Movie game

A movie game method and apparatus is provided including a score pad having a plurality of sheets of paper and a timer. Also included is a stack of a plurality of playing cards each having a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween. Each of the playing cards of the stack includes a top face with an actor thereon and a bottom face with a list of movies thereon in which the actor appeared.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to board games and more particularly pertains 
to a new movie game for providing an easily played game. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
The use of board games is known in the prior art. More specifically, board 
games heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of 
familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding 
the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been 
developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
Known prior art includes U. S. Pat. No. 5,066,016; U.S. Pat. No. 5,121,928; 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,306,725; U.S. Pat. Des. 171,084; U.S. Pat. No. 3,935,651; 
and U.S. Pat. No. 1,704,721. 
In these respects, the movie game according to the present invention 
substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the 
prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for 
the purpose of providing an easily played game. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of board 
games now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new 
movie game construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing an 
easily played lame. 
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described 
subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new movie game apparatus 
and method which has many of the advantages of the board games mentioned 
heretofore and many novel features that result in a new movie game which 
is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of 
the prior art board games, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a score pad 
including a plurality of sheets of paper each with an elongated top edge, 
an elongated bottom edge and a pair of short edges. The top edges of the 
sheets are attached via a spine. The score pad further includes a planar 
rectangular block having a lower side corner being hingably coupled to an 
end of a top edge of the spine. In use, the block is adapted for pivoting 
within a plane in which the score pad resides. Next provided is a pencil 
including an elongated shaft having a first end being sharpened and a 
second end equipped with an eraser representative of a kernel of popped 
popcorn. Also included is a timer including an hourglass for indicating 
the cessation of a predetermined amount of time. FIG. 2 shows a box 
including a bottom portion including a planar rectangular bottom face and 
peripheral side wall coupled to a periphery of the bottom face and 
extending upwardly therefrom. The box further includes a top face with a 
peripheral side wall coupled to the top face and depending therefrom for 
removably receiving the side wall of the bottom portion. FIG. 3 depicts a 
first stack of a plurality of playing cards each having a planar 
rectangular configuration with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery 
formed therebetween. Each of the playing cards of the first stack includes 
a top face with a name and a pictorial representation of an actor thereon. 
A bottom face of each playing card is equipped with a list of movies 
thereon in which the actor appeared. FIG. 4 shows a second stack of a 
plurality of tie-breaking cards each having a planar rectangular 
configuration with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed 
therebetween. Each of the tie-breaking cards of the second stack includes 
a top face with a name and a pictorial representation of an actor thereon. 
Unlike the first stack of playing cards, the tie-breaking cards have a 
bottom face with a list of movies thereon for which the actor received or 
was nominated for an award. 
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features 
of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that 
follows may be better understood, and in order that the present 
contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional 
features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which 
will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention 
in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its 
application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the 
components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the 
drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being 
practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood 
that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose 
of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon 
which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the 
designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the 
several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, 
that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions 
insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present 
invention. 
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent 
and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the 
scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar 
with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a 
cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of 
the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention 
of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to 
be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new movie 
game apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the board 
games mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new 
movie game which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even 
implied by any of the prior art board games, either alone or in any 
combination thereof. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new movie game 
which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new movie game 
which is of a durable and reliable construction. 
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new movie 
game which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both 
materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low 
prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such movie game 
economically available to the buying public. 
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new movie 
game which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some 
of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the 
disadvantages normally associated therewith. 
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new movie 
game for providing an easily played game. 
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new 
movie game that includes a score pad having a plurality of sheets of paper 
and a timer. Also included is a stack of a plurality of playing cards each 
having a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween. 
Each of the playing cards of the stack includes a top face with an actor 
thereon and a bottom face with a list of movies thereon in which the actor 
appeared. 
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various 
features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with 
particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this 
disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating 
advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should 
be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there 
are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 4 
thereof, a new movie game embodying the principles and concepts of the 
present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 
will be described. 
