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6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:47 am
by Evzy
Anyone ever played that - someone names an actor/actress and you have to find a connection to a film with Kevin Bacon in within 6 films etc...

Thinking lets have our own version - but any actor to any actor..

No googling or IMDB - unless its to check after someone else has got it that they were right..

I would say anyone named has to be alive and done films in the last decade at least - and no Johnny Obscure people like Bob Jones who played passer-by number 7 in the background of one scene and was in the shot for 2 seconds, and then it was just the back of his head!

So I will just pick 2 random people out to start - no idea if they can be connected in 6 filums etc but sure they can...

William H Macy and Bob Hoskins.

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:23 am
by Fingoniel
William H Macy -> Alec Baldwin (Cellular)
Alec Baldwin -> Sean Connery (Hunt for Red October)
Sean Connery -> Michael Caine (The man who would be king)
Michael Caine -> Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa)

but I cheated :p had to imdb to remember the name of that bloody sean connery/michael caine film :(

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:33 am
by Evzy
Its not Cellular either for Macy n Baldwin if my memory serves me correct - Cellular is the one with the dude running around town with a mobile phone, the one you are thinking of does begin with a C though - well its THE C....

But being as you were first, will let you call the next two random people!

pm whoever teh winner is to let em know its their turn as well :)

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:40 am
by bisquit
yeh its defo not cellular, but i can't for the life of me think what the name of the film was!

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:42 am
by bisquit
ahh i remember its the 1 where william H macy can make every have bad luck in the casino, called The Cooler

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:48 am
by Evzy
bisquit wrote:ahh i remember its the 1 where william H macy can make every have bad luck in the casino, called The Cooler
Yup, good film that as well.. William H is a great actor :)

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:51 am
by bisquit
aye have u seen him in mystery men?

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 12:02 pm
by Evzy
bisquit wrote:aye have u seen him in mystery men?
Indeed - first time I saw that film I just didnt laugh - for some reason I must not have been in the mood but seen it since a couple of times and it does make me chuckle... Invisible boy cracks me up :)

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 12:15 pm
by hawkeye
ok so he got 1 film title wrong but the connection is still there you gonna let him have it or what ? if so pm his ass its his go :P

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 12:28 pm
by Evzy
hawkeye wrote:ok so he got 1 film title wrong but the connection is still there you gonna let him have it or what ? if so pm his ass its his go :P
In my first reply I did state I would let him off and have the next go ;)

Will pm him now though..!

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:35 pm
by Fingoniel
Daniel Radcliffe to Benicio del Toro.

Should be fairly easy as I worked out a 4-person link, there's probably a shorter one :)

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 3:27 pm
by Evzy
Must admit I had to imdb Extra's to see who had been in it as I have only seen a ocuple of episodes ever ...

Daniel Radclife to Ricky Gervais (Extra's)
Ricky Gervais to Patrick Stewart (Extra's)
Patrick Stewart to Vinnie Jones (X-Men 3)
Vinnie Jones to Benico Del Toro (Snatch)

Twas Patrick Stewart I struggled iwth - wasnt 100% he had been in Extra's!

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 3:41 pm
by Evzy
OK .. Angelina Jolie to Jessica Alba

Shouldnt be too hard*




*No pun intended honest guv ...

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 3:57 pm
by Fingoniel
Evzy wrote:Must admit I had to imdb Extra's to see who had been in it as I have only seen a ocuple of episodes ever ...

Daniel Radclife to Ricky Gervais (Extra's)
Ricky Gervais to Patrick Stewart (Extra's)
Patrick Stewart to Vinnie Jones (X-Men 3)
Vinnie Jones to Benico Del Toro (Snatch)

Twas Patrick Stewart I struggled iwth - wasnt 100% he had been in Extra's!
meh that's using a telly program :p Extras ain't a film :p

I had:

Daniel Radcliffe to Alan Rickman (Harry Potter)
Alan Rickman to Bruce Willis (Die Hard)
Bruce Willis to Benicio del Toro (Sin City)

Hrm that's 3 jumps ;) oh well.

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:26 pm
by Ghengis
this looks like fun but as i have been switching from night shift to day shift and back to night shift over a 4 days period i am just too tired and confused to get my head round it at the moment.

