B-25 Dance with a Stranger (Miranda Richardson) = Chicken Run

A-36 Albert Brooks + B-32 EdTV (Ellen DeGeneres) = Finding Nemo

A-14 Craig T. Nelson + B-7 The Big Sick (Holly Hunter) = The Incredibles

A-45 Peter O'Toole + B-25 Dance with a Stranger (Ian Holm) = Ratatouille

A-36 Albert Brooks + B-14 Pootie Tang (Louis C.K.) = Secret Life of Pets

A-12 Will Ferrell + B-28 Best in Show (Eugene Levy) = Curious George

A-30 Ryan Reynolds + B-20 End of Watch (Michael Pena) = Turbo

A-4 Christopher Plummer + B-41 Daniel (Ed Asner) = Up

A-42 Robin Williams + B-37 The Greatest Showman (Hugh Jackman) = Happy Feet

A-13 Peter Ustinov + B-9 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (Terry-Thomas) = Robin Hood

A-42 Robin Williams + B-24 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Tim Curry) = Ferngully

A-50 Meryl Streep + B-26 Notting Hill (Julia Roberts) = The Ant Bully

A-16 Kenneth Mars + B-9 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (Buddy Hackett) = The Little Mermaid

A-33 Denis Leary + B-2 Glengarry Glen Ross (Kevin Spacey) = A Bug's Life

A-28 Steve Carell + B-16 Looper (Bruce Willis) = Over the Hedge

A-15 Benjamin Bratt + B-12 Scary Movie (Anna Faris) = Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

A-29 Ben Kingsley + B-40 The Pallbearer (Toni Collette) = Boxtrolls

A-31 Johnny Depp + B-13 A Room with a View (Helena Bonham Carter) = Corpse Bride

A-21 Hailee Steinfeld + B-49 Hidden Figures (Mahershala Ali) = Spider-Man

A-32 Roscoe Lee Browne + B-18 Big (Robert Loggia) = Oliver and Company

A-25 Channing Tatum + B-37 The Greatest Showman (Zendaya) = Smallfoot

A-42 Robin Williams + B-19 Ghost Town (Greg Kinnear) = Robots

A-26 Michael J. Fox + B-5 Sayonara (James Garner) = Atlantis: The Lost Empire

A-15 Benjamin Bratt + B-46 Blade Runner (Edward James Olmos) = Coco

A-8 Justin Timberlake + B-4 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Anna Kendrick) = Trolls

A-41 Jamie Foxx + B-17 What's Love Got to Do with It? (Angela Bassett) = Soul

A-48 Danny DeVito + B-37 The Greatest Showman (Zac Efron) = The Lorax

[jarnon]

This may be a stretch:

A-34 James Franco + B-26 Notting Hill (Alec Baldwin) = Arctic Dogs

A-50 Meryl Streep + B-35 Ray (Regina King) = The Ant Bully

[silverscreenselect]

A-40 Amy Poehler + B-32 EdTV (Woody Harrelson) = Free Birds

[Vandal]

What is left to do for this one?

[silverscreenselect]

What is left to do for this one?

There are a few matches left, but I'm pretty much reduced to looking up and trying to figure which matches Frank meant to include. I was hoping he would give us his answers before the puzzle disappeared for good.

[franktangredi]

What is left to do for this one?

There are a few matches left, but I'm pretty much reduced to looking up and trying to figure which matches Frank meant to include. I was hoping he would give us his answers before the puzzle disappeared for good.

Just say the word.

[silverscreenselect]

As far as I'm concerned, you can shelve this one. Again, I'd like to see Frank's solution to see what I missed.

Hopefully, the time people have been spending this last week poring over this puzzle they can now devote to my puzzle. Jack Webb seems to be the only person working on it right now.

[franktangredi]

As far as I'm concerned, you can shelve this one. Again, I'd like to see Frank's solution to see what I missed.

Hopefully, the time people have been spending this last week poring over this puzzle they can now devote to my puzzle. Jack Webb seems to be the only person working on it right now.

