pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Thanks for the IMDB link! Wow, has this guy made a single good movie? Anyway: Thanks to IMDB on this one. William Olsen directed something called Southern Belles. Apparently. It starred some nonentity called Amelia Martin, who once appeared in an episode of Dawsons Creek with Katie Holmes. Katie was in Batman Begins with Christian Bale, who was in Empire of the Sun. Phew. Can I go to bed now? Ok, another Dr Who: Jon Pertwee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Jon Pertwee starred in Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen , which was directed by Ben Burtt, who was the sound designer of Munich, scored by John Williams. Next: Lindsay Lohan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Linsey Lohan was in Herbie Fully loaded and...wait..K.M.not clever enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulky 6 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Lindsay Lohan was in A Prairie Home Companion dir. by Robert AltmanRobert Altman directed both Images, and The Long Goodbye.Both were scored by JW.How bout: Harold Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Harold Lloyd was in The Sin of Harold Diddlebock which was directed by Preston Sturges. He is credited as a writer on the 1984 film Unfaithfully Yours starring Nastassja Kinski. She was in To the Devil a Daughter with Christopher Lee. Lee was in Revenge of the Sith. There.Next: Roy Rogers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRuleOfThirds 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Roy Rogers' song "Tumbling Tumbleweed" was featured in The Big Lebowski co-starring John Goodman, who was in Always, scored by JW.Next: Curly Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Curly Howard was in numerous "Three Stooges" shorts with Moe Howard who was in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with Mickey Rooney who was in Skidoo with Burgess Meredith who narrated The Reivers, scored by John Williams.Next: Max ShreckNeil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Max Shreck was played by Christopher Walken in Batman Returns, who was in Catch me if you Can, scored by Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Shreck played "Nosferatu" (1922), directed by F.W. Murnau, who directed "Four Devils" with Janet Gaynor, who was in "A Star Is Born" with co-star Lionel Stander, who was in "1941," scored by John Williams.Ona Munson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Ona Munson was in Gone With the Wind with Olivia de Haveland. Olivia was in The Swarm with Slim Pickens. Slim was in 1941!Next: William Hartnell 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Easy! Hartnell and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who "The Three Doctors". Troughton was in The Omen directed by Richard Donner, who directed Superman - The Movie.Next: Adrien Brody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 For the record, it's Max Schreck.Brody was in King Kong, directed by Peter Jackson. Jackson also directed The Frighteners, produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J Fox., who was directed by Zemeckis in Back to the Future, produced by Steven Spielberg, without whom most people probably wouldn't have heard of Williams.Anyone notice that this is far too easy? Let's try someone slightly different... Sir Isaac Newton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Isaac Newton went to Cambridge University, as did Ian McKellen, who starred in The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks, who was in The Terminal.If we're on non-film related people, how about Gandhi next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Not sure if it counts, but his life story was directed by Richard Attenborough, who was in Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park.Do Einstein next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Einstein was a character in I.Q., directed by Fred Schepisi and scored by Jerry Goldsmith. These two also did Fierce Creatures together, which starred John Cleese, who plays Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter series.Of course, both Newton and Einstein could be solved through some Star Trek TNG connection as well. Next: What about Herbert von Karajan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulky 6 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Herbert Von Karajan's Wiener Philharmoniker recording of Also Sprach Zarathustra was used in 2001: A Space Odyssey.Stuart Freeborn did the makeup for the ape / proto-human sequence of 2001. Freeborn was also responsible for creating the Yoda puppet used in The Empire Strikes Back (in addition to doing makeup work for Star Wars & Superman) which were all scored by JW.How 'bout: Kinji Fukasaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Kill Bill Vol. 1 was dedicated to Kinji Fukasaku. Daryl