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emmalouberry · Feb 1, 2005, 08:31 PM

Have a few questions for a trivia game:

1. This story of a catholic lawyer who falls out of favor with his demanding boss took home a Best Picture Oscar. Name the film.

2. In the 1969 James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", archvillain Blofeld (Telly Savalas) paraphrases a work by and English poet and Tracy di Vincenzo (Diana Rigg) completes the stanza for him. Name the poet.

3 In "Lost in Translation", Bill Murray essays a karoke version of a song by this venerable British bank. Name the band AND the song.

4. In the "Godfather" films, what is the month, day and year of Vito Corleone's birthday? - yeah I know... never seen any of these...

5. This story of the romance between a candy store employee and a dressmaker took home a Best Picture Oscar. Name the film.

Any help will be much appreciated. Been up till all hours trying to get these.
J.

Yellowdog330 · Feb 7, 2005, 09:56 AM

You must be working on the Star Ledger contest.. .

3 - "More Than This" by Roxy Music
4 - His birthday is December 7th (Pearl Harbor Day). Not sure of year - my guess is 1892.
5 - West Side Story

2 - no clue

1 - please let me know if you get this one - it's been driving me crazy.

emmalouberry · Feb 7, 2005, 08:17 PM

Answer to number one... or in Star Ledger #'s 7 is A Man for All Seasons

Jenn

Yellowdog330 · Feb 8, 2005, 05:35 AM

The poet (#2) is James Elroy Flecker.. . Right?

Here's two more questions:

1 - The original title of this celebrated 2003 indie film was "Blue Desert". What was the release title?

2 - Who was the original director for "Melvin & Howard" replaced by Jonathan Demme?

Thanks.. .

emmalouberry · Feb 8, 2005, 12:01 PM

Flecker is right and the other is Mike Nichols who replaced Demme

Yellowdog330 · Feb 8, 2005, 01:31 PM

In case anyone else is reading this, I have two more:

1 - Warren Beatty wanted this veteran actor to play the celestial Mr Jordan in 1978's "Heaven Can Wait".

2 - On film, he battled dinosaurs, romanced Ann-Margret and advised Harvey Keitel. Name the actor.

Thanks.. .

sharon3 · Feb 9, 2005, 08:28 PM

Thanks for the help to some of the other questions. Regarding Heaven Can Wait- the answer is Cary Grant.

How about how old Clarence the angel is?
Thanks

Yellowdog330 · Feb 10, 2005, 09:55 AM

Thanks.. . Let's keep trading (see below).

Clarence is 292 years old. Check out this website that has scripts from classic movies:

http://www.geocities.com/classicmovi...derfullife.txt

GEORGE (to Clarence) How old are you, anyway, Clarence?

CLARENCE Two hundred and ninety-three.. . (thinks).. . Next May.

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How about these two:

11 - S King and S Peckinbaugh collaboration on a movie never made.. . Screenplay by King and novel by King

22 - Groucho 1963 interview referred to Marx Bros movie as " a terrible picture . . . and almost our last". I assume it's one of their classics but can't find the interview online.

Thanks.. .

sharon3 · Feb 10, 2005, 11:50 AM

I would love to keep trading...

The answer to the screenplay by Stephen King is the Shotgunners and the novel is the Regulators...

How about the western film that John Wayne called distasteful in his 1971 interview (48)

Thanks

Yellowdog330 · Feb 10, 2005, 12:48 PM

Not 100% positive, but believe that J Wayne was referring to "The Wild Bunch". I found a reference but it was not conclusive. Seems right to me.

I need this one:

44 - the father & son who sang Oscar winner for Best Song in back-to-back years.

And

72 - the father who appeared in a movie based on Irving Berlin song and the son who wrote a best song winner.

Send me some more that you are working on. Thanks.. .