FunTrivia Movies Mix: Vol 22 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Father

1993's "In the Name of the Father" garnered Day-Lewis his second Oscar nomination after his winning turn in "My Left Foot". Other actors to receive Academy Award nominations were Emma Thompson and Pete Postlewaite, both for supporting performances. "In the Name of the Father" dealt with the true story of a foursome who were wrongly accused of the 1974 bombing of a Guildford, England pub that killed five people.

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Answer: Pearl Harbor

The exceptional effects, of the film "Pearl Harbor" (2001), including its high-powered pyrotechnics, had Hawaii's environmental groups worried about the effects on their harbor. Before each explosion, divers cleared the harbor of turtles and whales hours before the blasts. A bird sanctuary was also safeguarded, not far from shore.

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Answer: The Guns of Navarone

"The Guns of Navarone" (1961) was a major critical and box office success. MacLean's novel is based on the real events surrounding the Battle of Leros.

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Answer: Miracle On 34th Street

"Miracle On 34th Street" is a 1947 film starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, and Natalie Wood. It also stars Edmund Gwenn as Santa Claus, or Kris Kringle. In danger of being admitted to a mental hospital, he eventually persuades his skeptical co-stars that he really is Santa Claus. Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has been filmed hundreds of times, with many critics considering the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim to be the best.

The movie contains many memorable characters, but no Santa Claus. Neither do the 1945 film "Christmas In Connecticut," starring Barbara Stanwyck, or 1954's "White Christmas," with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.

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Answer: Liar Liar

Jim Carrey plays Fletcher Reede, a lawyer who is unable to tell a lie for twenty-four hours after his son makes a birthday wish that actually comes true, in the 1997 comedy movie "Liar Liar". In the very fun "pen" scene, Fletcher simply can't lie about the colour of the pen, which, as his face clearly shows at the end of the scene, is most definitely blue!

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Answer: Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne was born on July 30th, 1961, in Augusta, Georgia in the United States. A veteran actor of the film and television industry, long before his Oscar-nominated role as Ike Turner, Fishburne starred as orderly Max Daniels, in the third instalment of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise, "Dream Warriors".

He starred alongside Patricia Arquette, whose role as Kirsten Parker was her first on film. His character was also one of the few characters who made it to the end of the film, without ever coming face to face with Freddy Krueger himself.

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Answer: The Little Mermaid

"The Little Mermaid" was the 28th Disney Animated Classics film and was the start of a series of films classed as the "Disney Renaissance". Still popular today it featured a mermaid called Ariel who falls in love with a human.

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Answer: "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump"

Tom Hanks won the Best Actor Oscar in 1993 for "Philadelphia" and again in 1994 for "Forrest Gump". In addition to these two wins he was also nominated for "Big", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Cast Away".

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Answer: Fight Club

The movie was directed by David Fincher. It starred Meat Loaf, Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. It was about an working class man (Norton) who meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), who is a soap salesman. He makes Norton join his fight club and take on an anti-corporate movement called Project Mayhem. Meat Loaf plays one of the men in the fight club.

The movie has quite the cult following.

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Answer: Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan was cast as Bond for "The Living Daylights" following the cancellation of his television series, "Remington Steele". However, NBC, the network behind the show, activated an option on Brosnan's contract following a surge in interest subsequent to the announcement of his casting as 007.

As a consequence, Brosnan was dropped and the role offered to Timothy Dalton. Brosnan would eventually get to play Bond eight years later, in 1995's "Goldeneye", the first of his four appearances.

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