Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz
1. Which studio gave us
Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up
and
Toy Story
?
2. Angelina Jolie will shortly be representing which popular condiment?
3. Which epic, three-part saga ends with the words “Well, I’m back”?
4. Which 1968 film claimed (rather daringly) to be “The Ultimate Trip”?
5.
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition, Wings of Desire.
Which Antipodean?
6. Who’s that enjoying the premiere of
Dinner for Schmucks
(pictured)?
7. GH Dorr, Llewelyn Moss, Osbourne Cox, Larry Gopnik (in that order). What are we discussing?
8. From which film did The Ramones, when recording Pinhead, extract the phrase “Gabba gabba hey!”?
9. Bestselling British film magazine. Song by Nico. Rubbish. Follow-up to Thriller. Warmth. (And many more.) What’s the link?
10. What have Volker Schlöndorff, Raúl Ruiz and Chantal Akerman -- among very few others - dared to attempt?
Answers
1. Pixar
2. Salt
3.
Lord of the Rings
4.
2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Nick Cave (variously wrote, provided music and appeared in these films)
6. Zach Galifianakis
7. Prominent characters in the last four Coen Brothers films (Th
e Ladykillers, No Country for Old Men, Burn after Reading, A Serious Man)
8. Freaks
9. Films produced by Andy Warhol (
Empire, Chelsea Girls, Trash, Bad, Heat)
10. Adapted Marcel Proust’s
À la Recherche du Temps Perdu (Swann in Love, Time Regained, The Captive)
