APITop100_Part2 Flashcards

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Sam Peckinpah

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The Wild Bunch (1969)

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Dustin Hoffman

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All the President’s Men (1976)

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“I’ve grown accustomed to her face” song

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My Fair Lady (1964)

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Won 11 Academy Awards (tied by Titanic and LOTR: Return of the King)

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Ben-Hur (1959)

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“Eye Of The Tiger” song

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Rocky (1976)

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Conflict (and killing each other) arises amongst men within the ____ as well as enemies in the Vietnam War

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Platoon (1986)

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last movie feautring the little Tramp

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Modern Times (1936)

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George Lucas

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American Graffiti (1973)

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gladiator leads a slave revolt that ends with his death in battle in 71 BC

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Spartacus (1960)

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“That is one nutty hospital”

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Tootsie (1982)

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guy strains spaghetti through his tennis racket

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The Apartment (1960)

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Laurence Olivier

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Wuthering Heights (1939)

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“It isn’t that I don’t like you, Susan, because after all, in moments of quiet, I’m strangely drawn toward you; but, well, there haven’t been any quiet moments!”

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Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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3 Russian steelworkers serve in Vietnam War, get captured, Saigon falls

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The Deer Hunter (1978)

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“You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man”

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

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Uma Thurman

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Sal’s Famous Pizza

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Do the Right Thing (1989)

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Frau Blucher (horses neighing)

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Young Frankenstein (1974)

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“follow the money”

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All the President’s Men (1976)

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Dustin Hoffman

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Tootsie (1982)

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“I love you. I’ve loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I’ve even loved you before I saw you.”

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A Place in the Sun (1951)

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Laurence Harvey

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

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Red Dragon, Hannibal

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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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Lew Wallace

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Ben-Hur (1959)