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:54 pm
by Fingoniel
Evzy wrote:OK .. Angelina Jolie to Jessica Alba

Shouldnt be too hard*




*No pun intended honest guv ...
Angelina Jolie -> Gwyneth Paltrow (Sky captain and the world of tomorrow)
Gwyneth Paltrow -> Jack Black (Shallow Hal)
Jack Black -> Bruce Willis (The Jackal)
Bruce Willis -> Jessica Alba (Sin City)

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:58 pm
by Evzy
Eeee didnt know Jack Black was in Teh Jackal... learnt something today :) Life is good :)

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:13 pm
by Fingoniel
Evzy wrote:Eeee didnt know Jack Black was in Teh Jackal... learnt something today :) Life is good :)
he was the bloke that made the stand for the gun :)

Right let's try something tricky :) feel free to imdb for this one, and I've no idea if it's possible :p

Fred Astaire to Denzel Washington

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:47 pm
by Evzy
Dear god man... I had to IMDB just to find something Fred Astaire had been in !!! This one could be tricky!! Though I am on the trail now and not using IMDB after finding an actor who was still alive and making films who was in a film with Fred !!

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:04 pm
by Fingoniel
woot :)

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:41 pm
by Evzy
Fred Astaire to Paul Newman (Towering Inferno)
Newman to Tom Cruise (Color of Money)
Tom Cruise to Brad Pitt (Interview with a Vampire)
Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie (Mr and Mrs Smith)
Angelina Jolie to Denzel Washington (The Bone Collector)

Phew!

Must admit had to IMDB Denze as well in the endl to remember some of his films - didnt check the cast listings though.

OK, next one is.....erm......

Danny Dyer to Silent Bob (Kevin Smith)

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:30 am
by bisquit
Kevin smith> bruce willis = Die hard 4.0
Bruce willis> brad pitt = oceans 12
Brad pitt> Sean Bean= Troy
Sean Bean> Danny Dyer= Outlaw

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:50 pm
by bisquit
ok here we go, john cusack and jake gyllenhall (apologies for spelling)

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:03 pm
by Evzy
Had to check to make sure of the connection for Quaid to Scarlett to make sure it was her

John Cusack to Dan Akroyd (Grosse Point Blank)
Dan to Bill Murray (Ghostbusters)
Bill to Scarlett Johansenn (Lost in Translation)
Scarlett to Dennis Quaid (In Good Company)
Dennis Quaid to Jake Gylelelenenehall (Day After Tomorrow)


Ok... how about.. John Malkovich to Lindsay Lohan

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:07 am
by Evzy
C'mon - no-one ?

How bout John to Kate Winslett (Being John Malkovich)
Kate to Leonardo De Caprio (Titanic)

and on and on.....

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:05 am
by <TMM>Borgio
Ok

John Malcovich -> John Cusack (Con Air)
John Cusack -> Jamie Lee Curtis (Grandview USA)
Jamie Lee Curtis -> Lindsay Lohan (Freaky Friday)


YAY!

ok, Brandon Lee to Chris Rock (I plucked these at random) do your worst

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:26 am
by Evzy
Whoa , must admit had to check Brandon Lee to see who he had been in a film with - remembered his films but couldnt remember who was in them with him!! Thought Dolph had been but thought it was Rapid Fire not Showdown in Little Tokyo... right actor wrong film!

Soo...

Brandon -- Dolph (Showdown in lil Tokyo)
Dolph -- Sly Stallone (Rocky 4)
Sly -- Harvey Keitel (Copland)
Keitel --George Clooney (Dusk Til Dawn)
Clooney -- Matt Damon (Oceans 11)
Damon -- Chris Rock (Dogma)

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:34 am
by Evzy
Is it me or is it hard to think of 2 totally unconnected people - once or twice I even thought of 2 names then realised they have been in a film together :(

Ok... lets try

Kevin Bacon to Billy Connolly....

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:49 am
by <TMM>Borgio
Its hard mate, I picked Brandon Lee as the Crow was on Sky Modern the other day (great film) and I was watching some Chrtis rock on Youtube...

Hats off for doing it though!

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:31 pm
by bisquit
billy conolly> alan rickman (harry potter)
Alan rickman > matt damon (dogma)
matt damon > brad pitt ( oceans 11)
Brad pitt> kevin bacon (sleepers)

is it just me or a load of the stuff we have done either linked beacuse of films like dogma or oceans 11/12 lol