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.

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.

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

Jenn

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?

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

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.. .

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?
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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/classicmoviescripts/script/itsawonderfullife.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.. .

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)

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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.. .

Wild Bunch is definitely correct.

From Playboy Magazine 1971 interview - here's the link:

http://groups.msn.com/ATributeToJohnWayneLestWeForget/excerptsfromhisplayboyinterview1971.msnw

The Wild Bunch is correct.

Playboy 1971 interview - here's the link:

http://groups.msn.com/ATributeToJohnWayneLestWeForget/excerptsfromhisplayboyinterview1971.msnw

Thanks for the john wayne link. Is there any other question you are looking for? Hopefully I have some that you don't have and vice versa...

I am also looking for the character actor who did time with willem dafoe partied with steve buscemi...

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I don't know the Buscemi question. I am also stuck on question #10. Any help would be appreciated.

The villain of this late-1970's action drama shares the same last name as one of the most celebrated conductors of the 20th century. Name the film and the conductor.

Thanks for any help

There is a movie where Dafoe plays a prisoner - called Animal Factory. Only one I have found, so assume the unknown actor is also in the cast. Coincidently, the movie was directed by Steve Buscemi. Since the question refers to a character actor, my guess was John Heard (but can't find him in a movie with Buscemi or Pearce, so this is probably incorrect).

As for #10, I assumed it was Leonard Bernstein.. . But can't find a villan with this last name. Sorry.

I do have several others, so post any that you are seeking. I posted a few above, so let me know if you can help on any of them.

Thanks.. .

How about #69:

This story of a grief-stricken young man who drops out of college and attempts to take over the family business from his uncle won a Best Picture Oscar.

Wild Bunch is right for John Wayne.

Cannot find the Marx Brothers one either or Number 16, about the horror film that was novelized three times.

Father Son is Rex and Noel Harrison.

Jenn

#44 is Rex and Noel Harrison did not read the post all the way through..

I am having troubles with #33 have two answers and I am going crazy.

Question: This veteran character actor,known mostly for Westerns, appeared in tow of the most influential films of the 1960's, two of the most high-profile TV movies of the 1970's and starred on the big screen opposite Kirk Douglas, Tommy Lee Jones and John Wayne. Name him.

I have Keenan Wynn and Richard Jaeckel. All starred with the 3 actors.

Jaeckell was in a TV movie in 70's about Lindburgh - to me that would fit the clue "high-profile". But really the question has many meanings to me. "Influetial" is very hard to determine as to what movies?

Any clues?
Jenn

While both K Wynn and R Jaeckel appeared in numerous Westerns as well as a movie with the 3 other stars, neither seem right to me.

I see no influential movies for Jaeckel - just a long list of average ones (eg, bit part in Dirty Dozen). So have to eliminate him.

Wynn (who was better known) appeared in 2 influential '60s movies: Dr Strangelove and Once Upon a Time in the West. But his 1970s TV movies are pretty boring - I don't see any that I could call "high profiel". Sorry, but don't think it's him either.

Other than hunting IMDB movie by movie, how do cross reference two actors?

Film-role wise, what do these performers have in common? Mickey Rooney, Tony Curtis, Richard Widmark, Ernest Borgnine.

I believe the answer is Love happy.

Try this link... http://users.pandora.be/mx/interviews.htm

Still looking for the actor who served time in a german prison camp.

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I used Google to search western character actors and went from there... then went to imdb to do research on their movies.

I was also on a western board and they came up with Jaeckel, but most believed it to be Wynn.

Jenn

Great find on that Groucho link.. . Terrific interview. And clearly "Love Happy" is the right answer.

Denholm Elliott - the British actor in the Indiana Jones movies - was a RAF pilot shot down over Europe in WW2. Appeared in "The Boys from Brazil" with LO.

He may be the right answer to #33, but I didn't find any "high profile" 1970s TV movies in his credits.

Still trying to work on the role that tony curtis, ernest borgnine...
Also am looking for the actor that wrote a bdwy play
The actor favorite of director jonathan demme and
Bruce springsteins songs derived from drama...

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15 - the Springsteen song is Badlands

If you can give me two answers, I will tell you who the NJ native Demme-favorite is (#25).

I need 69 - Oscar winning movie
And 53 - 2003 indie film with origianal title of Blue Desert

Thanks.. .

What is the answer to number 77?

69 sounds like "The Godfather" but it's not his uncle, it's his father

Thanks for the bruce springstein you wouldn't think the best picture for college dropout would be so hard... still working on some...

They all played Viking characters is my answer.

Jenn :D

I can't figure out #69. The uncle part is confusing. Did anyone get #55? What movie brought together a grown-up "Little Rascal", a Betwitched" star and a contributor to "Michael Jackson's Thriller"?

# 55 is the "The Bat"

Did anybody get # 77 about the title of the next quiz?

How about #39 in regards to the typle of plane in "Best Years of Our Lives"?

I believe the plane to be a B-17 bomber

Thanks for B-17

I can't figure out #69 either

Anybody have #19 about the NJ composer & 70's movie villain?

I would have bet that Mickey Rooney was never a Viking (unless he played football in Minnesota).. . But there he is in the 1989 Terry Jones comedy as the grandfather of Erik the Red. Good answer - thanks.

