Quiz: test your movie knowledge

[HoundsOfLove]

12) When Joel Schumacher took over the Batman franchise, he wanted the Bat-costume to have a more anatomically-correct look and so insisted on what slight, but somewhat controversial, addition to the original costume?

Nipples

[HoundsOfLove]

11) This Australian film, now a classic, was re-dubbed by American actors when the film was released (limitedly) in the USA. The process apparently wasn’t repeated for the smash-hit sequel, which was retitled to stand on its own. Name the film and the US title of its sequel.

Mad Max - The Road Warrior

Mad Max II

[Ed W]

10) This dystopic science-fiction film used perhaps the ultimate piece of timing: however, the film had to be rushed to make the intended release deadline gimmick and problems arose when the director felt the score delivered by the band Eurythmics (done without his knowledge) was unsuitable. On a nationally televised ceremony following a prize awarded to the movie, the director used his acceptance speech to denounce the involvement of the Eurythmics. Name the film.

1984
(I agree - the song was horrible)

[custos]

4) Earlier in his career, Terence Young once didn’t cast this actress, remarking that she looked as though she “smelt of soap”; however, when he later went to cast the first James Bond movie, he apparently felt that this was just the quality this particular girl needed. Name the actress (a bonus point for naming the character) Character named as Miss Moneypenny but still remaining is the actress' name. Lois Maxwell

[custos]

8) Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers is considered a masterpiece of political cinema, detailing the struggle of Algerian terrorists against the French colonial occupation. That film, nominated for an Academy Award in 1966, used a cast of local non-professionals (terrorists too?): but what arguably less radical Hollywood film, also from 1966, tackled the French-Algerian struggle? The lost command (Anthony Quin) ?

[Drifter]

custos is right on both.


New batch of questions soon on the way.

[Drifter]

Update: clues added; new questions; those that have lingered for a while have been removed and the house will edit in the answers into the previous listing. :)

1) The original Manchurian Candidate entered popular folklore due to its withdrawal from circulation ostensibly by star Frank Sinatra – for either monetary reasons or sensitivity to the Kennedy family depending on which source one reads. Either way, it has become known as the quintessential Kennedy-era thriller. In it, Sinatra attempts to thwart a political assassination, but in which lesser-known film did Sinatra actually play an aspiring presidential assassin? CLUE: very quickly and surprisingly ANSWERED

2) Name the five Marx Bros. (no, Karl wasn’t separated at birth) four named, but point really is for all or (now) the fifth CLUE: kind of trick - the fifth brother isn't in the movies but was initially part of their vaudeville act ANSWERED

3) Henry James’ novel The "Turn of the Screw" is a classic ghost story, filmed previously as The Innocents with Deborah Kerr, but which Marlon Brando movie (somewhat anticipating his work in Last Tango in Paris) is actually a prequel to that story: a conjecture about the events that led to the commencement of the James text? CLUE: the evening-arrivers ANSWERED

4) Kenneth Anger is one of the luminaries of American avant-garde cinema: for his two short films Lucifer Rising and Invocation of My Demon Brother, he cast (uncredited) a young man: this man, also with musical ambitions, also starred in a sexploitation western filmed at the Spahn Ranch – the man was an associate of Charles Manson and indeed a Family member who shortly afterwards would be arrested and convicted of murder. Name him. CLUE: nicknamed "cupid"

5) In the original ending of this sci-fi sequel, an allegory on slavery, the slave class revolt and gaining power, their leader vows to enslave their former oppressors. After audience reactions at advance screenings, the studio was worried about this politicization and so had the ending re-written so that in a lenghty speech the leader urges his revolutionaries upon overthrowing their oppressors that the time for violence is now over and reconciliation begin. Name the film.

6) On the cutting room floor: very early in his career, this famous actor played a role in The Big Chill only to have the role edited out and the film go on to become a huge hit. Its director Lawrence Kasdan made up for the cutting by casting the actor in a leading role in his next film, a successful Western. Name the actor

7) This bizarre Freudian western, about Wild Bill Hickox’s death obsession, so confounded the studio that it was released quietly and without prior press screenings. Although still reviewed by US Variety, it was more or less just “for the record”. The film flopped and was subsequently credited as ending star Charles Bronson’s run of hits. Name the film. ANSWERED

8) Many Italian movies undergo a process for US release wherein the Italian cast names are given Anglicized pseudonyms: when Mario Girotti and Carlo Pedersoli thus had to change their names, Girotti said he picked his name from a list handed to him (although there is another origin story) and Pedersoli chose a name based on a beer he liked and one of his favourite American actors. Name the well-known pseudonyms of Mario Girotti and Carlo Pedersoli. ANSWERED

9) Producer Roger Corman apparently intuited that the evident difference in these two statuesque actresses’ appearances would translate into much audience appeal. He proved right, as the two main films positing the actresses against one another were popular attractions in New York City “grindhouse” theatres. Only one of them, however, established a career beyond these films. Name the two cult actresses.

10) the teen films of the 1980s are still well-remembered for the actors involved: indeed, this person’s face would adorn the cover of Time magazine due to the enormous popularity of one specific movie (now considered emblematic). Name the person and the movie. ANSWERED

11) noted film composer Danny Elfman was once a member of this experimental band, doing his first soundtrack for, and appearing as “Satan” in, his brother’s directorial debut – a musical sci-fi fantasy. Name the band, and the cult movie that started Elfman towards film scoring.

