Movie Quiz Contest 2005, written by Jon Pennington, uc berkeley



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Answer: Sunrise
118. In 1973, he co-wrote the screenplay for the film, The Last of Sheila, with his close friend, Stephen Sondheim. His widow Berry Berenson died when her plane crashed into the World Trade Center, nine years after his own death from AIDS in 1992. In the 1950s, he played Gary Cooper’s son in Friendly Persuasion and the dying baseball player, Jimmy Piersall, in Fear Strikes Out. In 1968, he appeared opposite a psychotic Tuesday Weld in Pretty Poison, eight years after his own breakout role as a psychotic. FTP name this actor best known as hotel manager, Norman Bates, in Psycho.

Answer: Anthony “Tony” Perkins
119. Screenwriter Paul Schrader wrote a book praising Carl Dreyer, Yasujiro Ozu, and this director as exemplars of the “transcendental style.” In fact, Schrader’s decision to have Travis Bickle write in a diary for the movie Taxi Driver was influenced by this man’s film, Diary of Country Priest. He told a story from the viewpoint of a donkey in Au Hasard Balthasar, while his Arthurian epic, Lancelot du Lac, relied almost exclusively on close-ups. FTP, name this French director known for his meditative style in films such as Mouchette, L’Argent, and Pickpocket.

Answer: Robert Bresson
120. On the original Batman TV show, he shared the role of Mr. Freeze along with Eli Wallach and George Sanders. He was so cruel to actors that Billy Wilder called him “Martin Borrmann in elevator shoes,” which may explain why Wilder cast this director in Stalag 17. His films Forever Amber and The Moon Is Blue challenged Hollywood censorship codes, but he disavowed all films he made since 1931 until releasing Laura in 1944. A pioneering independent producer, FTP name this director who made Saint Joan, Exodus, and Anatomy of A Murder.

Answer: Otto (Ludwig) Preminger
121. The name’s the same. John played Aaron in the 1956 version of the Ten Commandments, but may be better known for appearing in over 80 horror films. Robert had the lead role of Louis Skolnick in the Revenge of the Nerds franchise. Ever played “Jay’s Mom” in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Actress Martha Plimpton is the daughter of Keith who won an Oscar for the song, “I’m Easy,” from the film Nashville. FTP name this acting dynasty that includes David, the portrayer of Caine on Kung Fu and the title role in Kill Bill, Volume 2.

Answer: Carradine(s)
122. The last feature film production released by Hammer Film Studios in Great Britain was a 1979 remake of this movie originally set in the fictional country of Vandreka. Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford play two Englishmen so obsessed with getting the latest cricket scores that they won’t bother to help Iris Henderson after she notices that the governess, Miss Froy, is missing. With help from Gilbert, played by Michael Redgrave, Iris notices a nun wearing high heels, which breaks a kidnapping and spy plot wide open. Featuring a musical code about a secret treaty, FTP name this 1938 Hitchcock thriller about a disappearing woman.

Answer: The Lady Vanishes
123. The actress who played the protagonist, Selma Jezkova, was so angry with the director that she vowed never to act in films again and bit off a piece of the director’s shirt. In the film, Selma saved $2000 to get her son an operation from Dr. Pokorny, but she shoots the policeman Bill Houston after he tried to steal her money. Selma is put on trial for murder, but gets sentenced to hang after the prosecution reveals her delusions about the Hungarian tap dancer, Oldrich Novy, played by Joel Grey. Also featuring Udo Kier and Peter Stormare, FTP name this musical melodrama directed by Lars von Trier and starring Bjork.

Answer: Dancer in the Dark
124. The name’s the same. Ethel is a divorced archaeologist who plans to marry the author of the book, Accounting for Everything: A Guide to Personal Finance. Margot wrote the plays Static Electricity and Erotic Transference, but is better known for the $50,000 Braverman grant she won in ninth grade. Richie won three straight national championships in tennis, but had a meltdown after losing to Sanjay Gandhi. Ari and Uzi wear matching red jogging suits, but their father Chas disapproves of their adventures with their grandfather, played by Gene Hackman. FTP what is this fictional “royal” family from a 2001 Wes Anderson film?

Answer: the Royal Tenenbaum(s)
125. This film begins with a shot of a young man staring at a wind-up toy of a monkey playing the cymbals. The young man then makes new enemies after accidentally stepping on the insignia of Santa Monica High School. The actor who played Chick died of a paraldehyde overdose; the actor who played Plato was stabbed to death; while the actress who played Judy drowned off Catalina Island. Featuring a climax at Griffith Park Observatory, FTP name this 1955 juvenile delinquent classic with a “chickie run” and a starmaking performance by James Dean.

Answer: Rebel without a Cause
126. In 1996, she accused a Nashville TV crew of beaming signals at her, three days before she was found in a woodpile with several teeth missing after cutting off her own hair with a razor blade. In the 1970s, she appeared in several horror films including The Amityville Horror, Black Christmas, and Sisters, but she is more famous for a supporting role in a film series originated by director Richard Donner. FTP name this Canadian actress most famous for her role as Lois Lane in the Superman series.

Answer: Margot Kidder (also accept Margaret Ruth Kidder or Margie Kidder)
127. It’s what I’m going to do after I rouge my knees and roll my stockings down. You can find it at a noisy hall where there’s a nightly brawl after you slick your hair and wear your buckle shoes. It’s what you’ll find at a whoopee spot where the gin is cold and the piano’s hot, but it could also refer to a film that features a choreographed heart surgery scene inspired by the life of its director, Bob Fosse. FTP, give this three-word phrase that could refer to a 1979 movie musical or the opening song of the movie, Chicago.

Answer: All That Jazz
128. In a recurring joke, the title song of this film can be heard on a harmonica, in Muzak in a grocery store, or played by a mariachi band in a funeral procession. Arnold Schwarzenegger has an uncredited bit part as a bodyguard who witnesses his boss Marty Augustine smash a Coke bottle against his girlfriend’s face. Augustine wants to collect a debt from Terry Lennox, but since Terry is missing, Augustine goes after Phillip Marlowe instead, played by Elliott Gould. Based on a novel by Raymond Chandler, FTP name this 1973 Robert Altman film.

Answer: The Long Goodbye
129. The last name’s the same. Both were nominated for the Golden Bear at the 1957 Venice Film Festival, but the director of Bitter Victory lost to the director of The Unvanquished. One is a film director who divorced the actress Gloria Grahame in 1952, eight years before she remarried his son Tony. The other is a pioneer of Third World cinema who directed The Chess Players and Distant Thunder. FTP give this surname shared by both the directors of Rebel without a Cause and the Apu Trilogy.

Answer: Ray (note: the question refers to Nicholas and Satyajit Ray)
130. He’s an AS2 with the I.Q. of a rabbit and the faith of a child. Played by Henry Travers, his favorite drink is flaming rum punch; his last name is Odbody; and his favorite book is the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, even though he will be celebrating his 293rd birthday in May. During his mission, he bites the policemen Bert on the wrist so that Bert won’t coldcock George Bailey with his gun. FTP, name this angel who earned his wings for preventing Jimmy Stewart from committing suicide in the movie, It’s A Wonderful Life.

Answer: Clarence (also accept Odbody before it is mentioned in the question)
131. The ringmaster of the Mammoth Circus announces that he will present several tableaux vivants depicting the life of the title character to raise money for a charity for fallen women. In flashback, we learn the title character sparked off right-wing riots, when the king shut down the national museum for failing to accept her nude portrait. Directed by Max Ophuls, FTP name this 1955 French drama based on the real-life courtesan of Franz Liszt and King Ludwig of Bavaria.

