Ralph the Llama Visits the Cinema Quiz

Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" was a comic take on the legend of King Arthur and his quest to find the Holy Grail (which was the cup or dish used at the Last Supper of Jesus Christ). The credits to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" oddly enough were at the beginning of the film. Besides the "Ecuadorian mountain llamas", the directors included "6 Venezuelan red llamas, 142 Mexican whooping llamas, 14 north Chilean guanacos (closely related to the llama), Reg Llama of Brixton, 76,000 Battery llamas from 'Llama-Fresh' Farms Ltd. near Paraguay and Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones". Allegedly, the latter two had most of the creative power over the film.

PDAZ had recommended this flick to Ralph.

Answer: Barn of the Blood Llama

"Barn of the Blood Llama" had the tagline 'A new look at bad animal husbandry', and is intended as a satire on the rural horror genre. A family running a tourist trap, that they literally use to trap tourists, is the centre of the action, which involves a number of bizarre sub-plots.

The one that Ralph found most distressing (and looney_tunes agrees) involved an animal doctor conducting genetic experiments that turned the llamas into sex-starved toxic beasts. This is definitely not a movie for the crias (young llamas)!

Answer: Lorenzo Lamas

In case you missed this movie when it came out in 1984 (as deputygary did, despite his keen interest in break dancing) here is the plot: Lorenzo Lamas, son of Fernando Lamas, starred as "Chilly" a regular break dancing virtuoso who is discovered by a club owner while performing with his friends on the streets of New York City.

The club owner hires him to perform and Chilly becomes famous--and rich. He becomes so rich and famous that he loses touch with his old friends from the streets and discovers that fame and fortune don't guarantee happiness.

The film has been described as "Singing in the Rain" without the love, talent and production numbers.

Answer: The Emperor's New Groove

Popular with kids, adults, critics, and (we can only assume) llamas, "The Emperor's New Groove" hit theaters in 2000, starring David Spade, John Goodman, Patrick Warburton, and Eartha Kitt. Set in Peru, the film follows Kuzco, the Emperor, as he is accidentally transformed into a llama by Ysma who wants nothing more than his seat on the throne. The film follows his journey home with a new companion, Pacha, as he learns lessons about selfishness, friendship, and himself. The film, a box office success, was followed by the characteristic straight-to-video Disney sequel, "Kronk's New Groove", and the TV animated series, "The Emperor's New School". So...many...llamas...

Kyleisalive saw Ralph walk into the theater to see this one.

Answer: Grease

In 1978 the movie "Grease" was the highest grossing movie of the year and set the record for the highest grossing musical, passing "Sound of Music". Harking back to the more idyllic times of the 1950s, its catchy songs and story of young love was just what the movie-going public was looking for. The lyrics to "We Go Together" are sung by the whole cast in the dramatic finale as everyone gets back together with the one they belonged with and all ends happily for ever after.

maninmidohio was happy to recommend this movie to Ralph.

Answer: Cannibalism

"Alive" was made in 1993 and starred Ethan Hawke with narration by John Malkovich. It tells the true story of the 1972 crash in which a Uruguayan rugby team was stranded high in the Argentinean Andes. Sixteen survivors were rescued after 72 days but not before they had taken the agonizing decision that their only chance of survival was to feed on the flesh of the victims.

Ralph appears in this question courtesy of ROTL Productions and was personally directed by glendathecat.

Answer: Evan Almighty

Joan Baxter: "Is that a llama with a hammer?"
Jordan Baxter: "An alpaca. They rarely spit at people, unless frightened or abused."

"Evan Almighty" (2007) was the sequel to "Bruce Almighty" and proclaimed itself to be "a comedy of biblical proportions." This is entirely appropriate as the original pitch for the movie - God asks man to build large boat and save animals from a huge deluge of water - appears in the Old Testament book of Genesis.

The team wishes to underline the fact that llamas and alpacas are mild-mannered in the face of humans and only spit under great duress much like glendathecat who, on this occasion, shared Ralph's popcorn.

Answer: Kundun

"Kundun" means "presence" and is how the Dalai Lama is addressed. Melissa Mathison, the writer of "E.T.", prepared the script from extensive personal interviews with the Dalai Lama. Scorsese was brought in to direct and Phillip Glass produced a haunting electronic score that evokes life at the top of the world. Cinematographer Roger Deakins gave the film the "look of an illuminated manuscript" (film critic Stephen Holden). Although the film was not a financial success (probably hurt by the release earlier that year of "Seven Years of Tibet" which covered some of the same material), it certainly was a critical success and has stood the test of time.

Ralph thanked maninmidohio for recommending this movie.

Answer: Doctor Dolittle

The book, "Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts Never Before Printed", and its eleven sequels were all written by Hugh Lofting. Doctor Dolittle has the strange ability to talk to animals. As you might imagine, this is a positive boon to his work as a veterinarian.

Working with so many animals greatly complicated production. A goat ate the director's script. Rex Harrison had to periodically be sprayed down due to the flies from the sheep. Squirrels would eat the scenery. And one production number was interrupted when the parrot yelled "Cut!"

deputygary watched this movie in an attempt to learn how to tell his dog to quit chewing on his golf shoes--to no avail.

Answer: It spat in his eye.

As the film begins, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby hijack a camel and set off on the road to Morocco, where they meet Dorothy Lamour and have many silly adventures. However the camel didn't seem to have read the script and spat in Bob Hope's eye - the scene was so funny they left it in the movie and it is now probably the main thing that people remember. The movie also includes a talking camel who remarked "this is the screwiest picture I've ever been in" - sadly history does not record how many other movies had featured that camel.

Camels are much bigger than llamas and so they are allowed to spit; when llamas spit it's usually because their team mates have got a lot more badges than they do. Flopsymopsy says that rabbits do not spit; rabbits who think they're llamas may be more easily provoked.