Classic movie trivia--anybody want to play...

[Longgrain]

Hi everybody...

I've been hanging around the political boards all day and now I'm ready to relax.

I'm relatively new and just feeling my way around DU for now before getting into any serious discussions. I've posted in a few other forms, but tonight I want to take it easy (I work in a supermarket and it's the week before thanksgiving, if you know what that means.)

One thing that I enjoy/ have a little knowledge of is classic movies and T.V. Anyone else interested in starting a trivia thread where we asks questions and the other DUers have to answer? I'm thinking it could be a fun way to unwind...

I'll even start...a really easy one IMHO... Who was the first actor to play James Bond?

{hint: it wasn't Sean Connery...}

[Dzimbowicz]

1. OK, I'll try...

Roger Moore.

[helnwhls]

2. it was for nbc

i believ it was Casino Royal, an american actor, black and white tv.

Damn I gotta go look it up

[Journeyman]

3. David Niven. . .

Casino Royale

[helnwhls]

7. Ian flemming wrote bond with niven in mind.

Niven played bond in the 1967 Casino Royale for the first and last time.

but barry nelson played bond in 1954.

[Longgrain]

12. Yep!

It was Barry Nelson

http://www.klast.net/bond/cr54.html

1954 "Casino Royal" made for T.v. movie...

Another interesting bit of trivia, in the T.V. version of the first "Casino Royal" James Bond was portrayed as an America CIA agent while his friend Felix Leiter (the American agent from the other Bond films) was with the British Secret Service...

Now to get me a martini--shaken not stirred.

{edited for technical Mistake}

[cavanaghjam]

79. Probably the worst way

to make a martini, too much of the ice melts, making it watery. Pour some vermouth in a shaker, swirl it around, pour it out. Add ice. It should be stirred briefly with a glass rod. Strain it into a V-shaped stemmed glass. Drink. Repeat.

[democracyindanger]

4. Here's one: Casablanca

"Play it again, Sam" wasn't actually a line in the movie. What is the real piece of dialogue?

[GAspnes]

8. Play it!

Play it, Sam. You played it for her, you can play it for me.

[helnwhls]

10. PBS just showed Casablance last weekend

It is still a great flick.

[helnwhls]

5. october 21st, 1954

casino royale on CLimax theater

Barry Nelson as James Bond

The broadcast is an extra feature on the Casino Royale DVD. Since I popped it in to check the actor's name, I decided to watch it. It is funny to see an american James Bond. The femme fatale is calling him Jimmy.

[Longgrain]

15. Le Cipher

Then you must know the famous actor who played the villain Le Cipher (I'm pretty sure I spelled that wrong)...

Who was the famous actor/director who played the same character in the David Niven 1960s spoof of "Casino Royale"?

[helnwhls]

17. Peter Lorre

there is a man who could act!

[Longgrain]

25. You got it...

Though I'm thinking of who played Le Chiffre (finally got the spelling right, I'm trying not to cheat by using the IMDB but I keep going back to it--dammit Janet) in the 1967 big screen version.

I know the answer, he was a VERY famous film personality.

[helnwhls]

26. Orson Welles

[Longgrain]

27. Correct...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/

Off topic, anyone ever seen the Orson Welles film "F for Fake" (1976 I think).

It's one of my brother's ex-girlfriend's favorite movies, a pseudo-documentary (think--like Welles Nostradamus flick, only much better) about an art fraud who reproduces masterpieces, to the point his work is hanging in museums rather than the original artist. It's quite an obscure movie...but she loves it.

[helnwhls]

32. no but it sounds good

I like touch of evil, despite the shameful excuse for acting done by charleton heston. Poor Orson.

[Longgrain]

38. Here's a link....

If you're interested...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072962/

My brother's ex is a very progressively political person, (something of a Green party voter--compared to her I'm Conservative). I went out of my way last Christmas to find this movie for her.

She liked it...I felt vindicated...

[rock]

6. George Lazenberry

I have no idea of the spelling.

[Longgrain]

19. George Lazenby

is another good piece of movie trivia...the one shot James Bond in the vastly underrated "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" before Roger Moore stepped into the role.

Another bit of trivia RE: Bond films, Roger Moore was originally considered for the role of James Bond in the first major film ("DR. NO") but refused the role because he thought he was too young...

Ian Flemming didn't like the finally choice, a relatively unknown actor name Sean Connery because he was too "Scottish".

[GAspnes]

9. What movie was "Body Heat" the remake of?

Who starred in the original?

[helnwhls]

11. double indemnity

Barbara stanwyck
my three sons dad, fred macmurray

[AP]

43. What was the name of the piece of property Richard Crenna's character

owns in Body Heat?

[Longgrain]

13. O.k....

Here's another easy (in my mind)one...

What film did Jack Nicholson make his film debut?

(Hint: it's not "Easy Rider")

[Dzimbowicz]

14. No idea, but he did appear on the Andy Griffth Show once

as an accused thief who was innocent.

