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Six Degrees of Colin Firth

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~Kaffeine Sun, Nov 24, 1996 (13:44) seed

Thank you, Ian, for the post that suggested this topic! There is a popular (?) game right now called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The goal is to connect Kevin Bacon to any other actor in six steps or less. I thought that this might be fun for us to do with Colin. For example, connect Colin to Melanie Griffith. There may be more than one answer, but I've got one listed below: Melanie Griffith was in "Something Wild" with Jeff Daniels Jeff Daniels was in "Arachnaphobia" with John Goodman John Goodman was in "Everybody's All-American" with Jessica Lange Jessica Lange was in "Tootsie" with Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman was in "Sleepers" with Minnie Driver Minnie Driver was in "Circle of Friends" with....COLIN FIRTH!! Okay, now I'll throw out the first name: Connect Colin Firth to Tommy Lee Jones! (And, as its the first round, I've made it easier - this can be done with three steps).

~kathleen Sun, Nov 24, 1996 (13:53) #1

Does an upcoming movie count in this game? Because Jessica Lange is/will be in 1000 Acres w/ Colin Firth. If so, then in two steps, Tommie Lee Jones was in "Blue Sky" w/ Jessical Lange Jessica Lange is in "1000 Acres" w/ Colin Firth

~kathleen Sun, Nov 24, 1996 (14:17) #2

Wait a minute -- am I supposed to start another game? How about connect Colin Firth to Katherine Hepburn. I believe it can be done in 4 steps at the most.

~Kaffeine Sun, Nov 24, 1996 (14:20) #3

Good job, Kathleen! And yes, I should have specified that if you solve one, you should add a new one!

~Donna Sun, Nov 24, 1996 (15:09) #4

Six Degrees: Tommy Lee Jones in "Coal Miners daughter" w/ Sissy Spacek Sissy Spacek in "Crimes of the Heart" w/Sam Shepard Sam Shepard in "Pelican Brief" w/ Julia Roberts Julia Roberts in "Step Mom" w/ Susan Sarandan Susan Sarandan in "Withes of Eastwick" w/ Michell Pfieffer Michelle Pfeiffer in 1,000 Acres w/ COLIN FIRTH

~haker Sun, Nov 24, 1996 (20:42) #5

But can you get from Kevin Bacon to Firth?

~Catie Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (18:58) #6

Colin Firth was in Circle of Friends with Minnie Driver who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon. How many degrees of separation is Colin Firth from Cher?

~Inko Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (20:34) #7

There are only two degrees of separation between Colin Firth and Cher: Colin Firth was in "Camille" with Greta Scacchi, and Greta Scacchi was in "The Player" with Cher. I'll have to think to come up with a new one - have to go search the IMDB.

~Inko Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (20:38) #8

~Inko Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (20:39) #9

OK - how many degrees of separation are there between Colin Firth and Robert Redford?

~Linda Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (20:58) #10

Another two-stepper for Colin/Tommy Lee: Tommy Lee was in Batman with Chris O'Donnell; Chris was in Circle of Friends with Colin. Linda Lee

~Linda Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (21:24) #11

I can think of two 2-steppers from CF to Robert Redford: Redford was in Sneakers wtih Ben Kingsley; Kinglsey was in Bugsy with Annette Bening; Bening was in Valmont with Firth. Also, Redford was in Sneakers with David Strathairn; Strathairn was in Memphis Belle with Billy Zane; Zane was in Femme Fetale with Firth. How about Firth to Janeanne Garofalo? I can think of a 5 step but there must be a shorter one.

~Donna Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (21:25) #12

Inko there is one Robert Redford w/Michelle Pfieffer "Up Close and Personnal"

~Donna Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (21:28) #13

Michelle Pfeieffer w/ Colin Firth "1,000 Acres There is only one person between them

~Donna Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (21:33) #14

Sorry, 2 degrees

~maud Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (21:46) #15

Kevin Bacon to CF: Bacon was in "a few good men" w/ Tom Cruise; Cruise was is "Far and away" w/ N. Kidman; Kidman was in "dead calm" w/ billy Zane; Zane was in "femme fatale" w/ CF. ?? 2 degrees--Robt. Redfford was in "Sneakers" w/ ben Kingsley: Kingsley was in "camille" w/ CF.

~maud Tue, Nov 26, 1996 (14:19) #16

Sorry---forgot to ask one. What about CF and Lassie?

~Inko Tue, Nov 26, 1996 (17:29) #17

Does this count, Maud? CF and Lassie were in the same movie "Wings of Fame", but I don't know which Lassie that was - there have been so many different ones.

~maud Tue, Nov 26, 1996 (18:08) #18

Your're correct--but see if you can answer with both characters (Lassie) and CF) being "living" characters--then you need to ply the degrees game.

