Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz

1 Which TV couple got off their couch to “do America” in 1996?


1Which TV couple got off their couch to "do America" in 1996?

2What links Woody Allen's latest release, Gene Kelly's 1951 classic and Wim Wenders's second dramatic feature in English?

3Which LA landmark was erected in 1923 to promote a housing development?

4Name the shadowy film (pictured).

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5Meryl Streep has been nominated for 16 Oscars. For which two films did she win?

6"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family." The opening lines to which 1990s film?

7What links Sharon Williams, Gale Anne Hurd, Kathryn Bigelow, Linda Hamilton and Suzy Amis?

8What colourful activities were Tim, Harvey, Chris and Steve up to in 1992?

9Which 2000 Japanese film goes by the name of Batoru Rowaiaruin its home territories? (Say it to yourself)

10What links Tom Perrotta, Louis Begley, Rex Pickett and (shortly) Kaui Hart Hemmings?

Answers . . .

1. Beavis and Butthead

2. Paris ( Midnight in Paris, An American in Paris, Paris, Texas)

3. The Hollywood Sign

4. The Elephant Man

5. Kramer vs Kramerand Sophie's Choice

6. Trainspotting

7. The wives of James Cameron

8. They were in Reservoir Dogs(Roth, Keitel, Penn, Buscemi)

9. Battle Royale

10. Authors of the source novels for successive Alexander Payne films ( Election, About Schmidt, Sideways, The Descendents)