Hannah was in Kill Bill, and also Grumpy Old Men which starred Walter Matthau who was in A Guide for the Married Man.Next: Edward Woodward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Edward Woodward- Guest Starred in Alfred Hitchcock presents, which was hosted by Alfred Hitchcock who directed The Family Plot, which was scored by John Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Correct, but who's next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 Marty Mcfly is a character in Back to the Future, produced by Steven Spielberg, who directed Munich, scored by Williams. Is that totally lame, for me to rescue this thread? I kinda thought that a lot of people were enjoying it, and would like to see it carry on...Yes? Jennifer Lopez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Jennifer Lopez starred in "Money Train", in which Chris Cooper had a role.Cooper was also in "The Patriot" that was scored by JW!Hans Zimmer??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Hanz Zimmer created Media Ventures, which boosted Klaus Badelt's career, allowing him to score the film 'Posiedon' which is a remake of 'The Posiedon Adventure', scored by Williams.Jim Cummings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Jim Cummings was in Shrek, co-scored by Harry Gregson Williams who also co-scored Chicken Run starring Mel Gibson who was in The Patriot.Russ Tamblyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Oops, sorry about that up there, I was in a rush.Russ Tamblyn was in How the West was Won, as was Eli Wallach, who was in The Good Bad and the Ugly, which starred Clint Eastwood who was in the Eiger Sanction, scored by John Williams.Don LaFontaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Don LaFontaine wrote Sandman which was directed by Ernie Lively who produced Simon Says which starred Crispin Glover who was in Back to the Future which was produced by Steven Spielberg, who directed Jaws (and a few others ).Next: Scott Joplin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Scott Joplin wrote all the music used in the score to The Sting, starring Robert Shaw, who swam with bow-legged women in Jaws.Next: Bill Clinton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Bill Clinton was in Robert Zemecki's Contact. That movie also had James Woods, who was in Nixon, and John Hurt, who was in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.Next: Neil Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Bill Clinton was in Robert Zemecki's Contact. He was most definatly not in Contact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Neil Armstrong appeared in archive footage in the film The Dish starring Sam Neill, who also starred in Jurassic Park, scored by Williams.Next: William Randolph Hearst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 William Randolph Hearst was portrayed by James Cromwell in RKO 281. Cromwell was in The Green Mile with Tom Hanks who starred in The Terminal.Next: Timothy Carey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Tim Carey was in Dumb and Dummer with... oh wait never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Quoting from Wikipedia (I had to look him up):Timothy Agoglia Carey (b. March 11, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York; d. May 11, 1994 in Los Angeles, California) was an intense American actor with a cult following who worked in multiple films with Stanley Kubrick and John Cassavetes.Cassavetes was in The Fury, scored by John Williams.Next: Elina Garanca (or Gundula Janowitz, if that's too hard). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Elina Garanca performed several pieces by Mozart, who was portrayed by Tom Hulce in Amadeus, who was also in Frankenstein (1994) which was directed by Kenneth Branagh, who was in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.or...Gundula Janowitz frequently collaborated with Herbert von Karajan. Karjan's recording of "The Blue Danube" was used in 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, who also directed Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise who was in Minority Report.Next: Kiri Te Kanawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Sorry to be rude, but "performed several pieces by Mozart" is really too easy. Besides, in that case you could have linked it to Branagh's Magic Flute adaptation. The Janowitz link is fine though (and for the record, they're both amazing; I hope to hear Garanca live again next season).Kiri Te Kanawa performed Herrmann's Aria from Salammbo (sp?) on Charles Gerhardt's Herrmann compilation. Gerhardt also recorded albums of all three original Star Wars scores/concert suites and the CE3K suite.Next: Alexander Pope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 As revealed in "The DaVinci Code," Alexander Pope presided at the funeral of Sir Isaac Newton, who was played in the BBC production of "Peter