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Post by robertaxel on Jul 18, 2008 11:35:26 GMT -5
actually the answer to my question was 'The Time Machine'
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Post by erik on Jul 18, 2008 18:15:52 GMT -5
In response to Ed's question: John Schlesinger (who later made MIDNIGHT COWBOY and MARATHON MAN, among others)
Name the 1993 film based on a true 1972 incident of survival in the Andes.
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 19, 2008 9:59:43 GMT -5
Alive
'Hud' was based on part of a novel by what famous Texas writer (bonus-- name the book)?
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Post by erik on Jul 19, 2008 19:52:40 GMT -5
Larry McMurtry (novel: Horseman Pass By)
Name the Blake Edwards-directed 1971 western that teamed William Holden and Ryan O'Neal.
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 20, 2008 9:43:35 GMT -5
Wild Rovers I think Name William Holden's costars in his two hit films of 1955: Picnic and Love is a Many Splendored Thing.
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Post by erik on Jul 20, 2008 18:10:38 GMT -5
PICNIC--Kim Novak
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING--Jennifer Jones
Which two well-known character actors played the bounty hunters Coffer and T.C. (respectively), in THE WILD BUNCH?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 21, 2008 17:49:18 GMT -5
Character actors but I don't recall which . Whose first major feature film direction was Alice Adams w. Katherine Hepburn? (Bonus, name two other films w. Hepburn he directed).
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Post by erik on Jul 21, 2008 22:09:04 GMT -5
The two WILD BUNCH character actors were Strother Martin and L.Q. Jones.
Answer #1 to Ed's question: George Stevens Answer #2: WOMAN OF THE YEAR; QUALITY STREET
And on with George Stevens for a minute:
Name the 1965 Biblical epic Stevens directed that had Charlton Heston and John the Baptist, and (a miscast) John Wayne as a Roman centurion.
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 22, 2008 10:52:52 GMT -5
Greatest Story Ever Told (not one of GS's best ones : What Astaire/Rogers film did George Stevens direct?
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Post by erik on Jul 22, 2008 22:02:02 GMT -5
SWING TIME
The role of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN was done by which Oscar-winning acting legend?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 23, 2008 9:55:50 GMT -5
Jason Robards
Robards won another Best Supporting Actor Oscar for which film? (Bonus-- what was the role?).
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Post by erik on Jul 23, 2008 12:21:20 GMT -5
JULIA--he played Dashiell Hammett in that film.
In what 1971 film did Charlton Heston find himself roaming the eternally deserted streets of Los Angeles by day, and holing himself up in his duplex at night against The Infected? (Hint: it was not for an NRA promo film [LOL]).
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 24, 2008 10:48:23 GMT -5
Soylent Green??
Alexander McKendrick directed Alec Guinness in such films as THe Ladykillers and Man in the White Suit. What very different '57 American film did he direct about the unseemly side of show biz, PR and newspapers starring Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster?
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 24, 2008 12:14:21 GMT -5
Sweet Smell of Success.. 'I love this dirty stinking town!'..
In which film did Burt Lancaster play part of a right wing plot to assassinate JFK?
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Post by erik on Jul 24, 2008 12:35:40 GMT -5
EXECUTIVE ACTION (makes for a real good companion piece to Stone's JFK [IMHO])
Ed Harris portrayed veteran NASA flight director Gene Kranz in what memorable 1995 film?
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 24, 2008 15:47:09 GMT -5
Apollo 13
speaking of Mr. Harris, which eccentric abstract artist did he portray?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 25, 2008 10:34:21 GMT -5
Jackson Pollack
Who played artist William de Kooning in 'Pollack'?
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Post by erik on Jul 25, 2008 20:16:13 GMT -5
Val Kilmer
Kilmer portrayed what notorious TB-riddled gambler and gunfighter in TOMBSTONE?
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 27, 2008 10:35:25 GMT -5
Doc Holliday
Name at least two actors who have portrayed Wyatt Earp on screen
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 29, 2008 17:12:29 GMT -5
Henry Fonda & Kurt Russell
Who directed such very diverse '50's films as Friendly Persuasion, The Big Country, Roman Holiday, Detective Story and Ben-Hur?
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Post by erik on Jul 30, 2008 12:16:56 GMT -5
William Wyler
Which Roman Polanski film caused uproar in 1971 because of its extreme violence and its alleged allusions to the Manson murders?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 31, 2008 10:07:09 GMT -5
I think it was Macbeth-- kinda interesting he did that so soon after his wife murdered.
What was Polanski's 1st English language film (1965) and who starred in it?
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Post by erik on Jul 31, 2008 12:54:01 GMT -5
REPULSON (with Catherine Deneuve)
Name the Canadian actor who was the voice of HAL in both 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and its sequel 2010.
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 1, 2008 10:38:08 GMT -5
I dunno . Maybe Robert does. . . Here's a question anyway: Who is visionary animator responsible for such films as 'Spirited Away,' 'Castle in the Air,' 'Kiki's Delivery Service' & others?
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Post by erik on Aug 1, 2008 21:59:46 GMT -5
Douglas Rain was the voice of HAL. As to Ed's question: Hakayo Miyazaki In which Howard Hawks western did future GODFATHER star James Caan find himself teamed up with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum?
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