IMDB Top 10 Movie Linkage Game
 

EDIT: I've changed the rules slightly at Charlatan's suggestion. Now the top 10 movie which is to be linked to is also specified as part of the challenge.
Also only connections that are listed on imdb are allowed.



We start with a person listed on imdb.com and a movie which is one of the top 10 rated movies. The challenge is then to link the person to the movie, via other movies and people which are linked on imdb.

E.g. If the challenge was "Joel Coen and The Shawshank Redemption", you might post:

Joel Coen directed 'The Hudsucker Proxy'
'The Hudsucker Proxy' starred Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins starred in 'The Shawshank Redemption'
'The Shawshank Redemption' is rated #2 in the top 10.

Like the other games in nonsense, after you post a solution, you post a new movie/person.

The only legal links are those on imdb.com. After a solution is posted it should be possible to start at the person on imdb and click your way through the specified links to the movie.

For reference the top 10 movies are:
1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
5. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. Casablanca (1942)
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10. Star Wars (1977)

Ok. We'll start with a rather challenging one. Connect Uwe Boll to a top 10 movie.

(BTW: I was initally skeptical as to whether it was actually possible to do it with 'Uwe Boll'. I did it. So it is possible. Just in case you were worried! ;))

Uwe Boll directed Blood Rayne, which co-starred Meat Loaf, who costarred in Rocky Horror Picture Show, which costarred Susan Sarandon, who lives with Tim Robbins, who starred in Shawshank Redmption.

National Lampoon's 'Vacation'

Chevy CHase was in Vacation with Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis was in Christmas Vacation with EG Marshall
EG Marshall was in The left hand of God with Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart was in Casablanca

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand was in Somethings Gotta Give with Jack Nicholson.
Jack Nicholson was in A Few Good Men with Demi Moore.
Demi Moore was in GI Jane with Viggo Mortensen.
Viggo Mortensen was in Lord of the Rings: Return of the Kings.

Next up: Robin Williams.

Heh, I can do that one in two:

Ron Williams starred opposite Al Pacino in Insomnia.
Al Pacino was in the Godfather 1 and 2.

Next up: Jim Carrey

D'oh! I had a feeling that one might be too easy.

Easy Peasy

Jim Carey was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind with Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood was in Lord of the Rings: THe Return of the King

Rita Hayworth

I'll take this one....and I'll try to make it challenging for myself.
Rita to Samurai.....
Rite Hayworth was in The Lady from Shanghai with Orson Welles (one of my favorites). Orson Welles played Le Chiffre in the Casino Royale spoof by Woody Allen. Woody Allen directed Melinda and Melinda with Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell was SNL with Rob Schneider (I really wanted him to be in here somewhere). Rob Schneider was in Judge Dredd with Armand Assante. Armand Assante was in "Prophecy", driected by John Frankenheimer. John Frankenheimer directed a movie called "Challenge" (1982), in which the instructor was played by Yoshio Inaba....who was Gorobei Katayama in Shichinin no samurai.

I've got one for you. Connect Star Trek the motion Picture with one of the top 10 movies.....

Easy one.
Stephen Collins was in Star Trek the Motion Picture. He played Diane Keaton's husband in First Wives Club, Diane Keaton was in both Godfather movies.

Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett to Star Wars then.

The beautiful and talented Farrah Fawcett...was in Dr. T and the Women with Richard Gere. Richard Gere was in Unfaithful with Diane Lane. Diane Lane was in Judge Dredd with Rob Schneider (I think I'll put him in all my linkages). Rob Schneider was on SNL with Will Ferril, who stared next to none other than Mark Hamill in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back....and Mark Hamill was Luke Skywalker in episodes 4-6 of Star Wars.

Farrah Fawcett to TLOTR: The Return of the King

Farrah Fawcett was in The Cannonball Run with Burt Reynolds, who was in The Longest Yard remake with Adam Sandler. Sandler starred with Rob Schneider in (hundreds of films). Rob Schneider was in the Hot Chick as Rachel McAdams. McAdams was in Red Eye with Brian Cox (another of my favorites),who was in Bourne Supremacy with Karl Urban....who played Eomer in the Second and third LOTR movies.

Let's try something different....

From Justin to Kelly

From Justin to Kelly was directed by Robert Iscove who also directed She's All That which featured Kevin Pollack who was in the Usual Suspects with Kevin Spacey, who starred in The Negotiator with Samuel L. Jackson who also starred in Pulp Fiction.

