Connect the movies

[Bekah]

You know, I fell to thinking after reading something in another thread...and I realized that I can connect any movie I think of in some (usually remote) way to LOTR.

So, give me a movie, any movie, and I'll try to connect it for you.

For instance, 'Anna and the King'.

Tom Felton plays in Anna and the King. He also plays in Harry Potter.

Richard Harris played (well, in PS/SS and CoS, in any case) in the HP movies. He also played in Gladiator.

Russell Crowe plays in Gladiator, and he also plays in Master and Commander.

Guess who's in Master and Commander? Billy Boyd, who plays in...LOTR.

Now give me a movie and I'll try to connect it for you. Or you could do one yourselves.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Vilyon]

bet you can't connect "Kung Pow" to LOTR.

[Evisse the Blue]

This kind of game usually has a number of 'degrees of spearation', that is, how many actors in between you can use. because with an unlimited number of actors, you'll finally get to someone from LOTR.

After you're done with Vilyon's challenge, here's another one: Amelie. :smokin: (hey - where's the evil smiley??)

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Ack! Must it involve only actors? I was going for the extremely cheap selection of linking Amelie with Johnny Depp (because he lives in France....geddit? I know, its pathetic from me! :rolleyes: ) then onto Orlando Bloom and Pirates of the Caribbean.

I couldn't even dream of linking Kung Pow to it. I just wanted to get one of them out of the way so I could dare someone to connect Braddock 3: Missing In Action to the Rings.

"Now Braddock, you will die."

"Never!"

*massive explosion*

Happy Ending (U-S-A! U-S-A!)


You could, of course, simply link The Lord Of The Rings movies to every other Hollywood blockbuster sort, by virtue of lots of action and simplified relationships.

[Miriel Undomiel]

This is so fun! You didn't by any chanse get this idea from my post in the 'You Know You're Obcessed With LotR When...'-thread? :rolleyes:
Just curious...

As for Kung Pow: that's too easy!
Steve Oedekerk did the screenplay for Bruce Almighty. Jim Carrey plays Bruce, and in Eternal Sunshine of the Spottless Mind he plays Joel Barish. And guess which LotR-character that plays in Eternal-Spottless-Sunshine-thingy! Elijah Wood!!!

And I've got another version of Anna and the King:
Anna and the King -> Tom Felton -> Harry Potter -> Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) -> From Hell -> Ian Holm!

OR...

Anna and the King -> Jodie Foster -> Panic Room -> Jared Leto -> Requiem for a Dream -> Jennifer Connelly -> Hulk -> Eric Bana -> Troy -> Orlando Bloom -> Lord of the Rings!

Wow, that was a long one... :rolleyes:

Next...? :smokin:

[The Saucepan Man]

How about This is Spinal Tap? :p :D

[Nimrothiel]

When you're done with "Spinal Tap" how about "Yellow Submarine?" :D

[The Saucepan Man]

how about "Yellow Submarine?

Easy! The Beatles featured in both "Yellow Submarine" and "Help!". Roy Kinnear featured in "Help!", and also in a film called "Taste the Blood of Dracula", in which Dracula was, of course, played by Christopher Lee. :p

I have a feeling that Christopher Lee could be a key figure in this game. :D

[Amanaduial the archer]

Ian Mckellan is the same - the man's been in that many films he's now a Knight of the British Empire; that has to count for something in this game! ;)

[Miriel Undomiel]

Spinal Trap:
Rob Reiner -> The Majestic -> Martin Landau -> Sleepy Hollow -> Christopher Lee -> LotR...

And I haven't even seen the movie!

You're right, mr. Saucepan Man. Christopher Lee is a key figure in this game!

[Bekah]

As for Kung Pow: that's too easy!
Steve Oedekerk did the screenplay for Bruce Almighty. Jim Carrey plays Bruce, and in Eternal Sunshine of the Spottless Mind he plays Joel Barish. And guess which LotR-character that plays in Eternal-Spottless-Sunshine-thingy! Elijah Wood!!!


