My first, and almost certainly last, ever quiz!
Some easy, some hard.
Most a little dull, I'm afraid... :(

Winner gets a hand-job behind the bike sheds!

1. What do James Dean, Heath Ledger, Peter Finch and Spencer Tracy have in common? All posthumously nominated for Best Actor Oscar - The Soul Representative
2. Which film director famously said, "Cinema is the truth 24 times a second"? Jean Luc Godard - The Soul Representative
3. Which western did Orson Welles watch every night for a month before filming Citizen Kane? "Stagecoach" - The Soul Representative
4. Which Hollywood actress (and member) coined the name "The Rat Pack"? Lauren Bacall - The Soul Representative
5. Stanley Kubrick wanted to use Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother to soundtrack which film (but was refused permission by the band)?
(It still made it into the film, however. An extra point goes to whoever says how/where) "Clockwork Orange" (the record is seen twice in the record shop scene) - Völlig Totall
6. Name the designer of the posters below and the films they were made for (a point for each):



1st: "Vertigo" - Völlig Totall
2nd: "Anatomy of a Murder"; 3rd: "Man With The Golden Arm" - Friendly Visitor
Designed by Saul Bass - The Soul Representative

7. What was original about the soundtrack to the 1956 sci-fi film Forbidden Planet? First film to have a completely electronic score - The Soul Representative
8. What is the connection between all films directed by Alan Smithee (apart from that fact)? He doesn't exist/the name credited to a director who's disowned a film - (one point each) The Soul Representative and Elvischomsky
9. Which 1972 horror film had the tagline: To avoid fainting, keep repeating "It's only a movie...It's only a movie...It's only a movie..."? "Last House on the Left" - The Soul Representative
10. What do film directors Larry Clark, Stanley Kubrick and Anton Corbijn have in common? All started off as photographers - The Soul Representative
11. Quentin Tarantino stole (amongst other things) the colour-coded naming of characters from which 1974 thriller? "The Taking of Pelham 123" - The Soul Representative
12. Which English film and television actor wrote this note, before commiting suicide:

"Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck." George Sanders - The Soul Representative

13. Orson Welles and Terry Gilliam both tried, unsuccessfully, to film which book? "Don Quixote" - Friendly Visitor
14. Which film is this (partial) soundtrack from:

What Goes On - The Velvet Underground
Boredom (Live at the Roxy) - Buzzcocks
She Was Naked - Supersister
Sister Midnight - Iggy Pop
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Drive in Saturday - David Bowie
Evidently Chickentown - John Cooper Clarke
Roxy Music - 2HB
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Atmosphere - Joy Division
Warszawa - David Bowie

"Control" - Völlig Totall

15. Which (genius!) french filmmaker was the son of militant anarchist (journalist) Miguel Almereyda, who was murdered in prison with a gift from his then infant son?
(Extra point to anyone who knows what the gift (fiendish murder weapon) was)Jean Vigo/hung with his shoelaces - The Soul Representative

Name the following films:


"Jailhouse Rock" - Elvischomsky


"The Searchers" - Fritter


Punch and Judy Man - Elvischomsky


"The Prophecy" - Fritter


"The Godfather part II" - Friendly Visitor


"Black Narcissus" - Lucy Cage



Which films are each of these quotes from:

23. "Harvey, I often wish I were dead and wore a hearing aid. With a simple flick of a switch, I could shut out the greedy murmur of little men." "Sweet Smell of Success - The Soul Representative

24. "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." "Goodfellas" - Friendly Visitor

25. "You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow." "Get Carter" - Friendly Visitor

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I need a lie down...back later to (hopefully) answer some replies. :D :unsure:

24. Goodfellas
25. Get Carter

5 - You can see the cover in A Clockwork Orange, in the record shop of course. Don't know how it made it there, i'd rather listen to Beethoven myself. -_-

13. It's Don Quixote, right?

6 - Wasn't the first poster made for Hitchcock's Vertigo?

9 - The Exorcist?

14 - Control?