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Judah is a bigwig of Judea, meets Jesus, becomes a rower, wins a race, rescues family, meets Jesus
Ben-Hur (1959)
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Bill Murray
Tootsie (1982)
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Fletcher Christian
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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POWs are forced to play Russian roulette
The Deer Hunter (1978)
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2 films to be nominated for every eligible category in the Academy Awards
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966) and "Cimarron" (1931)
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Thomas Harris
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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a botched kidnapping causes someone to end up in the wood chipper
Fargo (1996)
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an adrenaline shot to the heart of Uma Thurman
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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Groucho, Harpo, Chico, & Zeppo Marx
Duck Soup (1933)
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Laurence Olivier
Spartacus (1960)
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Jack Lemmon
The Apartment (1960)
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Sidney Poitier
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
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Ginger Rogers
Swing Time (1936)
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Harrison Ford
American Graffiti (1973)
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Al Jolson in blackface
The Jazz Singer (1927)
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Eliza Doolittle
My Fair Lady (1964)
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Won the most academy awards (8) without winning Best Picture, lost to The Godfather
Cabaret (1972)
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Cybil Shepherd
The Last Picture Show (1971)
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Spencer Tracy
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
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Captain William Bligh
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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The Tramp falls in love with a blind girl and develops a turbulet friendship with an alcoholic millionaire
City Lights (1931)
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based on Oliver Stone's experience in Vietnam War
Platoon (1986)
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George and Martha enterain Nick and Honey and host an evening of fun and games, black comedy
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
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describes the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid 20th century
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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a snowstorm blows a prospector's cabin to the edge of a cliff
The Gold Rush (1925)
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based on Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's investigations of the Watergate scandal
All the President's Men (1976)
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Meryl Streep
Sophie's Choice (1982)
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Steve Buscemi
Fargo (1996)
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Frances McDormand is married to director Joel Coen
Fargo (1996)
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The first R-rated movie to win Best Picture
The French Connection (1971)
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sea captain cares more about his cargo of breadfruit trees then the crew, crew mutinies
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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"Maybe This Time" song
Cabaret (1972)
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Frank Sinatra
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Christopher Walken
The Deer Hunter (1978)
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Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third King (1977)
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\_\_\_\_ : A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur (1959)
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Denzel Washington
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Rocky Balboa
Rocky (1976)
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Edna Ferber
Giant (1956)
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Two bikers Billy & Captain America travel the Southwest, features 60's hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle
Easy Rider (1969)
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heavy Northern accent saying e.g. "Yah, you betcha" and "don't cha know"
Fargo (1996)
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John Wayne
The Searchers (1956)
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Roy Neary, everyday blue collar worker, seeas a UFO
Close Encounters of the Third King (1977)
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Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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Angela Lansbury
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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Lerner & Loewe
My Fair Lady (1964)
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based on a novel by William Styron
Sophie's Choice (1982)
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also written by Sylvester Stallone
Rocky (1976)
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Peter Fonda
Easy Rider (1969)
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black police detective becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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Meryl Streep
The Deer Hunter (1978)
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Elizabeth Taylor
Giant (1956)
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Ron Howard
American Graffiti (1973)
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Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo (1958)
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"Yo, Adrian!"
Rocky (1976)
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D.W. Griffith
Intolerance (1916)
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Sidney Poitier
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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"I'm Spartacus! I'm Spartacus!"
Spartacus (1960)
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William H. Macy
Fargo (1996)
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George Gershwin
An American in Paris (1951)
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Fred Astaire
Swing Time (1936)
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Robert De Niro
The Deer Hunter (1978)
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James Dean died 2 weeks after wrapping shooting for this movie
Giant (1956)
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Henry Higgins
My Fair Lady (1964)
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Clark Gable
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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follow up to "The Birth of a Nation" after racial criticism, features 4 distinct stories about mankind's ____ throughout the ages
Intolerance (1916)
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"I Got Rhythm"
An American in Paris (1951)
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his hunchbacked assistant named Igor (although not actually called that until "Son of Frankenstein" in 1939)
Frankenstein (1931)
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Gene Hackman
Unforgiven (1992)
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also Kevin Costner's directorial debut (oscar)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
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Jimmy Stewart
Vertigo (1958)
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Katharine Hepburn
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
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Elizabeth Taylor
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
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famous dance scene with John Travolta and Uma Thurman doing the twist
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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working class young man who is entangled in love triangle - one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory and the other a beautiful socialite
A Place in the Sun (1951)
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chariot race scene
Ben-Hur (1959)
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Most famous mutiny in history, Fletcher Christian & his mates seize control of the HMS Bounty outside Tahiti in 1789
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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"Funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you?"
Goodfellas (1990)
