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Mickey Rourke played Robert "Boogie" Sheftell, who demonstrated new things to do with a box of popcorn while sitting alongside a date in a darkened movie theater. After too many years in what was essentially self-imposed exile, during which he dabbled in boxing, abused drugs and starred in a handful of forgettable films, Rourke staged a big-time comeback in 2009, winning an Independent Spirit Award and earning an Oscar nomination for Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler." He also got to play the bad guy in "Iron Man 2."
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Kevin Bacon played Timothy Fenwick Jr., an expert at "College Bowl" who, in a drunken stupor, ends up inside a manger scene in his underwear. Bacon would go on to become one of Hollywood's most dependable and durable actors, appearing in such films as "Footloose" (1984), "A Few Good Men" (1992), "The River Wild" (1994) and "Mystic River" (2003). He would return to Baltimore in 2008 to film "My One and Only" alongside Renee Zellweger; his most recent film was 2011's "Crazy, Stupid, Love."
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