A lot of you may be familiar with the game, "The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" ... This is a variation of that game ...

For those of you are who are not familiar with the rules of the Kevin Bacon game, here's a run-down :

The point of the game is to see how many steps it takes to get from Kevin Bacon to another actor/actress using other cast members in common movies - and the goal of the game is to make the connection in as few steps as possible - and you must make the connection in 6 steps or less (that's why it's called the Six degress of Kevin Bacon) :)

Example :
Kevin Bacon to Steve Martin

Kevin Bacon was in A Few Good Men with Demi Moore .... Demi Moore was in Nothing But Trouble with Dan Akroyd .... Dan Akroyd was in Sgt. Bilko with Steve Martin ....

This gives a score of 3 (it took 3 movies to get to Steve Martin from Kevin Bacon) ...


Well ... this version of the Six Degrees game is slightly different (and more challenging) ... This is the Six Degrees of X and Y .... X being one actor/actress and Y being another actor/actress ... This will prove the theory that everyone connects to everyone else in 6 steps or less (and trust me, it can be done with virtually anyone) ...

How Will it Work?

Every couple of days (depending on the level of participation) - I will post a new set of names ... It is your job to find the fastest solution in the shortest amount of time (you can only post a solution once per round) .... Since this is done on the computer (where the information is readily available to you) - the point is to find the least amount of steps ...

Just something that I thought might be fun :) .... Let's give it try shall we ?

Reply if you would be interested in this game ...

Thanks,
Brian

i'm not quite sure if i fully understood the difference between your enhanced version and the example you gave us , but it sounds fun and interesting...

how about another example?

Well ... another example (slightly more difficult) - would be something like :

Jimmy Stewart to Patrick Stewart


Well ... Since I've done this one before - I'll give you the fastest route :

Jimmy Stewart was in The Shootist with a young Ron Howard ...... Ron Howard was in Osmosis Jones with William Shatner ...... William Shatner was in Star Trek 7 - Generations with Patrick Stewart .... again, that's a score of 3


The problem with using only Kevin Bacon - is that almost all the answer go through a few of his movies, J.F.K A Few Good Men, and Sleepers ..... So, the game gets boring after a while ...

There are some good resource online (such as the Internet Movie Database -- http://www.imdb.com ) where you can find out who's been in what movies .... But, the trick is finding the fastest route ...


Just something I thought might be interesting ... :)

Brian

great game... based on the famous theory of 'six degrees of separation' between any two individuals -- the theory has since been debunked (the original study was way too narrow), but as a game concept it is cool :)

In the entertainment business (especially movies) it can be accomplished with almost anyone ...

I designed a website ( http://www.arianlloydavery.com ) -- He's a local musician in my area, and he had a very small role in a movie ... So, technically - you can connect me up to Kevin Bacon in 6 steps :)

I play this game all the time with my co-workers .... It's a time killer (and a brain-bender -- especially without any reference material)

I'll wait for more feedback, and then I'll post the first "round"

Brian

sounds like fun! how about a test round...?

I'm up for it; tho I am not a movie buff, so it might take me awhile :P

Great idea for a game I'm up for it. Don't know if I'm allowed but here's a test one for anyone interested.

Steve McQueen >>>> Tim Curry

Later

Minor

Hey MinorUK....

Steve McQueen starred in four movies:
"Path of the Dragon"
"Magnificent Seven"
"Hell is for Heroes"
"The Great Escape"

with actor
James Coburn who starred in two movies:
"Stories from my Childhood"
"Captain Planet & the Planeteers"

with actor
Tim Curry

why do I sudden'y feel movie illeterat....
:(

Nice one dartagnan. The one I thought of was

STEVE MCQUEEN was in Towering Inferno with

PAUL NEWMAN who was in The Colour of Money with

TOM CRUISE who was in Legend with

TIM CURRY

Later

Minor

I have a feeling that Dartagnan is going to win every round (he seems to know where to look for the answers) ;)

Perhaps this isn't the best "online" game to play :D

I'll keep posting examples -- but I might have to ban Dart from the game :) (j/k)

Brian

Ahh Brian....No Fair :)

Minor Correction: "she" not "he"....

