Donald Clarke'sweekly movie quiz
1:Which of this week's releases features an alien called Klaatu, a robot called Gort and a movie star called Keanu?
2:George Bailey returns next week in the 412th re-release of which seasonal classic?
3:What is the first word spoken in Citizen Kane?
4:Which upcoming movie features a romance between quick Bella Swan and dead Edward Cullen?
5:Rick Blaine. Sam Spade. Charlie Allnut. Philip Queeg. Which great star?
6:One of this year's releases has become the most financially successful film ever directed by a woman? Which film?
7:Patton. Creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey (below). Dewey Cox. Which letter?
8:Which director's career began with Catch Us If You Can?
9:Where might Teri Garr, Elliott Gould, Morgan Fairchild and Kathleen Turner all be parents?
10:Who has, at various times, been played by Slats, Jackie, Tanner and Leo?
Answers
1: The Day the Earth Stood Still
2: It's a Wonderful Life
3:"Rosebud"
4:Twilight
5:Humphrey Bogart. Bogie played those parts in
Casablanca, The Maltese
Falcon, The African Queenand
The Caine Mutiny.
6:
Mamma Mia!(
Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, also managed
the largest ever US opening by a film directed by a woman.)
7:C. The question refers to George C Scott, Arthur C Clarke and John C
Reilly.
8:John Boorman
9:On the TV series Friends
10:The MGM lion. (Interestingly, Slats, the first incumbent, was born
in Dublin Zoo.)