Six Degrees of Star Wars

OK, something new to waste time, but very simple . . .

Take a movie, then choose any actor/actress in it (let's avoid directors, producers, etc) and connect them to someone in a Star Wars movie in six movies or less. It's not a contest, so either be as concise as you want, or be creative and use all six to show off your movie knowledge!

For example, the movie is Big Trouble in Little China.

1. Kurt Russell was in Big Trouble in Little China and he was in Executive Decision with Steven Seagal.

2. Steven Seagal was in Under Siege with Tommy Lee Jones.

3. Tommy Lee Jones was in The Fugitive with Harrison Ford who was in Star Wars.

Ta-Daaa! Now you get the idea. After you've made your connection, name another movie for the next visitor to do!

I'll start with . . .

Analyze This

 

Analyze This stared Lisa Kudrow, who stars with David Swimmer in Friends, David stared with Harrison Ford in Six days, Seven Nights.

I beleive this is correct. If we are allowed to use TV also.

Next movie,

Hulk

 

OK, I guess I'll let you slide on the TV show . . . this time . . .

1. The Hulk had Jennifer Connelly who was also in A Beautiful Mind with Ed Harris.

2. Ed Harris was in The Rock with Nicholas Cage.

3. Nicholas Cage was in City of Angels with Meg Ryan.

4. Meg Ryan was in When Harry Met Sally with Carrie Fisher who was in Star Wars.



Lost in Translation

 

Bill Murray, who sang a really groovy version of Star Wars on SNL, was in Ed Wood with Sarah Jessica Parker

Who was in Mars Attacks with Natalie Portman, who was in Star Wars.

Starship Troopers

 

Starship Troopers had Michael Ironside in it, who was in Highlander 2 with Sean Conery, who was in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with Harrison Ford.

Dogma

 

Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith were both in Dogma, and they were both in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back with Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher who were in Star Wars.


Passion of the Christ

 

Mike Myers was in Austin Powers which had a small part by Carrie Fisher (as the group therapist) who played in Star Wars.

 

Huh?

Passion of the Christ is still up if anyone wants to tackle it . . .

 

I didn't realize that you had to use the movie mentioned. I was wondering why it kept saying movies at the end... Sorry, just trying to participate.

 

passion - James Caviezel in the Rock
the Rock - Sean Connery in Indy Last Crusade
Last Crusade - Harrison Ford and Julian Glover (general Veers) in Empire

- or -

Passion - Monica Bellucci in Matrix:Reloaded
Matrix - Hugo Weaving in LOTR
LOTR - Christopher Lee in AOTC

Gimme something tough

Swingers (I was able to hit it in 3)

 

Swingers had Heather Graham, who was also in Lost in Space. Lost in Space had Gary Oldman who was also in Air Force One with Harrison Ford who was in Star Wars.

I guess it's too early to institute a "no Harrison Ford" clause. It's hard to come up with a movie that
can't be linked back to him with a little thought. Oh well.

Since I just saw it while flipping the channels . . .

Escape from Alcatraz

 

that's good. I was thinking:

Vince Vaughn - Anne Heche in Psycho
Anne Heche -Harrison Ford in 6 Days 7 Nights.

but, to answer yours

Clint Eastwood - Tommy Lee Jones in Space Cowboys
TLJ - Nicole Kidman in Batman Forever
Nicole Kidman - Ewan Macgregor in Moulin Rouge

or

Clint Eastwood - Leem Neeson in the Dead Pool

I was gonna go via Fred Ward (I just got Remo Williams on DVD - Awesome movie) but I gave up after thinking the Dead Pool

hey, theres an idea


Remo Williams

 

Gawd! I actually remember going to the theater to Remo Williams as a kid. But it's been years since I've seen it. Since I can't remember anyone else in it right now . . .

Remo Williams had Fred Ward who was in Sweet Home Alabama with Reese Witherspoon.

Reese was in Pleasantville with Tobey MacGuire.

Toby was in Spider-Man with Willem Dafoe.

Willem was in Clear and Present Danger with James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader.

I just didn't want to use Harrison again.

Another movie I noticed in the satellite guide last night . . .

They Live

 

nice.

I had it a couple different ways but same amount of steps

Keith David in Armaggedon with Ben Afflec
Ben Afflec & Mark Hamill in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

or

Keith David in Where The Heart Is with Natalie Portman

Men at Work without using Keith David

 

Darn, no Keith David, there goes Hollywood Homicide.

Let's see . . .

Men at Work had Emilio Estevez, who was in Judgment Night with Cuba Gooding Jr. (And was incidently the first movie I ever reviewed for a newspaper.)

Cuba was in Pearl Harbor with Josh Hartnett.

Josh was in . . . wait, no way, Hollywood Homicide with Harrison Ford.