DOH !!! ... thanks for correcting me -- I will not forget :)

Brian

Not a problem....of course

Screen names don't give away much sometimes.

Keep those games coming.... :)

Someone post a challenge.

~Jer~

Okie ...


try : Alfred Hitch**** to Ted Danson


:)

Alfred Hitch****
directed a movie called, "Birds"

Ted Danson
looks at birds everyday

I win :D

~Jer~

I'm going to try and think of the answer and not research it.

~Jer~

~ Jer ~

You stole my answer!! LMAO

Let's do one on music! I don't know squat about movies or t.v.

~Jer~ You're a hoot!! :cherry:

I like the sound of this~!!!

Find:

George Lucas & Kevin Bacon (rofl. :P )

Okay ... thinking aloud (after finding one of very few movies that Lucas has been in) ... (I love this game!) ...

George Lucas in Hook ... with Dustin Hoffman ...

Dustin Hoffman in Sleepers ... with Kevin Bacon ...


See !! .. That's why I changed the rules of this game --- everything goes through Sleepers, JFK, and A Few Good Men :)

hehe ... but Thanks Garrett ... Feel free to post more :)

Brian

Aw, c'mon guys, it's not that difficult :)

Hi Bombus.

Dustin Hoffman was in Outbreak with
Morgan Freeman who was in Deep Impact with
Tea Leoni who was in Jurassic Park 3 with
Sam Neil

Later

Minor

or.....

Dustin Hoffman + Tom Cruise in Rainman
who starred with Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut
who starred with Sam Neil in Dead Calm

How about.

Kevin Costner - Anthony Hopkins

Later

Minor

hrmnn ...

Dustin Hoffman and Geena Davis in Hero

Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum in The Fly

Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill in Jurassic Park

:)

Thanks Bombus :D

DOH !!!! ... I didn't see Page #2 :)

(I guess it had already been solved) :)

okay ... on to Minor's example ...

How do you guys do this???? Is it just amazing knowledge on movies or do you have some fancy searching software that does the matching?

I had a proggie once that made up anagrams of any words/sentences and I managed to amaze family and friends with it for ages. They all thought I was really clever :D

Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell in 3000 Miles to Graceland

Kurt Russell and Scott Glenn in BackDraft

Scott Glenn and Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs


... i think ...

Brian

[Edited on 21-7-2002 by Brian Ayers : I spelled my name wrong :laugh:]

Originally posted by AlienInLondon
How do you guys do this???? Is it just amazing knowledge on movies or do you have some fancy searching software that does the matching?

I had a proggie once that made up anagrams of any words/sentences and I managed to amaze family and friends with it for ages. They all thought I was really clever :D


I don't use any resources ... (then again, I play this game a LOT at work - so, I've heard just about every connection there is) :)

For the real difficult ones - there is the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com ) -- but it's more fun to try it without using that site :)

Glad you solved this Brian, as I am not a Kostner fan I found this one rather challenging and couldn't get further than:

Kevin Kostner got insulted bij Madonna in 'In bed with Madonna', who thinks she's as good an actress as Emma Thompson who starred in 'alot of movies' with Anthony Hopkins.... :D

Bombus
Originally posted by Brian Ayers
Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell in 3000 Miles to Graceland

Kurt Russell and Scott Glenn in BackDraft

Scott Glenn and Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs


... i think ...

Brian

[Edited on 21-7-2002 by Brian Ayers : I spelled my name wrong :laugh:]

Okey, dokey.....

Since Big bad Brian (j/k) has banned me from this game....

I'll offer a challenge instead:

Thandie Newton and Jackie Chan

~Bonus points for guessing which actor/actress narrated 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"~

Good Luck!

