Movie Quiz
The Age
Wednesday August 7, 2002
1. Which actress, who won an Oscar for The Piano, played Rogue in The X-men?
2. In 1998's film version of The Avengers, who played the dynamic duo?
3. Which French actress born in 1934 changed her name from Camille Javal?
4. Which director and cricket fan is said to have incorporated the ideas of former England cricket captain Mike Brearly in his film craft.
5. ``Oh, Frank, my lips are hot. Kiss my hot lips." This is a line from which Robert Altman film?
6. 1938's The Adventures Of Robin Hood confirmed Errol Flynn as the one of cinema's most charming swashbucklers. This film was originally conceived as a vehicle for a pint-sized Public Enemy famous for tough guy roles. Who was it?
7. Which Woody Allen film, released in 1977, had the working title ``Anhedonia", which describes the inability to enjoy oneself?
8. The 1999 film starring Heath Ledger, 10 Things I Hate About You, was a teen version of which Shakespeare play?
9. Peter Frampton taught Billy Crudup to play guitar for the film based on director/writer Cameron Crowe's early career as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. What was the film?
10. Which multiple Oscar winner made his film debut in a slasher film called Blood Wedding?
11. Which siren of song starred in the hokey 1997 ``thriller" Anaconda?
12. Which daughter of a famous actress played the woman wearing the blue velvet in Blue Velvet?
13. In which theatrical mockumentary, directed by Christopher Guest, did his character, Corky St John, arrive in small-town America having directed Backdraft: The Musical in New York?
14. Was Penny Marshall, whose films include Awakenings and Big, Laverne or Shirley in the TV series?
15. What was the Green Mile in the film based on a Stephen King story?
ANSWERS
1. Anna Paquin. 2. Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman. 3. Brigitte Bardot. 4. Sam Mendes. 5. M*A*S*H 6. James Cagney. 7. Annie Hall. 8. The Taming of the Shrew. 9. Almost Famous. 10. Tom Hanks. It was first released as He Knows You Are. 11. Jennifer Lopez. 12. Ingrid Bergman's daughter, Isabella Rossellini. 13. Waiting For Guffman. 14. Laverne. 15. Death Row.
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