Tuesday Trivia: Random stuff

1. A British woman and an American man, while dancing, discuss constipation.
Solved by Pax (comment #17).

2. He wants to marry his true love, a deaf woman, but he gets another woman pregnant and does “what is expected.”
Hint: This is the second time directing for a renowned actor who has appeared in small, character roles in both films. The two films were made 13 years apart.
Solved by Hogan (comment #21).

3. This adaptation of a theatrical play is very similar to the original, and is adapted for the screen by the playwright. The exception is a new scene was written for the movie, featuring a character who was written specifically for the actor who played him.
Solved by Trevor J (comment #4).

4. A female athlete is criticized for her uni-brow.
Solved by Hogan (comment #19).

5. Actors appearing as themselves in this movie include Julia Roberts, Harry Belafonte, Gary Busey, John Cusack, Peter Falk, and Louise Fletcher.
Solved by Melville (comment #3).

6. “You make love as you eat, with a great deal of noise and no subtlety.”
Solved by Hogan (comment #12).

7. He takes his friend’s wife to visit him at the sanitarium, and gets her pregnant on the way back.
Hint: Recently remade, starring an actor who was also in another recent remake of the original star’s work. The other recent remake featured the original actor in a different role.
Solved by Melville (comment #24).

27 comments

  1. Evn says:

    Is #4 Dodgeball? I want to say #5 is Ready To Wear, but I think I’m wrong…

  2. Deborah Lipp says:

    You’re wrong about both, but my what interesting answers.

  3. Melville says:

    Is #5 The Player?

  4. Trevor J says:

    #3 is Glengarry Glen Ross.

  5. Melville says:

    ^The Alec Baldwin scene? I knew it wasn’t in the original play, but I didn’t know that Mamet wrote it specifically for Baldwin.

  6. maurinsky says:

    It was a great scene.

    I have no guesses. I know I’ve heard #6, but darned if I can remember where.

  7. Deborah Lipp says:

    Oh, my GODS, I’ve killed the trivia quiz!

  8. Wendy says:

    Total stab in the dark, but #1 = The Tall Guy? I was just trying to think of movies with British women and American men.

  9. Deborah Lipp says:

    Unfortunately no. I am evil.

  10. George says:

    Total guesses here:
    #2 Johnny Belinda
    #4 Personal Best

  11. Hogan says:

    #6 – Anne of the Thousand Days

  12. Evn says:

    #4 Personal Best

    [head -> desk]

    I can’t believe I forgot about Mariel Hemingway.

    I’m a bad gay.

  13. Deborah Lipp says:

    Not Personal Best, not Johnny Belinda.

  14. Deborah Lipp says:

    But Evn, you’re a worse gay than you know.

  15. Evn says:

    Oh, believe me. I know.

  16. Is #1 “Agatha” from 1979? Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave as Wally Stanton and Agatha Christie?!? Even if it’s not the answer it’s rather an interesting movie…

  17. Hogan says:

    Is #4 A League of her Own?

  18. Wendy says:

    There’s no crying in trivia. There’s no .. sob … no crying… sniff… in (sigh).

    I can’t believe I didn’t get that.

  19. Hogan says:

    #2 – The Good Shepherd

  20. Hogan says:

    #7 – The Italian Job?

  21. Melville says:

    Is #7 Alfie?

  22. Deborah Lipp says:

    Mel, yes! The remake had Jude Law, the other remake was Sleuth.

  23. Hogan says:

    Ah well. At least I was in the Michael Caine area code.