BFI Film Quiz – April 2014 QUESTIONS General Knowledge 1 Name the actress who links the films A Place in the Sun, The Night of the Hunter and Next Stop, Greenwich Village? 2 For which 1980 biopic did Sissy Spacek win a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the country music legend Loretta Lynn? 3 Name the British film producer and founder of the Recorded Picture Company who received a BFI Fellowship in 1998 in recognition of his work on films such as The Last Emperor. 4 Which 2006 ensemble comedy, starring Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin amongst others, proved to be Robert Altman’s final film as a director? 5 Who directed the 1988 Italian drama Cinema Paradiso, which won Best Foreign Language film at the Golden Globes, the Oscars and the BAFTA Awards? James Dean 1 James Dean’s first big screen speaking role was in which 1952 Paramount comedy, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, in which he delivered the single line, “That guy’s a professional”? 2 Dean studied method acting at the Actor’s Studio in New York under which legendary teacher of the form? 3 At the 1955 Academy Awards, Dean received a posthumous nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in which film; it was the first official posthumous acting nomination in Oscar history? 4 Dean’s most iconic performance and his only top billing performance was as which character in 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause? 5 Who directed the 1956 epic Giant, in which Dean portrayed a suddenly oil-rich ranch hand, opposite Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor? Female Filmmakers 1 Name the 2013 film, co-directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß , which follows the coming of age of two girls in post-Soviet Georgia and which will open this year’s Bird’s Eye View Film Festival. 2 Name the director of the 1978 comedy-drama Girlfriends, which has been described as “the missing link between Woody Allen and Lena Dunham” and was highly praised by Stanley Kubrick at the time of its release. 3 Gurinder Chadha has become one of Britain’s most successful directors, with international hits including Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice. But with which 1993 comedy did she make her feature debut? 4 Who, in 2010, became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director…? 5 …And later in 2010, Sofia Copolla became the first woman to be awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice film Festival for which film, starring Stephen Dorff? Guilty Pleasures 1 Which 2003 spoof sequel was promoted with the tagline, “Great trilogies come in threes”? 2 Who played the title role in the 2001 British comedy Mike Bassett: England Manager, which took a satirical look at the trials of the England football team? 3 Which erotic mystery film, starring Bruce Willis, won the Golden Raspberry Award for the worst film of 1994, yet went on to become one of the top 20 most rented movies in the US the following year? 4 Who directed 1997’s Batman and Robin, which Empire magazine voted the worst film ever, calling it “a byword for franchise-killing and bad movie-making”? 5 Which comic actor links the films Foul Play, Memoirs of An Invisible Man and Hot Tub Time Machine? Childhood Cinema 1 Name the 1937 animated classic which was Walt Disney’s first feature film and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Musical Score. 2 Who became the first Iranian filmmaker to win a major prize at the Cannes Film Festival when his debut The White Balloon was awarded the Caméra d’or in 1995? 3 Name the author of the novel The Princess Bride, a comic, fantasy adventure which was adapted for the big screen by Rob Reiner in 1987? 4 Name the 1967 Swedish film, directed by Kjell Grede, in which the lonely daughter of a rural pastor makes friends with a wild boy who lives in the woods. 5 Which 2001 Japanese animation, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, received the most votes on the BFI’s list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14? ANSWERS Picture Round – Fictional Logos Post Round – Mafia Films 1 American Psycho 1 Carlito’s Way 2 Dune 2 Miller’s Crossing 3 Withnail & I 3 Scarface 4 The Big Lebowski 4 The Family 5 The Usual Suspects 5 King of New York 6 Groundhog Day 6 Once Upon a Time in America 7 Army of Darkness 7 The Don is Dead 8 Chinatown 8 A Bronx Tale 9 Bubba Ho-Tep 9 Mobsters 10 Raiders of the Lost Ark 10 Mean Streets General Knowledge 3 BHAJI ON THE BEACH 1 SHELLEY WINTERS 4 KATHRYN BIGELOW 2 COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER 5 SOMEWHERE 3 JEREMY THOMAS 4 A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION Guilty Pleasures 5 GUISEPPE TORNATORE 1 SCARY MOVIE 3 2 RICKY TOMLINSON James Dean 3 COLOUR OF NIGHT 1 SAILOR BEWARE 4 JOEL SCHUMACHER 2 LEE STRASBERG 5 CHEVY CHASE 3 EAST OF EDEN 4 JIM STARK Childhood Cinema 5 GEORGE STEVENS 1 SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARVES 2 JAFAR PANAHI Female Filmmakers 3 WILLIAM GOLDMAN 1 IN BLOOM (GRZELI NATELI DGEEBI) 4 HUGO & JOSEPHINE (HUGO OCH JOSEFIN) 2 CLAUDIA WEILL 5 SPIRITED AWAY .