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Post by erik on Jun 29, 2008 13:47:02 GMT -5
CHARLEY VARRICK (good film too, with Matthau as good as ever)
Name the 1970 sci-fi drama that posited the notion that a supercomputer could be in charge of NORAD's nuclear arsenal...and use that arsenal against Man to restrain him.
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 30, 2008 13:30:32 GMT -5
The Forbin Project I think.
Name the three comedy films starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson.
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Post by erik on Jul 1, 2008 12:30:15 GMT -5
SEND ME NO FLOWERS
PILLOW TALK
LOVE COME BACK
Name the Stanley Kubrick film that was banned in France for twenty years because of its scathing depiction of the behavior of that country's military during World War I.
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 1, 2008 13:26:58 GMT -5
Paths of Glory.. speaking of Mr. Douglas.. who was the blacklisted screenwriter that Kurt insisted work on the script of 'Spartacus' ?
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Post by brendywendy on Jul 1, 2008 19:23:49 GMT -5
ELI KAZAN? SHOT IN THE DARK HERE... Paths of Glory.. speaking of Mr. Douglas.. who was the blacklisted screenwriter that Kurt insisted work on the script of 'Spartacus' ? |
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 1, 2008 20:02:24 GMT -5
I think it was Dalton Trumbo  What film was really 3 short films by Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppolla put together? |
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 2, 2008 12:18:29 GMT -5
Dalton Trumbo was correct.. to answer Ed:
New York Stories?.. what film contained Woody's Allen first screenplay and who was supposed to be the original lead?
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Post by erik on Jul 2, 2008 12:48:59 GMT -5
I think it was WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT, and the lead was originally supposed to go to Warren Beatty.
Name the 2005 documentary film that shares the same title as a seven-part series of pro-war films made by Frank Capra during World War II.
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 2, 2008 13:35:59 GMT -5
Eric's answer was correct..
The answer to his question was Why We Fight.. . The Fog of War was a classic documentary on the Vietnam War.. name another classic documentary on Vietnam from the 70s
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 2, 2008 16:32:29 GMT -5
Blanking on '70's Vietnam docu   . FYI-- that Woody, Scorsese, coppola film WAS 'New York Stories.' |
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Post by erik on Jul 3, 2008 12:51:44 GMT -5
I haven't a clue...except I'm sure it wasn't THE GREEN BERETS (LOL).
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 3, 2008 16:38:22 GMT -5
the Vietnam documentary was 'Hearts and Minds'
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 3, 2008 19:44:14 GMT -5
Ok, a new one. Who was the producer (person, not studio) of Gone With the Wind?
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Post by erik on Jul 4, 2008 13:40:52 GMT -5
David O. Selznick
Who was Stanley Kubrick's producing partner for these three films: THE KILLING; PATHS OF GLORY; LOLITA?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 5, 2008 12:46:27 GMT -5
James Harris (I think he has directed his own films since. . . )
Steve McQueen's first leading film role was in what scifi film: The Thing, The Blob or Them?
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Post by erik on Jul 5, 2008 17:52:49 GMT -5
THE BLOB
One of Richard Harris' best film roles was as an English nobleman captured by a band of Sioux Indians in what 1970 western?
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 5, 2008 21:15:23 GMT -5
A Man Called Horse...
what classic film about alcholism featured the quote 'one is too many and a million is not enough'
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Post by Kathy ~ on Jul 5, 2008 22:17:43 GMT -5
what classic film about alcholism featured the quote 'one is too many and a million is not enough'-- My guess: Days of Wine & Roses? Won't post til I get the ok ;D
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 6, 2008 11:13:51 GMT -5
I think Days of Wine and Roses is right . If not, 'Lost Weekend' maybe . True or False: Days of Wine and Roses was originally done as a TV production. Bonus-- name the writers of song 'Days of Wine and Roses.' Ed |
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Post by erik on Jul 6, 2008 18:09:45 GMT -5
In response to Ed:
Part 1--True
Part 2--Henry Mancini (score) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
One of the actors who was in Stanley Kubrick's first feature film FEAR AND DESIRE in 1953 later went on to become a film director himself. Who was it?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 7, 2008 10:00:31 GMT -5
No idea there-- Can't even recall that film  |
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Post by erik on Jul 7, 2008 12:41:04 GMT -5
It was Paul Mazursky.
Hopefully an easier question:
What 1952 John Ford-directed film features perhaps John Wayne's best overall onscreen performance? (Note: it's not a western)
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 7, 2008 16:29:19 GMT -5
The Quiet Man? .. who played opposite John Wayne in North to Alaska? (I am asking about his love interest.. hint: she was French)
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Post by erik on Jul 8, 2008 9:37:17 GMT -5
Capucine
Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw were matched in a battle of wits over the radio in what classic 1974 suspense thriller?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 8, 2008 10:48:19 GMT -5
The Taking of Pelham 123
Robert Shaw's 2nd wife Mary Ure though best known as stage actress got an Oscar
nomination for what 1960 film adaptation of famous DH Lawrence novel? Bonus-- what western did Shaw and Ure both star in?
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. FYI-- that Woody, Scorsese, coppola film WAS