I'm hoping to have more time to get back next week. I'm insanely busy at work right now and I'll be away for the weekend.

Here are my answers to my game:

A-1. Mel Gibson + Linda Hunt (B-21. Dune) = Pocahontas
A-1. Mel Gibson + Miranda Richardson (B-25. Dance with a Stranger) = Chicken Run
A-2. Eddie Murphy + Cameron Diaz (B-29. Sex Tape) = Shrek
A-2. Eddie Murphy + BD Wong (B-39. Seven Years in Tibet) = Mulan
A-3. Ewan McGregor + Ricky Gervais (B-19. Ghost Town) = Valiant
A-3. Ewan McGregor + Christoph Waltz (B-27. Spectre) = Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
A-4. Christopher Plummer + Ed Asner (B-41. Daniel) = Up
A-4. Christopher Plummer + Nehemiah Persoff (B-47. Yentl) = An American Tail
A-5. Agnes Moorehead + Debbie Reynolds (B-30. Singin’ in the Rain) = Charlotte’s Web
A-6. Chris Sarandon + Catherine O’Hara (B-28. Best in Show) = The Nightmare Before Christmas
A-7. Eva Gabor + Scatman Crothers (B-6. The Shining) = The Aristocats
A-7. Eva Gabor + Geraldine Page (B-45. You’re a Big Boy Now) = The Rescuers
A-8. Justin Timberlake + Anna Kendrick (B-4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) = Trolls
A-9. Val Kilmer + Ralph Fiennes (B-27. Spectre) = Prince of Egypt
A-10. Angela Lansbury + Alan Arkin (B-2. Glengarry Glen Ross) = The Last Unicorn
A-10. Angela Lansbury + Meg Ryan (B-38. When Harry Met Sally) = Anastasia
A-10. Angela Lansbury + Jerry Orbach (B-42. Dirty Dancing) = Beauty and the Beast
A-11. Derek Jacobi + Elizabeth Hartman (B-45. You’re a Big Boy Now) = The Secret of NIMH
A-12. Will Ferrell + Morgan Freeman (B-44. Unforgiven) = The Lego Movie
A-12. Will Ferrell + Brad Pitt (B-39. Seven Years in Tibet) = Megamind
A-13. Peter Ustinov + Terry-Thomas (B-9. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm) = Robin Hood
A-14. Craig T. Nelson + Jason Lee (B-7. The Big Sick) = The Incredibles
A-15. Benjamin Bratt + Anna Faris (B-12. Scary Movie) = Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
A-15. Benjamin Bratt + Edward James Olmos (B-46. Blade Runner) = Coco
A-16. Kenneth Mars + Buddy Hackett (B-9. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm) = The Little Mermaid
A-17. Idris Elba + Octavia Spencer (B-49. Hidden Figures) = Zootopia
A-18. Mickey Rooney + Ethel Merman (B-15. Anything Goes) = Journey Back to Oz
A-18. Mickey Rooney + Pearl Bailey (B-35. St. Louis Blues) = The Fox and the Hound
A-19. Angelina Jolie + Dustin Hoffman (B-1. Midnight Cowboy) = Kung Fu Panda
A-19. Angelina Jolie + Robert DeNiro (B-33. Once Upon a Time in America) = Shark Tale
A-20. John Goodman + Anika Noni Rose (B-3. Dreamgirls) = The Princess and the Frog
A-20. John Goodman + Eartha Kitt (B-35. St. Louis Blues) = The Emperor’s New Groove
A-20. John Goodman + Billy Crystal (B-38. When Harry Met Sally) = Monsters, Inc.
A-20. John Goodman + Chris Rock (B-14. Pootie Tang) = Bee Movie
A-21. Hailee Steinfeld + Mahershala Ali (B-49. Hidden Figures) = Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A-22. Emily Blunt + Maggie Smith (B-13. A Room with a View) = Gnomeo and Juliet
A-23. Sebastian Cabot + George Sanders (B-50. All About Eve) = The Jungle Book