Thandie who ?...... ummm, I guess I have to tear myself away from the pc and get out more... :)

[Edited on 22-7-2002 by Bombus4Kids]

Hi dartagnan. Keep posting questions like these and you'll get banned from that too :laugh:.

Anyhow.

Thandie Newton was in Mission Impossible 2 with

Anthony Hopkins (although he's uncredited in the films credits) Who was in Hannibal with

Gary Oldman who was in The fifth element with

Chris Tucker who was in Rush Hour with

Jackie Chan

That was a hard one! More like it please.

Later

Minor

PS John Larroqutte(spelling?) was the Narrator in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[Edited on 22-7-2002 by MinorUK : Forgot Something(Duh)]

Hi Bombus....Thandie Newton is a young Australian actress who's past films include: MI2, Beloved, Interview with a Vampire, Flirting, The Young Americans (a personal favorite), Jefferson in Paris, Besieged and The Leasing Man....to name a few....I think being able to list all these is a huge indicator that I should stop watching so many damn films :)

Hi Minor......This game just wouldn't be any fun if the questions were too easy :D Nice work on the solution though, I wouldn't have thought about using the Gary Oldman reference....nice move. I have to say that your answer to the bonus question was nothing short of legardary. I must have asked more than a hundred people that question over the years and not one person has ever known the answer.....I am impressed, good work mate.

Want another one you say?.....

How about:

Minnie Driver and Charlton Heston

Good Luck...

Another hard one. Here Goes.

Minnie Driver in Groose Point Blank with

John Cusack in Con Air with

Steve Buscemi who was in Resovoir Dogs with

Tim Roth who was in Planet Of the Apes 2001 with

Charlton Heston

Heres one

Neve Campbell - Brendon Fraser.

Later

Minor

Neve Campbell starred in "The Craft" with

Robin Tunney who starred in "Encino Man" with

Brendan Fraser


How about:

Jessica Harper and Drew Barrymore



[Edited on 23-7-2002 by dartagnan]

I've played before its fun

Jessica Harper was in Stardust Memories with Woody Allen and he made Everyone Says I Love which starred Drew Barrymore

There is a website that was done by an American University's CS students that has a program that links any actor/actress to any other actor actress. I found this site like 5 or 6 years ago when the 6 degrees first became popular. You can choose whether you want to use movies, tv, or movies & tv. Email me if you want this website.

Nathan

How about Meg Tilly and Gregory Hines

Ahhh nwn4772, thats no fun.....

Meg Tilly starred in "The Big Chill" with:

Jeff Goldblum who starred in "Mad Dog Time" & "Fairie Tale Theatre" with:

Gregory Hines


How about: Joey Lauren Adams and Christopher Reeve


[Edited on 24-7-2002 by dartagnan]

[Edited on 24-7-2002 by dartagnan]

if i try to watch any movie (never mind finding out who's in the bloody thing) the phone will be guaranteed to ring within the first 5 minutes...i wish i'd never offered a 24hr service...:cry:

Joey Lauren Adams was in Chasing Amy/Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (the list goes on) with Jason Lee (used to be a Pro skateboarder, by the way) :D

Jason Lee and Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State

Gene Hackman and Christopher Reeve in Superman



I'm watching a great, classic sci-fi movie right now with a very young Liam Neeson (sp?) .... Krull ...

So hook these up ...

Liam Neeson to Humphrey Bogart

Good Luck !!



[Edited on 25-7-2002 by Brian Ayers]

Humphrey Bogart and Edward G Robinson - Key Largo
Robinson and Charlton Heston - Soylent Green
Heston(uncredited) and Tim Roth - Planet of the Apes(2001)
Roth and Liam Neeson - Rob Roy

Hello Bombus.

Tim Curry was in Congo with
Ernie Hudson who was in Ghost Busters 2 with
Bill Murray who was in Wild Things with
Kevin Bacon who was in Flatliners with
Julia Roberts

How about Guy Pearce - Tom Berenger

Later

Minor



[Edited on 3-8-2002 by MinorUK : Added my challenge]

hhmmmm kinda reminds me of something i read in
MAD MAG... i cant remember the whole thing tho
it had....
nope... really cant remember ..
lol..