the Great" by Trevor Howard, who was a Kryptonian elder in "Superman." OR, we could use the DaVinci Code connection to get to Ron Howard and Tom Hanks and then, well, you know.Kate Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I'm sure there's a shorter route, but...Kate Smith was in Hello, Everybody! with Randolph Scott who was in When The Daltons Rode, directed by George Marshall, who also directed The Blue Dahlia, based on a novel by Raymond Chandler who also wrote the novel that the Williams-scored The Long Goodbye was based on.Next: Steve Coogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Steve Coogan has been in at least 2 episodes of Top Gear.Top Gear uses music by Williams with some regularity.Next: Audie Murphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Audie Murphy was in 40 Guns to Apache Pass with Michael Burns. Burns worked for Rod Serling on the Twilight Zone episode "The Shelter". John Williams provided his pianistic skills on several Twilight Zone soundtracks.Next: Peter Davison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Peter Davison was in Black Beauty, which was scored by Danny Elfman who also scored Beetle Juice, co-starring Catherine O'Hara who was in Home Alone.Next: Harold Ramis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Harold Ramis was a writer and actor on Ghostbusters, scored by Elmer Bernstein. John Williams performed the piano on the recording of Bernstein's soundtrack for The Magnificent Seven (if I remember correctly).Next: Olivia de Havilland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I'm sure there's a shorter route, but...Kate Smith was in Hello, Everybody! with Randolph Scott who was in When The Daltons Rode, directed by George Marshall, who also directed The Blue Dahlia, based on a novel by Raymond Chandler who also wrote the novel that the Williams-scored The Long Goodbye was based on.The longer route is often more interesting. Well done! Olivia DeHavilland was in "The Swarm" with Ben Johnson, who as in "The Sugarland Express," Slim Pickens, who was in "1941," and the movie was directed by Irwin Allen, producer of "Lost in Space," "The Time Tunnel," "Land of the Giants," "The Poseidon Adventure," and "The Towering Inferno." Goldsmith's score for "The Swarm" was also engineered by Dan Wallin, who did "The Accidental Tourist" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."C. Aubrey Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 C Aubrey Smith was in Rebecca, directed by Hitch who also directed Family Plot.Sylvester McCoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Sylvester McCoy was in "Doctor Who" when Paul McGann played the title character. McGann was in "Empire of the Sun."Charles Winninger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Charles Winninger was in Raymie with Julie Adams. Adams is in World Trade Center directed by Oliver Stone. Stone directed Nixon, JFK, and Born on the Fourth of July.Next: Phil Lynott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Cool. Winninger was also in "State Fair" with Phil Brown, who was in "Superman" and "Star Wars."Lynott's hit Elvis tribute "King's Call" featured Mark Knopfler on guitar, who had two songs in the movie "Spacecamp."Dorothy Kilgallen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Dorothy Kilgallen was in Pyjama Party (uncredited. Gotta love IMDB!) which was directed by Don Weis. Weis directed several episodes of Checkmate, theme by John Williams!How about Bon Jovi? (There's a very easy link here if you know of it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I'm sure this isn't the easy route...The Bon Jovi song "Raise Your Hands" featured in Spaceballs, which had a cameo from John Hurt, who was in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone.Next: Dolly Parton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Actually my easy route was that a young Bon Jovi (age 16 and credited as John Bongiovi) sang on the Star Wars Christmas album "Christmas in the Stars", narrated by Anthony Daniels!Dolly Parton was in 9 to 5 with Jane Fonda who was in Stanley and Iris.Barry Manilow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Manilow wrote some music for Oliver and Company, which co-starred Bette Middler, who was in The Stepford Wives, which co-starred Glenn Close, who was in Jagged Edge, directed by Return of the Jedi's Richard Marquand.Next, lets (try to) make it a bit less simple: Neil Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macrea Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Uh... Neil Armstrong walked ON the moon and John Williams wrote "OVER the Moon" ? LOL Neil Armstrong spoke in the IMAX film "Magnificent Desolation," produced by Tom Hanks, star of "The Terminal," "Catch Me If You Can" and "Saving Private Ryan."Honus Wagner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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