~Inko Tue, Nov 26, 1996 (20:05) #19

I haven't worked out the Lassie-CF connection yet, but have a new one which, I worked out in six steps - the six degrees of separation between Colin Firth and Bing Crosby. (It's possible there may be less steps - I didn't work through all the possibilities.)

~maud Wed, Nov 27, 1996 (11:42) #20

re: response #11- Garofalo to CF in 4 Garofalo to uma T uma T to Glenn Close Glenn C to Meg T Meg T to CF still working on the others

~Inko Wed, Nov 27, 1996 (20:41) #21

Maud, this is the connection between CF and Lassie: Lassie - Elizabeth Taylor "Lassie Come Home" Elizabeth Taylor - Katherine Hepburn "Suddenly Last Summer" Katherine Hepburn - Peter O'Toole "Lion in Winter" Peter O'Toole - Colin Firth "Wings of Fame" so I guess there are four steps to Lassie and only two steps to Katherine Hepburn, a question asked earlier. I'll go with the same question I asked yesterday - Colin Firth to Bing Crosby.

~catie Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:43) #22

Bing Crosby was in High Society with Grace Kelly who was in To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant who was in Charade with Walter Matthau who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon who was in Sleepers with Minnie Driver who was in Circle of Friends with Colin Firth. This not only connecst Bing Crosby to Colin Firth but also to Kevin Bacon. This is what is called a double whammy!

~Inko Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (21:28) #23

Catie - that's interesting. When I worked out I found all British actors, so there must be lots of ways to make these connections. I found Bing Crosby with Ingrid Bergman (Bells of St. Mary's), Ingrid Bergman with Leslie Howard (Intermezzo), Leslie Howard with David Niven (First of the Few), David Niven with Richard Attenborough (Stairway to Heaven), Richard Attenborough with Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) and Donald Pleasance with Colin First (The Advocate).

~Ann Fri, Nov 29, 1996 (22:46) #24

Here's another Lassie to CF (In four): Roddy McDowell(Lassie) with Sissy Spacek-"Grass Harp" Sissy Spacek with Tommy Lee Jones-"Coal Miner's Daughter" Tommy Lee Jones with Chris O'Donnell-"Batman" Chris O'Donnell with CF-"Circle of Friends"

~Ann Sat, Nov 30, 1996 (02:34) #25

Faster way to Garofalo: JG-Uma "Cats and Dogs" Uma-Jurgen Prochnow "Robin Hood (Patric Bergin version)" Prochnow-CF "English Patient"

~Ann Sat, Nov 30, 1996 (09:48) #26

Only one person stands between CF and Madonna (in other words a person was in a movie with CF & a different movie with Madonna). Who is it and what are the two movies. Then from Madonna it is only a short hop to Jeremy Northam. Also link CF to Monty Python in four steps or less.

~maud Sun, Dec 1, 1996 (19:09) #27

Here's CF to Madonna: Cf was in Hostages w/ cathy bates cathy bates was in Dick Tracy w/ Madonna I'm still working on the other 2 questions. sometimes it helps to work on something else if you're stuck on the current question. What about CF to Mae West?

~maud Sun, Dec 1, 1996 (19:42) #28

Here's the rest of Ann's question (resp.26) from CF fo Madonna(see above) then to Jeremy Northam: Madonna was in Evita w/ Jonathan Pryce J. Pryce was in Carrington w/ JN CF to Monty Python in 4 CF was in P&P2 w/ Alison Steadman A. Steadman was in Baron Von Munchhausen w/ Eric Idle Eric Idle was in various Mony Python movies--e.g. the meaning of life

~Ann Sun, Dec 1, 1996 (23:23) #29

Your CF to Monty Python was different from mine: CF with Patrick Malahide (Month in the Country) PM with brother Jonathan Firth (Middlemarch) JF with Michael Palin (American Friends) MP to Monty Python.

~catie Tue, Dec 3, 1996 (20:59) #30

CF to Mae West: Mae West was in "She Done Him Wrong" with Cary Grant who was in "The Philadelphia Story" with Katherine Hepburn who was in "Love Affair" with Annette Bening who was in "Valmont" with Colin Firth How about Gerard Depardieu to CF?

~maud Tue, Dec 3, 1996 (21:19) #31

CF to Gerard Depardieu: Gerard D was in Green Card w/ andie Macdowell Andie mac was in 4 weddings and a funeral w/ Kristin scott thomas Kristin S T was in the english patient w/ CF How about Elvis?

~catie Wed, Dec 4, 1996 (20:36) #32

Elvis was in Change of habit with Mary Tyler Moore who was in Ordinary People with Timothy Hutton who was in Everybody's all American with Jessica Lange who will be 1000 acres with Colin Firth.

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