Okay, Daniel Day Lewis is in Gangs of New York, with Cameron Diaz, who is in The Mask with Jim Carrey, who is in Me, Myself and Irene with Richard Jenkins, who is in Intolerable Cruelty with Billy Bob Thornton!

Omar Sharif and Bruce Campbell[COLOR:YELLOW]

I just noticed my funny attempt to highlight those names in yellow did this instead! Man I'm computer illiterate!

Well Smenky, since no one else is giving any input here, I guess I'll have to chime in. Here is the fastest route:

Omar Sharif was in "Hidalgo" with J.K. Simmons who was in "Spider-Man" (and Spidey 2) with Bruce Campbell.

BUT...Here is a more interesting journey that will take you through some great actors and great movies...

Bruce Campbell was in "Army of Darkness" with Richard Grove who was in "Point Break" with Keanu Reeves who was on "Feeling Minnesota" with Cameron Diaz who was in "Gangs of New York" with Liam Neeson who was in "Schindler's List" with Ben Kingsley who was in "Ghandi" with Martin Sheen who was in "Hot Shots Part Deux" with his son Charlie who was in "Being John Malkovich" with none other than John himself who was in "Rounders" with Ed Norton who was in "The Score" with Bob DeNiro who was in "Heat" with Val Kilmer who was in "Top Secret!" with Mr. Sharif.

WOW! Wasn't that fun. Now...try this:

Humphrey Bogart and Haley Joel Osment

Finally one I can do!!

Humphrey Bogart was with Lauren Bacall in "To Have and Have Not"
Lauren Bacall was with Sean Connery in "Murder on the Orient Express".
Sean Connery was with Michael Caine in "The Man Who Would Be King".
Michael Caine was with Haley Joel Osment in "Secondhand Lions"

How about:

Ben Stiller and Clint Eastwood

Well asc...the fastest route is:

Ben Stiller was in "The Royal Tenenbaums" with Gene Hackman who was in "Absolute Power" with Dirty Harry.

BUT, A more interesting route is....JUST KIDDING! Here ya go:

Mariel Hemingway and Hayden Christiansen

Mariel Hemingway was in 'Bad Moon' with Michael Pare, who was in 'The Virgin Suicides' with Hayden Christensen.

David Keith and Keith David

David Keith was in "An Officer and a Gentlema" with Richard Gere, who was in "Final Analysis" with Keith David.

OK, we can go crazy for a few hours if you want, as long as one of us straightens it out before the weekend.

Tiny Tim and Glyn Dearman

Ok Mark, it's the end of the week and we're going out with a bang...

Tiny Tim was in "One Trick Pony" with Rip Torn (Jackie yells "RIP TORN" really loud to Jakal) who was on "The Cincinnati Kid" with THE MAN Steve McQueen who was in "The Towering Inferno" with the OTHER man Paul Newman who was in "The Sting" with Robert Shaw (oh we're rockin' and rollin' now) Quint was in "Dam Busters" with Anthony Doonan who was in "Tom Brown's School Days" with Glyn Dearman!

Ahhh...now I'm really ready for a weekend of good movies. I'll leave it with:

Alec Guinness and Antonio Banderas

Alec Guinness was in "Raise the Titanic" with Jason Robards, Jr., who was in "Philadelphia" with Antonio Banderas.

Did I catch you in time? George Reeves and Christopher Reeve

Well...I'm just sitting here in bed with my REAL computer (the powerbook g4) and the wireless internet, and I just felt compelled to respond (boy, I have a life don't I).

George Reeves was in "From Here To Eternity" with Burt Lancaster who was in "1900" with Bob DeNiro who was in "The Score" with Jor-El who was, of course, with his son Kal-El in "Superman".



Cary Grant and Grant Gelt

Nobody did this one yet? Grant Gelt was in "Avalon" with Joan Plowright, who was in "The Entertainer" with hubby Laurence Olivier, who was in "Rebecca" with Joan Fontaine, who was in "Suspicion" with Cary Grant.

Don't shoot me, but what about Lindsay Lohan and Curly Howard?

Lindsay Lohan was in 'Freaky Friday' with Jamie Lee Curtis, who was in 'True Lies' with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was in 'Around the World in 80 Days' with Jackie Chan, who was in 'Cannonball Run' with Sid Caesar, who was in 'It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' with Jimmy Durante, who was in 'Meet the Baron' with Curly Howard.

Mel Brooks and Albert Brooks

Check this out...

Mel was in "Spaceballs" with John Hurt who was in "Alien" with Sigourney Weaver who was in "The Village" with William Hurt who was in "Broadcast News" with Albert

Edward Arnold and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Edward Arnold was in 'The Ambassador's Daughter' with Olivia de Havilland, who was in 'Airport '77' with Jack Lemmon, who was in 'Glengarry Glenross' with Al Pacino, who was in 'The Godfather' with Robert Duvall, who was in 'The 6th Day' with AHNOLD!

Robert MacNaughton and Billy Boyd

Robert MacNaughtion was in "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" with Henry Thomas, who was in "Gangs of New York" with Brendan Gleeson, who was in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" with Jude Law, who was in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" with Cate Blanchett, who was in "The Lord of the Rings" with Billy Boyd.

Humphrey Bogart and Chow Yun-Fat

Humphrey Bogart was in 'Key Largo' with Lauren Bacall, who was in 'Dogville' with James Caan, who was in 'The Yards' with Mark Wahlberg, who was in 'The Corruptor' with Chow Yun-Fat.



Hattie McDaniel and Hillary Duff

Hattie McDaniel was in "The Big Wheel" with Mickey Rooney, who was in "Pulp" with Michael Caine, who was in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with Steve Martin, who was in "Cheaper By the Dozen" (2003) with Hillary Duff (and the only one of those movies I haven't seen is the last one.)

William H. Macy and Bill Macy

William H. Macy was in Boogie Nights with Heather Graham.
Heather Graham was in Bowfinger with Steve Martin
Steve Martin was in All of Me with Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin was in The Late Show with Bill Macy

How about...

Burt Reynolds and Debbie Reynolds

Burt Reynolds was in "The Cannonball Run" with Jack Elam, who was in "Firecreek" with both James Stewert and Henry Fonda, who were both in "How the West Was Won" with Debbie Reynolds.

Stan Laurel and Eddie Izzard

Stan Laurel was in 'The Bullfighters' with Richard Lane, who was in 'The Killers' with Lee Marvin, who was in 'Gorky Park' with William Hurt, who was in 'The Big Chill' with Kevin Kline, who was in 'Silverado' with Danny Glover, who is in 'Saw' with Carey Elwes, who was in 'The Cat's Meow' with Eddie Izzard.

Nicholas Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola

Ok...lets do this:

Nicholas Coppola (better known to the rest of the world as Nicholas CAGE) was in "Peggy Sue Got Married" (directed by Uncle Francis) with Kathleen Turner who was in "The Virgin Suicides" (produced by Uncle Francis) with James Woods who was in "Casino" with Bob DeNiro who was in "The Godfather II" (directed by Uncle Francis) with Robert Duvall who was in "Apocalypse Now" (directed, scored, produced and written by Uncle Francis) with Martin Sheen who was in "Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalype" with Uncle Francis.

Bruce "Bruno" Kirby Jr. and Bruce "Bruno" Willis pretty easy, but funny names.