Movies Trivial Pursuit Game

spdspk wrote:
Ray Nocelette is correct. MK did the OoS scenes in one day for free as a favour for Soderburgh (SS says so in the OoS commentary track).

spdspk wrote:
Oh my god there are just so many, I don't even know where to start, but the only British one I could think of is the first:

Anthony Hopkins in Amistad
Robert Redford in The Candidate
Tim Robbins in Bob Roberts
Martin Sheen in The Dead Zone
James Gregory and John McGiver in The Manchurian Candidate (+ actors in remake)
Leonard Harris in Taxi Driver
Warren Beatty in Bulworth
Diane Baker in The Silence of the Lambs
Eddie Murphy et al in The Distinguished Gentleman
Gene Hackman in The Birdcage
Bruce Davison in X-Men
Leo G. Carroll in Strangers on a Train
Lane Smith in Air America

Of course there are tons more, and I haven't even bothered with thinking about people who have played Vice President's of the USA (the VP is also President of the Senate, though this may be stretching your criteria as he's not technically a Senator, though he does hold a casting vote).

Among my favourite movies dealing with US politics:

The Best Man (1964) Cliff Robertson

Advise and Consent (1962)
Charles Laughton (British)
Don Murray
Walter Pidgeon (Canadian)
Peter Lawford (British)
George Grizzard
Edward Andrews

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Alan Alda (also a real senator (Brewster) in The Aviator (2004)
Rip Torn
Melvyn Douglas
Charles Kimbrough
Michael Higgins

Seven Days in May (1964)
Edmond O'Brien

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
Calude Rains

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spdspk wrote:
Oh yes, oops, I forgot.

Here are 10 movie screenshots, of various levels of identifiable difficulty, simply ID the movie.

No doubt a Jimmy Stewart fan will get the first one with ease. The last one I think is quite hard, but maybe not?!

All clickable:

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spdspk wrote:
Of those I've seen Mr. Smith and Seven Days. Must check out the others esp. the Charles Laughton one, the man is brilliant, Hobson's Choice is an all time great!

Other US politics movie recommendations (not already mentioned and not definately seen, EG. All The President's Men), though you've probably seen these too.

The Great McGinty - Preston Sturges's first movie
Meet John Doe
All The King's Men (original, not remake)
Being There (partly anyway)
Primary Colours (v. good, despite Travolta)

spdspk wrote:
None available in the UK on DVD, a travesty. (I've seen 7 Days, but would like to see it again). Oh well.

mattstan wrote:

The first I can think of is James Cagney. I don't know, or at least don't remember the directors or release years, but he played George M. Cohan in "George M", and about ten years later did a cameo as George M. Cohan in the Bob Hope feature "Seven Little Foys."

Then there was Ian Holm as Napoleon Bonaparte, first in "Time Bandits", then, many years later in "The Emperor's New Clothes."

1. Anatomy of a Murder (1959): caused an uproar in pseudo-puritan USA because Lee Remick's panties were shown during the trial and the word "panties" was used. Shocking!

2. The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964): Whenever you put many superstars in one movie, the result is often a lemon.

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4. A Passage to India (1984)
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6. Bronson is not my favourite actor, he looks older, but I will make a guess: The Magnificent Seven (1960)
7. The Last Picture Show (1971): Americans rarely produce masterpieces. This is definitely one!
8. ? Jungle Book?
9. High Noon (1952): a classic western
10. No idea:
Empire of the Sun (1987)?

mattstan wrote:

Have not seen: The Great McGinty.

Question: Charles Laughton was also a senator in another movie, but in a different time and a different city. Which One?

spdspk wrote:
Well see The Great McGinty, it's great, and for a fan of US political movies a must see. Preston Sturges, who was basically the first Hollywood writer/director, paving the way for Billy Wilder et al, had been a movie writer for most of a decade and was desparate to direct too. He penned McGinty on his own time and sold it to Paramount for $1 on condition he could direct it. Then in the space of 4 years wrote and directed 7 movies, 5 of which are fantastic, arguably the 2 best, Sullivan's Travels and The Lady Eve, in the same year, 1941. My PS recommendations are:

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Great McGinty (1940)

All brilliant. The Palm Beach Story, was a major influence for Some Like It Hot, Wilder owed a huge debt to Sturges IMO.

Question: Charles Laughton was also a senator in another movie, but in a different time and a different city. Which One?
Sparticus, of course.

Do you want the answers to the screen caps question, you got 4/10? I can't believe you didn't get numbers 5 and 8 right, I thought they were the easiest (apart from 1 for a JS fan).

Question. In one classic British movie, an actor plays himself, not a cameo, but a significant role in the movie, playing a dramatic part about himself. Who was it and what was the film?

I thought I got five correct: Anatomy of Murder, The Yellow Rolls Royce, A Passage to India, The Last Picture Show, and High Noon.

Have not seen the other movies...


Need a hint regarding the British actor. At this moment, does not ring a bell...

spdspk wrote:

Of the ones you guessed, Yellow Rolls Royce is wrong, so you just got 4 right. Here are the answers and I'm sure you'll have seen most or all of them.

Anatomy of a Murder:


American Graffiti (not Yellow Rolls Royce, I thought the numberplate would give it away!):


Jacob's Ladder:


A Passage To India:


Brazil:


Once Upon A Time In The West:


The Last Picture Show:


Sexy Beast:


High Noon:


Twelve Monkeys (the kid who plays the 8 year old Bruce Willis character)

spdspk wrote:
Oh damn, I got it wrong. I just looked it up and remembered it incorrectly, it was a US movie anyway. Sorry.

Here's what the IMDB says:

In The Longest Day, the actor Richard Todd, veteran of the action at the bridge at Benouville, was offered the chance to play himself but joked, "I don't think at this stage of my acting career I could accept a part 'that' small." He played the commander of the actual bridge assault itself, Major John Howard, instead.

So the actor who had taken part in a specific D-Day assult (parachute drop to take a Normandy bridge) played the commanding officer of the assult and not himself who was a more junior officer in the same assult.

Would not have guessed it!

Saw the yellow colour and jumped to conclusion. If I clicked on to enlarge the image, I would have noticed that the car was not even a Rolls Royce.

REMAKES

What are remakes (under different titles) of:

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Five Came Back (1939)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
My Favorite Wife (1940)

Incidentally, with very few exceptions, remakes usually stink!!

spdspk wrote:
That's tough! I've not seen the first two. The only part I can answer is The Philadelphia Story remade as a musical, High Society, which is a rare example of the remake being better than the original.

Most remakes have the same title, my question is the reverse of yours. What are the following remakes of?

A Fistful Of Dollars (1964)
The Departed (2006)
The Birdcage (1996)
Breathless (1983)
Anna and the King (1999)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Red Dragon (2002)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Vanilla Sky (2001)