Anyways...: Night of a Thousand Geeks

Sorry it took so long... I started this back in August!

Okay, here's the list... Over 120 actors (and a few directors acting), all linked Kevin-Bacon-style!

The names of actors and movies link to IMDB's credits and cast respectively. No pictures, as this would just clutter everything. Click the link, or do a Google or Wikipedia search.

Bold names denote Oscar winners or nominees. Actors for main or supporting, movies for best picture or nominees.

[The list is not chronological... I started with Bill Pullman and worked outwards. So if it seems that I'm avoiding certain obvious links, it's because they were used elsewhere. Don't worry... your favorites will appear. If not, mention my omission in the comments, and I'll try to work them in later.]

Dune [This is where I stopped. Feel free to continue from here.]

Paul L. Smith

Popeye

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Batman Returns [The first Batman movie on the list.]

Tommy Kirk [A member of the Disney bRat Pack, plays a Martian in...]

Pajama Party

Buster Keaton

How To Stuff A Wild Bikini [The first multiple link.]

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

Vincent Price

Edward Scissorhands

Anthony Michael Hall

The Dark Knight [Batman #2]

Michael Caine [a proto-Kevin Bacon]

Kurt Russell [Another Rat Packer]

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes [Frank Welker, the voice of Scooby Doo and many others, makes a rare appearance in front of the camera]

Cesar Romero

Batman [Batman #3]

Burgess Meredith

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Bill Murray

Ghost Busters

Ernie Hudson

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Michael Ironside

Total Recall

Sharon Stone

Catwoman [Batman #3.5]

Halle Barry

X2 [A Nexus.]

Bryan Singer [No. Really.]

Star Trek: Nemesis

Ron Perlman

Prince Valiant [Yes, they made a recent movie on Prince Valiant. Who knew? And it is not the first. (Holy smokes!)]

Joanna Lumley [Check out THIS.]

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Charlton Heston (Only nominated once, but won for Ben-Hur)

Planet of the Apes

Roddy McDowall

[Oh, crap... got Roddy McDowall confused with Malcolm McDowell!]

[Man... it took some work, but I got it done!]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Star Trek: First Contact

Patrick Stewart

Excalibur

Helen Mirren [Also a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Spaceballs [This is where it all started. Towards the end of the movie. Heh.]

Bill Pullman

Independence Day

Jeff Goldblum [The first multiple link between actors.]

Geena Davis

Beetle Juice

Michael Keaton

Batman [Batman movie #4]

Jack Nicholson

Mars Attacks

Natalie Portman

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Liam Neeson

Batman Begins [Batman movie #5]

Elf [Ray Harryhausen!]

Mary Steenburgen

Back to the Future Part III

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Labyrinth [Jim Henson does not perform in this movie, but Frank Oz does.]

David Bowie

The Man Who Fell To Earth

Rip Torn

Men In Black

Tommy Lee Jones

Batman Forever [Batman movie #6]

Rene Auberjonois

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Christian Slater

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Batman & Robin [Batman movie #7] [All of the Batman movies have been linked. If you want to link the serial from 1943, knock yerself out. I ain't stoppin' ya.]

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Jerry Lewis [My favorite link on this entire list. Wish I could have linked Valerie Harper.]

Way Way Out

James Brolin [also in Fantastic Voyage]

Westworld [Michael Crichton had only one appearance, in Andromeda Strain.]

Majel Barrett [She rivals Leonard Nimoy and Mark Lenard for the most variations of Star Trek.]

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

William Shatner

Airplane II: The Sequel

Lloyd Bridges

[Crap... had a direct link to Anjelica Huston, but it doesn't exist. Took some work... but here's the patch.]

Honey I Blew Up The Kid

Rick Moranis

Little Shop of Horrors

Steve Martin

The Muppet Movie

Richard Pryor [You could take a shortcut and use Carol Kane to link to Ms. Huston. Here's the scenic route:]

The Wiz

Michael Jackson [Yup, can link to Ms. Huston via Captain EO... patience.]

Masters of the Universe

Courtney Cox

Zoom

Tim Allen

[Galaxy Quest.... CRAP! Already used with Sigourney Weaver. Just a sec...]

The Santa Clause

Peter Boyle

The Adventures of Pluto Nash [Bad movie, great cast]

The Reluctant Astronaut

Leslie Nielsen

Forbidden Planet [Style point for using a serious role of Mr. Nielsen.]

Robbie the Robot [He plays himself in Forbidden Planet, but since this is a fictional movie, not a documentary, and a major role, it counts.]

Gremlins

Chuck Jones [Yes! My second favorite link on this list.]

Innerspace

Henry Gibson

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Christopher Lee

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Johnny Depp [Betcha you thought I forgot him, didn'tcha?]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

John Rhys-Davies

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

[One of the few fantasy films to be nominated for, let alone win, an Academy Award for Best Picture.]
Cate Blanchett

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Harrison Ford

And thus ends the initial list. Why end it at Harrison Ford? Because once I got going, and found it approaching 122 names, I decided to link all of the Batman movies. Luckily, I was able to splice in the last Batman movie (actually the first) via Kurt Russell, although I had to sacrifice a double (Kurt Russell + John Carpenter = The Thing + Escape From New York) as well as Jamie Lee Curtis (EFNY/Buckaroo Banzai) and John Lithgow (Banzai/Twilight Zone). Actually, it would be slick to link Buckaroo Banzai and its sequel, Big Trouble in Little China via Kurt Russell and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Any corrections, comments, suggestions, criticisms... let me know.

Anyways...

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Night of a Thousand Geeks

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