Theme solved by Melville (comment #8).
1. Not to be confused with the documentary of the same name, this one has a dream sequence designed by a famous artist.
TIE: Solved by Evn (comment #1) and Tom Hilton (comment #3).
2. “Stay away from boys ’cause they are all disgusting, self-indulgent beasts that pee on bushes and pick their noses.”
Solved by Amy (comment #12).
3. One of the sisters of this Oscar-nominated actor’s character is played by his real-life sister. The actress playing his mother stars in a hugely popular TV show. The actress playing his doctor starred in two different Best Picture nominees.
Solved by Trevor J (comment #2).
4. A soldier with an injured face is brought in to talk with another soldier; his childhood friend.
Solved by Roberta (comment #11).
5. “The next woman takes me on’s gonna light up like a pinball machine and pay off in silver dollars!”
Solved by maurinsky (comment #4).
6. The director of this film won his first Oscar after six previous nominations.
Solved by maurinsky (comment #5).
7. “He was a white slaver, I know he was. He was wearing one of those white suits, that’s how they advertise.”
Solved by Melville (comment #6).
#1 is Spellbound.
#3 Donnie Darko
1 is Spellbound.
#5 is One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
#6 The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
Is #7 Josephine Hull in Harvey?
Is the theme hallucinatory in nature?
Is the theme: Movies where the hero goes to a psychiatrist/psychotherapist?
Josephine Hull was one of the true joys of film.
Dang; late again. I would at least have known Spellbound; the Tate Modern had a Dali In Film exhibition going on when we were in London last year.
Is #4 Birdy?
2 is “The Prince of Tides”?
Amy pulls one out! Yay!