Kevin Bacon game
 

Ok, I don't know if this has been done on here yet, but the "name that movie" thread inspired me and I remembered this...

There's this random "game" that I've seen/played, and it started with some movie... Basically, you start with a movie that has Kevin Bacon in it, and then you relate actors from that movie to another movie, and try to relate it back to Kevin Bacon somehow...

Example:

Apollo 13 (Kevin Bacon was in it)... Tom Hanks was in it,

Tom Hanks was also in Forrest Gump, which Robin Wright Penn was in...

Robin Wright Penn was in White Oleander, as was Michelle Pfiffer...

blah blah blah... so this is what we do... I'll start off with a Kevin Bacon movie, and someone put in another actor/actress, and then we'll continue to relate to another movie, etc, etc etc... get it back to Kevin Bacon! (Tell me if this is confusing...)

Ok: Start with "Wild Things"

We play this all the time on roadtrips, but we name two actors/actress, and then relate them back to each other.

Example: Ed Norton and Ben Affleck
Ed Norton was in Fight Club with Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt was in Ocean's 11 with Matt Damon
Matt Damon was in Good Will Hunting with Ben Affleck

"Party of Five" (Neve Campbell was in "Wild Things" and "Party of Five")

Kevin Bacon was in Wild Things with Matt Dillon.
Matt Dillon was in The Outsiders with Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.

Did I do it right? :D

It would go like this:

Kevin Bacon to Diane Lane

Kevin Bacon was in wild things with Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon was in Outsiders w Diane Lane

2 degrees.

Kevin Bacon to Minnie Driver

Kevin Bacon was in Apollo 13 w Ed Harris
Ed Harris was in Waking the Dead with Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup was in Sleepers with Minnie Driver

:)

basically the theory is that you can link all of hollywood to kevin bacon through six degrees or less..but i thought it was the other way around..you name an actor/actress and then link them kevin bacon so you would say:

minnie driver:

minnie driver was in sleepers w/billy crudup
billy crudup was in waking the dead with ed harris
ed harris was in apollo 13 with kevin bacon..

hmmm I think you may be right Kate.

lol my friends play 6 degrees of amycat.

How cool is this? I can get MYSELF to Kevin Bacon in 5 degrees starting with "Wild Things."

1. Kevin Bacon in Wild Things with Matt Dillon
2. Matt Dillon in The Outsiders with Tom Cruise
3. Tom Cruise in Rainman with Dustin Hoffman
4. Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak with Cuba Gooding Jr.
5. I met Cuba Gooding Jr in a bar in Charleston in November while he was here filming a movie called The Radio

Does that count?? ;)

alright..we've discussed the actual logistics of the game..but no one has actually started a round..so i'll go first :)

maria bello

Amycat

Amycat worked for an actress
Who was in a movie w Kevin Bacon.

Sorry, can't get more specific than that.

PM me if you really want to know.

maria bello
 

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:D

yeah..but no one cares about you amy..this is the 6 degrees of kevin bacon..no amycat :D teehee..j/k

back to the topic at hand ..six of degrees of am..er... kevin bacon :)

maria bello

go.

Silly Rabbit, Kevin Bacon was *IN* Sleepers! :D


Maria Bello was in Duets with Gwynneth Paltrow.
Gwynnetth Paltrow with in Seven with Brad Pitt.
Brad Pitt was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon

Okay, next customer: Drew Barrymore!!

HEY!!!! ha ha ha

Drew Barrymore was in Never Been Kissed w David Arquette
Who was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer w Donald Sutherland
Who was in A time to Kill w Keifer Sutherland
who was in A Few Good Men w Kevin Bacon

Hmm I think it can be done in less steps than that...CP2000, didn't you do it in one less step on IM?

Next... Tobey Maguire