Or...go to Bruce Almighty, and then: Jennifer Aniston plays Grace, and also plays in Along Came Polly, with Alec Baldwin as Stan Indursky, who plays in Beetlejuice with Winona Ryder as Lydia, who plays in Edward Scissorhands with Johnny Depp, who plays in POTC with Orlando Bloom....

A lot more complicated, but there you go.

I didn't expect this thread to catch on so quickly. I'll try to do that other movie someone suggested when I find time.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[The Saucepan Man]

Spinal Tap:
Rob Reiner -> The Majestic -> Martin Landau -> Sleepy Hollow -> Christopher Lee -> LotR... Bravo! :D

And I found a better connection for "Yellow Submarine". Bernard Hill (aka Theoden) played John Lennon in a 1985 BBC1 dramatisation called "A Journey in the Life". :smokin:

[The Perky Ent]

Here's one! Connect The Matrix...without using Hugo Weaving!

[Imladris]

Barrie M. Osbourne >Matrix > LotR.

Executive producer of the Matrix, producer of LotR

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Try Reservoir Dogs.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Oh, I know this (though I haven't seen the film).
Reservoir Dogs: Chris Penn -> Starsky & Hutch: Owen Wilson -> Armageddon: Liv Tyler -> LOTR!

What about the Sound of the Music?

[The Saucepan Man]

What about the Sound of the Music? The Sound of Music -> Christopher Plummer -> Hannover Street -> Harrison Ford -> Star Wars -> (George Lucas ->) Attack of the Clones -> Christopher Lee. :cool:

Or, better still, and without Christopher Lee:

The Sound of Music -> Christopher Plummer -> Hannover Street -> Harrison Ford -> Raiders of the Lost Ark -> John Rhys-Davies :smokin:

[Sleeping Beauty]

I have one for you guys, To Kill A Mocking Bird. ;)

[Maeggaladiel]

Okay, To Kill a Mockingbird....

Do you have to use actors? Cuz if not, then I've got this baby covered.

AHEM.

TO Kill a Mockingbird has nothing to do with birds. Alfred Hitchcock's THE BIRDS had EVERYTHING to do with birds. Birds fly south for the winter. South is a direction. East is a direction. People from the east are Easterlings. Easterlings were in LOTR!! YAY!!

That had nothing to do with actors. So sue me. *pales as thousands of BD-ers grab telephone books and call their lawyers.* Ulp!

If you'll let me suggest a movie after that fiasco, then try Hamlet to LOTR. (Going for the classics!)

MAEG!

[The Saucepan Man]

Do you have to use actors? No, but ...


TO Kill a Mockingbird has nothing to do with birds. rather defeats the point. After all, it has nothing to do with Hobbits either. Presto! :rolleyes: :D


If you'll let me suggest a movie after that fiasco, then try Hamlet to LOTR. Too easy, I'm afraid. Sir Ian McKellen played Hamlet on stage in 1971. :p

Anyone care to try "Jules et Jim"?

[Amanaduial the archer]

To Kill a Mockingbird had a theme of lost innocence, the same as LotR? I don't know...

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

It also involved the use of cameras, just like LotR. :p

I think we will have to stick with actors and particulars to do with them.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

I find google very useful :)
Jules et Jim: Oskar Werner -> Voyage of the Damned: Lee Grant -> Mulholland Dr: Naomi Watts -> King Kong (or is going to be): PJ (!) -> LOTR

[Bekah]

Hmm...I think we ought to do this only with movies that have been completed...

So we have to do Amelie - I think that was the title of the movie someone suggested near the start of this thread (post 3) - and To Kill a Mockingbird, and Jules et Jim. Very nice try, though, dancing spawn of ungoliant .

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[The Saucepan Man]

OK, I can do Amelie and To Kill A Mockingbird with only one intervening film in each:

Amelie -> Mathieu Kassovitz -> The Fifth Element -> Ian Holm -> LotR

To Kill A Mockingbird -> Robert Duvall -> Deep Impact -> Elijah Wood -> LotR

But can anyone do Jules et Jim in less than this:

Jules et Jim -> Francois Truffaut -> Close Encounters of the Third Kind -> Steven Spielberg -> Raiders of the Lost Ark -> John Rhys-Davies -> LotR?

