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BFI FILM QUIZ: FEBRUARY 2013

QUESTIONS

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 Who will star as Oscar Diggs, AKA The Wizard of Oz, in the forthcoming Disney prequel Oz the Great and Powerful? 2 Which 1965 film, starring Catherine Deneuve , was ’s first English language production? 3 Who directed the 1952 film The Greatest Show on Earth, which beat High Noon and Singin’ in the Rain to the Best Film Oscar? 4 Which 1987 adaptation of a David Berry play was the final film directed by Lindsay Anderson and also marked ’s penultimate big screen appearance? 5 Which Canadian composer won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score last month, for his work on Life Of Pi, having previously provided the music for films including Moneyball, Little Miss Sunshine and Girl, Interrupted?

ROMANTIC COMEDIES 1 Perhaps the ultimate example of the modern romantic comedy, who directed 1989's When Harry Met Sally? 2 Which dreadful 2011 comedy starred Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis as the romantic leads? 3 Who played the title character in the 2004 romantic comedy, Along Came Polly? 4 Which 1940 rom com, directed by , featured an all-star cast of Cary Grant, and ? 5 Who won Best Score and Best Song Oscars for 1961's classic romantic comedy, Breakfast at Tiffany's?

MONTGOMERY CLIFT 1 In which 1948 film did make his big screen debut, alongside John Wayne? 2 In which 1951 film did Clift appear opposite close friend , with the pair billed as "the most beautiful couple in Hollywood”? 3 Who directed the 1953 film I Confess, which saw Clift prepare for his part by taking up residence in a ? 4 Which actress famously described Clift in a 1961 interview as "the only person I know who is in even worse shape than I am"? 5 For which 1961 film did Clift receive Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations, despite only appearing on screen for twelve minutes?

GUILTY PLEASURES 1 Which British director, who died last month, was responsible for films including The Big Sleep, Dirty Weekend & I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname? 2 This month sees the release of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which takes place fifteen years after the traumatic incident involving a gingerbread house, with the siblings having grown into vengeful bounty hunters dedicated to exterminating witches. But which pair of actors plays Hansel & Gretel? 3 Which film was promoted with the tagline, “The longer you wait, the harder it gets?” 4 Which actress links the following critically reviled films: Born Yesterday, Crazy in Alabama and The Bonfire of the Vanities? 5 Which inanimate object won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Career Performance in 1987, for its appearance in four films over the previous twelve years?

THE 2013 1 Who will host the Academy Awards ceremony for the first time, when they take place on the 24th of this month in Los Angeles? 2 ’s historical drama Lincoln has the most nominations for this year’s Academy Awards – but how many nominations did it receive? 3 and both received Best Supprting Actor/Actress nominations this year for their performances in which film? 4 Who has received a Best Director nomination for his film Silver Linings Playbook, which has been nominated for eight Oscars in total? 5 Quvenzhane Wallis recently became the youngest person ever to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, for her performance in which 2012 film?

ANSWERS

PICTURE ROUND – OSCAR WINNING DIRECTORS

1

2 Milos Forman

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4

5

6

7 Michel Hazanavicius

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9 10

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1 JAMES FRANCO

2 REPULSION

3 CECIL B. DEMILLE

4 THE WHALES OF AUGUST

5 MYCHAEL DANNA

ROMANTIC COMEDIES

1

2 FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS

3 JENNIFER ANISTON

4 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

5 HENRY MANCINI

MONTGOMERY CLIFT

1 RED RIVER

2 A PLACE IN THE SUN

3

4 MARILYN MONROE

5 JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBURG

POSTER ROUND – MUSICALS

1 The Band Wagon

2 Hedwig & the Angry Inch 3 Finian’s Rainbow

4 New York, New York

5 Sweet Charity

6 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

7 Easter Parade

8 Lisztomania

9 Les Demoiselles de Rochefort

10 An American in

GUILTY PLEASURES

1 MICHAEL WINNER

2 JEREMY RENNER &

3 THE FORTY YEAR OLD VIRGIN

4 MELANIE GRIFFITH

5 BRUCE THE RUBBER SHARK FROM JAWS

THE 2013 ACADEMY AWARDS

1 SETH McFARLANE

2 TWELVE

3 THE MASTER

4 DAVID O. RUSSELL

5 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD