DONALD CLARKE's weekly movie quiz
1 To what religion do Kirstie Alley, John Travolta (below) and Tom Cruise all belong?
2 “I walk down the lane/with a happy refrain.” What is Gene Kelly up to as he strolls?
3 Who directed films concerning Mr Smith, Mr Dodds and John Doe?
4 A musing on Virginia Wolfe and others. Murphy and Nolte bicker. James Franco is trapped. Scorsese directs a yuppie nightmare. What’s the connection?
5 What happens in 39 out of Alfred Hitchcock’s 52 features?
6 The end of The Apartment. The Poseidon Adventure. Michael Corleone escapes from Cuba. The connection?
7 “You’re not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.” The defining line in which latter-day noir?
8 What links Exit
Through the Gift Shop, Nowhere Boy, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Hunger?
9 What spawned an official TV remake with David Soul and an unofficial movie remake with Pamela Anderson?
10 What began, in 1923, with The Little Napoleonand ended, in 1979, with Just a Gigolo?
Answers
1. Scientology
2. Singin' in the Rain
3. Frank Capra
4. Hours (The Hours, 48 Hours, 127 Hours, After Hours)
5. The director takes one of his famous cameos.
6. They all take place on New Year's Eve
7. Body Heat
8. They were all directed by former visual artists (Banksy, Sam Taylor-Wood, Julian Schnabel, Steve McQueen)
9.
Casablanca
10. The film career of Marlene Dietrich
