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YesterdayLand

The Olden Age of Cinema

by Todd Etter, Summer Herrick
Answer: DRIVE IN MOVIE

Players should realize fairly quickly that the photos are actors who have been ‘aged.’ Identification is needed, but could be made easier once the movies are identified.

Short blurbs are movie plot descriptions that have also been ‘aged.’ Players identify the movies and figure out their new title by adding a word, clued by the aging. Once they’ve figured out the films, it will likely help them figure out any actors they haven’t yet identified.

Enumerated blanks are a list of the ‘aged’ films, in alphabetical order.

Once players identify which two actors are from each movie, they will index into the added title word by the number listed on Actor #2’s photo and then order them by the photos of Actor #1. The indexed letters spell DRIVE-IN MOVIE.

"Aged" Title Add'l Word Letter Actor Actor
The Breakfast Bridge Club bridge D Molly Ringwald Ally Sheedy
Little Man Prostate pros R Jodie Foster David Hyde Pierce
The Year of Assisted Living Dangerously assisted I Mel Gibson Sigourney Weaver
Trainliverspotting liver V Ewan McGregor Jonny Lee Miller
Shuffleboardwalk Empire shuffle E Steve Buscemi Jeffrey Wright
The Hip Replacements hip I Keanu Reeves Gene Hackman
House of Bingo Cards bingo N Robin Wright Kevin Spacey
Three Men and a Baby Boomer boomer M Ted Danson Tom Selleck
Mean Golden Girls golden O Lindsay Lohan Rachel McAdams
Fantastic Mr. Silver Fox silver V George Clooney Jason Schwartzman
Retirement Home Alone retirement I Catherine O'Hara Joe Pesci
Early Bird Dinner for Schmucks early bird E Steve Carell Paul Rudd

Identifying the First Group

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Molly Ringwald
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Jodie Foster
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Mel Gibson
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Ewan McGregor
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Steve Buscemi
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Keanu Reeves
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Robin Wright
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Ted Danson
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Lindsay Lohan
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George Clooney
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Catherine O'Hara
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Steve Carell

Identifying the Second Group

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Paul Rudd (1)
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Gene Hackman (2)
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Rachel McAdams (2)
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David Hyde Pierce (2)
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Jonny Lee Miller (3)
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Kevin Spacey (3)
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Joe Pesci (4)
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Jason Schwartzman (4)
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Tom Selleck (4)
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Ally Sheedy (4)
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Sigourney Weaver (4)
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Jeffrey Wright (7)