12) What could have been: Arthur Penn’s film of Bonnie & Clyde has become a classic in American cinema. However, the screenwriters originally intended it for either of two French directors. They offered it to each of them before it eventually came to the attention of Warren Beatty. Name the directors originally sought to make Bonnie & Clyde.

:)
ANSWERED:
custos: 25
Ed W.: 21
Tsar: 14
Lizard Drinkin: 11
HoundsOfLove: 4
EMCWheels: 2
harvs: 1
popeye: 1
The House: 6
have adjusted scores for a point for each answer to a part of a question; a bonus point; or for the total parts for a complete question answered

[custos]

10) the teen films of the 1980s are still well-remembered for the actors involved: indeed, this person’s face would adorn the cover of Time magazine due to the enormous popularity of one specific movie (now considered emblematic). Name the person and the movie.

That's tough... there's a few possibilities to choose from. As a guess I'd say either Risky business (Tom Cruise) or Fast times at Ridgmont High (Phoebe Cates).

[custos]

2) Name the five Marx Bros. (no, Karl wasn’t separated at birth) four named, but point really is for all or (now) the fifth CLUE: kind of trick - the fifth brother isn't in the movies but was initially part of their vaudeville act - Gummo

[Drifter]

10) the teen films of the 1980s are still well-remembered for the actors involved: indeed, this person’s face would adorn the cover of Time magazine due to the enormous popularity of one specific movie (now considered emblematic). Name the person and the movie.

That's tough... there's a few possibilities to choose from. As a guess I'd say either Risky business (Tom Cruise) or Fast times at Ridgmont High (Phoebe Cates).

No - not these.



Gummo Marx indeed.

[HoundsOfLove]

8) Many Italian movies undergo a process for US release wherein the Italian cast names are given Anglicized pseudonyms: when Mario Girotti and Carlo Pedersoli thus had to change their names, Girotti said he picked his name from a list handed to him (although there is another origin story) and Pedersoli chose a name based on a beer he liked and one of his favourite American actors. Name the well-known pseudonyms of Mario Girotti and Carlo Pedersoli.

Terence Hill and Bud Spencer aka Trinity

[custos]

Originally Posted by custos
10) the teen films of the 1980s are still well-remembered for the actors involved: indeed, this person’s face would adorn the cover of Time magazine due to the enormous popularity of one specific movie (now considered emblematic). Name the person and the movie.

That's tough... there's a few possibilities to choose from. As a guess I'd say either Risky business (Tom Cruise) or Fast times at Ridgmont High (Phoebe Cates).No - not these.
Hmmm.... How about teen chick-flicks -- Sixteen candles, Pretty in Pink (Molly Ringwald) ?

[Ed W]

1) The original Manchurian Candidate entered popular folklore due to its withdrawal from circulation ostensibly by star Frank Sinatra – for either monetary reasons or sensitivity to the Kennedy family depending on which source one reads. Either way, it has become known as the quintessential Kennedy-era thriller. In it, Sinatra attempts to thwart a political assassination, but in which lesser-known film did Sinatra actually play an aspiring presidential assassin? CLUE: very quickly and surprisingly

based on the clue... "Suddenly" ? (Big guess - I've never heard of a movie of that name)

[Lizard Drinkin]

Hmmm.... How about teen chick-flicks -- Sixteen candles, Pretty in Pink (Molly Ringwald) ?
Or Ferris Bueller's Day Off? (Matthew Broderick)

[Lizard Drinkin]

2) Name the five Marx Bros. (no, Karl wasn’t separated at birth) four named, but point really is for all or (now) the fifth CLUE: kind of trick - the fifth brother isn't in the movies but was initially part of their vaudeville act - Gummo
Andrew?

[Lizard Drinkin]

9) Producer Roger Corman apparently intuited that the evident difference in these two statuesque actresses’ appearances would translate into much audience appeal. He proved right, as the two main films positing the actresses against one another were popular attractions in New York City “grindhouse” theatres. Only one of them, however, established a career beyond these films. Name the two cult actresses.
One sounds a bit like Mae West... can you give us a period?

[Drifter]

custos - it is Molly Ringwald and Pretty in Pink.

Ed W. - it is indeed: Suddenly (1954).

Lizard: Corman stuff: early 1970s, think women-in-prison;

[custos]

Or Ferris Bueller's Day Off? (Matthew Broderick)
You've been reading my sig ;)

[custos]

3) Henry James’ novel The "Turn of the Screw" is a classic ghost story, filmed previously as The Innocents with Deborah Kerr, but which Marlon Brando movie (somewhat anticipating his work in Last Tango in Paris) is actually a prequel to that story: a conjecture about the events that led to the commencement of the James text? CLUE: the evening-arrivers -- The nightcomers

[custos]

7) This bizarre Freudian western, about Wild Bill Hickox’s death obsession, so confounded the studio that it was released quietly and without prior press screenings. Although still reviewed by US Variety, it was more or less just “for the record”. The film flopped and was subsequently credited as ending star Charles Bronson’s run of hits. Name the film.
The White Buffalo