:scratch:

Okay ... Guy Pearce to Tom Berenger

Guy Pearce was in LA Confidential with Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey was in The Negotiator with Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson was in Pulp Fiction with John Travolta

John Travolta was in Look Who's Talking with Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley was in Shoot to Kill with Tom Berenger

...phewww ...

[Edited on 4-8-2002 by Brian Ayers : bb code fixed]

Aw Brian.... you took the words right out of my mouth! :)

Bombus

Hi.

Uh...wow.

I'm still on the Laura Dern and Anthony Hopkins one...or was it Anthony Hopkins and Minnie Driver?

Like I need to spend anymore time lurking around these boards, then y'all come up with something like this.

Till later,

-Social

Yeah, I've Seen These In The Paper, But There Already Done, Sure I'd Be Interested, Looks Like You've Got A Good Game Running Here Brian ;)

I Don't Know If Anyone Can Do This Because I'm Just Gonna Randomly Put Two Names, Can Anyone Find A Link Between Al Pacino And Tim Robbins:)

Ive got an answer but not sure wether it counts as one film i didnt see him beiong credited but here goes :-
Al Pacino was in Frankie and jonny alongside Nathan Lane,
Who was in austin powers : goldmember with Mike myers,
Mike myers was in Austin powers 2 as was Tim Robbins!! Tada!! :yikes:

Heres one ive not tried but should be fun, Danny glover and joan cusack.

Danny is in Lethal Weapon Ad Infinitums with
Mel
Mel is in Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts
Julia is in Runaway Bride with JOAN
( I saw that on Sunday night here, nice chick flick:) )

Howsaboot.. Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman

this should keep ya busy
mary poppins and tom green

Originally posted by Alison
... Howsaboot.. Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman

Nicolas Cage was in Face Off with John Travolta
John Travolta was in Phenomenon with Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall was in Days of Thunder with Nicole Kidman

:)

Originally posted by timoy
this should keep ya busy
mary poppins and tom green


Julie Andrews was in S.O.B. with Robert Loggia
Robert Loggia was in Independence Day with Will Smith
Will Smith was in Enemy of the State with Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman was in The Royal Tennenbaums with Bill Murray
Bill Murray was in Charlie's Angels with Tom Green


How about a little music chairs ... try
Frank Sinatra to David Bowie

brian

Geez brian, You seriously play this game far too much to get the mary poppins to tom green one!!
Anyway bit of a bizzarre stab at the music one,

Frank sinatra was in cannonball run II, as was Jackie Chan,
Jackie Chan was in rush hour 2 as was Zhang Ziyi,
Zhang Ziyi was in Crouching tiger hidden dragon which was directed by Ang Lee,
Ang Lee is directing the HULK movie which stars Jennifer Connelly,
Jennifer Labyrinth was on Labyrinth with Mr David Bowie!!:o

Hows that then ?

How about Keifer Sutherland to John Cleese??

Hmm I thought you meant songs there.
The Chairman of the Board was a duet junkie
Pretty sure he got his groove on with Bono,
as did Mr Bono with old Mick J,
who i know sang
Dancing in the Streets with Mr Bowie:cool:

all your chairs are mine!
mwuhahahaha

Nice one Alison! I thought just the same to go down the song route but as I knew my movies more I kinda cheated and went down that route instead of music!! :sing:

Ps. You can have my chair. I don't want it, its falling to bits anyway.;)

OK!
thats very neighbourly of you
Alison: 1 chair
You can keep your carpet :)
this time......:D

Hahaha
You can never have my carpet, why its the source of all my powers :D

I sincerely hope carpet isn't a euphemism for toupee
not that there is anything wrong with that
Never say Never

Nope no worrys there I have a full head of hair,
My own hair I hasten to add ;) no one elses!!
what are human wigs made out of just out of interest? I know that sounds silly but is it human hair? :crazy:
heheh!!