Answer: Lola Montes (also accept the Sins of Lola Montes or the Fall of Lola Montes)
132. Mae West said “It’s not the men in my life. It’s the life in my men,” after performing this song on a 1958 Oscar telecast with Rock Hudson. Lyrics include, “There’s bound to be talk tomorrow/Making my life long sorrow. At least there will be plenty implied/If you caught pneumonia and died.” Originally a duet for Red Skelton and Esther Williams in the 1949 film, Neptune’s Daughter, more recent moviegoers may recognize Zooey Deschanel singing it in the shower, while Will Ferrell innocently sings along in the film Elf. FTP name this Oscar-winning song about asking your partner to come inside for warmth.

Answer: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
133. A man wears headphones so that he cannot hear the shouting as he commits suicide by jumping off the Mercedes-Benz building. In another scene, Homer the storyteller wanders through the ruins of Potsdamer Platz. Mikhail Gorbachev had a cameo in its 1993 sequel, Faraway So Close, but in the original, Solveig Dommartin plays the trapeze artist, Marion, who convinces the angel Damiel to become human. Directed by Wim Wenders, FTP name this 1986 German film later remade as City of Angels.

Answer: Wings of Desire (also accept Der Himmel über Berlin or Heavens over Berlin)
134. The word “bikini” was very influential in the career of this actress. In 1948, she became the first Hollywood actress to be photographed in a two-piece bikini, while in 1946, her picture was painted on the first atomic bomb tested at Bikini Atoll. Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, she married Prince Aly Khan of Pakistan in 1949, one year after divorcing Orson Welles, who cast her in the title role of The Lady from Shanghai. FTP, name this dark-haired “Love Goddess” of Spanish descent who played the title roles in The Strawberry Blonde, Miss Sadie Thompson, and Gilda.

Answer: Rita Hayworth (accept Margarita Carmen Cansino on early buzz)
135. He became a trade union activist while working for the Citroen car company in Paris, but did not learn filmmaking until studying at Gorky Studios in Moscow in 1961. Many of his films are based on his own short stories and he films in both French and his native language, Wolof. Xala depicts a businessman afflicted with impotence on his wedding night, while Ceddo depicts Africa’s resistance against both Islam and European colonialism. Based in Senegal, FTP name this pioneering African filmmaker now winning praise for his anti-circumcision film, Mooladé.

Answer: Ousmane Sembene
136. Lorenzo St. Dubois likes to be called LSD for short, but instead of winning a role in Boomerang Baby, he gets top billing in the latest play by World War II veteran, Franz Liebkind. Christopher Hewitt, better known as TV’s Mr. Belvedere, plays transvestite director Roger DeBris, while the title characters, Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock, swindle money from lonely little old ladies. Starring Zero Mostel, FTP, name this 1968 cult comedy directed by Mel Brooks that later became a Broadway musical.

Answer: The Producers
137. In the movie The Last Picture Show, this was the last film that played at the last picture show. The documentary, the Celluloid Closet, shows the hidden homoeroticism in an early scene where Matthew Garth and Cherry Valance fondle each other’s guns before shooting at a tin can. John Wayne plays Thomas Dunson, a cattle barron who seized land from an absentee Mexican landlord and brands other ranchers’ cattle with the letter D and two squiggly lines. Featuring the film debut of Montgomery Clift, FTP what is this 1948 Howard Hawks western named after a colorful tributary of the Mississippi.

Answer: Red River
138. Until Emma Thompson won an Oscar for adapting Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, she was the only woman to get Oscar nominations for both acting and screenwriting. Her first two Oscar nominations were for co-writing the screenplays for A Double Life and Adam’s Rib with husband Garson Kanin, but her acting career didn’t peak until the 1960s when she appeared in films like Lord Love A Duck and Where’s Poppa. A Best Supporting Actress for the film Rosemary’s Baby, FTP name this aging cult actress best known as Maude in Harold & Maude.

Answer: Ruth Gordon (also accept Ruth Gordon Jones)
139. This film ends with an optimistic news broadcast abruptly interrupted by an offscreen narrator’s epilogue about an authoritarian right-wing coup. Inspired by the real-life assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis, it depicts an investigation conducted by a deputy played Yves Montand. The investigation is covered up, but the martyr’s supporters paint graffiti declaring “He Lives,” a reference to the film’s title. Directed by Costa-Gavras, FTP name this 1969 Best Foreign Film Oscar winner with a one-letter title.