Now how about #52? The dinosaur-fighter who romanced Ann-Margret and "advised" Harvey Keitel?

Or #77? Bonded with Bond, took part in a haunting and stowed away on a spaceship (Lost in Space?).. .

Will trade answers if you post the ones you need.

Look up Antheil on IMDB.com

I don't have #52 or #77. What else are you looking for?

I thought George Antheil originally but I couldn't figure out the movie so I figured that was wrong. I must be missing something.

Does anybody have the film that was novelized three different times #16

I don't know about anybody else but I have lost patience with the griefstricken best picture #69 because I know I'll be kicking myself after I find out

In addition to a few that I listed above, I need these four:

33 - Western actor
37 - Film noir heroine
53 - Blue Desert
72 - Father & Son

69 = Hamlet

Thanks.. .

#!9 I believe the movie is who'll stop the rain.

Still looking for #28 larry talbot's middle name along with many of the others that everyone else is looking for...

Question on 69- Hamlet? About a college dropout, are you sure?

It seems we are all looking for #16. THis is the question, I see most posted on all the web boards I have searched. Seems like this is the question this year that will make or break the winner... :mad:

Coleen Gray

Re that same Star-Ledger contest, I keep seeing different references to the cemetery in THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.

Is it Sad Hill cemetery?

Or Sand Hill cemetery?


Thanks!

It's Sad Hill Cemetery.

Anybody make any progress on #72 regarding the father & son & what was Zeebo's dirty job in Mockingbird #54?

He was the son of the family's housekeeper and was a garbage man.

Thanks, Mister VHS. Now, if only someone knew the answer to that vexing question 16 about the classic horror film that was novelized three times.

They will not give it up. Been on other boards and some claim to have it but everybody is tight lipped. Like I said in a previous post - this will be the question that makes or breaks a winner. There is one every year! The contest creator is very tricky!! Clues are hidden all over the questions to other answers. It is amazing... But coming to the end now... have to finish up and find 16 and get it in before Wednesday!!

I WANT TO GO TO LA!!

I'm thinking John Carradine for ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND and Keith Carradine songwriter for I'M EASY from NASHVILE. I'm pretty certain but not definite. :rolleyes:

I believe it's HAMLET. Hamet dropped out of college and returned home after his father's death. :o

Becareful this is a trick question... there are two dates given in each movie... I've been told this but haven't verified it yet. One is on his tombstone and I'm working on the other. :mad:

Did'nt Zeebo come to take away the dog that Atticus shot? :confused:

I'm 99% sure this one is "Bride of Frankenstein" (#16)

Anyone have answers to 17, 18, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 44, 49, 52, 53, 54, 61, 66, 73, 74, 76, and 77?

I have some of these but would like a second opinion.

I have most of any others will be happy to post what I have (no guarantees though! LOL)

Thanks

Joe

54 - Zeebo was a garbage man, but this answer sounds better (rabid dog that Atticus shot - right?)
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Here's a couple that you are looking for:

17 - Preston Foster

18 - My guess is "Cotton Comes to Harlem" - can anyone confirm this answer?

66 - all played Vikings (see above)

74 - Bridge on the River Kwai

As for your answer for 16 = "The Bride of Frankenstein".. . Sorry, but it doesn't sound right to me. The Frankenstein story was based on Mary Shelly's book - so it was already a novel before the films. Anyone else have an opinion?

I'm still seeking 33, 52 and 76. Will trade any other three for them (send me an email to [email protected]). Thanks.. .

According to the question for 16, it says "already drawn from a literary source" so that makes it seem there was a novel before the screenplay...

For 33 I am going with Keenan Wynn... he fits all the criteria

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Does anybody have the answer to #71 about "The Red Shadow"?

The Scalp Hunters

From the films of Roy Mack

http://members.aol.com/MG4273/mack.htm

The 1932 Mack version uses the nickname of the hero, known as "The Red Shadow", as its title. The hero's name was changed in the 1953 film version to El Kabar. I've always suspected that the Quickdraw McGraw cartoons in which Quickdraw assumed the role of masked hero El Kabong were parodies of this.

It appears that half of you think it's Keenan Wynn and the other half vote for Richard Jaeckel.

I don't like either of them. Can anyone give me the definitive answer for this one? Thanks.. .

I only went with Wynn cause the question had the "high-profile" clue in it, and since the Lindburgh kidnapping was a "high-profile" case and he was in the TV movie... I went with Wynn (based on my logic :D )

I went with The Scalphunters also based on this link...

http://www.citypages.com/databank/21/1020/article8757.asp

I went with The Scalphunters also based on this link...

http://www.citypages.com/databank/21/1020/article8757.asp

I saw the movie and it is correct.

Sorry I didn't find you guys sooner. On IMDB you can search by cross-linking two names. Just scroll way down past all the movie credits, and you'll see the Actor'sName & __________ . On the subsequent page, you'll have to select which names and category (actor, director, etc) to cross.

Besides Keenan Wynn and Richard Jaeckel, did anyone consider these actors? Eli Wallach, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Robert Ryan, Ben Johnson, James Coburn, Warren Oates, Cameron Mitchell