Thanks for the Memories Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tattoos

This film was greatly honored by a number of international film associations and critics. It was nominated for two Academy Awards for Screenplay and Film Editing but won neither. It earned a 92% Rotten Tomatoes rating. It is highly regarded for its styling and editing.

Personal: It is not on my bucket list to watch again as I found it unimpressive. Film critic Sean Burns summed it better than I can: "For all its formal wizardry, Memento is ultimately an ice-cold feat of intellectual gamesmanship. Once the visceral thrill of the puzzle structure begins to wear off, there's nothing left to hang onto."

Answer: Bourne

Matt Damon is Jason Bourne and appears in four of the five films and does put together some fragments of his past. He is not seen but is mentioned several times in the fourth film, and returns in the fifth edition. Essentially, Bourne is a government assassin.

In "The Bourne Identity" (2002) after nearly drowning, he finds a box that gives clues to his forgotten identity. Perhaps because of an aborted mission, the CIA has made him a prime target and he evades them as he seeks his true self.

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

The memories that were erased were that he really had been a secret agent on Mars and had reoccurring dreams of those events. He then travels to Mars to recover those lost recollections.

The film is based on a short story by Philip Dick "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". At that time it was one of the most expensive films produced due to the spectacular special effects. Rotten Tomatoes rated it 82% and appreciated its combination of action and humor. Sharon Stone plays his enigmatic wife.

Answer: 50

The name of the film is "50 First Dates" (2004). However, what happens in the movie is that Lucy paints pictures of Henry when they are apart, showing that there is some connection. Later, a video called "Good Morning, Lucy!" is played each day that reviews their dating, their wedding, and the birth of their child, Nicole.

Rotten Tomatoes gave it a lack luster 44%, commenting that the gross-out humor, particularly by supporting characters, tended to wipe out the charming chemistry between Sandler and Barrymore.

Answer: Shutter Island

Laeddis continues to have vivid dreams and hallucinations. Just when it seems that the memories are returning, he reverts to the role play character Marshall "Teddy" Daniels. This not the first time this experiment has failed. We are led to believe that lobotomy may be the only recourse. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Ben Kingsley star.

Although critics were not overwhelmed by Scorsese, it was a smash at the box office grossing $294 million on a $15 million budget. The plot is convoluted and Scorsese commented that patrons of "Shutter Island" would have to see it twice thereby doubling the box office. Rotten Tomatoes scored it 68%.

Answer: Kurt Russell

With no wedding ring and her husband's rejection, Goldie is vulnerable to the claims of Russell, a carpenter, who had been fired by her. Although he has no proof of their marriage, he identifies her by a small tattoo he had observed. Since the hospital staff were weary of her demanding behavior, they allow Russell to take her 'home'. At first Goldie is still herself but as she gets to know Russell and his four children. Predictably, she develops a bond with the children and falls in love with Russell.

In real life Hawn and Russell were domestic partners. The film had mixed reviews. According to Rotten Tomatoes, it was a split with critics but 73% of audiences liked the film.

Answer: Lana Turner

The four women are Jean Simmons, Suzanne Pleshette, Katharine Ross, and Angela Lansbury. Lana Turner does not appear. The highlight of the film are the supporting roles by these women built around Garner who came to the silver screen via television.

Gloria (Angela Lansbury) doesn't recognize him but gives him money out of pity. He recalls Janet (Katharine Ross) as Grace, a romance from his past. Fiddle (Suzanne Pleshette) is an actress with whom he has a brief romance, and "The Blonde" (Jean Simmons) is on a scavenger hunt that leads Buddwing through a series of experiences that trigger his recovery.

Although nearly forgotten today, it was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction. The film has been called 'a failed Hitchcock imitation'. On a recent television viewing, the film seems to stand on its own and perhaps needs an a new appraisal. It has the elements of the film noir genre.

Answer: Salvador Dali

Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí conceived the film's key dream sequences. However, the sequences ran 20 minutes and in the final editing were cut to two minutes. Dali is most associated with the surrealism art movement.

Peck is afflicted with a guilt complex that has impinged on his memory. Peck recovers his real name as John Ballantyne and going back to the dream remembers Edwardes falling off a cliff but this does not square with the bullet in his head. Ballantyne is convicted of murder. Later we find that Dr. Murchison (Leo G. Carroll), jealous of being demoted in favor of Edwardes, actually was the culprit.

"Spellbound" was nominated for six Academy Awards winning only for musical score. Rotten Tomatoes maintains an 83% outcome.

Answer: Gore Vidal

Like an elephant in your living room, the homosexual theme is apparent. Sebastian is never seem in the film although the plot revolves around him. Catherine recovers her memory through the use of sodium amatol and describes in detail the ruthless gang of boys who cannibalize her cousin in the horrible traumatic conclusion.

Both Taylor and Hepburn were nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. Apparently, many people were unhappy with the production. Here are a few:

Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz was unhappy with Elizabeth Taylor's insistence that Montgomery Clift be included in the cast as his short term memory was so shot due to drugs and alcohol that scenes had to be reshot many times.

Tennessee Williams disavowed any input in the script and declared that Taylor was miscast.

Taylor and Hepburn were unhappy with the way Mankiewicz treated Clift.

Gore Vidal criticized the ending which had been altered by Mankiewicz and added "We were also not helped by... those overweight ushers from the Roxy Theatre on Fire Island pretending to be small ravenous boys."

Hepburn spit in Mankiewicz's face the last day of filming.

"Suddenly, Last Summer" has an 83% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Answer: Random Harvest

Their idyllic rural life changes when 'Smith' is evolved in a motor accident and his memory is restored but he now has amnesia about his life with Paula. He returns to his family and his life takes a new direction. Fortunately, by ironic circumstances, they are reunited.

Rotten Tomatoes still give it a 90% rating although the plot lacks some credibility. It addition to being nominated for Best Picture, Coleman was nominated for Best Actor and Susan Peters for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a love interest when his memory was restored.