[maxudargo]

16. The Cry Baby Killer, 1958

[helnwhls]

18. little shop of horrors?

I will guess before I google or imdb

[Longgrain]

20. You got it...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054033/

He played the dental patient who was portrayed by Bill Murry in the 1986 remake (One of my favorite FUN movies by the way)...

Technically, he did appear in two other films prior, so I may be wrong, but "Little Shop of Horrors" was the one I was thinking about...

(On edit: MAXUDARGO was right. Should have check IMDB first:cry:

[fudge stripe cookays]

74. He was Barbra Streisand's brother

in "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."

Was that his first?
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[Downtown Hound]

21. Here's one

In Dr. Strangelove, there's a scene where Slim Pickens is reading off the contents of their B-52's survival kit. Impressed with all of its features he says, "A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff." But if you watch his lips move, you can tell he actually didn't say Vegas. He said another city's name, and Kubrick changed it. What was the original city and why did he change it?

[mcscajun]

22. Dallas...

...changed because of the JFK Assassination.

[Downtown Hound]

23. Very good!

You are correct.

[Longgrain]

24. It appears...

This thread has caught fire. So I'll keep the embers burning...

Here's one that should be easy for you "Star Wars" fans...

What actor, from a very popular eighties sitcom once appeared, albeit briefly in a "Star Wars" movie?

Name the actor...extra points if you can name the specific movie, the sit-com he was in, and/or the character he played.

[Longgrain]

28. Come on...

Someone here must know this...

Fifteen minutes then I give the answer.

Sorry for the kick, but I'm having fun. Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody, as the old song goes. I'm looking to have fun...

[maxudargo]

29. The mailman from Cheers was in The Empire Strikes Back

I think.

Cliff?

[Longgrain]

30. Yep!

John Ratzenberger...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001652/

Good call Max!

[Longgrain]

31. Another bit of trivia...

Jus' flaunting my (as Bob Dylan would say) "useless and pointless knowledge".

I may be wrong but, John Ratzenberger, who portrayed Cliff Clavin in the sit-com "Cheers" has provided a voice for a character in every Pixar movie made...

[bigwillq]

33. I think you're right!

:hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

75. He was also an extra

in "A Bridge Too Far"

You can see him in the background in the scene where Robert Redford (as Julian Cook) is about ready to take his guys across the one river. I forget which...there wre so many...

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[Longgrain]

34. Another one...

"Snow White" is generally regarded as the first full length animated film (It technically isn't, but that's another trivia question).

What was the second nationally released animated film?

(hint: It wasn't a Disney film...but it was another 'Famous' animation company.)

[Longgrain]

35. Another kick...

:kick:

I'm on the East Coast, it nine-thirty here, so I'll be going to bed soon...

Anyone GULLIBLE enough to guess the answer...

Fifteen minutes then I'll post the answer...as well as my final trivia question of the night...

[mcscajun]

36. Hmmmmm...."Famous", huh?

A Max Fleischer, perhaps? <thinking>

Something with Felix the Cat in it?

[Longgrain]

37. Your in the right state of mind...

It was a "fabulous Flieicher film", not Max however--no Felix however...

[Tom Kitten]

39. Gulliver's Travels?

[Longgrain]

41. Posted too soon!

You got it right!!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031397/

Kudos to you...

[Longgrain]

40. Alright...

Deleted by the author

[Lydia Leftcoast]

49. Gulliver's Travels?

I kow there's a late 1930s-early 1940s full-length animated feature by that name.

[Longgrain]

42. One last question...

Before I go to bed...

I will pledge $20 to DU (Which I will probably do anyways) If anyone can name the movie my sig line is from...

It was directed by Roger Corman...

(hint: Jus' look up 'Country Joe and the Fish' @ IMDB"

[AP]

44. Pirannah?

[Longgrain]

45. Nope...

I'll get back to you later...I hope to make my donation today, but probably won't make it...maybe Thursday after I get paid...

[Longgrain]

46. Guess no one knows...

But I made my $20 donation this morning, still haven't got my star yet.

The movie was called Gas-s-s

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065760/

Despite being disowned by Corman due to drastic re-editing on part of AIP, it's a pretty funny movie. I think a lot of DUers might like it.

It's about a group of hippies in a post apocalyptic society with no adults over thirty (kind of like "Logan's Run" another fun movie I love). They travel across the southwest looking for a rumored Utopian commune, encountering lots of strange characters along the way (Edgar Allen Poe even makes an appearance).

Fun stuff.

[Nosmo King]

47. What was the license plate number...

on the car Paul LeMat drove around in "American Graffiti"? There is some significance to that number.

[Longgrain]

48. Don't know

but I'll take a guess without looking it up, was it THX1138, the title of George Lucas' first movie?

[Nosmo King]

52. absolutely right!

THX 1138!

And, "Dementia 13" was 'playing at the theater on the strip!That was Producer Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

50. Okay, I've got a tough one, best for foreign film fans:

About five years ago, Jimmy Smits starred in a film called Mi Familia, which was about a Mexican-American family in Los Angeles.

