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De Niro - The Movie Links Game

Posted on March 12, 2003
Filed Under Personal Posts |

I got a happy fright on the tube last week. Two people opposite me were playing De Niro. This lovely little movie game was taught to me by Joe Keenan, and I think I should post it up here for other people to enjoy - and perhaps have an online game, assuming we all promise not to use IMDB.

Okay, you start De Nero with 6 ‘lives,’ each represented by the letters in De Nero. When you loose a life, you loose a letter. So 5 lives and you are “e Nero,” 4 lives makes you “Nero,” and so on until you are “o” and loose that last letter. Then you’re out.

If you remember playing “Donkey” as a kid catching a ball and not dropping it, the lives work in the same way.

So, the first player starts (and you an have as many in the group as you want - the bigger the group the longer (and better) a game is). He (or she!) can name an actor, an actress, or a movie. Let’s say Anna starts by saying “The Princess Bride.”

Bob is second in the circle. He now has to name an actor or actress who appeared in Anna’s film. Bob chooses “Carey Elwes.” Charlie now has to name a film with “Carey Elwes.” He chooses “Hot Shots!”

And so on and so on, until someone can’t name an actor or a film. they loose a letter from De Nero, and start the next round with either a film or an actor (their choice).

One last rule - the challenge. If Derek (who was after Charlie in the example above) doesn’t think Charlie knows any other actors in “Hot Shots” he can say Challenge. Now if Charlie can’t name an actor, he looses a letter. But if he can, then Derek looses a letter.

So, it’s time to play!

This is obviously related to “The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” which I’ll discuss shortly.

Comments

16 Responses to “De Niro - The Movie Links Game”

  1. Ewan on March 13th, 2003 16:10

    So, let’s have a little game in the commentary section.

    Clint Eastwood

  2. Vikki on March 13th, 2003 21:28

    Dirty Harry

  3. Rafe on March 14th, 2003 2:41

    That’ll be me on e Nero then. Bit before my time. Yes I tried cheating, and no I didn’t recognise any other names in the film. Bah humbug.. oh well never mind. Challenge!

  4. Ewan on March 14th, 2003 14:17

    Nuts, that means I miss my go. Vikki, can you name someone else in Dirty Harry?

  5. Vikki on March 14th, 2003 20:58

    Argh ok, you got me there ;)

    I’m eNiro too.

    Let’s start again with

    Reece Witherspoon

  6. JyriK on March 15th, 2003 0:30

    Pleasantville

  7. Ewan on March 16th, 2003 10:04

    Jeff Daniels

  8. JyriK on March 16th, 2003 14:45

    Dumb and Dumber

  9. Jordan on March 16th, 2003 20:58

    Jim Carrey

  10. Ewan on March 17th, 2003 11:23

    Ace Ventura - Pet Detective

  11. JyriK on March 17th, 2003 16:16

    Courteney Cox

  12. SwitchBlade on March 17th, 2003 16:27

    Can I jump in and say “Scream”?

  13. Ewan on March 18th, 2003 9:50

    Drew Barrymore

  14. Jordan on March 18th, 2003 15:12

    Freddy Got Fingered :D

  15. JyriK on March 18th, 2003 15:35

    Tom Green

  16. Kathleen Loreen on September 10th, 2004 8:19

    Hallo friends! Really nice place here. I found a lot of interesting stuff all around. Just what I was looking for. Great joy!