A-24. America Ferrera + Gerard Butler (B-34. 300) = How to Train Your Dragon
A-25. John C. Reilly + Jane Lynch (B-28. Best in Show) = Wreck-It Ralph
A-25. John C. Reilly + Matthew McConaughey (B-32. EDtv) = Sing
A-26. Michael J. Fox + James Garner (B-5. Sayonara) = Atlantis: The Lost Empire
A-27. Chris Rock + David Schwimmer (B-40. The Pallbearer) = Madagascar
A-28. Steve Carell + Bruce Willis (B-16. Looper) = Over the Hedge
A-28. Steve Carell + Jason Segel (B-29. Sex Tape) = Despicable Me
A-29. Ben Kingsley + Toni Collette (B-40. The Pallbearer) = The Boxtrolls
A-30. Ryan Reynolds + Emma Stone (B-8. The Favourite) = The Croods
A-30. Ryan Reynolds + Michael Peña (B-20. End of Watch) = Turbo
A-31. Johnny Depp + Bill Nighy (B-11. Living) = Rango
A-31. Johnny Depp + Helena Bonham-Carter (B-13. A Room with a View) = Corpse Bride
A-32. Roscoe Lee Browne + Joseph Gordon-Levitt (B-16. Looper) = Treasure Planet
A-32. Roscoe Lee Browne + Robert Loggia (B-18. Big) = Oliver & Co.
A-33. Denis Leary + Kevin Spacey (B-2. Glengarry Glen Ross) = A Bug’s Life
A-33. Denis Leary + Ray Romano (B-7. The Big Sick) = Ice Age
A-34. James Franco + Michael Cera (B-4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) = Sausage Party
A-35. Demi Moore + Tom Hulce (B-48. Amadeus) = The Hunchback of Notre Dame
A-36. Albert Brooks + Ellen DeGeneres (B-32. EDtv) = Finding Nemo
A-37. Vin Diesel + Jennifer Aniston (B-22. Leprechaun) = The Iron Giant
A-38. Jim Varney + Tom Hanks (B-18. Big) = Toy Story
A-39. James Earl Jones + Jeremy Irons (B-43. Reversal of Fortune) = The Lion King
A-40. Amy Poehler + Kyle MacLachlan (B-21. Dune) = Inside Out
A-41. Jamie Foxx + Jesse Eisenberg (B-10. The Social Network) = Rio
A-41. Jamie Foxx + Angela Bassett (B-17. What’s Love Got to Do with It?) = Soul
A-42. Robin Williams + Tim Curry (B-24. The Rocky Horror Picture Show) = FernGully: The Last Rainforest
A-42. Robin Williams + Gilbert Gottfried (B-36. Problem Child) = Aladdin
A-42. Robin Williams + Hugh Jackman (B-37. The Greatest Showman) = Happy Feet
A-43. Basil Rathbone + Bing Crosby (B-15. Anything Goes) = The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
A-44. Woody Allen + Gene Hackman (B-44. Unforgiven) = Antz
A-45. Peter O’Toole + Ian Holm (B-25. Dance with a Stranger) = Ratatouille
A-46. Richard Haydn + Ed Wynn (B-23. The Diary of Anne Frank) = Alice in Wonderland
A-47. Tony Goldwyn + Glenn Close (B-43. Reversal of Fortune) = Tarzan
A-48. Danny DeVito + James Woods (B-33. Once Upon a Time in America) = Hercules
A-48. Danny DeVito + Zac Efron (B-37. The Greatest Showman) = The Lorax
A-49. Judy Garland + Red Buttons (B-5. Sayonara) = Gay Purr-ee
A-50. Meryl Streep + Julia Roberts (B-26. Notting Hill) = The Ant Bully
A-50. Meryl Streep + George Clooney (B-31. Gravity) = Fantastic Mr. Fox

[silverscreenselect]

A-12. Will Ferrell + Morgan Freeman (B-44. Unforgiven) = The Lego Movie

Thanks for posting the game Frank. I got lost with all the possibilities here.

One point I would make, though. The Lego Movie is part live action. At the end, it's revealed that the animated portion is the world within a world and that the villainous Will Ferrell is actually the boy's father.