Six Degrees of (Kevin Bacon)

[Mattrick]

I'm sure most of you know this game. However I've always played that you simply name two actors and you must link them together through six movies and Kevin Bacon is not required. It's on of my favourite games and I'll start us off. If you can do it in less than six you get bonus points. Points do not actually exist.

For those that don't, here is an example.


Marlon Brando - John Tavolta

Was in Godfather with Al Pacino
Who was in Goodfellas with Joe Pesci
Who was in Home Alone with Daniel Stern
Who was in Very Bad Things with Christian Slater
Who was in Broken Arrow with John Travolta

Only five but whatever you get the idea.




Kevin Spacey

to

Martin Lawrence

[Ricky]

Does each person name an actor and pass it on? Or do you do it all in one post (if possible)?

[Mattrick]

All in one post and whoever gets it does the next one.

[Merlin1958]

OK, I'm an idiot. What does Brando and Travolta have to do with Pacino? Are you saying that Brando links to DeNiro that links to Pesci? This 2 actor thing throws me off and I'm familiar with the game.

[alkanto]

How he is doing it is starting with the first actor - in this case, Marlon Brando - and linking him to the first person in the list. Here, Marlon Brando was in Godfather with Al Pacino. It goes down the list from there. The second name in the pairing is the last person to whom the link must be made.

[pathoftheturtle]

Kevin Spacey
Se7en w/ Morgan Freeman
Shawshank Redemption w/ Tim Robbins
Nothing to Lose w/ Martin Lawrence


John Cleese

to

James Franco

[Merlin1958]

How he is doing it is starting with the first actor - in this case, Marlon Brando - and linking him to the first person in the list. Here, Marlon Brando was in Godfather with Al Pacino. It goes down the list from there. The second name in the pairing is the last person to whom the link must be made.

Yeah ok, So then why "2"? To make it easier? Oh and Pacino was in "Godfather 2" which had Deniro and DeNiro was in Goodfellas.

[Mattrick]

Wow path totally undercut my awesome connection. Forgot the Se7en/Freeman connection there. But my connection did end with Shawshank/Nothing to Lose.


The game is usually played with pick an actor and if you should be able to link them to Kevin Bacon in six movies or less. Problem with that game is that some Kevin Bacon movies (Mystic River, Sleepers) have casts of big names and it becomes a little too easy. This changes it up. Oh and try not to use IMDB guys...lets play this honest

[OchrisO]

I'd be way too tempted to use The Oracle of Bacon if I played this.

[mystima]

John Cleese to James Franco

John Cleese/Jaime Lee Curtis- A Fish Called Wanda
Jaime Lee Curtis/Lindsy Lohan- Freaky Friday
Lindsy Lohan/Jared Leto- Chapter 27
Jared Leto/Kristen Stewart- Panic Room
Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattison- Twilight series
Robert Pattison/James Franco- Love and Distrust

Will Smith to Kevin Costner

[Merlin1958]

Will Smith was in "Bagger Vance with Matt Damon
Matt Damon was in Ocean's 11 With Andy Garcia
Andy Garcia was in Godfather 3 with Al Pacino
Pacino was in Heat with DeNiro
DeNiro was in Goodfellas with Ray Liotta
Ray Liotta was in Field of dreams with Kevin Costner

That right?

[Merlin1958]

How about

Robin Williams

To

William Shatner

[pathoftheturtle]

John Cleese/Jaime Lee Curtis- A Fish Called Wanda
Jaime Lee Curtis/Lindsy Lohan- Freaky Friday
Lindsy Lohan/Jared Leto- Chapter 27
Jared Leto/Kristen Stewart- Panic Room
Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattison- Twilight series
Robert Pattison/James Franco- Love and Distrust

Awesome job. Apparently, Mattrick had a plan of his own when he posted "Kevin Spacey to Martin Lawrence" but me, I didn't even think about it -- just assumed that, yes, any fairly established actor could be connected in 6 to a random big name. Nice moves.

[Mattrick]

I think of it first to make sure there is a connection or that it's not too hard but there are always options you don't think of. Mine was:

Kevin Spacey/Denis Leary - The Ref
Denis Leary/Bob Gunton - Demolition Man
Bob Gunton/Tim Robbins - Shawshank
Tim Robbins/Martin Lawrence.

You just found a shorter short cut haha.

Robin Williams/Ben Affleck - Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck/Sandra Bullock - Forces of Nature
Sandra Bullock/William Shatner - Miss Congeniality



Kirk Douglas

to

Viggo Mortensen

[Mattrick]

Okay I just realized how easy mine was...

kirk douglas/michael douglas - It Runs in the Family
Michael Douglas/Viggo Mortenson - A Perfect Murder DERPPPP



So here is a new one:

Willem Dafoe


Adam Sandler

[beam*seeker]

Okay I just realized how easy mine was...

kirk douglas/michael douglas - It Runs in the Family
Michael Douglas/Viggo Mortenson - A Perfect Murder DERPPPP



So here is a new one:

Willem Dafoe


Adam Sandler

Dafoe and Tom Berenger (Platoon)
Tom Berenger and Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception)
DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson (the Departed)
Nicholson and Sandler (ANger Management)

Next up:
Anthony Hopkins


Steve Buscemi go!

[Seymour_Glass]

Anthony Hopkins/Jodie Foster/Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster/Harvey keitel/Taxi Driver
Harvey and Stevie were in Reservoir Dogs.

Christian Bale to Jim Carrey.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman - The Dark Knight
Morgan Freeman and Jim Carrey - Bruce Almighty


Keifer Sutherland to Will Ferrell

[Seymour_Glass]

They were in SNL together once.

[Mattrick]

Keifer Sutherland/Angelina Jolie - Taking Lives
Angelina Jolie/Winona Ryder - Girl, Interuptted
Winona Ryder/Will Ferrell - Zoolander



Michael Rooker


Orlando Bloom

[Seymour_Glass]

Michael Rooker was in Days of Thunder starring Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise starred in Jerry Maguire and Vanilla Sky directed by Cameron Crowe.
Cameron Crowe's las feature was Elizabethtown starring Orlando Bloom.

[Seymour_Glass]

Sandra Bullock to Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

[Mattrick]

You can't link directors

[Seymour_Glass]

[Seymour_Glass]

Michael Rooker/ Tom Cruise/ Days of Thunder
Tom Cruise was in Vanilla Sky with Penelope Cruz
Who was in the new Pirates with Johnny Depp
Who was in the first three pirates movies with orlando bloom.

Now, Sandra Bullock to Joseph Gordon-Levitt.