The weekly movie quiz

By Donald Clarke

By Donald Clarke

1 In which two films would you hear (though not see) Tim Allen bickering with Tom Hanks?

2 How were Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach described in the title of a 1966 epic?

3 Which late flamboyant musician was the first African- American to be nominated for an Oscar outside the acting categories?

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4 Which classic of the baize was followed up 25 years later by The Colour of Money?

5 What never happened in The Godfather Part II, happened twice in Heatand will apparently happen throughout the upcoming Righteous Kill?

6 "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." Which copper-bottomed classic?

7 Redsand The Apartment; Sherrybaby and Brokeback Mountain; The Coca Cola Kidand Pretty Woman. What links these pairs of films?

8 "He loved the American Dream. With a Vengeance." Who did?

9 Who is the odd one out: Humphrey Bogart, Michael Gambon, Dick Powell, Elliott Gould?

10 Hong Kong, Bali, Rio, Utopia, Morocco, Zanzibar, Singapore. What are we talking about?

ANSWERS

1. Toy Storyand Toy Story 2. (They also have cameos in Cars.)

2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

3. Isaac Hayes.

4. The Hustler.

5. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino sharing screentime.

6. All About Eve

7. Brothers and sisters. Warren Beatty was in Reds; his sister Shirley MacLaine was in The Apartment.Maggie Gyllenhaal was in Sherrybaby; her brother Jake was in Brokeback Mountain. Eric Roberts was in The Coca Cola Kid; his sister Julia as in Pretty Woman.

8. Tony Montana in Scarface.

9. Michael Gambon. The others played Philip Marlowe in various adaptations of Chandler novels. Gambon did, however, play Philip E Marlow in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective.

10. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope's Road to movies.

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke, a contributor to The Irish Times, is Chief Film Correspondent and a regular columnist