Answer: Z
140. He began his career as a production assistant on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1961 film Accattone. In 1976, he completed his goal of creating a socialist version of Gone with the Wind by releasing the film, 1900, but producers chopped the film from five hours to three. He made his directorial debut with The Grim Reaper, but did not attract critical praise in America until Pauline Kael championed his films, Before the Revolution and The Conformist. FTP, name this Italian director who won an Oscar for The Last Emperor.

Answer: Bernardo Bertolucci
141. An insurance salesman awakens the main character by asking for Karl LaFong, capital K-small a-small r-small l-capital L-small a-capital F-small o-small n-small g. The blind man Mr. Muckle nearly destroys Harold Bissonnette’s butcher shop, before Harold learns that he inherited money from his rich uncle, which he uses to buy a California orange grove. The grove has no oranges, but Harold profits after selling the land to developers who want to build a racetrack. Directed by Norman McLeod, FTP name this 1934 comedy whose title could refer to an inheritance or to the comic talents of its star, W.C. Fields.

Answer: It’s A Gift
142. This actor has attracted protests from feminist groups due to a mistranslation by Time Magazine that mistakenly depicted him as participating in a rape at the age of 9. He directed a film adaption of Moliere’s Tartuffe in 1984, 13 years after making his acting debut in A Few of Hours of Sunlight. He played both Christopher Columbus and the sculptor Auguste Rodin, but he received his first Oscar nomination for playing Cyrano de Bergerac, which led Mike Myers on Wayne’s World to say, “his nose looks like something I threw up.” FTP name this French actor who has also appeared in CQ, Jean de Florette, and Green Card.

Answer: Gerard Depardieu
143. It’s not only Fonzie’s favorite film on Happy Days, but it also inspired the Buddy Holly song, “That’ll Be the Day.” Ethan Edwards is a veteran of the Civil War who still refuses to accept the Southern surrender at Appomattox. Martin Pawley unwittingly got married to Wild Goose Flying in the Night Sky, but Ethan is obsessed with tracking down Chief Scar so he can retrieve his niece, Debbie, played by Natalie Wood. Also a major inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, FTP name this 1956 John Ford western starring Ward Bond and John Wayne.

Answer: the Searchers
144. His English teacher was fired for assigning Graham Greene’s short story, “The Destructors,” while his chemistry teacher risks getting fired for introducing him to the work of Roberta Ann Sparrow. His mother Rose will chaperone the trip to Star Search, even though Kitty Farmer doubts his Mom’s commitment to Sparkle Motion. His sister Elizabeth plans to vote for Michael Dukakis, but he cares more about his saving his girlfriend Gretchen in the 28 days, 6 hours, 24 minutes, and 12 seconds he has left. FTP name this title character of recent cult film played by Jake Gyllenhaal.

Answer: Donnie Darko (either name is sufficient; also accept Donald Darko)

145. Films made by this movement include Lemonade Joe, Capricious Summer, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Daisies, and Fireman’s Ball. Jan Kadar and Jiri Menzel both won Best Foreign Film Oscars for The Shop on Main Street and Closely Watched Trains, respectively, while another member of the movement received an Oscar for directing One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Closely linked to Charter 77, FTP name this filmmaking movement associated with Milos Forman inspired by both the Prague Spring and a group of French filmmakers.

Answer: Czech New Wave (grudgingly accept Czechoslovakian New Wave)

146. This film is based on Roy Horniman’s novel Israel Rank, but the title is derived from a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Henry is an amateur photographer who gets blown up because of the chemicals in his private darkroom. Suffragist Lady Agatha’s hot air balloon plummets to earth in Berkeley Square, while the General gets killed by a bomb hidden in a tin of Russian caviar. Henry, Agatha, and General D’Ascoyne are played respectively by Alec Guinness, Alec Guinness, and Alec Guinness. FTP name this British black comedy of the 1940s about a man who kills off eight members of the D’Ascoyne family all played by Alec Guinness.

