BFI Film Quiz – May 2014 QUESTIONS
General Knowledge
1 Name the highest grossing film so far in 2014; it has taken almost $700 million worldwide.
2 Which actress won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Actress, recognising her performance in Vittorio De Sica's Two Women?
3 Name the 1967 musical comedy, starring Sonny and Cher, which marked the directorial debut of William Friedkin.
4 Which actor links the films Murder on the Orient Express, Erin Brockovich and Corpse Bride?
5 Who is the only Hungarian to have received a BFI Fellowship, having presented with one of the inaugural awards in 1983, along with his long-term collaborator?
Cannes 2014
1 Which long delayed film, starring Nicole Kidman, will open the 2014 Cannes Film Festival playing out of competition?
2 The official poster of this year's festival features a picture of which Italian actor, from his appearance in Federico Fellini's 1963 film 81/2?
3 Name the upcoming film, directed by David Cronenberg and starring Julianne Moore, which will premier in competition for the 2014 Palme D'Or.
4 Which Kiwi director has been named as the head of the jury for the main competition section at this year's Festival?
5 Which actor makes his directorial debut with the film Lost River, which will be shown in competition for this year's Un Certain Regard award?
Summer Blockbusters
1 In July, Andy Serkis’ CGI Caesar returns in DAWN OF THE PANET OF THE APES. It is directed by Matt Reeves after Rupert Wyatt declined to commit to a sequel. But for which 2008 JJ Abrams-backed monster flick did Reeves first prove his sci-fi credentials?
2 This year Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller return with a monochrome and blood-red follow-up to SIN CITY, a whole nine years after the original. Joining the cast this time around is Eva Green, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ray Liotta and which global popstar?
3 One of the most hotly anticipated small-screen-to-big-screen adaptations of recent years is surely this year’s POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE. The titular postal worker with Royal Mail’s most exclusive private registration number, will be voiced by not one, but two, artists; one speaking, one singing. Name them both.
4 Angelina Jolie takes on the role of evil fairy MALEFICENT in a live action version of the Sleeping Beauty tale this summer. Which first-time director, better known as the Oscar-winning head of art direction for ALICE IN WONDERLAND and AVATAR, took over the helm after Tim Burton left the production due to so-called scheduling conflicts.
5 This year we gain another re-imagination of the GODZILLA story, this time from British director Gareth Edwards and starring retired meth magnate Bryan Cranston. But in what year was the original Japanese GOJIRA released?
Guilty Pleasures
1 Which British Hammer Horror, released last month, stars Jared Harris as a college professor attempting to create a poltergeist?
2 Which late actor links the films Easy Money, Caddyshack and Back to School?
3 Which 2014 animated film is based on characters who originally appeared in the 1960s television series The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show?
4 Who directed the1993 drama Indecent Proposal, which starred Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson and Robert Redford?
5 Which comedian wrote produced and starred in the 1987 spy parody Leonard Part 6, which won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Film the same year?
Edwardian Drama
1 Name the 1905 Edwardian drama by the influential playwright Harley Granville Barker, which was adapted for television by the BBC in 1979 and for cinema by David Mamet in 2005.
2 Who directed the 1971 British dramaThe Go-Between, which is set in the Edwardian era and stars Alan Bates and Julie Christie?
3 Which Irish writer's plays are second only to Shakespeare's as the most adapted for television?
4 Which 1909 John Galsworthy play uses a tale of industrial unrest to uncover the class issues of the Edwardian era?
5 Which 1911 DH Lawrence drama has been adapted for British television three times, with the most recent being a 1995 version starring Zoe Wannamaker and Colin Firth?