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 , 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 , will open the 2014 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 and starring , 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 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 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 . 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 , which starred , and ?

5 Which comedian wrote produced and starred in the 1987 spy parody , 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 and ?

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 ?