However, the last few minutes of it were a complete ripoff of what otherwise unrelated film by a renowned Indian director?

[LiviaOlivia]

51. Satyajit Ray

[Lydia Leftcoast]

53. You have the director right, but from which of his films was

the last sequence in Mi Familia ripped off?

[LiviaOlivia]

54. "The World of Apu" aka "Apur Sansur"

Part of the Apu trilogy which includes "Pather Panchali" & "Aparajito".

[Lydia Leftcoast]

56. We have a winner!

Yes, the last scene of Mi Familia, the one where Jimmy Smits is reunited with the son he abandoned after his mother died giving birth to him, is a direct rip-off of the same scene in The World of Apu, which was made about forty years earlier.

I realized this when my local art house film had a Satyajit Ray festival shortly after Mi Familia came out.

[Longgrain]

55. Thanks everybody...

for coming to my debutante ball...:party:

This thread is for fun, so keep it up...

Maybe tomorrow night I'll post a few more questions...

Until then, have fun!

[Nosmo King]

57. What was the name of the movie

Joel McCrea's character in "Sullivan's Travels" was out to make?

[Feathered Fish]

58. O Brother, where art thou? n/t

[Nosmo King]

59. right as rain!

Joel and "The Peek-a-Boo Girl" Veronica Lake in Preston Sturgis' great screwball comedy!

[Longgrain]

60. Speaking of Oh brother where art thou

Another easy one...

What ancient Greek myth was the basis for the George Clooney film "Oh Brother Where at Thou"?

[lefty_WOHM]

61. The Odyssey (story of Ulysses)

Although I could only vaguely see the similarities. Most obviously, the sirens.

[CBHagman]

62. Here's a Christmas-related one.

Ernst Lubitsch directed this 1940 romantic comedy, which was based on a Hungarian play and later remade both as a Hollywood musical and a Broadway musical. It eventually was remade yet again as You've Got Mail. Name the movie!

[Longgrain]

63. I think I know this one...

something like "The Shop Next Door", I can't remember the exact title right now...

A little :beer: you know?

[CBHagman]

64. You're very close.

Do I give you full marks or wait for another DUer to complete it? Do we even have rules?

On edit: Okay, here's another hint. A young Jimmy Stewart was one of the stars.

[recoveringdittohed]

65. The Shop Around the Corner - n/t

[CBHagman]

66. Absolutely right.

Who's next to pose a question?

[Longgrain]

67. All right then...

I'll post another one.

This should be easy but no cheating by looking it up.

The daughter of this famous comedian made her film debut in David Lean's 1965 film of "Doctor Zhivago" (another one of my all time favorite fiilms BTW).

[Malikshah]

68. I'll bite...

daughter of Charlie Chaplin? Geraldine?

[Longgrain]

69. Yo!

You got it right!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/

Anyone else?

[CBHagman]

70. Here's one: Name the actor!

This man grew up in a large, poverty-stricken London family. He had a speech impediment and almost no formal education. During service in World War I, a poison gas attack left him nearly blind in one eye.

However, he was mentored by a great British actor and entered the acting profession himself, eventually coming to Hollywood in his 40s. His subsequent U.S. career, both on stage and on screen, was truly memorable, comprising both villainous and noble roles, including that of the occasional "poor corrupt official." Name him.

[CBHagman]

71. No nibbles?

You're breaking my heart here.

Okay, another hint. The actor above played opposite a long list of notables, including Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, John Garfield, and Errol Flynn.

[TheDebbieDee]

72. Is it Charles Laughton?

[CBHagman]

73. No, but...

...you have one of the initials right. HINT, HINT.

[ruthg]

76. Claude Rains? N/t

[CBHagman]

77. We have a winner!

:bounce:

Collect your prize. Uh, do we have a prize? Oh, well, everybody just entertain ruthg with their Peter Lorre imitations or something.

Congratulations!

[Longgrain]

78. Here's another one to keep the ball rolling.

Over a week and the funs still going.

A bit of a toughie, and no cheating by looking it up.

In the 1970 Elliot Gould film, "Getting Straight"--based on the Berkley riots of the 1960s--what then, unknown actor had a cameo as a drunken, partying professor.

[cavanaghjam]

80. I remember the movie

Was dyan Cannon the woman? No. wait. I can see the face but not the name. I'll never get the answer to your question. You're right, it's a toughie.

Here's an easy one back at ya. Who played Frank Zappa in 200 Motels?

[Longgrain]

81. Ah...

Wasn't it Ringo Starr? ;-) .

[cavanaghjam]

82. Right you are.

Also, I believe, the first movie shot on video tape and transferred to celluloid.

[Longgrain]

83. And may this thread rest in peace.

But the party's not over. I just thought the other thread was starting to get a bit too long so as the orirginal poster, I thought I'd kill it and continue the little trivia game here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=210x2123

I'll see you there,

Longgrain.