Okay, let's go back a few years and give Jimmy Stewart a shot.

Judging on how quickly JumpinJesus did that one, I suspect that none of these will be impossible.

Alright, James Stewart. JS was in It's a Rear Window, which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcokcs last work, Family Plot, featured William Devane. William Devane was in Hollow Man with Kevin Bacon (didn't this game used to be called six degrees of Kevin Bacon? Of well). Bacon was in Beauty Shop with Queen Latifa, who was in Taxi (the American remake) with Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy was on SNL with Rob Schneider. Schneider was in Eight Crazy Nights with Tyra Banks (she was a voice talent). Tyra was in Coyote Ugly with John Goodman, who was in King Ralph with Peter O'Tool. P dog was in Troy with Orlando Bloom. But TLOTR is too easy, so Orlando was in Kingdom of Heaven with Liam Neeson...who was Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List.

Next person or movie to connect: Konstantin Khabensky of NightWatch fame.

Konstantin Khabensky did a voice for the movie, Madagascar, which starred Jada Pinkett Smith, who is married to Will Smith, who starred in Six Degrees of Separation(hehe), which costarred Donald Sutherland, who was is a movie called Lord of the War, which starred Nicholas Cage, who is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppolla, who directed the Godfather movies.

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles was in Judgement Day with Coolio
Coolio played abanker in Batman and Robin in which Uma Thurman played Poison Ivy
Uma Thurman played Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction


How about Stephanie Courtney

Stephanie Courtney guested in ER
which starred Anthony Edwards
Who was in Top Gun
Which co-starred Tim Robbins
Who starred in Shawshank Redemption


Alan Thicke

Okay, I'm going to attempt this without the help of imdb.

Alan Thicke starred in the television series Growing Pains. Leonardo DiCaprio had a recurring role in Growing Pains. Leonardo DiCaprio starred in none other than Titanic with Kate Winslet who was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Elijah Wood who starred in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.


How about William Hurt?

William Hurt was in Changing Lanes, which starred Samuel L. Jackson, who also starred in Pulp Fiction.

Matthew McConaughey

Did someone say Matthew McConaughey?

He was in A Time to Kill with Samuel L. Jackson. The rest is stated in the preceding post (Samuel L. Jackson was in Pulp Fiction which is #8) ;)

Since that was so easy, let's take a different path. Matthew McConaughey was in Amistad which was directed by Steven Spielberg who also directed Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which was partly written by George Lucas who also wrote and directed Star Wars (#10).

No one said it had to be American actors, so for a little challenge (and, actually, it's pretty easy if you know how to start)....

Eduardo Noriega

Eduardo Noriega starred in Che Guevera which also starred Sonia Braga
who guested on CSI with David Caruso
who costarred in Mad Dog and Glory with Robert deNiro who starred
in GodfatherII


Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman
Paul Newman starred in Road to Perdition with Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks starred in The Green Mile directed by Frank Darabont
Frank Darabont directed The Shawshank Redemption

Sam Elliott

Elizabeteh Taylor was married to Eddie Fisher, Carrie Fisher's Dad. Carrie Fisher was in Star Wars 4,5,6

EDIT: Sam Elliot was in Gettysburg with Martin Sheen, who was in Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola directed the Godfather films.

The director: Seijun Suzuki

(Its interesting to see the different paths people take....we took completely two dif paths for Taylor and you took a completely dif one from the one I came up with for Elliott lol)

Seijun Suzuki directed 'Pisutoru opera' starring Makiko Esumi, who voice acted in 'Dinosaur', directed by Eric Leighton, who was the animation supervisor on 'Nightmare Before Christmas', directed by Tim Burton, who also directed Mars Attacks which featured Pam Grier who starred in Jackie Brown, which was directed by Quentin Tarrantino who also directed Pulp Fiction.

Wow, that was one hell of a round trip! :lol:

Next up Bruce Campbell

Bruce Campbell was in Husucker Proxy with Tim Robbins. Tim Robbins starred in The Shawshank Redemption.