Ah, IMDb is a wonderful thing. ;)

[Lhundulinwen]

Here's a really really easy one if you just go by actors. Forgive me, I am young and didn't know this connection existed till last week.

McCully Culkin (sp?) to LOTR.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

I think we ought to do this only with movies that have been completed...
Oh, sorry...ok.

Jules et Jim: Oskar Werner -> Voyage of the Damned: Lee Grant -> Mulholland Dr: Naomi Watts -> Ned Kelly: Orlando Bloom -> LotR
(though Saucepan's version was shorter)

[Bekah]

Oh, sorry...ok.

Hey, don't worry about it. I didn't specify that in the beginning, so how could you have known? ;)

Brilliant, Saucepan Man.

Now we need a new movie...hmm...

How about Princess Bride?

And if anyone's curious, you can do one for Willow with Warwick Davis playing Flitwick in HP and then referring to my 'Anna and the King' one.

Actually, the original The King and I can be connected to LOTR via Julie Andrews, to Sound of Music, to the path that someone else figured out earlier.

And as to connections: cast and crew only.

Here's a really really easy one if you just go by actors. Forgive me, I am young and didn't know this connection existed till last week.

McCully Culkin (sp?) to LOTR.

If the connections are extremely easy I would suggest you supply them yourself as a fun example. Try suggesting movies that would prove a challenge to find a link. :)

Maybe we should limit the number of connections....after all, eventually I daresay everything could be connected to LOTR. :p

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

No-one has done Braddock yet.....

:p

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Princess Bride: Peter Cook -> Black Beauty: Sean Bean -> LotR

Are we going to limit the number of the connections? And what would be appropriate amount for that?

[Amanaduial the archer]

How about six? Six degrees of seperation?

[Meneltarmacil]

The Sound of Music -> Christopher Plummer -> Hannover Street -> Harrison Ford -> Star Wars -> (George Lucas ->) Attack of the Clones -> Christopher Lee.

Another variation wiould be:

The Sound of Music -> Christopher Plummer -> The Man Who Would Be King-> Sean Connery-> Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade -> John Rhys-Davies-> LOTR

Can anybody connect Spider-Man to LOTR???

[The Saucepan Man]

Can anybody connect Spider-Man to LOTR??? Now that's an easy one:

Spider-Man -> Kirsten Dunst -> Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -> Elijah Wood -> LotR


No-one has done Braddock yet..... I assume that you mean the Chuck Norris film. More difficult, but:

Braddock: Missing in Action -> Chuck Norris -> Firewalker -> John Rhys-Davies -> LotR

6 Degrees of Separation, eh? That rings a bell. ;) That should include both the films and the actors, since it seems to me that most of these connections can be made using no more than two films between the starting point and LotR.

So, how about Metropolis (that's the 1927 Fritz Lang-directed one)?

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Wonderful Saucepan! I didn't think anyone could do it but you are indeed proving to be something of a master at this game. :D

I was indeed talking about the Chuck Norris films, which I rank up there as among the funniest films ever (though they're not intentionally funny).

[Bekah]

Okay. Here we go...

Metropolis > Fritz Lang > Human Desire > Glenn Ford > Superman > Marlon Brando > Godfather Trilogy > Al Pacino > Insomnia > Hilary Swank > Affair of the Necklace > Jonathon Pryce > POTC > Orlando Bloom > LOTR.

Very long, I'll admit, but if anyone can do better they're welcome to try...

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Sleeping Beauty]

wow....Bravo Bekah. That was good. :) SaucepanMan is excellent as usual. :)

How about Roman Holiday(1953)?