Answer: Kind Hearts and Coronets
147. The line “What can happen in a plane?” was deleted from later versions of the film, because the lead actress died in a plane crash on a tour for promoting war bonds. Stanislav Sobinski suspects Professor Siletsky is a traitor who will hand off a list of Resistance members to the Nazis. Siletsky is found dead, but in order to prevent the Nazis from getting the list, that “great, great Polish actor Josef Tura” has to impersonate Siletsky. Featuring a troupe of Shakespearean actors making fools of the Nazis, FTP name this Ernst Lubitsch film starring Jack Benny and Carole Lombard that takes its title from Hamlet.

Answer: To Be or Not to Be
148. He made the last two of his 143 films with experimental directors from the Iberian Peninsula: Three Lives and Only One Death by Raul Ruiz and Journey to the Beginning of the World by Manoel de Oliveira. He never divorced his wife Flora Carabella, even though he had an illegitimate daughter, Chiara, with Catherine Deneuve. Often cast in romantic roles, he is best known for work in his native Italy such as La Notte and Big Deal on Madonna Street. FTP, name this favorite actor of Federico Fellini who had lead roles in 8 ½ and La Dolce Vita.

Answer: Marcello (Vincenzo Domenico) Mastroianni
149. Mr. & Mrs. Alman’s black Volkswagen Beetle swerves into a ditch, narrowly missing the car of Isak Borg, a professor emeritus of medicine. While traveling to Lund to receive an honorary decree, Borg has a flashback to his youth about how his cousin Sara rejected him in favor of his brother Sigrid. In a famous dream sequence, Borg watches himself coming out a coffin that falls out of a driverless horse-drawn carriage. FTP name this 1957 Ingmar Bergman film whose title refers to uncultivated fruit.

Answer: Wild Strawberries (or Smultronstället)
150. Film theorist David Bordwell published a book that analyzed this director’s style as an illustration of the “poetics of cinema.” His slowest film was 1942’s There Was A Father, which consists of only 353 shots of an average of 14 seconds in length. His fastest film was the 1932 silent film comedy, I Was Born But…, which has average shot-length of four seconds. Like Eric Rohmer, he made several films with seasonal titles, including An Autumn Afternoon, Late Spring, and Early Summer. FTP, name this seminal Japanese director who made Good Morning and Floating Weeds.

Answer: Yasujiro Ozu (also accept Ozu Yasujiro, prompt on Yasujiro)
151. Jack Perry framed Bill Harper for the murder of Mary Lane while Bill was unconscious. Blanche reveals the frame-up, but jumps out a window to her death immediately afterward. All this happened because of Mae Colman’s parties where she introduced school kids to jitterbugging, jazz, and the Real Public Enemy Number One. Originally created by a church group under the title Tell Your Children, it became a camp classic when played on double bills with Hemp for Victory. FTP, name this 1938 exploitation film about the evils of marijuana.

Answer: Reefer Madness (accept Tell Your Children on early buzz; also accept Dope Addict, Doped Youth, Love Madness, or the Burning Question)
152. The gangsters Ernest and Momo kidnap Fido after pretending to be customers of Fido’s mother, Clarissa the prostitute. Based on the novel Down There by David Goodis, the downwardly mobile title character reveals to Lena that he was Edouard Savoyard, even though he now performs as Charlie Koller. Charlie stabbed Lena’s ex-boyfriend Plyne in self-defense, but Lena gets shot by Ernest and Momo in the end. FTP name this Francois Truffaut classic of the French New Wave about a down-on-his-luck keyboardist.

Answer: Shoot the Piano Player (or Tirez sur le Pianiste)
153. Formed out of the remnants of the Masquers club of the 1920s, it was founded in 1933 by the brother of the man who played the title role in the Wizard of Oz. Presidents of the organization have included Eddie Cantor, Dana Andrews, Walter Pidgeon, and George Murphy, but the current president is child star Melissa Gilbert who won a contentious election in 2001 over TV actress, Valerie Harper. FTP, name this union that represents the interests of movie actors once led by Ronald Reagan.