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This person is responsible for killing replicants (human robots) that are banned on earth, Harrison Ford comes out of retirement for one more assignment in LA on a rainy day
Blade Runner (1982)
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"You can't fool me! There ain't no Sanity Claus" (reference to a sanity clause in a contract)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
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musical where man bets that he can take flower girl and turn her Cockney accent into a proper English one for high society in London
My Fair Lady (1964)
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Judah Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (1959)
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The Tramp gets caught in the wheels/gears of a machine
Modern Times (1936)
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also directed by Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven (1992)
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a powerful Texas ranching family is challenged by the coming of big oil
Giant (1956)
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Faye Dunaway
Network (1976)
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white girl brings black boyfriend home to meet the parents for the first time
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
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Charlie Chaplin
Modern Times (1936)
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Clarice, a young FBI trainee, seeks the help of a cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter to catch another serial killer "Buffalo Bill"
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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patriotic biographical musical about George Cohan, "The Man Who Owns Broadway"
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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Audrey Hepburn
My Fair Lady (1964)
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Peter Finch
Network (1976)
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"It's a hell of a thing killin' a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have."
Unforgiven (1992)
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Kirk Douglas
Spartacus (1960)
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William Holden
The Wild Bunch (1969)
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John Wayne's breakout film
Stagecoach (1939)
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"Gonna fly now" song
Rocky (1976)
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"Shane. Shane. Come back!"
Shane (1953)
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Montgomery Clift
A Place in the Sun (1951)
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"Born to be wild" song
Easy Rider (1969)
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a pregnant police chief investigates a series of homicides in Minnesota (despite the title) & a struggling car salesman hires 2 criminals to kidnap his wife
Fargo (1996)
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first Marx brothers movie without Zeppo
A Night at the Opera (1935)
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Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti (1973)
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Warner Brothers produced this first talkie, about a man who rejects his Jewish heritage to become a \_\_\_\_
The Jazz Singer (1927)
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Peter Bogdanovich
The Last Picture Show (1971)
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who is hanging from a clock and what is the film?
Harold Lloyd in "Safety Last" (1923)
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Charlton Heston
Ben-Hur (1959)
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Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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Jessica Lange
Tootsie (1982)
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"No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me - now - standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever."
Wuthering Heights (1939)
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John Ford
Stagecoach (1939)
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Joel & Ethan Coen
Fargo (1996)
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Life is a _____ old chum
Cabaret (1972)
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Boris Karloff
Frankenstein (1931)
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John Travolta
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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A television network struggles with poor ratings
Network (1976)
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Shirley MacLaine
The Apartment (1960)
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known for his deadpan silent comedy
Buster Keaton
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group of 9 strangers ride on a stagecoach in dangerous Apache territory
Stagecoach (1939)
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Kim Novak
Vertigo (1958)
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James (Jimmy) Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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James Dean starts an oil empire
Giant (1956)
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Gene Wilder
Young Frankenstein (1974)
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"Where were you in '62?" was the tagline
American Graffiti (1973)
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several connecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals, and a mysterious briefcase (we never find out whats inside - code is "666")
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family in this Western, but is drawn in to a settler/rancher conflict
Shane (1953)
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Elsa Lancaster
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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"They call me Mister Tibbs!"
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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Robert Redford
All the President's Men (1976)
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Jeff Bridges
The Last Picture Show (1971)
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movie about "a type of restaurant with a dance floor, music & a show" set in The Kit Kat Club in Berlin in 1931
Cabaret (1972)
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"You're A Grand Old Flag" song
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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Cary Grant
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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\_\_\_\_ song, about a pony-riding gentlemen
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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skrewball comedy where a paleontologist gets involved with a woman and a leopard named Baby
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas (1990)
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The Tramp
Charlie Chaplin's on screen character
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Suicidal Union Army lieutenant travels to the American frontier to find a military post, joins Sioux Indians, sights a stampede of buffalo
Dances with Wolves (1990)
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The Ringo Kid
Stagecoach (1939)
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based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" novel by Philip K. Dick
Blade Runner (1982)
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Polish Auschwitz survivor is forced to chose which child will be sent to death to avoid both of them being killed (she chose the boy)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
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3 great silent film comedians
Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd
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based on a novel by Larry McMurtry
The Last Picture Show (1971)
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Meryl Streep
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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overcrowded stateroom gag where they all fall out when the door opens
A Night at the Opera (1935)
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Richard Condon
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Charlie Chaplin
The Gold Rush (1925)
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Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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a group of teenagers and their adventure one night, shows the cruising/rock and roll culture
American Graffiti (1973)
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"I Could Have Danced All Night" song
My Fair Lady (1964)
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Jack Nicholson
Easy Rider (1969)
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"Money, Money" song ("money makes the world go round")
Cabaret (1972)
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Robert De niro
Goodfellas (1990)