[Bekah]

*Ahem*

Roman Holiday - the basis for a POTC fic entitled 'Caribbean Holiday' which has since been taken down off www.fanfiction.net...*trails off*

Now, seriously....Roman Holiday stars Gregory Peck, who's in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

Saucepan Man connected that....

To Kill A Mockingbird -> Robert Duvall -> Deep Impact -> Elijah Wood -> LotR

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Etharius]

try and connect...X-Men.

[The Saucepan Man]

Very long, I'll admit, but if anyone can do better they're welcome to try... OK then. How about:

Metropolis -> Fritz Lang -> While The City Sleeps -> Vincent Price -> Scream and Scream Again -> Christopher Lee -> LotR

(Christopher Lee is essential for the older films. ;) )


try and connect...X-Men. Er ... X-Men -> Ian McKellen -> LotR :rolleyes: :D

[Incanus]

try and connect...X-Men.

Or...

X-Men > Hugh Jackman > Van Helsing > David Wenham > LOTR

[Etharius]

ha ha. ok...Ill shut up now. :o

[Amanaduial the archer]

Ok, how about an animated one: LotR to Toy Story?

[nynnd1]

I'm a bit new to this but didn't Walt Disney produce Toy Story and POTC, if so

Toy Story->Disney->POTC->Orlando Bloom->LOTR

Not to sure if thats good enough but it's a first try.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

I found another one for Toy Story:
Toy Story > Tom Hanks > Radio Flyer > Elijah Wood > LotR

I think that Toy Story was a bit tricky so here's another animated one: the Beauty and the Beast (and don't use Disney this time :) )

[Bekah]

Yes...I'm afraid the rule is only cast and crew, not production companies or anything else.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Evisse the Blue]

Try connecting Tarkovsky's Stalker to LOTR. Go on, try, I dare you. :D

[The Saucepan Man]

Actually, I found Beauty and the Beast quite a difficult one, and had to resort to Christopher Lee:


Beauty and the Beast -> Angela Lansbury -> The Last Unicorn -> Christopher Lee -> LotRAs for your challenge, Evisse, how about:


The Stalker -> Aleksandr Kajdanovsky -> Büvös vadász -> Sadie Frost -> Bent -> Ian McKellen -> LotRor even:


The Stalker -> Aleksandr Kajdanovsky -> Büvös vadász -> Sadie Frost -> Shopping -> Sean Bean -> LotR :p :D

Edit: And, for another challenge, how about Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander?

[Lhundulinwen]

Ok, here's one- The Shinning to LOTR
or Pochahontas (animated version) to LOTR

[The Saucepan Man]

... and do it like this:


The Shining -> Shelley Duvall -> Time Bandits -> Ian Holm -> LotR :rolleyes: ;)

As for Pocahontas, how about:


Pocahontas -> Mel Gibson -> Mad Max 2 -> Bruce Spence -> LotR Or, if we are excluding actors who aren't in the theatrical releases of the LotR films (Bruce Spence plays the Mouth of Sauron), then there's:


Pocahontas -> Christian Bale -> Equilibrium -> Sean Bean -> LotR Now, anyone care to have a go at Fanny and Alexander? :p

[Meneltarmacil]

Another variation:

The Shining -> Jack Nicholson -> Something's Gotta Give -> Keanu Reeves -> The Matrix -> Hugo Weaving -> LOTR

[Miriel Undomiel]

Metropolis > Fritz Lang > Human Desire > Glenn Ford > Superman > Marlon Brando > Godfather Trilogy > Al Pacino > Insomnia > Hilary Swank > Affair of the Necklace > Jonathon Pryce > POTC > Orlando Bloom > LOTR.

OR....