I don't know a lot about wigs
I am thinking human hair though

heheh hey im no "rug" expert neither, :) anyhoo best get back to the topic other wise I might lose all my swish tutorial.com priveleges :D
How about,

Jason Biggs to Heather graham

I know he was in American pie
and she was in that Austin Powers film
but
uh:(.........
looks like your chair is up for grabs:)

heheh you can keep the chair, have it as a token of goodwill :) bsides that music connection you came up with was well smart!!!

This game is getting my head scratching ill say that for sure. It's certainly amazing how there does appear to be a way to connect everyone!

Jason Biggs was in American Pie with Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth was in 13 Ghosts with Mathew Lillard
Mathew Lillard was in Scream with Courtney Cox
Courtney Cox was in Scream 2 with Heather Graham

Heather Graham played Casey Becker in the film Stab, based on the happenings in the original Scream, in Scream 2.

Did that make any sense?:confused:

Julianne Moore - Vinnie Jones

Nice one minor! Just goes to show, I didnt even know heather graham waas in scream 2!!:D

And as for jullianne moore to vinnie jones Here goes .
Jullianne moore was in boogie nights alongside Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle was in The Family man with Nicolas Cage,
Nicolas Cage was in gone in sixty seconds with Vinnie Jones

That was anice one minor had me thinking!!!

How bout robert duvall to Bill murray

Morning Mr. Carpet

Duvall and Pacino in The Godfather
Pacino and Cameron Diaz in Any Given Sunday
Diaz and Mr Murray in Charlie's Angels

And here is a thermo nuclear musical chair challenge

Wyclef Jean and Dolly Parton
If anyone gets it, the can have humancarpets chair, it's broken anyways

hrmnn ... going a double route here ...

Wyclef Jean did a song with The Rock
The Rock was in The Mummy with Brendon Frasier
Brendon Frasier was in School Ties with Matt Damon
Matt Damon was in Oceans11 with Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts was in Steel Magnolias with Dolly Parton


phewwww :o

probably not what you were looking for ... but :)

Brian

Actually
i was going for

Wyclef Jean dueted with Kenny Rogers on a Gambler remix:o
and Kenny sang with Dolly, Islands in the Stream
I think I am revealing jus a lil too much music weirdness here
so:D

Good morning, Alison, Think you may have released too much musical weirdness about yourself ;) My Brain is hurting enough with just movie ones nwver mind bringing musioc into the equation. but hey lets see fi i cant come up with one thats both music and film related. Should be relateviley easy this one.

michael jackson to samuel L jackson :o

Michael Jackson was married to Lisa Presley
who just married Nicolas Cage
who was in Face OFF with Travolta
who was in Pulp Fiction with Samuel L:crazy:

Heeheh nice one!! wasnt even thinking down that route! nicely done. Id gone
Michael jackson was in moonwlaker with joe pesci
who was in lethal weapon 4 with jet li,
jet li was in kiss of the dragon with bridget fonda,
who was in jackie brown with samule l jackson!

but your way was damn quicker!!!

ok
Will Smith to..... hmm
Whoopi Goldberg;)

ouch That seems like a hard one :D
You gonna have to give me some time to think of that one! ah well almost finished at work so will have a lookseee in a short while!

Alfalfa to Bacon

heheh how could i miss it,
Whoopi goldberg and will smith both starred in made in america

:)

Jeri Ryan to [b] Sarah Michelle Geller


Grin, just 2 actresses I love to see on screen anytime :D

There is indeed a link between these two and its not as tenous as you might think! Here goes!!

Jeri Ryan was in Dracula 2000 with Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito was in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer alongside Freddie Prinze Jnr,
Freddie P was in Scooby Doo with the old Buffster herself Sarah Michelle Gellar.

There we GO! :)

you guys are a bunch of movie buffs
lol



<!--EDIT|theozz|Oct 25 2002, 09:04 PM-->

I can't even remember my own name. No way do I have enough brain cells to remember the names of actors/actresses and what movies they were in.