I was actually gonna filter that through the Affleck/Smith connection, but the irony caught me at the last second.

Hmmmmm . . . since I listen to 80's all day, I heard this song and I remember enjoying the movie . . .

9 to 5

 

Its ok, Keith David is really cool. I was just saying that so you wouldn't use my previous steps since there haven't been any rules set yet.

Dabney Coleman - Dietrich Bader in Beverly Hillbilly's
DB - Mark Hamill and Carie Fisher in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Been Used

Dabney Coleman - Erika Eleniak in Beverly Hillbilly's
EE - Tommy Lee Jones in Under Seige
TLJ - Harrison Ford in the Fugitive

- No Ford

Lily Tomlin - Natasha Lyonne in Krippendorf's Tribe
NL - Mena Suvari in American Pie
MS - Keven Spacey in American Beauty
KS - Samuel L. Jackson in The Negotiator

- Don't wann burn out Sam Jackson

I got it
Lily Tomlin - Richard Dreyfus in Krippendorf's Tribe
RD - Robert Shaw in Jaws
Robert Shaw - Harrison Ford in Force 10 from Navarone

- Damn, no Ford

Lily Tomlin - Richard Dreyfus in Krippendorf's Tribe
RD - Robert Shaw in Jaws
Robert Shaw - Sean Connery in From Russia With Love
SC - No, not Harrison Ford but Julian Glover (General Veers) in Last Crusade.


Where the Buffalo Roam

 

Where The Buffalo Roam

Bill Murray starred in Where the Buffalo Roam
and was also in Ghost Busters with Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd starred in the Blues Brothers
which had co-starred Carrie Fisher as the mystery woman.

Far From the Maddening Crowd

 

good. don't forget that Dan Akroyd was in Temple of Doom.

Terrance Stamp who was in Far From the Maddening Crowd


Bubba Ho-Tep - you may look it up if needed. I really want to see this movie.

 

Bruce Campbell was in Army of Darkness with Bridget Fonda.
Fonda in It Could Happen to You with Nicolas Cage.
Cage in Amos & Andrew with Samuel Jackson.

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Bruce Campbell was in Serving Sara with Elizabeth Hurley.
Hurley was in Austin Power: IMOM (and quite a few of my fantasties) which had Carrie Fisher.

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Ossie Davis was in Grumpy Old Men with Jack Lemmon.
Lemmon was in Glengary Glen Ross with Ed Harris.
Harris was in Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks.
Hanks' (voice) was in Toy Story with John Ratzenberger (voice).

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Some would say the greatest movie of all time, but I didn't really care for it . . .

Citizen Kane

 

Alright, let's see if I can get this right:

Citizen Kane

1. Joseph Cotten was in Citizen Kane with Agnes Moorehead

2. Agnes Moorehead was in Frankenstein: The True Story (TV) with James Mason

3. James Mason was in Ivanhoe (TV) with Sam Neill

4. Sam Neill was in Jurassic Park III with William H. Macy

5. William H. Macy was in Air Force One with Harrison Ford who was in Star Wars

Sorry for using Harrison Ford, but it just seemed to work out that way.

61*

 

Nice work . . .

61 had Anthony Michael Hall who was in Edward Scissorhands with Johnny Depp.

Depp was in Pirates of the Caribbean with Keira Knightley who was in the Phantom Menace.


And now, the greatest Hong Kong action flick ever . . .

The Killer

 

I can't get in on this one. I've never heard of it.

 

If you're talking about The Killer that was filmed in 1921:

1. Claire Adams was in The Killer with Edward Peil Sr.

2. Edward Peil Sr. was in Jim Thorpe - All American with Burt Lancaster

3. Burt Lancaster was in Field of Dreams with James Earl Jones who is the voice of Darth Vader

The Neverending Story

 

Well I had to look up the name of the kid that starred in it, which was Barrett Oliver, who was also in Cocoon with Wilford Brimley.

Brimley was in In & Out (hilarious!) with Kevin Kline.

Kline was in Life as a House with Hayden Christensen.


Actually, The Killer I was talking about was from around 88-89 I think. It was directed by John Woo, and this is probably the movie that finally got some interest from the studios in bringing him to America. The guy who starred in this movie eventually came to America a few years later and has made enough movies here now that a link is probably not that difficult. If anyone is into Hong Kong action, this is the standard bearer. And this is also before Woo got somewhat tamed down by American studios so the action is ridiculous. (Actually the whole movie is ridiculous on a certain level, which is what makes it fun.) So with those clues . . .

The Killer (1988/89?)

 

The Killer

1. Danny Lee was in The Killer with Chow Yun-Fat

2. Chow Yun-Fat was in Bulletproof Monk with Jaime King

3. Jaime King was in Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck

4. Ben Affleck was in Changing Lanes with Samuel L. Jackson

Space Jam