Some friends and I just recently starting playing a Backgammon and are having a lot of fun with it. I've got some rental coupons and we're looking for a good movie or two in which Backgammon is played by characters or has some other relatively prominent role. Any ideas?

Octopussy.

You're kidding right?

I can understand "movies with cool car chases" or "movies with a Russian villan" or whatnot but that takes the cake.

Grats tommy for finding one!

this may be the strangest request we have had in a while...thinking

Finally, someone asks the question that surely has haunted many a dvdtalk poster. I for one am relieved!

As for films with Backgammon...err...umm...duh...

Ok, beats me.

Not a movie but it was featured in ABC's Lost.

from a imdb powersearch:


And One Was Beautiful (1940) 6.2/10 (31 votes)

Benny's Video (1992) 6.8/10 (310 votes)

Blood Sucking Freaks (1976) 4.2/10 (944 votes)
...aka Heritage of Caligula (1976)
...aka Heritage of Caligula: An Orgy of Sick Minds, The (1976) (USA: video title)
...aka House of the Screaming Virgins, The (1976)
...aka Incredible Torture Show, The (1976) (USA: alternative title)

Having Wonderful Time (1938) 6.1/10 (63 votes)
...aka Having a Wonderful Time (1938)

Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002) (TV) 2.2/10 (107 votes)

No More Ladies (1935) 6.5/10 (46 votes)

Octopussy (1983) 6.4/10 (8712 votes)
...aka Ian Fleming's Octopussy (1983) (UK: complete title)

Royal Straight Flush (2003) (TV)
...aka Pokerdrømme - en dansker i Las Vegas (2003) (TV) (Denmark: promotional title)

Rushmore (1998) 7.7/10 (23168 votes)

Semi-Tough (1977) 5.7/10 (390 votes)

Sport Slants (1934/II)
...aka Ted Husing's Sport Slants (1934/II) (USA: complete title)

Topkapi (1964) 7.2/10 (1154 votes)

Vizontele (2001) 7.8/10 (683 votes)

Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939) 6.5/10 (25 votes)

Well, in The Bad News Bears Walter Matthau did yell at the future-headless Vic Morrow, "An intentional walk with the bases empty? This is baseball, not backgammon!"

That's all I got.