Alan Rickman's Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sense and Sensibility

Alan played Colonel Brandon, and did his usual brilliant job in portraying the character of a sensitive yet emotionally frozen man who finds happiness with Kate Winslet's character. By the way, the always wonderful Emma Thompson won an Oscar for her screenplay and she also starred in the movie. "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) was directed by an amazing Ang Lee from Taiwan, this was the first English-speaking movie he had ever directed.

Alan never appeared in "Pride and Prejudice" (2005) nor in "Jane Eyre" (1996). Alan did star in "An Awfully Big Adventure" (1995).

Answer: Something the Lord Made

Mos Def played the role of Vivien Thomas to Alan Rickman's Dr Alfred Blalock and together they defied racial prejudice in the 1940s America and pioneered the field of heart surgery. Source: www.hbo.com/films/stlm. Excellent HBO movie, watch it! Alan starred in all the movies listed above: "Something the Lord Made" (2004), "Rasputin" (1996), "Dogma" (1999), "Judas Kiss" (1998).

Answer: Dark Harbor

Norman Reedus (yummy) played an interesting role in this unexpected movie. I am not going to say more as it might spoil the ending for those who have not seen it and want to rent or buy the movie.

The quote in the question is said by Alan's character, David Weinberg, when he surprises his wife, Alexis, with a boat trip to an island.

Alan starred in all the movies mentioned above, "Dark Harbor" (1998), "Judas Kiss" (1998), "January Man" (1989) and "Quigley Down Under" (1990).

Answer: Die Hard

Alan Rickman did a fantastic job as the sinister Hans Gruber in "Die Hard" (1988). Hans Gruber was after millions of dollars, actually hundreds of millions of dollars, worth of security bonds belonging to the Nakatomi Corporation but was foiled by a NY cop, John McClane played brilliantly by Bruce Willis. On a related note, Hans Gruber's death scene (fall from the building) is made more interesting with knowing that the stuntman holding Alan Rickman's hand dropped him on the count of two instead of the usual three, so Hans Gruber's look of shock was Alan Rickman's genuine look of horror. Luckily it was only a 20ft drop onto an airbag.

He also starred in "Judas Kiss" (1998) and "January Man" (1989). He did appear in "Die Hard: With a Vengeance" (1995) but briefly and only in McClane's flashback (the falling from the building scene).

Answer: brother-in-law

Prior to "Love Actually" (2003), Alan and Hugh had co-starred together in two other movies: "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) and "An Awfully Big Adventure" (1995). In "Love Actually", Emma Thompson played the wife of Alan Rickman's character and also the sister of Hugh Grant's character.

The movie is about the love lives of 8 different couples, set in the few weeks leading up to Christmas. The shots taken at the airport at the beginning and end of the movie are real, not acted! The film crew had to seek permission from the people whose pictures were taken, in order to use their shots in the movie. Look out for Hugh's dance in the movie, a real hoot!

Answer: Blow Dry

Keighley (pronounced Keith-Leigh) is an actual town and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Bradford, on the meeting point of the River Aire and the River Worth. Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

"The Winter Guest" (1997) was filmed in Scotland, "Truly Madly Deeply" (1991) in London and "Snowcake" (2005) in Canada.

In "Blow Dry" (2001), Alan plays a hair stylist who joins his former wife and son in taking part in hairdressing contest.

Answer: Rasputin

The renowned actor, Ian McKellen, has his own website (www.mckellen.com) where you can find interesting tidbits about the movies he has acted in. The movie which Ian McKellen is referring to in his remarks is "Rasputin" (1996). Alan won an Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG award for his performance in this movie.

"Rasputin" is based in Russia in the early 1900s. It is about a monk, Grigori Rasputin, who worms his way into the Royal Court and lives of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. This is a biopic by the way. Off on a tangent here, one of the children of Tsar Nicholas, Anastasia, was thought to have escaped the massacre of her family. This rumour lasted for years but apparently DNA testing has proven that she did perish along with the rest of her family.

The other movies also starred Alan and were released as follows: "Michael Collins" (1996), "Mesmer" (1994) and "Truly Madly Deeply" (1991).

Answer: Quellek

Go and see this movie if you have not yet done so. It is very funny and you get to see Alan Rickman in a different light. I love his sense of humour and the dry British wit. Hilarious!

Answer: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

True blue Alan Rickman fans would have got the answer in a micro-second. The story of Robin Hood and his merry men is a much-loved classic. Before I saw this movie, I never gave much thought to the Sheriff of Nottingham except as the much detested villain.

After watching the movie I loved Alan's Sheriff and felt that it totally outclassed Kevin Costner's, Robin Hood. Plenty of unforgettable quotes from the Sheriff in this movie. Again Alan starred in all the movies listed above and their release dates are as follows: "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991), "Bob Roberts" (1992), "Close My Eyes" (1991) and "Quigley Down Under" (1990).

Answer: The Winter Guest

Emma Thompson and, her real-life mother, Phyllida Law played mother and daughter in this well-crafted movie directed by Alan Rickman. the movie was released in 1997.

"The Winter Guest" was filmed in Scotland. The story weaves around the relationship between different characters, two elderly women, two pre-teen boys, a young couple, a mother and daughter and, as you can guess from the title, it is set during the depths of winter. As to who the winter guest is, well this is for self-interpretation. If you read movie-goers' reviews of the "The Winter Guest", you will find each one has their own thoughts and analysis of what the movie is about. Makes a change from the easily identifiable good and bad guy movies.