The present invention, designated as numeral 10, includes a score pad 12 
including a plurality of sheets of paper 14 each with an elongated top 
edge, an elongated bottom edge and a pair of short edges. Each sheet of 
paper preferably has a plurality of columns representative of rounds, a 
plurality of rows unique to a player and a total column. The top edges of 
the sheets arc attached via a spine. The score pad further includes a 
planar rectangular block 16 having a lower side corner being hingably 
coupled to an end of a top edge of the spine. In use, the block is adapted 
for pivoting within a plane in which the score pad resides. 
Next provided is a pencil 18 including an elongated shaft having a first 
end being sharpened and a second end equipped with an eraser 
representative of a kernel of popped popcorn 20. Also included is a timer 
21 including an hourglass for indicating the cessation of a predetermined 
amount of time. 
FIG. 2 shows a box 22 including a bottom portion having a planar 
rectangular bottom face and peripheral side wall coupled to a periphery of 
the bottom face and extending upwardly therefrom. The box further includes 
a top face with a peripheral side wall coupled to the top face and 
depending therefrom for removably receiving the side wall of the bottom 
portion. 
FIG. 3 depicts a first stack of a plurality of 5.times.7 inch playing cards 
24 each having a planar rectangular configuration with a top face, a 
bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween. Each of the playing 
cards of the first stack includes a top face with a name and/or a 
pictorial representation of an actor thereon. A bottom face of each 
playing card is equipped with a list of movies thereon in which the actor 
appeared. 
FIG. 4 shows a second stack of a plurality of 3.times.5 inch tie-breaking 
cards 26 each having a planar rectangular configuration with a top face, a 
bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween. Each of the tie-breaking 
cards of the second stack includes a top face with a name and/or a 
pictorial representation of an actor thereon. Unlike the first stack of 
playing cards, the tie-breaking cards each has a bottom face with a list 
of movies thereon for which the actor either received or was nominated for 
an award. Of course, the actor would have to also have appeared in such 
movies. 
The method associated with the present invention will now be set forth. 
Before play, a person is designated as a scorekeeper. Further, a person is 
designated to operate the timer. 
During play, a predetermined number of rounds arc played wherein each round 
includes one of the players picking one of the playing cards from the 
first stack and identifying verbally the name of the actor on the top face 
thereof. Thereafter, the players take turns in sequential order. Each of 
such turns includes the act of attempting to correctly guess a single one 
of the movies on the bottom face of the picked playing card. It should be 
noted that a wrong guess renders the current player out while a correct 
guess affords the current player a point. Further, during the turn, the 
current player is rendered out if a correct guess is not given before the 
cessation of the predetermined amount of time after the playing card is 
picked. 
During each round, the players continue to take turns until each of the 
players is rendered out or each of the movies on the bottom face of the 
picked playing card are guessed, whichever occurs first. It should be 
noted that at the beginning of each round, a subsequent or adjacent player 
picks one of the playing cards prior to the players taking turns in the 
foregoing manner. 
At the end of the round when two players remain, a tie is broken by each of 
the players simultaneously picking one of the tie-breaking cards from the 
second stack and simultaneously verbally identifying the name of the actor 
on the top face of the picked tie-breaking card. Once this is done, the 
timer is set. In the designated amount of time, the player who correctly 
guesses the greatest amount of movies on the bottom face of the 
tie-breaking card picked by the opposing player wins the round. This may 
constitute winning of the final point or any other compensation deemed fit 
by the users. The foregoing tie-breaking method may be continued and/or 
repeated as long as necessary. 
After each round, the number of points afforded each player is recorded on 
the score pad. Further, a winner is declared as being the player who is 
afforded the most points in the predetermined number of rounds. 
As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the 
present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. 
Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and 
operation will be provided. 
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the 
optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to 
include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of 
operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to 
one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those 
illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are 
intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the 
principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and 
changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired 
to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and 
described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may 
be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.