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Groucho, Harpo, & Chico Marx
A Night at the Opera (1935)
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tough cop stops French from smuggling Heroin into the US
The French Connection (1971)
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Story of tough NY police detectives "Popeye" and "Cloudy", based on real life Narcotics Detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso
The French Connection (1971)
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"It's alive! It's alive!"
Frankenstein (1931)
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"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Network (1976)
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Joel Grey is the MC
Cabaret (1972)
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the last movie in black and white to win Best Picture
The Apartment (1960)
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Richard Dreyfuss
Close Encounters of the Third King (1977)
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Mirror scene where one Marx pretends to be the reflection of the other
Duck Soup (1933)
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based on "An American Tragedy" novel
A Place in the Sun (1951)
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Ned Beatty
Nashville (1975)
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Liza Minnelli
Cabaret (1972)
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sequels "Bride of Frankenstein", "Son of Frankenstein", "The Ghost of Frankenstein", "Frankenstein Meets Wolf Man", "Young Frankenstein"
Frankenstein (1931)
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Charlie Sheen
Platoon (1986)
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based on a play by Edward Albee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
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Police Chief Bill Gillespie and Detective Virgil Tibbs
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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an aging outlaw and killer takes on one more job years after he had turned to farming
Unforgiven (1992)
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Billy Wilder
The Apartment (1960)
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John Williams
Close Encounters of the Third King (1977)
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"Willkomen" song
Cabaret (1972)
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also played by Marlon Brando (1962) & Mel Gibson (1984)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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people in country and gospel music come together for presidential primary for an outsider from the populist party
Nashville (1975)
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"The Rain in Spain" song
My Fair Lady (1964)
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book sequels are "Men Against the Sea", and "Pitcairn's Island", they find the island at the end of the movie
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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C.C. loans out his dwelling to his superiors for their trysts; falls for Fran, an elevator operator
The Apartment (1960)
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Harrison Ford
Blade Runner (1982)
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inspired by "The Great Locomotive Chase"
The General (1926)
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elizabeth taylor
A Place in the Sun (1951)
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Ridley Scott
Blade Runner (1982)
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Samuel L. Jackson
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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silent film comedy about a train called _____ which is stolen by Union troops to disrupt railway lines used by the Confederate army during the Civil War
The General (1926)
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Joe Pesci
Goodfellas (1990)
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Western about aging outlaws on the Texas/Mexico border in 1913
The Wild Bunch (1969)
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the rise and fall of Lucchese crime family associate Henry Hill and his friends
Goodfellas (1990)
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"Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?"
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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"My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you."
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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The son of a prominent right-wing polical family as an unwitting assassin in an international communist conspiracy
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Morgan Freeman
Unforgiven (1992)
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Willem Dafoe
Platoon (1986)
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"You ain't heard nothin' yet!"
The Jazz Singer (1927)
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stuck in the wilderness, he boils his boot for dinner
The Gold Rush (1925)
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guy with fear of heights and vertigo hired to follow someone's wife who is behaving strangely
Vertigo (1958)
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Robert Altman
Nashville (1975)
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Ray Liotta
Goodfellas (1990)
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the 3rd kind means an encounter where a human actually sees an alien
Close Encounters of the Third King (1977)
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also directed by Spike Lee
Do the Right Thing (1989)
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The first live action film with sound for dialogue (started the "talkies") and the decline of the silent film era
The Jazz Singer (1927)
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Gene Hackman
The French Connection (1971)
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Charlie Chaplin
City Lights (1931)
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Stingo
Sophie's Choice (1982)
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Western where a middle-aged civil war veteran / obsessed Indian hunter, looks for abducted niece
The Searchers (1956)
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Stanley Kubrick
Spartacus (1960)
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sequel was Texasville in 1990
The Last Picture Show (1971)
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Gene Kelly
An American in Paris (1951)
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based on Pygmalion
My Fair Lady (1964)
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"Puttin on the ritz"
Young Frankenstein (1974)
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Movie about an expatriate, based on Gershwin's 1928 orchestral work, featured in the climax of the film, lots of other dance numbers as well
An American in Paris (1951)
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Buster Keaton
The General (1926)
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Brooklyn's simmering racial tension comes to a head when a police officer kills a black guy on the hottest day of summer, then riots ensue
Do the Right Thing (1989)
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Alan Ladd
Shane (1953)
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Dennis Hopper (also Directed by)
Easy Rider (1969)
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remade in 1980 featuring Neil Diamond and "America" song
The Jazz Singer (1927)
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young debt collector for a loan shark becomes a major boxer in Philadelphia
Rocky (1976)
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"Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" song
My Fair Lady (1964)
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last film with Zeppo Marx (the un-zany one)
Duck Soup (1933)
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"Heeey, maaan!", and "Be cool, man"
Easy Rider (1969)
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"Popeye" Doyle
The French Connection (1971)
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Peter Boyle
Young Frankenstein (1974)
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steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Rocky (1976)
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Sally Bowles
Cabaret (1972)
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Everyone is drawn to a remote Wyoming mountain (Devils Tower) to see the alien, Roy goes with them
Close Encounters of the Third King (1977)
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Katharine Hepburn
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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Rex Harrison
My Fair Lady (1964)
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The Tramp struggles to live in an industrial society
Modern Times (1936)
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Actor with reputation for being difficult is forced to act as a woman to land a job on a soap opera
Tootsie (1982)