Movie Antonyms Trivia

1. The opposite of this 1955 Hitchcock movie was "Release an Honest Person". What was the real title of this Hitchcock classic?

From Quiz The Opposite of Hitchcock

Answer: To Catch a Thief

Cary Grant and Grace Kelly starred in this romantic Hitchcock movie. Cary Grant was fifty when he took on the role of playing thirty-five year old cat burglar John Robie. Grace Kelly died in a car accident on the same road that was used in a car chase scene in "To Catch a Thief". The movie was based on a book by David Dodge of the same title. This was Grace Kelly's final Hitchcock film. She became Princess Grace of Monaco one year later and the citizens of Monaco disapproved of her starring as Marnie in Hitchcock's 1964 movie.

From Quiz "Contradictory" Movie Titles!

Answer: Up in the Air

"Up in the Air" is a 2009 movie starring George Clooney. He is hired to travel around the country and layoff or fire people when the boss doesn't want to do it himself. His main goal in life is to reach 10 million frequent flyer miles.

From Quiz The Opposite of Hitchcock

Answer: Rear Window

"Rear Window" was considered one of Hitchcock's finest mysteries. Jimmy Stewart played a voyeur stuck in his apartment because of a broken leg. While spying on his neighbors, he believed he saw one of them kill his wife. Hitchcock based the movie on a short story by Cornell Woolrich called "It Had to Be Murder". With this film, Mr. Hitchcock wanted his viewers to feel the imprisonment that Jeffries did as he only saw what was through his binoculars and nothing else outside his apartment building.

From Quiz Movies In Other Words: Antonyms

Answer: Behind Enemy Lines

From 2001, this movie shows an admiral's struggle against politics to retrieve an aviator downed behind enemy lines and the aviator's struggle to stay alive long enough for help to get to him.

From Quiz The Opposite of Hitchcock

Answer: The Man Who Knew Too Much

"The Man Who Knew Too Much" starred James Stewart and Doris Day as a vacationing couple whose son was kidnapped while they were overseas. In the movie, Doris sang the famous tune "Que Sera, Sera" earning the movie an Academy Award for Best Song. The 1956 version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" was a remake of the original 1934 version.

From Quiz "Contradictory" Movie Titles 4

Answer: Live Free or Die Hard

In "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007), Lt. John McClane (Bruce Willis) is assigned to bring a known hacker by the name of Matt Farrell (Justin Long) to the FBI offices. When he arrives at Farrell's apartment, someone starts shooting at them through the windows. McClane gets them out, but they're still being followed. Just as McClane and Farrell arrive in Washington D.C., the nation's computer-controlled infrastructure is taken over by terrorists. They have taken control of the traffic lights, broadcasting stations, and the stock market. This action film is the fourth of the "Die Hard" series.

From Quiz The Opposite of Hitchcock

Answer: Psycho

When the movie was first released to theaters, Hitchcock did so with the agreement that no one running late for the movie would be allowed to enter the theater after the movie began. "Psycho" was based on a novel by Robert Bloch. It starred Janet Leigh as a woman on the run who spent the night in the Bates motel and never left alive.

From Quiz The Opposite of Hitchcock

Answer: Suspicion

Joan Fontaine won an Oscar in 1941 for her role as Cary Grant's wife in "Suspicion". This was the only actress to win an acting award for a Hitchcock movie. The movie was based on the book "Before the Fact" by Francis Iles. Joan Fontaine starred as a woman who believed her husband was trying to kill her after her inheritance from her father turned out only to be a portrait.

From Quiz The Opposite of Hitchcock

Answer: The Wrong Man

"The Wrong Man" with Henry Fonda was based on a true story of a man who was imprisoned for a crime committed by his look-alike. The movie contained a rare moment for Hitchcock in that it was the only movie in which he narrated the beginning of the movie.

From Quiz "Contradictory" Movie Titles!

Answer: Some Like It Hot

In the comedy "Some Like It Hot" (1959), Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) go into hiding after witnessing a gangland massacre in a parking garage. They devise a plan to disguise their identities by joining an all female band and performing as women. When they meet the band's singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), both fall in love with her; but how can they keep their identities secret while pursuing Ms. Kane?

From Quiz Movie Antonyms 2

Answer: Back To The Future

Trivia Bit - "When Marty is trying to re-start the DeLorean in 1955 as he prepares to return to 1985, the car's headlights flash the Morse Code for "SOS"." (IMDb.com) I added this movie because I am obsessed with time travel in the movies, I even made a quiz about it.

From Quiz The Opposite of Hitchcock

Answer: Shadow of a Doubt

Alfred Hitchcock's wife helped co-write the screenplay for Hitchcock's favorite film. Teresa Wright starred as young woman who learned her favorite uncle was a killer.

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