"6 Degrees of Brokeback Mt."

[Fran]

These are addictive!

Vivien Leigh was in Ship of Fools with Lee Marvin.
Lee Marvin was in Delta Force with Martin Balsam.
Martin Balsam was in Cape Fear with Robert DeNiro.
Robert DeNiro was in The Good Shepherd with Matt Damon.
Matt Damon was in The Brothers Grimm with Heath.
Heath=BBM

Next:  Ronald Reagan

[Ellemeno]

Ronald Reagan was in The Young Doctors (1961) with Barnard Hughes who, 38 years later, was in Cradle Will Rock (1999) with Susan Sarandon, who was in Moonlight Mile (2002) with Jake.  Jake=BBM.

Next:  Chiwetel Ejiofor

[memento]

Chiwetel Ejiofor was in American Gangster (2007) with Russell Crowe.
Russell Crowe was in 3:10 to Yuma (2007) with Christian Bale.
Christian Bale is in The Dark Night (2008) with Heath.
Heath=BBM

Next: James Cagney

[Fran]

Somehow or other, my paths always seem to lead to Robert DeNiro. 

James Cagney was in Ragtime with Elizabeth McGovern.
Elizabeth McGovern was in Once Upon a Time in America with Robert DeNiro.
Robert DeNiro was in The Good Shepherd with Matt Damon.
Matt Damon was in The Brothers Grimm with Heath.
Heath=BBM

Next:   Ian Holm

[Ellemeno]

Well, turns out Ian Holm was in The Day After Tomorrow (2004) with Jake!  Jake=BBM

Next:  Sophia Loren

[Front-Ranger]

Sophia Loren was in Between Strangers with Pete Postlethwaite, who was in The Shipping News, written by Annie Proulx. Proulx=BBM.

Next, Ian Richardson.

[Fran]

Ian Richardson was in Becoming Jane with Anne Hathaway.
Anne Hathaway=BBM

Next:  Bruce Willis

[Ellemeno]

Bruce Willis will be in The Last Full Measure (2009) with Andy Garcia who was is in Ocean's Twelve (2004) with Matt Damon whose very next movie was The Brothers Grimm (2005) with Heath.  Heath=BBM.

I like how Lee connected the writer Annie Proulx into the game, not just actors.

Next:  Robert Altman, director.

[Brown Eyes]

Robert Altman directed Gosford Park with Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas was in Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant was in Notting Hill with Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts was in Ocean's Twelve with Matt Damon
Matt Damon was in The Brother's Grimm with Heath = BBM


LOL, I love how Matt Damon is the key to so many of these. The Ocean's series is so useful because so many people were involved.

Next: Judd Nelson

[opinionista]

Judd Nelson- St. Elmo's Fire- Emilio Estevez-The Outsiders- Patrick Swayze-Donnie Darko-Jake Gyllenhaal-Brokeback Mountain

Next: Jack Black