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1. Name the movie in which the hero deliberately exiles himself to the middle of nowhere, "goes native", and finds his true soul.

Answer: Dances With Wolves

Kevin Costner plays the title character, John "Not Dumb Bear" Dunbar, who is given the name "Dances With Wolves" by the Cheyenne. Costner was nominated for three Academy Awards and two Golden Globes for his role and for directing the film, winning for Director in both Award ceremonies. The film won both "Best Picture" awards as well.

2. This film's hero is a farmer in Iowa. But he had to plow under his corn because a disembodied voice told him to. It was the only place he could have closure with the father he'd rejected while he was alive. But first he had to "build it", as the voice said. Name the movie.

Answer: Field of Dreams

Again Costner stars in the lead role as Ray Kinsella in "Field of Dreams." The American Film Institute ranked "Field of Dreams" at number six on their "top ten" list of fantasy films. The character of "Moonlight" Graham in the film, played as an adult by Burt Lancaster, was an actual individual whose entire major-league career consisted of two innings in right field in a major league game in 1905.

He appeared in the on deck circle in that game, but never got into the batter's box.

3. Although his mother sings like a bird, our hero cannot. Exiled, he finds himself in a new location "under glass," although he is not a pheasant. Nevertheless, he is "discovered" and returns home a hero. Which film is this?

Answer: Happy Feet

The hero of "Happy Feet" is an emperor penguin named Mumble, whose talent lies in tap dancing, as opposed to the singing of the other emperor penguins in the story. He is voiced by Elijah Wood. The location in the question "under glass" refers to a penguin exhibit in an Australian zoo where Mumble's tap dancing ability brings him attention which eventually results in the resolution of the plot's crisis. "Happy Feet" won Best Animated Feature in the 2007 Academy Awards.

4. Combine Skull Island with Disneyland, but without King Kong. This location is fun, but potentially very fatal, and, without a clear-cut hero, the critters are the real story. And the critters haven't been around for a long, long time. What film is this?

Answer: Jurassic Park

"Jurassic Park" won all three 1994 Academy Awards for which it was nominated, all in technical areas of sound and special effects. In 2001 the American Film Institute ranked it as the 35th "Most Thrilling" film of all time. It was based on a novel of the same name by Michael Crichton.

5. A bounty hunter and an anthropologist are taken to a location isolated from the modern world. Both seek to remain there and preserve its existence. Name the movie.

Answer: Last of the Dogmen

Tom Berenger plays Lewis Gates, a recently-widowed bounty hunter, who discovers a lost village of Cheyenne in an unmapped region of Montana near the Canadian border. Untouched by the modern world, the Cheyenne band have lived in seclusion since surviving the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. Gates needs to retrieve some needed medicine from the modern world and then eliminate the connection between the modern world and his newly-discovered sanctuary.

6. This film's hero is actually more of an antihero, who travels upriver into a location that may be controlled by a madman. In which film do we experience "the horror"?

Answer: Apocalypse Now

Martin Sheen plays Ben Willard, a US Army Captain and CIA operative, who is sent on a mission deep into Cambodia during the Vietnam conflict to neutralize a renegade US Army Colonel, played by Marlon Brando, who has set himself up as a mystic figure among the local population.

The film was nominated for eight 1979 Academy Awards, winning for Best Sound and Best Cinematography. During the filming, Sheen suffered a breakdown, as well as a near-fatal heart attack.

7. Our hero is shifted quickly from Middle East researcher to combatant as he, too, goes native, bringing out the best and worst of his character. Which of the following flicks begins with his death and funeral before flashing back to a war to dramatize his exploits?

Answer: Lawrence of Arabia

"Lawrence of Arabia" begins with Lawrence's death in 1935 as the result of a motorcycle accident, before flashing back to his experience in World War I. Peter O'Toole played the title character, although Albert Finney, Marlon Brando, Anthony Perkins, and Montgomery Clift were all either offered the part or were considered for the part before it went to O'Toole. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, "Lawrence" won seven at the 35th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for David Lean.

8. In this film our hero takes his girlfriend into his spacious backyard, the perfect location to solve all the problems that follow them there from her ritzy neighborhood. Name the film.

Answer: "Crocodile" Dundee II

Paul Hogan reprises the title character in "'Crocodile Dundee' II", the sequel to "'Crocodile' Dundee." The film did not fare quite as well at the box office as the original, and was not a big hit among the critics. In it Dundee takes Sue Carlton, played by Linda Kozlowski, to his land holdings in Australia to escape a Colombian drug lord's revenge in New York State.

9. Connecticut in the 1830s was an eye-opening location for a group of escaped Africans, but it proved to be a boon for our reluctant hero and his companions. Which film tells his story?

Answer: Amistad

Based on an actual case, "Amistad" tells the story of a group of African slaves who commandeer a ship that was taking them from the West Indies to the US, but had gone off course after the slaves took the vessel over. Captured by a US Navy frigate, the slaves are held in a Connecticut jail while their ownership is decided by a court. Eventually the fate of the Africans would lie in the hands of the United States Supreme Court. Nominated for four Academy Awards, "Amistad" won none, although Anthony Hopkins did win a Critic's Choice Award for his role as John Quincy Adams, who represented the Africans before the Supreme Court.

10. A fledgling Brooklyn lawyer learns about the physics of grits and mud getting into your tires when he takes a case is Alabama. Although he never really fits in with the natives he encounters there, he does save the day. Which film is this?

Answer: My Cousin Vinny

Joe Pesci plays the title character as Vincent Gambini, who travels to Alabama to represent his cousin, Billy, and a friend, who are on trial for the murder of a convenience store clerk. Marisa Tormei, playing Vinnie's girlfriend, Mona Lisa Vito, won the Best Supporting Actress category at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993.

The "American Bar Association Journal" ranked "My Cousin Vinny" at number 3 on its list of "25 Greatest Legal Movies" and ranked Vinny Gambini at number 12 on its list of "25 Greatest Fictional Lawyers (Who Are Not Named Atticus Finch)." The film is often used by law professors to teach aspects of trial procedures and conduct.

Source: Author shvdotr

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