1 For whom was life like a box of chocolates?
2 Who links Dirk Diggler, “Irish” Micky Ward and Susie Salmon’s dad?
3 What links Song of the South, Anchors Aweigh, Mary Poppinsand Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
4 Paul Reubens, Michael Keaton, Michael Keaton, Johnny Depp (in that order). What are we talking about?
5 Who’s next: Brian De Palma, John Woo, JJ Abrams?
6 What links the latest Woody Allen film, the second Alan Parker film, an Oscar- winning John Schlesinger film and a modestly regarded Clint Eastwood film?
7 What was the last film to win best picture, best actor and best actress at the Oscars?
8 Who’s missing: Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald?
9 On what day of the year is Shelly Winters suffering such distress (photo)?
10 What links Steve Buscemi, Lee Tamahori, Peter Bogdanovich, Mike Figgis and David Chase?
Answers:
1.
Forrest Gump
2. Mark Wahlberg (in
Boogie Nights, The Fighterand
The Lovely Bones)
3. All feature a combination of live action and animation
4. Title characters of the first four Tim Burton films
(Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beatlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands)
5. Brad Bird (directors of the
Mission: Impossiblefilms)
6. Midnight (
Midnight in Paris, Midnight Express, Midnight Cowboy, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
7.
The Silence of the Lambsin 1992
8. Anthony Michael-Hall (the students in
The Breakfast Club)
9. New Year's Eve (in
The Poseidon Adventure)
10. They have all directed episodes of
The Sopranos. (The clue is that David Chase was the creator of the series.)
