Okay, here’s the inaugural quiz. The plan is to do this every Tuesday.
Name the movie based on the quote, trivia, or vignette. There’s a James Bond connection hiding among the clues. Answers will be posted on…how much time would you like? Is Friday good? Is Thursday better? Let me know.
1. An officer pisses in his own pants, and then blows his brains out.
solved by Daven.2. The name of the main character of this gangster film is never revealed. When he calls another character’s girlfriend to make a date with her, he just says “It’s me.” Gossip columnists had the actors playing the main character and the girlfriend linked romantically.
solved by Tom.3. “Never put this bat in the closet.”
solved by Amy.4. The vindictive children of her employer break a painted tile that she loves.
solved by Tom5. “It’s not slutty, it’s fun.”
solved by Amy.6. A sax player, a waitress, and a magic rock.
HINT: The sax player is an Oscar nominee. The waitress is an Oscar winner. The magic rock was making its film debut.7. A film makeup artist takes pictures of his girlfriend with gory makeup on. When someone else gets the pictures at the developer, he is looked at with suspicion.
Solved by George and Chas in rapid succession.
4. Girl with a Pearl Earring. (Am I allowed to play?)
Everyone is allowed to play.
turns out I suck at this.
Roberta, I totally think you can get #3.
7 is Short Cuts.
Wasn’t #7 one of the plot threads in “Short Cuts”?
3 is “A Few Good Men.”
Off topic, but did you see this?
Oh! I think 5 is “Pleasantville.”
I know #2 and I know the connection, but I already answered one, so I’ll hold off.
Amy, ARGH!
Tom, give it a day and let’s see.
Is #1 Full Metal Jacket?
yeah I suck at this.
The bat thing rang a bell, but I’ve only seen that whole movie once, and then I just catch pieces; usually the last pieces.
but we’ll see me suck at this.
Paula, sorry, no.
Roberta, you’re cracking me up.
#1 is “Dances with Wolves” when the Colonel or General sends Lt Dunbar out to Fort Sedgewick. As Lt. Dunbar goes out of the room, the Colonel states that he “just pissed my pants, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.” then he picks up a flintlock pistol, says “The King is dead, long live the King”, puts the gun to his temple and pulls the trigger.
Daven, exactly right. Being a Best Picture winner and all, I thought it would be the first to go.
But Dances with Wolves is arguably one of the worst Oscar winning movies. Go check out Pauline Kael’s spot-on trashing of it someday.
But Dances with Wolves is arguably one of the worst Oscar winning movies.
Also, didn’t it beat Goodfellas?
Not just Goodfellas–that year’s films included The Grifters, Reversal of Fortune, Life Is Sweet, Miller’s Crossing, on and on.
I like DWW. Quite a lot. Recently saw it for the first time since the theater, and despite legitimate criticisms, I still enjoy it.
Nominees for 1991:
Dances With Wolves (won)
Awakenings
Ghost
Godfather: Part III, The
Goodfellas
I don’t happen to adore Goodfellas with the same passion as most film buffs; like DWW, it goes on and on and on. But certainly this was a field of two, the others aren’t worth discussing.
Tom, go ahead and answer the one you’re saving.
Wow…they nominated G3? Awakenings? And friggin’ Ghost? Any of the films George lists would have been infinitely better than those three.
De, now I’m not so sure–the ‘romantic involvement’ rumor is throwing me…but I’ll still guess Layer Cake for #2 (with an obvious Daniel Craig connection).
Layer Cake is correct; Craig was rumored to be involved with Sienna Miller during the period of time immediately following Jude Law being unfaithful to her. Craig’s refusal to answer questions about it was one of the reasons the press was so hostile to him when he was announced as the new Bond.
George, The Grifters is a great movie, and Miller’s Crossing is one of my favorites of the decade.
Cool. What threw me was the Kate Moss rumors…I didn’t see the Sienna Miller ones.
Nominees for 1991:
Dances With Wolves (won)
Awakenings
Ghost
Godfather: Part III, The
Goodfellas
I liked Wolves as well, and certainly Ghost was a whole lotta suck.
But… Titanic? Gladiator? Please. Oscar winners = not worth the non-ink of my virtual typing.
When did we go back to thinking that the Oscars had anything to do with film quality? When I was a young film buff, anyone who asked “Who do you think is gioing to win the Oscars” would be laughed out of the room. Now people treat it as a serious question.
I give up on Question #6. I can think of more than a few movies with sax players, and lots of actresses who played waitresses, but the only movie I can think of with a magic rock is “The Sword In The Stone.”
I’ll answer #6 tomorrow if it’s still hanging.
I’m stumped. Even did a google search and got nada.