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1. Which movie was Rob Reiner's directorial debut?

From Quiz Meathead's Movies

Answer: This is Spinal Tap

"This is Spinal Tap" is a mockumentary about a heavy metal band called Spinal Tap. Reiner co-wrote it with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer who all starred in the movie as members of the band. Reiner also stars in the movie as the director of the film about the loud metal band. It was released in 1984, having been made with a budget of $2 million. It earned $4.7 million in North America, so it was considered a financial success. Critics have also recognized this movie as a comedy well-worth seeing. "The Jerk" was directed by his father Carl Reiner. "Throw Momma from the Train" was directed by Danny DeVito. "Sleepless in Seattle" was directed by Nora Ephron.

From Quiz Marvellous Margot Robbie Movies

Answer: Charlotte

"About Time" is a 2013 British romantic comedy-drama movie. It is about a young man, Tim, who has an inherited ability to time travel. He tries to change his past in hope of improving his future. Margot plays his first love interest, Charlotte. Unfortunately, for Tim, she has no interest in him. The movie received a positive critical response and was a moderate box office success.

From Quiz Paul Rudd's Movies

Answer: Clueless

"Clueless" stars Alicia Silverstone as Cher, a popular girl at school, who takes on a project to make the new girl, Tai, more popular. Cher first discovers that she likes doing good deeds for others after she sets up two of her teachers in order to get better grades on her report card. The movie follows Cher's efforts with Tai, as well as her own personal efforts to grow and change once she realizes she likes Josh. At the end of the movie, Josh and Cher finally admit to having feelings for each other and kiss. Paul Rudd's character, Josh, is Cher's ex-stepbrother who is studying law in college. He comes to visit Cher and her dad in order to gain knowledge and experience from Cher's dad who is a highly paid litigator. Josh is more mature than Cher and he cares about the environment and social issues. (Question by tiffanyram)

From Quiz Remembering Romero

Answer: He is shot through a window.

While Ben is the lone survivor in the house, he is awakened by the sounds of gunfire outside. When he goes to the window to see what's happening, he is mistaken for one of the undead, and is shot through the head by someone in a group who are killing the zombies. His body is then dragged out of the house and burned along with the others. Such a tragic ending for someone who went through so much to try and survive. This classic film is known to many fans as the one that started the zombie genre, and is also the one that portrays the undead as flesh eaters who need to be shot in the head in order to be destroyed. George A. Romero, who is known by horror fans as the "Godfather of the Dead" created this masterpiece on a small budget of $114,000. It has grossed over $30 million. He is the director, editor, cinematographer and one of the writers.

From Quiz The Roles Of Alan Rickman

Answer: Severus

Severus Snape was formerly on the bad side - he was part of Lord Voldemort's group The Death Eaters, but shortly before Voldemort's downfall, Snape renounced the dark ways and became a double agent for Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts. Snape took up a teaching post in Hogwarts School, teaching Potions class. Albus, Filius, and Rubeus are names of other Hogwarts teachers; Profs Dumbledore, Flitwick, and Hagrid respectively. Because Snape's character becomes more complex as the books unfold, Alan was given special information on his character from books yet unpublished by J.K. Rowling, to allow him to portray Snape better.

From Quiz Mickey Rourke-The Good, Bad, & Ugly

Answer: 1941

Mickey played Private Reese in '1941', a movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It was a small part but he got to meet some of the best of the time; John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, and Ned Beatty, just to name a few. The movie was a comedy about a California town that thought they were being invaded by Japanese. Some of the events in the movie were apparently based on real events. Mickey was born in New York in 1952 and moved to Florida where he trained as a boxer. By 1972 he had a record of twenty wins, six defeats, and two concussions. Doctors told him to take a couple of years off from boxing.

From Quiz The Roles of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Answer: Michael Collins'

In the Movie "Michael Collins," Jonathan was credited as Collins' assassin. "Michael Collins" is the portrayal of the controversial life and death of Michael Collins, who was one of the 20th century's most significant political figures in Ireland.

From Quiz Robert Rodriguez: Self-Reflexive Humor

Answer: Four Rooms: The Misbehavers

In "Four Rooms: The Misbehavers", the unnamed father, also played by Antonio Banderas, tries unsuccessfully to comb his son's hair (while dressing him up for a New Year's Eve party) to make him look like himself.

From Quiz Romero Zombie Fest

Answer: Philadelphia

Philadelphia is specifically mentioned by the doctor being interviewed on the talk show at the beginning of the movie. The location can further be inferred by listening to the place names mentioned by the characters in the helicopter as they fly away from the city.

From Quiz Remember Burt Reynolds?

Answer: Ronnie Cox

Arguably his best movie (and possibly the best movie for Jon Voight, too). All four choices were in the cast. Remember the "dueling banjos"?