Metropolis > Fritz Lang > Human Desire > Glenn Ford > Superman > Marlon Brando > Don Juan DeMarco > Johnny Depp....
and we all know that he is connected to MANY of the LotR actors: Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood and so on... (even Howard Shore in Ed Wood)

[The Saucepan Man]

I think that Bekah did narrow it down to cast and crew. But anyway, it was not meant as a reproach, Lammoth. :D

And congatulations for solving Fanny and Alexander in only 6 moves. Very impressive. :)

Next up: Un Chien Andalou. :smokin:

[Evisse the Blue]

Ok, I'll bite:
(turns out it was easier than I thought, just like my previous challenge!)
Salvador Dali -->Father of the Bride(designer for this one, believe it or not) -->Elizabeth Taylor -->Peter O'Toole (Under Milk Wood) -->Sean Bean or Orlando Bloom (take your pick :p )
or if you consider Troy not yet released (but still very soon to come):
Liz Taylor -->Paul Newman -->Kevin Costner (Message in a bottle)-->Elijah Wood (The War).

[The Saucepan Man]

Well done Evisse. :)

But, if soundtracks are allowed, this is quicker:


Un Chien Andalou -> Wagner's Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde -> 76th Annual Academy Awards -> LotR The music was both the score for Un Chien Andalou and the Katharine Hepburn Memorial at this years's Oscars, at which RotK cleaned up. :) :p

[Beanamir of Gondor]

Ah yes, Saucepan, you win with Metropolis, but Bekah, even if you had gotten to Al Pacino the same way, you could have skipped two steps and gone straight to Johnny Depp and POTC by using Donnie Brasco.

Da-da-da-daaaa! for JD fans.

[Bekah]

So I could. And hooray for JD fans.

Anyway, I'm very busy, but I hope everyone else will continue to enjoy themselves on this thread.

Cheers,

~ Elentari II

[Ainaserkewen]

Great thread, very enjoyable to follow...but hold on a second.
Beauty and the Beast -> Angela Lansbury -> The Last Unicorn -> Christopher Lee -> LotR
Christopher Lee is in the Last Unicorn? As what?! Or who actually. I'm so ignorant of my own favourite movies. Only recently have I actually started to pay attention to the people who are in them.

Oh, and I wonder how LOTR will link to "12 Angry Men"

[Morsul the Dark]

jack lemon won an oscar as did peter jackson for directing lotr

[Bekah]

Hi everyone, I thought I'd bump this thread up and see if anyone would like to have another go at this. There's a movie link that no one solved...

I know you're not supposed to bump threads, but it's been four years (and about two since I even visited Barrowdowns briefly).

[Beanamir of Gondor]

Wow, coincidence! I was seriously just browsing this thread earlier and wondering if I could maybe... bump it. :D Go Bekah!
So now I'll jump back in.

Oh, and I wonder how LOTR will link to "12 Angry Men."

"12 Angry Men" Peter Fonda -> "On Golden Pond" Katharine Hepburn -> "The Lion in Winter" Timothy Dalton -> "Scarlett" Sean Bean

Haha. You knew I'd work in the Bean somehow.
What about 10th Kingdom, that venerable Hallmark series?

[Bekah]

Well, I started this thread. I wanted to see how it was getting along. Not very well, it seems. :D But maybe there'll be new interest in it.

The photo in my avatar is now about five years out of date, but I can't remember how to fix it and there aren't any pictures on the computer I'm using anyway. Oh well.

Anyway. Tenth Kingdom.

Kimberly Williams (or Williams-Paisley) played Virginia Lewis in 10th Kingdom --> played Annie Banks in Father of the Bride with Martin Short (the wedding planner) --> who also played in Merlin as Frick, along with Helena Bonham Carter (Morgan LeFay) --> who then played with Johnny Depp in Sweeny Todd --> (you can see where this is going now) who played alongside Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean. And Orlando Bloom, obviously, is Legolas.

[Bekah]

OR...Martin Short also played with Jason Done (Mordred) in Merlin, who then played with Juliette Binoche in The English Patient, who played with Johnny Depp in Chocolat - but that takes it one step further and the object of the game is to do it in as few steps as possible...

I've found a quicker one now. Dianne Wiest plays the Wicked Queen in 10th Kingdom, but earlier played Peg in Edward Scissorhands which starred Johnny Depp (again). And Johnny Depp was in POTC with Orlando Bloom.

So that's one two three steps. Yay, go me. :D