6. The second poster is for "Anatomy Of A Murder". The third one, I think, is for "The Man With The Golden Arm". Don't know the artist, though. :ohdear:

1. Won oscars posthumously
2. Jean Luc Godard

7. he first completely electronic film score

Both correct! :applaud:

3. The Power and The Glory

8. Alan Smithee does not exist.

Ding! :applaud:

Kubrick wanted to use music from the album, but he wanted free reign to edit the tracks, so the Floyd nixed it.
Would it have been better than Wendy Carlos' score:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TIWHSWFwrAM

Damn, I knew that! :banghead:

Correct! :beer:

Welles spent the last 25 years of his life trying to film and/or make something out of the reels and reels of footage he had and Terry Gilliam's attempt to film it with Johnny Depp seemed jinxed from the start (as seen in the documentary Lost in La Mancha) -- both to no avail.
Some say it's jinxed -- I think it's coz the fucker's a dull book that runs to 1000 pages, myself. :o

No! Thank Providence!

Both correct. :beer:
But 9 isn't The Exorcist, I'm afraid -- think cheaper and nastier.

15. Jean Vigo, his dad hung himself with a shoelace. Weird gift though.

Tempted to google now...

:lol:

1. All appeared in films released after their deaths NO!
I'll stick to my original answer: all received oscars posthumously

Excellent! I didn't think anyone would get those. :applaud:



A point for each of those -- one more for whoever gets the artist's name.

Re Question 5 -

The band were happy at first for him to use Atom Heart Mother in the movie. However Roger Waters changed his mind when he found out that in order to match certain scenes the songs would be edited by the films sound team. I'm a Floyd fan, sure, but I think it's a good thing that they backed out. A young thug listening to Beethoven is somehow a lot more frightful...

4. lauren Bacall

6. the poster designer was Saul Bass

All three correct! :applaud:

Thinking about it now, they all did appear in films after their deaths...but the posthumous Oscar nod was what I was looking for. :beer:

Could it be Texas Chainsaw Massacre then? I'm not going to google it. <_<

Afraid not...you'd think so though, wouldn't you? :whistle: :D

I'll give you point, but can you be a bit more specific...why doesn't he exist, etc? :P

It's a name used when someone involved has disowned a film.

Yup, two points.

Hmm, some maintain he was murdered...either way, fancy growing up knowing your Dad was hung by the shoelaces you bought him. :o
Tis a strange gift...still it's more than my Dad ever got off me... :D

10. They all started their career as photographers.

Thanks! :)

It wasn't that hard though - I have Duke Ellington's soundtrack for "Anatomy Of A Murder" on CD and "The Man With The Golden Arm" on DVD. Their covers are very similar to the posters.

Thanks, Gaz -- I searched tonnes of sites trying to find out more about it, but they were all vague. I didn't realise they were going to let him go ahead at first.
I read that years later Waters wanted to use clips from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but Kubrick vetoed it. I couldn't find out any more info, though...
Any idea what it was for?

:applaud: :applaud:

Blimey, you're on a roll...I can't keep up. :P

1. What do James Dean, Heath Ledger, Peter Finch and Spencer Tracy have in common?
2. Which film director famously said, "Cinema is the truth 24 times a second"?
Eisenstein.
3. Which western did Orson Welles watch every night for a month before filming Citizen Kane?
4. Which Hollywood actress (and member) coined the name "The Rat Pack"?
7. What was original about the soundtrack to the 1956 sci-fi film Forbidden Planet?
8. What is the connection between all films directed by Alan Smithee (apart from that fact)?
See above.
9. Which 1972 horror film had the tagline: To avoid fainting, keep repeating "It's only a movie...It's only a movie...It's only a movie..."?
10. What do film directors Larry Clark, Stanley Kubrick and Anton Corbijn have in common?
11. Quentin Tarantino stole (amongst other things) the colour-coded naming of characters from which 1974 thriller?
12. Which English film and television actor wrote this note, before commiting suicide:

"Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck."

15. Which (genius!) french filmmaker was the son of militant anarchist (journalist) Miguel Almereyda, who was murdered in prison with a gift from his then infant son?
(Extra point to anyone who knows what the gift (fiendish murder weapon) was)

Name the following films:

18 The Punch and Judy Man

Which films are each of these quotes from:

23. "Harvey, I often wish I were dead and wore a hearing aid. With a simple flick of a switch, I could shut out the greedy murmur of little men."
Err, Harvey?

Cheaper, cheaper!
Not as nasty, though. :sick:

yes, I lead a trivial life.

Yus. You get a bonus point, young Chomsky. :rollover:

I appear to have become invisible.
Oh dear...

EDIT Visible once more! Hurrah!

Ding! :applaud:

9. Wes Craven's "Last House on the Left"

11. "The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3"