From Quiz Meathead's Movies

Answer: Stephen King

The movie "Stand by Me" was released in 1986. The screenplay by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideonwas was created from the 1982 novella "The Body" by Stephen King. Although many of Reiner's movies are comedies, this is a drama about four boys who set out on a journey to find the body of a boy who has been missing from their community. It is a story of adolescent friendships and adventures. The movie was created with a budget of approximately $8 million and grossed over $52 million in theaters.

From Quiz Marvellous Margot Robbie Movies

Answer: The Wolf of Wall Street

Naomi Belfort was the wife of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) the film's main character. "The Wolf of Wall Street" received positive reviews for both the cast and director, Martin Scorsese. Critic Sasha Stone wrote about Margot, "She's Scorsese's best blonde bombshell discovery since Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull. Robbie is funny, hard and kills every scene she's in." The movie was a box office success.

From Quiz Paul Rudd's Movies

Answer: Romeo + Juliet

"Romeo + Juliet" (1996) stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in a modern version of Shakespeare's classic tragedy. In this version, the action is set in Verona Beach in modern-day America, but Shakespeare's original lines are used for dialog. There are some differences in plot and character naming, but the main plot follows that of the play. Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, but they come from two feuding families. They marry in secret, but Juliet's betrothal to Paris causes them to take drastic action to be together. Juliet fakes her death, but Romeo does not receive word that she isn't really dead. Juliet wakes up just in time to see Romeo drink poison and he dies in her arms. She then uses his gun to take her own life. (Question by tiffanyram) Paul Rudd plays the part of Dave Paris, the son of the governor. In the movie, Paris is conceited and only interested in Juliet for her money. Paris does not get much screen time in the movie, but he does dance with Juliet at the masquerade ball while wearing an astronaut suit.

From Quiz Remembering Romero

Answer: Martin

John Amplas plays the title role in this classic low budget horror gem. Martin may not have fangs, nor does he need to stay out of direct sunlight, but he does truly believe that he is a vampire. This film has been said to be Romero's personal favorite of all his movies. He plays the role of Father Howard, while Tom Savini (another horror icon) plays the role of Arthur. 'Martin' was made on an estimated budget of $80,000.

From Quiz What's in a Title? The Films of Éric Rohmer

Answer: The Collector

Adrien declines a trip to London with his girlfriend in order to have a complete break. Early on in the film Adrien picks up "The Complete Works of Rousseau" and asks Daniel if he can borrow it. When Adrien is talking to Daniel about his need for idleness and the following dialogue takes place: Daniel: "Reading isn't doing nothing." Adrien: "If I didn't read, I'd think. And thinking is the hardest, most demanding thing one can do. One always thinks too much.... I'm not looking for anything. If I come across a Rousseau, I read Rousseau, but I could just as well read 'Don Quixote'." Monsieur Rohmer's choice of book can have been by no means as casual considering the themes of freedom and revolution that run through the film. The two males' hifalutin' chat makes scant impression on Haydée though. At the end of the film, Haydée meets some friends who urge her to ditch Adrien and go off with them. While she procrastinates, Adrien drives off. Despite feeling liberated initially, he becomes bored and fidgety. He books a flight to London. Apparently, the success of "The Collector" (1967) came as much of a surprise to Rohmer as anybody since he had seen it as a low budget time-filler while things were on hold for his next film, "My Night At Maud's". Actually, much of the film's charm comes from its outward simplicity, which is apparently thanks to intense rehearsals and the crew paying special attention to getting everything spot-on first time round. However, beneath the film's simplicity of execution sits an intricate web of tense relationships, battles of ego, and attempts at manipulation. It ushers in one of the main themes in Rohmer's work: the threat to male chauvinism from women's sexual freedom. Throughout the film both the male characters try to justify their behaviour with pretentious, pseudo-philosophic discourse and are openly hostile towards Haydée, who is unruffled by all the posturing. Haydée is actually the only character to speak honestly about her sexuality; when she is accused of being a "collector of lovers" (hence the film's title) by Adrien, she replies she is "searching" and that she has never really had a lover yet. All the red herrings came out in 1967: French film "Two or Three Things I Know About Her" was directed by Jean-Luc Godard, "The Dirty Dozen" is an American World War II film directed by Robert Aldrich which stars Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas, and "In the Heat of the Night" won the Oscar for Best Picture.

From Quiz The Roles Of Alan Rickman

Answer: Falling from a window

Hans Gruber leads a group of terrorists to try to steal $640 million in bonds from Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. They take a group of partygoers in the building as hostages, including Holly, the estranged wife of NY Detective John McClane, who is there to try to reconcile with her. Gruber is killed in the climax of the movie when McClane knocks him out of a window; however, he is caught on Holly's watch, and Gruber tries to pull Holly out after him. Luckily, McClane manages to unclasp Holly's watch and save her from falling. For this scene, director John McTiernan dropped Alan Rickman on the count of two instead of three to produce the look of genuine surprise when Gruber falls from the building.