The singer/actress: Bjork

Bjork sang the closing theme for Being John Malkovich with John Cusak
John Cusak was in Runaway Jury with Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman was in Posiden Adventure with Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters was in Gideon (one of my fav chris lambert movies) with Chalrton Heston
Charlton Heston was in Hamlet with Kate Winselt
Kate Winslet was in Quills with Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush was in Pirates of the Caribbean with Keira Knightly
Keira was in Love actually with Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson was in Schindlers list


Phillip Seymore Hoffman

Philip Seymore Hoffman will be in Mission Impossible III with Ving Rhames who was in Pulp Fiction.



Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was in Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn. Audrey Hepburn was in Always, directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg directed Shindler's List.


Elisha Cook Jr. This one can be done in one move...

He was in the Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart
Bogart was in Casablanca

Is that 2 steps or 1?


Vanessa Paradis
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I'd call that one step (If the actor was in one of the films it would be no steps).

Vanessa Paradis is married to Johnny Depp. Depp was in Once Upon a Time in Mexico directed by Robert Rodriquez. Rodriquez has worked on tons of stuff with Quentin Tarrantino. Tarrantino did Pulp Fiction.


French superstar: Jean Gabin (he's sort of the Humphrey Bogart of French Cinema)

Jean Gabin is sort of the Humphrey Bogart of French Cinema.
Bogart was in Casablanca

Next: Charlatan

Charlatan was a movie directed by Scott Ivers who was born 10 October. 10 October was the date that Yul Brynner died. Yul Brynner was in "the Magic Christian" http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/67/90/70m.jpg where he played a "Transvestite cabaret singer" which is exactly the role that Cillian Murphy plays in "Breakfast on Pluto" http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/47/37/79m.jpg. Cillian Murphy was in "Batman Begins" http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/28/22/99m.jpg with Liam Neeson. Liam Neeson played a gay cowboy in "Schindlers List" http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/27/86/26m.jpg

Any questions?

CarrotTop http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/34/95/12m.jpg

I'll go an odd route from Carrot top to... Lord of the Rings..

Carrot top was in Chairman of the Board which had an appearnce from Butterbean
Butterbean made an appearance in the Jackass movie with Bam Margera
Bam Margera made an appearance in Grind with Mike Vogel
Mike Vogel was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003) with R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey was in Frighteners, Directed by.. Peter Jackson.

Let's try..
Hulk Hogan

Hulk was in No Holds barred with Jesse Ventura
Jesse was in the running man with Arnold Schwartenegger
Ahnald was in The last Action hero with F murray abraham
Murray was in Scarface with Al pacino
Al was in the godfather

Julia Roberts

Cheater...

Jean Gabin was in La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion) directed by Jean Renoir. Renoir directed La Regle du jue (The Rules of the Game) starring Marcel Dalio. Dalio starred in To Have and To Have Not with Humprey Bogart. Bogart was in Casablanca!

Julia Roberts was in Hook directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg did Schindler's List.


E. Annie Proulx

Charlatan I though that you would enjoy that.


E. Annie Proulx wrote the Novel upon which the Movie The Shipping News was based.
The Shipping News starred Cate Blanchette.
Blanchette was in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with people who were in Lord of The Rings: Return of the King.

Jenna Jameson

Let's go with good connections not that friend of a cousin stuff.

Jenna Jameson made an appearance on the TV series, "Turn Ben Stein On". Ben Stein was in Honeymoon in Vegas with Nicholas Cage. Cage is Francis Ford Coppola's nephew. Coppola directed the Godfather movies.

Eight is Enough heartthrob Willie Aames.

Willie Aemes was in an episode of The Odd Couple, which stared Tony Randall. Tony was in Fatal Instinct with Armand Assante. He was in Striptease with Demi Moore. Moore was in G.I. Jane with Viggo Mortensen, who was Aragorn in TLOTR.

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney was in Con Air with Nicholas Cage. Cage is Francis Ford Coppola's nephew. Coppola directed the Godfather movies.

Dick Van Patten

Uh oh, we're in a time warp!!!

I think we need to change the rules.

I propose that the rules be that we name an actor and the film in the top ten to which we would like to see the link made.

For Example:

I post:
Willie Aames -- Lord of the Rings

Willravel's anwser would be:
Willie Aemes was in an episode of The Odd Couple, which stared Tony Randall. Tony was in Fatal Instinct with Armand Assante. He was in Striptease with Demi Moore. Moore was in G.I. Jane with Viggo Mortensen, who was Aragorn in TLOTR.


I could also have posted, Willie Aames -- The Godfather. I think this might make the game a little more interesting and perhaps a little tougher.

What do you guys think?