Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Volume 1: A Comprehensive Guide to the Movie Trivia Game - Softcover

Milne, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798683275693

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

How the game works

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a movie trivia game where one person who has been in at least one movie is named. This person is then linked to Kevin Bacon using as few movies as possible.

Crew members of movies don’t count, unless they also appear in the movie. No animals can be used either, Homo sapiens only. Appearance in a movie by archival footage does not count for game purposes, but extras and people who only do voiceover work in a movie do count.

Links are only allowed using theatrically released movies, no made for TV movies, no TV series, no straight to video/streaming releases and no video games are allowed. People who have only appeared on stage, TV/straight to video/streaming releases and were never in a movie cannot be linked.


How this book works

The first chapter lists the movies of Kevin Bacon and who is in them. The next 83 chapters go movie by movie through Bacon's entire career, listing one or more (often many more) movies of each useful Bacon Person (meaning a person in a movie with Bacon) and who is in them. This book contains movie listings for over 1500 Bacon People.

Since not everyone has a link as short as person/movie/Bacon Person/Bacon movie/Bacon, the last three chapters are devoted to people requiring longer links. These people are put into various categories such as Old Timers, "Musicians", Directors, Comics, Miscellaneous, etc. Since movies are always being made, some of these people may at some time in the future achieve a shorter link to Bacon, a person's link can sometimes even be shortened posthumously. But as of this update, none of the people listed in the last three chapters have been in a movie with a Bacon Person.

Here's a name from the last three chapters and how to read the link:

Mark Twain/The Prince and the Pauper (1909)/Charles Ogle/Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)/
Milton Berle/The Muppet Movie/CHARLES DURNING/SO/KB

a slash after a person means "was in"
a slash after a movie means "with"

Some movies listed in this book are not out yet, I have usually received information about these movies from the Internet Movie Database, this information is usually accurate but incomplete and it is subject to change. Of course, this book requires continual updating.


Blurbs

"This is the definitive resource for anyone interested in playing The Kevin Bacon Game. The easy to use format will let the beginning Bacon player easily establish paths to Mr. Bacon. There is also plenty of material for even the most seasoned Baconophile to treasure. A must have for anyone who wishes to master the intricacies of the Kevin Bacon Game." -Bill Maloney

"An absolutely astonishing work. The effort put into it jumps off the page. Thanks for the book. If I didn't have it, I'd be left twisting in the wind whenever someone said an older actor." - Joseph Ruchlewicz

"An extensive research into the theory of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, an extremely large body of information linking just about everyone I have ever heard of, plus hundreds I haven't heard of, to Kevin Bacon, most of the the links occuring in four or less movies; quite a fascinating job." -Rockster34

"I'm...I'm in awe. Words can't describe it. It's terrific. Absolutely terrific. Thank you very much for sending it to me, I enjoyed it." -FilmGuy21

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798683275693
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 558