Answer: the Screen Actors Guild (or SAG)
154. He is the only non-Frenchman who holds a co-writing credit on Jean-Luc Godard’s film, Les Carabiniers (care-uh-bin-ears). By the 1960s, he primarily made historical dramas, such as The Rise of Louis XIV, but he was more successful making Fear, Joan of Arc at the Stake, Europa 51, Voyage to Italy, and Stromboli in collaboration with his lover, the actress Ingrid Bergman. A founding father of Italian neorealism, FTP identify this director of Rome, Open City who is also the father and namesake of an actress named Isabella.

Answer: Roberto Rossellini
155. At Holstenwall Fair, Cesare awakens after being asleep for the past 25 years. When Alan asks Cesare to predict his future, Cesare prophesies that Alan will die at dawn. Once cited as an influence on Franz Kafka’s The Castle, the film’s title character adopted his alias from an 11th century Italian monk who hypnotizes a sleepwalker to commit murders by proxy. Influential because of its cockeyed, angular set design, FTP name this silent German expressionist horror film of 1920 directed by Robert Weine.

Answer: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (or Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari)
156. He received a Golden Globe nomination in 1978 for best acting debut for appearing in King of the Gypsies. His only Oscar nomination was for playing an escaping convict in the 1985 film, Runaway Train, while in 1983 he received the best reviews of his career for playing the psychotic husband of Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten in Star 80. Now known for playing dark character parts in B movies, he has appeared in Ja Rule’s video for Down Ass Chick, as well as in the title role for the Killers’ Mr. Brightside video. FTP name this actor who appeared in the Coca-Cola Kid and the Pope of Greenwich Village who is often overshadowed by his little sister Julia.

Answer: Eric Roberts
157. Apples feature prominently in the symbolism of this film. Mr. McAllister uses an analogy about apples and oranges to teach ethics to Paul Metzler, while later on, McAllister gets caught committing adultery because he gets stung in the eye by a bee hiding in an apple tree. McAllister becomes obsessed with sabotaging Tracy Enid Flick, because his best friend, Dave Novotny, lost both his job and his wife after sleeping with Tracy. Directed by Alexander Payne, FTP name this Matthew Broderick film that stars Reese Witherspoon as a student running for class president.

Answer: Election
158. This song can be heard playing on the jukebox in the same sequence that included the dance scene in Jean-Luc Godard’s Band of Outsiders. In the lyrics to this song, Genevieve tells Guy “Anywhere you wander, anywhere you go. Every day remember how I love you so.” Genevieve is pregnant with Guy’s child, but she cannot marry Guy, because Guy will be drafted to fight in Algeria, so Genevieve uses this song to pledge her love. Written by Michel Legrad, FTP name this song from the soundtrack of Jacques Demy’s 1964 film, the Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Answer: I Will Wait for You (or Je Ne Pourrai Jamais Vivre Sans Toi)
159. The creator of Alvin & the Chipmunks portrays a songwriter who gives the suicidal Miss Lonelyhearts a new lease on life. Miss Torso dances outside the window of Jeff Jeffries’ apartment, while an insurance company nurse played by Thelma Ritter scolds him for snooping. Eventually, the strangulation of a dog for digging in a garden of zinnias leads Jeffries to suspect that Lars Thorwald, played by Raymond Burr, murdered the missing Mrs. Thorwald. FTP, name this 1954 Hitchcock thriller starring Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart.

Answer: Rear Window
160. Jean Cocteau’s Testament of Orpheus, Andrzej Wajda’s Ashes and Diamonds, Jean-Luc Godard’s Hail Mary, Ingmar Bergman’s The Silence, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Veronika Voss, Roberto Rossellini’s Germany Year Zero, Fritz Lang’s The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, Krysztof Kieslowski’s Red, Satyajit Ray’s The World of Apu, Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, George Romero’s Day of the Dead, and Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade are all the final film in what term given to a collection of three films united by similar characters, settings, or themes?

Answer: final or third film in a trilogy

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