(Theme solved by Evn, comment #6.)
1. “To make a long story short…” / “Too late!”
Solved by Evn (comment #1).
2. Trying to get to Shell Beach.
Solved by Evn (comment #13).
3. This is the directorial debut of an actor, and his leading lady is his real life wife. It is the only English language film he directed. She made her screen debut in her teens and is the daughter of a famous actress.
Solved by Evn (comment #20).
4. This is the eight film adaptation of this classic novel. There have also been two mini-series, and two made-for-TV movies. This modernized version stars a man who started acting in his teens, and also writes and directs, and a woman who made her screen debut in her teens and is the daughter of a famous actress (but is not the same actress as in clue #3).
Solved by Hazel (comment #14 and 15).
5. The machine that goes “Ping.”
Solved by Evn (comment #2).
6. “Come on, ________, think of something clever to say, huh? Something full of magic, religion, bullshit. Come on, dazzle me.”
Solved by Evn (comment #13).
7. A famous fictional character (and his fictional co-stars) meets a famous historical character in a plot revolving around the two stars’ shared addiction.
Solved by Melville (comment #3).
#1 is Clue.
#5 is Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life.
#7 is The Seven Percent Solution.
Is it too early to guess the theme?
Is the theme “mysteries” or “solving mysteries?”
I think it’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Ooh! Evn, that’s good. I thought it would take more than three.
I know my Rocky. Tim Curry was in Clue, and the woman who played Magenta had a cameo in.
Oop, that should have read, “…had a cameo in The Meaning of Life.”
I think #3 is Life is Beautiful, but not sure how it fits to the theme. And I certainly know my Rocky, but do I know my Life is Beautiful?
Oh forget it, I’m wrong in every way.
#3 is not Life is Beautiful, hence your introspective question is moot.
OK, so with the theme in mind…
#2 is Dark City. (Richard O’Brien)
#6 is Bull Durham. (Susan Sarandon)
#4 is Great Expectations (with Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow)
(oops) and the connection is Little Nell aka Nell Campbell
And Nell Campbell was in Great Expectations.
I suspect that leaves a Bond movie with Charles Gray. Just a hunch…
All Rocky Horror references are lost on me. I only saw it once and was bored to death. Who or what is the Seven Percent Solution connection?
Charles Gray was in both.
I realized after I decided on my theme and had done 6 of the 7 questions, that I could continue with the “one Bond film” thing. But I promised last week that I wouldn’t, and dug up 7 Percent Solution instead.
I researched until my eyes bled for this, but…
#3 is Crazy in Alabama: directed by Antonio Banderas, starring his wife Melanie Griffith, daughter of Tippi Hedren.
Oh, and featuring Marvin Lee Aday, a.k.a. Meat Loaf.
*whew*
I loved that movie, Evn. I think about four people saw it, which is a shame, it was charming and smart.
I’ve yet to see it, but everything I’ve read about it leads me to believe it’s right up my alley.