Actors:
1. A delusional northerner, an addicted teacher, the young self seen in flashbacks.
TIE: Solved by maurinsky (comment #4) and Christina (comment #5).
2. A prison warden, the First Lady, a woman accused of witchcraft.
TIE: Solved by Christina (comment #5) and maurinsky (comment #7).
3. A white outsider in an Asian family, a white member of a Native American family, a one-eyed gang leader.
Solved by George (comment #21).
4. A reporter pursuing a rodeo star, an embittered dancer, a court-appointed psychiatrist.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #1).
5. An army surgeon, a compulsive gambler, a burlesque club owner.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #2).
6. A baseball fanatic, a cellist, a “heroine.”
Solved by Steve H. (comment #9).
7. An Olympic athlete, an evil newspaper columnist, second in command on a submarine.
Solved by Hogan (comment #18).
I think #4 is Jane Fonda: Electric Horseman, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, and Agnes of God.
#5 is Elliott Gould: M*A*S*H, California Split, and The Night They Raided Minsky’s.
Excellent!
#1 is Ryan Gosling: Lars and The Real Girl, Half-Nelson and The Notebook
#1 – Ryan Gosling? Half Nelson is the addicted teacher movie.
#2 is Joan Allen – that stupid movie w/ Jason Statham, I’m not sure, The Crucible
I think #7 is Denzel Washington (Red Tide is the second in command on the submarine) but I don’t know the other two movies.
Oh, and the first Ryan Gosling movie is Lars & the Real Girl.
#2 is Joan Allen: Death Race (why, Joan Allen, why?), Nixon and The Crucible
Err, Crimson Tide is the movie I was thinking of for Denzel Washington.
6 is Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham, The Witches of Eastwick, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Christina and maurinsky, you two are in sync! (Not Denzel).
7 could be Scott Glenn: “Personal Best,” “Courage under Fire,” “The Hunt for the Red October”
Okay, George, nice work, but it’s not who I had in mind. I’m going to amend the clue.
Number 7: Denzel Washington
Wilma, The Pelican Brief, Crimson Tide
Daven, Denzel wasn’t right when Christina guessed him, and he’s still not right.
Oops, sorry. Missed that. <— is embarrassed now
Is #7 Denzel Washington?
Ouch! Don’t hit me!
😉
Is #3 Kevin Costner? Dances With Wolves is the middle movie, not sure about the other two.
#7 is Burt Lancaster: Jim Thorpe–All-American, Sweet Smell of Success and Run Silent, Run Deep.
Damn, Hogan beat me to #7. The Sweet Smell of Success is a great movie, and still a fairly disturbing one.
Is #3 Denzel Washington?
Ok, seriously, is #3 Daniel Day Lewis: “My Beautiful Laundrette,” “The Last of the Mohicans,” Gangs of New York”?
Sweet quiz, Deborah. Even by your usual standards.