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(Re)made in America Trivia Quiz

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery", they say. Certainly, many American film makers have taken this to heart, as they remade foreign films. I'll tell you about the original film, you name its American remake.

A multiple-choice quiz by ertrum. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
ertrum

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Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. This French comedy, written and directed by Coline Serreau, tells what happens when a baby is left in the home of three bachelors. What was the name of the American remake of "Trois hommes et un couffin"? Hint

Three's Company

A Package for Three

Three Men and a Baby

Three Men and a Cradle

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Question 2 of 10

2. Akira Kurosawa made his film "Seven Samurai" in 1954. The story appealed to the American director, John Sturges, who remade it into which famous Western in 1960? Hint

Seven Men from Nowhere

The Seven Madmen

Seven Days to Noon

The Magnificent Seven

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Question 3 of 10

3. This thriller was a terrifying tale of four down and out truckers in Venezuela who drive two loads of nitroglycerin across the country to the oil fields to put out an oil fire. What was the 1977 American remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Le Salaire de la Peur" called? Hint

The Nitro Trail

Sorcerer

Anything for Money

Ride to Hell

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Question 4 of 10

4. Sergio Leone remade Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" into the first of his "Spaghetti Westerns", "A Fistful of Dollars", which was released in 1964. "Yojimbo" was also remade into which 1996 film starring Bruce Willis? Hint

Last Man Standing

Mortal Thoughts

The Last Boy Scout

The Jackal

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Question 5 of 10

5. A serial child-killer is on the loose. As he's pursued by the police, the other members of the underworld turn against him -- the police pressure is bad for their business after all, and who wants to be associated with a child-killer? In 1951, Joseph Losey remade Fritz Lang's 1931 film, shifting the scene from Berlin to Los Angeles. What was this film's name?

Answer: (One letter)

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Question 6 of 10

6. American directors don't just remake foreign language films. This 1940 film, originally released in England as "The Murder in Thornton Square", was remade in 1944 as this film, which starred Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten and Angela Lansbury.

Answer: (8 letters, think about lanterns)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Yves Robert's 1976 film, "Pardon Mon Affaire", about a middle-aged man who dreamt of having an affair with a beautiful woman, was remade into which film in 1984?
Hint

The Woman in Red

Midlife Crisis

Forgive My Affair

Bittersweet Chocolate

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Question 8 of 10

8. Jean Renoir adapted a play by Rene Fauchois, "Boudu Sauve des Eaux" into his 1932 film of the same name. This, in turn, was remade in 1986 into a film starring Bette Midler and Nick Nolte. Which film? Hint

Throw Mama Off the Train

Ruthless People

Drowning Mona

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

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Question 9 of 10

9. Ang Lee's film, "Eat Drink Man Woman", was released in 1994. Seven years later, Maria Ripoll moved the setting from Taiwan to Los Angeles, to make her film which was called ______. Hint

Food and Sex

Tortilla Soup

To Live is to Eat

Eat Drink Man Woman

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1998, Roland Emmerich remade Ishiro Honda's classic, anti-nuclear film, changing its setting from Japan to New York in the process. What was the name of his remake, which starred Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo and Hank Azaria?

Answer: (One Word - 8 letters "Size Does Matter")

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Three Men and a Baby

"Three Men and a Baby", starred Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson. It was directed by Leonard Nimoy and was the top grossing film of 1987. The French film was released under the title "Three Men and a Cradle" in the US.

2. Akira Kurosawa made his film "Seven Samurai" in 1954. The story appealed to the American director, John Sturges, who remade it into which famous Western in 1960?

Answer: The Magnificent Seven

The story of seven renegades who are hired to protect a village from bandits was transplanted from Japan to the West.

Kurosawa's film is widely considered one of the best films of all times. The American remake, "The Magnificent Seven" was nominated for an Academy Award for Elmer Bernstein's score.

Answer: Sorcerer

William Friedkin directed "Sorcerer" which starred Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, and Francisco Rabal.

Answer: Last Man Standing

A drifter is hired by two rival sides in a dispute over control of a town. He plays both sides against each other, and, eventually, brings peace.
The producers of "Yojimbo" sued United Artists for copyright infringement over "A Fistful of Dollars", and won $100,000 plus some of the proceeds from the film's Asian distribution.

Answer: M

Peter Lorre's character became identified with Edvard Grieg's music "In the Hall of the Mountain King", from the "Peer Gynt Suite", in one of film's first uses of the musical technique, leitmotif.

Answer: Gaslight

In the US version, Charles Boyer played the husband who persuaded his wife that she was going insane, while he searched for her mother's jewels.
Ingrid Bergman won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this film. This film was the genesis of the term "gaslighting" which describes a kind of psychological abuse in which the abuser manipulates someone by denying their perceptions until they come to believe that they are going insane.

7. Yves Robert's 1976 film, "Pardon Mon Affaire", about a middle-aged man who dreamt of having an affair with a beautiful woman, was remade into which film in 1984?

Answer: The Woman in Red

Gene Wilder adapted the script, directed, and starred in this film, along with Gilda Radner, Kelly LeBrock, and Charles Grodin. Stevie Wonder's song for this film, "I Just Called to Say I Love You", won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Answer: Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Paul Mazursky directed the American version, in which Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfus played a wealthy couple who kept a bum, Nick Nolte, from committing suicide in their pool.

9. Ang Lee's film, "Eat Drink Man Woman", was released in 1994. Seven years later, Maria Ripoll moved the setting from Taiwan to Los Angeles, to make her film which was called ______.

Answer: Tortilla Soup

It told the story of a master chef, his three daughters, and the ways that love changed their lives.
"Tortilla Soup", which starred Jacqueline Obradors, Tamara Mello, Elizabeth Pena, and Hector Elizondo, was nominated for seven American Latino Media Arts Awards (ALMA). Elizabeth Pena won the ALMA for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

Answer: Godzilla

The initial American release of Honda's film was heavily edited to suit American tastes at the time, which eliminated much of the anti-nuclear material and substituted narration by Raymond Burr.
"Godzilla" was the story of the rampage of the monster, Godzilla, after he was released by a nuclear test explosion.

Source: Author ertrum

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