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Post by egoodstein on Oct 7, 2019 0:34:01 GMT -5
Charleton Heston, Chuck Connors and Chuck Hayward.
Which well-known Indian director is responsible for the Apu Trilogy films in the 1950s? (Bonus-- name the three films)
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Post by erik on Oct 7, 2019 18:51:35 GMT -5
Satyajit Ray.
The three films are: PATHER PANCHALI; APARAJITO; and THE WORLD OF APU.
Name the great African-American comedian (and frequent on-the-spot poet) who portrayed the Scarecrow in the 1978 Sidney Lumet-directed film version of THE WIZ.
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Post by egoodstein on Oct 16, 2019 4:51:02 GMT -5
I think you maybe mean Nipsey Russell-- but he played The Tinman. Michael Jackson was the scarecrow in that version.
What 1997 film based on novel Tainted Evidence was directed by Sidney Lumet?
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Post by erik on Oct 17, 2019 8:58:26 GMT -5
NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN
Name the writer of both the telelplay and screenplay of Lumet's 1957 masterpiece TWELVE ANGRY MEN.
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Post by egoodstein on Oct 21, 2019 17:13:52 GMT -5
Reginald Rose
Who directed the 1954 stage play version of Herman Wouk's novel The Caine Mutiny? And what blacklisted director directed the film (reviving his career)?
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Post by erik on Oct 22, 2019 18:33:04 GMT -5
Charles Laughton directed the stage play, while Edward Dmytryk did the 1954 film.
Name the novelist upon whose book The Executioners was the basis for the classic 1962 film noir/horror film CAPE FEAR.
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 2, 2019 11:09:48 GMT -5
John D. MacDonald
Paul Newman's films Harper and The Drowning Pool are adaptations of books by which famous mystery writer?
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Post by erik on Nov 2, 2019 17:18:33 GMT -5
Ross MacDonald
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, and Robert Ryan starred in two films together, the first being 1955's BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. Name the second one and its year of release.
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 16, 2019 23:40:13 GMT -5
Dirty Dozen I think.
Beth Henley adapted her own play for what 1986 Bruce Beresford film-- and who were the three principal female stars?
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Post by erik on Nov 17, 2019 0:27:05 GMT -5
CRIMES OF THE HEART, with Diane Keaton; Sissy Spacek; and Jessica Lange
Name the actor who hocks insurance for Farmer's and also won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for WHIPLASH in 2014.
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Post by egoodstein on Dec 1, 2019 10:17:59 GMT -5
JK Simmons
Besides winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Bonnie and Clyde, Estelle Parsons was also nominated for the same award for what 1968 film (and name the producer/director of that one)?
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Post by erik on Dec 3, 2019 19:24:50 GMT -5
RACHEL, RACHEL (which Paul Newman made his directoral/production debut)
Name the 1973 John Wayne western in which Ricardo Montalban portrayed a Pinkerton agent (SAY WHAT?!)
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Post by egoodstein on Dec 14, 2019 9:48:08 GMT -5
The Train Robbers
What 1947 film of Northern Ire. unrest won the the 1st British BAFTA ('English Oscar') award, and who directed and who was the main star?
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Post by erik on Dec 14, 2019 13:24:22 GMT -5
ODD MAN OUT, directed by Sir Carol Reed, and starring James Mason.
Name the actress who played a brief role in COOL HAND LUKE as Luke's ailing mother.
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Post by egoodstein on Dec 28, 2019 10:41:54 GMT -5
Jo Van Fleet
What 1948 novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. was adapted for a 1957 melodramatic film directed by Edward Dmytryk, and who were the principal 3 stars?
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Post by erik on Dec 28, 2019 13:16:52 GMT -5
RAINTREE COUNTY, with Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, and Montgomery Clift.
Besides HUD, what other film did both Patricia Neal and Brandon DeWilde appear in (though not onscreen at the same time)?
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Post by egoodstein on Jan 13, 2020 0:08:58 GMT -5
In Harm's Way I think.
Patricia Neal stars win what 1950 dramatic film with then lover Gary Cooper and Lauren Becall, and who directed it?
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Post by erik on Jan 18, 2020 18:17:25 GMT -5
BRIGHT LEAF, directed by Michael Curtiz (of CASABLANCA fame)
What film of Steve McQueen's was an adaptation of a William Faulkner novel and contains an early Americana-type music score by John Williams?
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Post by egoodstein on Jan 19, 2020 11:20:38 GMT -5
The Reivers I think.
What 1939 comedy film features (among several other comedy actors) Oliver Hardy, but not Stan Laurel?
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Post by erik on Jan 19, 2020 13:54:30 GMT -5
I think it was ZENOBIA.
Name the western novelist whose book The Hi-Lo Country was filmed by British director Stephen Frears in 1998.
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Post by egoodstein on Jan 29, 2020 0:59:33 GMT -5
Max Evans
What 1966 William Wyler directed film features Peter O'Toole, Audrey Hepburn and Eli Wallach?
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Post by erik on Feb 1, 2020 18:24:07 GMT -5
I think it was HOW TO STEAL A MILLION.
Name the 1974 film that John Wayne starred in that was essentially a carbon copy of the Dirty Harry role that the Duke turned down three years earlier, and gave to Clint Eastwood.
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 3, 2020 17:06:36 GMT -5
McQ
What offbeat 'earlyish' Merchant/Ivory film features such eminent character actors like Lou Jaocbi, Hellen Gallagher, Teresa Wright as well as more contemporary stars?
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Post by erik on Feb 5, 2020 9:43:35 GMT -5
I think it was ROSELAND, released in 1977.
Name the young actor who portrayed John Wayne's son RIO GRANDE, the 1950 film that was the final film in director John Ford's trilogy about the U.S. cavalry.
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 14, 2020 23:15:11 GMT -5
Claude Jarman, Jr.
What troubled Werner Herzog film about nefarious goings on in Amazonian Peru originally starred Jason Robards Jr., and who replaced Robards?
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