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the six degrees of kevin bacon

Great way to waste time while standing in line at the movies. Pick any two actors and connect them through common films and actors. Example:

Kevin Costner and Adam Sandler
Kevin Costner was in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with Morgan Freeman. Morgan Freeman was in The Sum of All Fears with Ben Afleck. Ben Afleck was in Armageddon with Steve Buscemi, who was in Mr. Deeds with Adam Sandler.

Here's an easy one to start off with, winner picks the next.

Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks.

In case you didnt know, you dont really pick two actors, this is just a variant of the game.

In the actual game, you pick an actor, and have 6 chances to relate him to Kevin Bacon, the actor.

For example, Keeanu Reeves was in Matrix: Revolutions with Jada Pinkett Smith, who was in Scream 2 with Neve Campbell, who was in Wild Things with Kevin Bacon. I have yet to find an actor who can stump the 6 degrees game.

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Originally posted by darkace Great way to waste time while standing in line at the movies. Pick any two actors and connect them through common films and actors. Example: Kevin Costner and Adam Sandler Kevin Costner was in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with Morgan Freeman. Morgan Freeman was in The Sum of All Fears with Ben Afleck. Ben Afleck was in Armageddon with Steve Buscemi, who was in Mr. Deeds with Adam Sandler. Here's an easy one to start off with, winner picks the next. Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks starred in The Bonfire of the Vanities with
Bruce Willis who starred in Twelve Monkeys with
David Morse who starred in The Green Mile with
Tom Hanks who starred in Catch Me If You Can with
Martin Sheen who starred with
Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now.

Ha ha. Gimme my money foo'!

My favorite:

Six Degrees of Ridley Scott:

Directed 1492: Conquest of Paradise, which starred Sigourney Weaver who starred in Alien with co-star
Tom Skerritt who co-stared in The Rookie with
Charlie Sheen who starred in Platoon with
Tom Berenger who starred with
Kevin Kline in The Big Chill who starred with
Sigourney Weaver in Dave who starred with
Harrison Ford in Working Girl who starred in
Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott.

Whew. Beyond six but close enough.

to confusing for me at this time - when i have more time on my hands i would like to explore this

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Originally posted by ogvh5150 Tom Hanks starred in The Bonfire of the Vanities with Bruce Willis who starred in Twelve Monkeys with David Morse who starred in The Green Mile with Tom Hanks who starred in Catch Me If You Can with Martin Sheen who starred with Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now.

wait why didnt you just start with tom hanks and catch me if you can? or were you going for that 6 connection thing?

It kind of fell that way. I knew that some lesser known actor had to be tied with both Ford and Hanks in some way. So what I did was work backwards from Ford and wound up with Hanks twice.

Besides it was late at night and I had writers block.

why does it have to be a 6 degrees connection? i would link Ford and Hanks with one: the both played in Spielbergs movies: Indiana Jones, Saving private Ryan

Well the intent is on using well known actors tied to other well known actors. If it were to be about listing the grips or best boys, I might have just as well said Skywalker Sound or some other third party movie support company. Even better yet, just a movie company like Dreamworks or Universal.

The three degrees of Matt Damon:

Matt Damon starred in the Bourne Identity with
Clive Owen who starred in Closer with
Jude Law who starred in The Talented Mr. Ripley with
Matt Damon.

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