From Quiz The Roles of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Answer: Velvet Goldmine

Jonathan actually sang some of the songs appearing in the movie. "Velvet Goldmine" is about a British newspaper reporter writing a story on the career of a fictional character, Brian Slade.

From Quiz Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) in Film

Answer: Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

In the 1980 film 'Cheech & Chong's Next Movie', we first see Paul Reuben's credited as Pee Wee Herman (a desk clerk). This was not the first time he played Pee Wee, of course. He had been doing the character in a night club act for years (alongside his writing partner and fellow 'Groundling', Phil Hartman).

From Quiz Robert Rodriguez: Self-Reflexive Humor

Answer: Because his wife died in a car accident

Jacob says that he does not love God enough to provide spiritual leadership for his congregation because of his wife's meaningless death in a car accident.

From Quiz Romero Zombie Fest

Answer: Johnny

Johnny and his sister Barbara were visiting their mother's grave when first attacked. Johnny fought the zombie and in the struggle was killed when his head struck a tombstone.

From Quiz Remember Burt Reynolds?

Answer: Dyan Cannon

Field was in "Smokey and the Bandit". Shepherd was in "At Long Last Love".

From Quiz Meathead's Movies

Answer: The Princess Bride

"The Princess Bride" was released in 1987. Reiner directed this romantic comedy/adventure movie. In it, a farm hand named Wesley falls in love with a beautiful woman from the village. To catch her attention, he responds "as you wish" to each of her requests. She returns his love eventually, but then he is lost at sea, so she is promised to the nasty prince of the land. Although she is supposedly destined to marry the bad guy, Wesley returns just after she is kidnapped by three criminals. He rescues her, and they end up on an adventure to get away from the kidnappers and avoid marrying the evil prince. The movie was made for $16 million and made $30.9 million in theaters. The other movies on the list of options for this question were not directed by Reiner.

From Quiz Marvellous Margot Robbie Movies

Answer: Will Smith

Margot plays Jess Barrett, an inexperienced con-artist learning the craft from Will Smith's character, Nicky Spurgeon. The film was released on 27 February 2015 to generally mixed reviews. Margot's performance was one of the few positive reviews the film received. However it was a success at the box office, grossing a total of $159 million USD off its $50 million USD budget.

From Quiz Paul Rudd's Movies

Answer: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

In the movie, Brian Fontana is always trying to be a ladies' man, though he is unsuccessful in his efforts. He is a loyal friend to Ron Burgundy, and he is the first one to speak to him again after Ron is fired. "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" is a comedy that follows news anchor Ron Burgundy, played by Will Ferrell. When Veronica fills in for him and gets better ratings, she is promoted to co-anchor which upsets Ron. Tensions between Ron and Veronica lead Veronica to get revenge on Ron by writing inappropriate lines on his teleprompter, and Ron is fired. Afterward, Ron's friends are not supposed to speak to him unless they want to be fired, but Brian Fontana is the first one of Ron's friends to break this rule. Ron and Veronica eventually make up and the end of the movie shows them working together for the World News Center. (Question by tiffanyram)

From Quiz The Roles Of Alan Rickman

Answer: Colonel Christopher Brandon

When Mrs Dashwood becomes widowed, and her husband's estate left to his son from a previous marriage, her cousin Sir John Middleton offers her a cottage on his estate called Barton Park. Here, one of her daughters, Marianne, meets Colonel Brandon; however, John Willoughby woos Marianne. Willoughby moves away to London after it is discovered he has gotten Brandon's ward pregnant. Later, Colonel Brandon rescues Marianne after she becomes ill from being out in a torrential rain, and after she recovers, she falls in love with him and they become married.

From Quiz Mickey Rourke-The Good, Bad, & Ugly

Answer: 9 1/2 Weeks

The film was about an erotic, sadomasochistic relationship between Rourke's character and Basinger's character. It was not a commercial success in the U.S. but was very successful internationally and on video. There were two direct-to-video sequels made. Mickey reprised his role in one, but not the other and Kim wasn't in either sequel.

From Quiz The Roles of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Answer: Octane

Jonathan actually played The Father, who is the leader of a cult that lives off human blood. His name is actually never mentioned in the movie, he is simply called, 'The Father'. Mischa Barton's character, Nat, is sucked in by this cult, after a fight with her mother, but her mother never gives up and is able to save her.

From Quiz Robert Rodriguez: Self-Reflexive Humor

Answer: El Mariachi and Richie Gecko

El Mariachi loses the use of his left hand when Moco shoots him at the end of "El Mariachi"; Richie Gecko is shot by the owner of the Texan liquor store at the beginning of "From Dusk Till Dawn."

From Quiz Romero Zombie Fest

Answer: Monroeville, PA

This mall still exists but has since been remodeled. Enthusiasts of the film visiting the mall will nonetheless recognize the layout. Romero paid the owners of the mall a fee in exchange for the use of the facility for overnight shoots.

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