"6 Degrees of Brokeback Mt."

[Ellemeno]

Jill Clayburgh is going to play Pat Nixon in Dirty Tricks (2010).  Brad Pitt is going to play John Dean in Dirty Tricks (2010).  (And if those two bits of prettying up aren't ridiculous enough for you, Annette Bening is going to play Helen Thomas!!!). 

                      Annette Bening                 Helen Thomas during the Nixon era

Before that, Brad Pitt is going to be in Tree of Life (2009) (which had Heath's name attached to it for a while a year or so ago) with Sean Penn.

Before that, Sean Penn is going to play Harvey Milk (!) in Milk (2008) with Emile Hirsch.

Once upon a time, when nothing seemed wrong, Emile Hirsch was in Lords of Dogtown (2005) with Heath.

Heath does/did/will = BBM.


Next:  Eugene Levy

[Fran]

Eugene Levy in "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" with Piper Perabo
Piper Perabo in "The Prestige" with Michael Caine
Michael Caine in "The Dark Knight" with Heath Ledger
Heath=BBM

Next:  George Carlin

[Penthesilea]

George Carlin played a hitchhiker in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which also starred Ben Affleck.
BA - Good Will Hunting - Matt Damon (here he is again )
MD - Brothers Grimm - Heath
Heath = BBM


Next: John Wayne.
Did we already have him? Anyway, he's my choice for this round. Somehow it's a bit of malicious joy to connect him to BBM, I can't help it

[mariez]

Next: John Wayne.
Did we already have him? Anyway, he's my choice for this round. Somehow it's a bit of malicious joy to connect him to BBM, I can't help it

  Yeah, it is, Chrissi!

John Wayne in "True Grit" with Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall in "Secondhand Lions" with Michael Caine
Michael Caine in "The Dark Knight" with Heath
Heath = BBM

Michael Caine is almost as ubiquitous as Matt Damon!

Next:  Salma Hayek

[Fran]

Salma Hayek in "Dogma" with Matt Damon
Matt Damon in "The Brothers Grimm" with Heath Ledger
Heath=BBM

Next:  Haley Joel Osment

[Lynne]

Haley Joel Osment in Secondhand Lions with Michael Caine
Michael Caine in The Dark Knight with Heath

Heath := BBM

Next:  Jack Webb

[mariez]

I didn't use imdb, so there may be a quicker way:

Jack Webb in "Dragnet" with Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan in "MASH" with Alan Alda
Alda Alda in "The Object of My Affection" wtih Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston in "The Good Girl" with JG
JG = BBM

Next:  Mira Sorvino

[Meryl]

Mira Sorvino with Woody Allen in "Mighty Aphrodite"
Woody Allen with Liam Neeson in "Husbands and Wives"
Liam Neeson with Orlando Bloom in "Kingdom of Heaven"
Orlando Bloom with Heath in "Ned Kelly"
Heath = BBM

Next: Brendan Fraser

[Ellemeno]

Brendan Fraser is filming Singularity (2008/I) with Aishwarya Rai, who is also in the upcoming Pink Panther 2 (2009) with Emily Mortimer, who was in Lovely & Amazing (2001) with Jake.  Jake=BBM.

Next:  Gérard Depardieu

[Penthesilea]

Awww, I like Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu in The Man in the Iron Mask with Jeremy Irons.
JI - Casanova - Heath
Heath = BBM


Next: Lino Ventura. Another French actor I like very much.