Fausterlitz
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They all played Hamlet?
1. Asta Nielsen
2. Laurence Olivier
3. Nicol Williamson
4. Mel Gibson
5. Maxine Peake (onstage)
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56 minutes ago, lavenderblue19 said:
1. Vertigo
2. Some Like It Hot
3. 2001 Space Odyssey
7 Alien ?
Those are all correct 🙂
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9 hours ago, BunnyWhit said:
Accomplished dancers-turned-actors who received Academy Award nominations or wins?
Yes, exactly, Bunny! And as always, a super-thorough answer. I was actually thinking of ballet dancer Leslie Browne as the second example for The Turning Point, but of course you're quite right about Shirley MacLaine (e.g., she replaced Carol Haney onstage in The Pajama Game). Also I forgot about Rita Moreno!
Great job, and your thread. 🙂
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Thanks, Lavender Blue!
Here's a list of working titles (which were ultimately rejected) for some familiar films. These usually reference either the plot or the original source material. How many can you identify? 🙂
1. From Among the Dead (1958)
2. Not Tonight, Josephine (1959)
3. How the Solar System Was Won (1968)
4. Head Cheese (1974)
5. Anhedonia (1977)
6. Watch the Skies (1977)
7. Star Beast (1979)
8. Spaceman from Pluto (1985)
9. The Body (1986)
10. When I Grow Up (1988)
11. Wiseguy (1990)
12. The Cut-Wh*re Killings (1992)
13. Black Mask (1994)
14. Coma Guy (1995)
15. Wind-Up Heroes (1995)
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2. Gary Merrill
3. Gary Lockwood
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The Great Moment (1944) (ether anaesthetic)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
One Froggy Evening (1955) (singing frog)
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) (Flubber)
2001: A Space Odyssey (tools; monoliths)
The Wild Child (1970)
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Hint 2: Terpsichorean / Thespian
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18 minutes ago, Dargo said:
So EPM. Who dat below Vinnie up there?
Tim Blake Nelson (e.g., O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
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On 7/11/2022 at 7:37 AM, Tikisoo said:
I just saw Catherine Deneuve in a movie and was (of course) struck by her beauty. Her incredibly symmetrical features and big beautiful round eyes reminded me very much of Greta Garbo...what do you think?
As Madeline Kahn's character in Paper Moon would have said, Deneuve's face definitely has "bone struck-chah!" Great cheekbones and an elegant neck. I never noticed before that she also has a cleft chin.
I see the Garbo comparison mostly in the first photo, where she has more natural (less trimmed) eyebrows; also, their noses look more similar from that particular angle.
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Thanks, Bunny!
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Anchors Aweigh (1945)
West Side Story (1961)
The L-Shaped Room (1962)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Turning Point (1977) (two examples)
(Hint: dual talents; Oscar-related)
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9 hours ago, BunnyWhit said:
Arthur (1981)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Flashdance (1983)
Footloose (1984)
White Nights (1985)
Golden Globe nominations or wins for Best Original Song? (Footloose was only nominated, the other four also won.)
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Jean-Luc Godard in Breathless
Terrence Malick in Badlands
James L. Brooks in Modern Romance*
Barry Levinson in Rain Main
Richard Linklater in Slacker and Before Sunrise
John Hughes in The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Curtis Hanson in Adaptation*
Spike Lee in many of his films (although some of those qualify as actual roles)
Jon Favreau in Elf and Iron Man
Todd Phillips in The Hangover
* another director's film
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55 minutes ago, BunnyWhit said:
Academy Award Best Writing win plus a nomination/win for another category for a single film?
Hi Bunny, that's a nice answer, and actually happens to overlap in most cases with what I was specifically looking for: in addition to their Best Screenplay Oscar wins, all these directors were also nominated for at least one acting role (in Huston's case, as Best Supporting Actor for The Cardinal [1963]). So I didn't need the writing and acting to be in the same film, although as you rightly point out, in many cases it was.
In addition to the examples you listed, Allen also won Best Original Screenplay for Hannah and Her Sisters, Thornton was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for A Simple Plan, and Damon was nominated as Best Actor for The Martian and Best Supporting Actor for Invictus.
Great job, and your thread... 🙂
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21 hours ago, Dargo said:
Sonny Tufts
...and...
Forrest Tucker
The main giveaway is that Tucker apparently used even more Brylcreem. 🙂
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Thanks, Bunny! Thanks, Bunny! 🙂
Next:
Orson Welles
John Huston
Woody Allen
Billy Bob Thornton
Matt Damon
(Hint: double-threat, Oscar-related)
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50 minutes ago, BunnyWhit said:
Dolores del Rio
Olivia de Havilland
Bette Davis
Hayley MillsJeremy IronsTwins?
Dolores del Rio: La Otra (1945)
Olivia de Havilland: The Dark Mirror (1946)
Bette Davis: A Stolen Life (1946) and Dead Ringer (a remake of La Otra) (1964)
Hayley Mills: The Parent Trap (1961)
Jeremy Irons: Dead Ringers (1988)
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9 hours ago, BunnyWhit said:
1. Emil and the Detectives (1964)
2. Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
3. Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
4. Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
Yep, you got it! Sorry that one was kind of random. 🙂
Nice work, Bunny, and your thread...
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Hint 2: the second and third words in each film title (three letters each) are the same in every case
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How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
The Knack...and How to Get It (1965)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
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Thanks, Bunny! (And for grading me on a curve -- I didn't realize there was more than one Tom Wilson.) 🙂
Next:
1. Bryan Russell, Walter Slezak
2. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
3. Michael Paré, Tom Berenger
4. Kevin Peter Hall, John Lithgow
5. Justin Long, Jesse McCartney (voices)
(Hint: parallel title structure)
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28 minutes ago, BunnyWhit said:
Tom Wilson
Dan Dailey
Gregory Peck
Steve Railsback
Don Cheadle
Appeared in films with meat in the title?
Tom Wilson: Pig Goat Banana Cricket (2015-2018) (voices)
Dan Dailey: Chicken Every Sunday (1948)
Gregory Peck: Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Steve Railsback: Turkey Shoot (1982)
Don Cheadle: Hamburger Hill (1987)
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The Lower Depths (1936)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Kanal (1957)
Fantastic Voyage (1966) (inside a human body)
In the Treetops (2015)
Greenland (2020)
Archipelago (2021) (Svalbard)
Edge of the World (2021)
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9 hours ago, BunnyWhit said:
1. Annie -- Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (1962)
2. Danny -- Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean in Ocean's Eleven (1960)
3. Fanny -- Bette Davis as Fanny Skeffington in Mr. Skeffington (1944)
4. Granny -- Irene Ryan as Granny (character name Daisy Moses) in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971)
5. Nanny -- Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee in Nanny McPhee (2005) and Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
Yes, perfect answer, Bunny! All the other characters on The Beverly Hillbillies address her as Granny, so for the purposes of the question I thought that was fair game. (Nanny McPhee's real first name is Matilda, but no one ever calls her that, either.)
Nice work as always, and your turn. 🙂
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What Do They Have in Common?
in Games and Trivia
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Thanks, Bunny! This next one springs off of yours, so hopefully should be pretty straightforward...
Next:
Cate Blanchett
Amanda Bynes
Glenn Close
Meryl Streep (TV)
Tilda Swinton