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1. Africa, Rick's Bar, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are all together in the early days of World War II. But in which city is this movie set?
2. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan perhaps suffer insomnia in the largest city in the state of Washington, in this 1993 romance-drama directed by Nora Ephron. Which city is this?
3. Hunter S. Thompson's autobiographical, 1971 musing about a drug-fueled road trip across the western USA forms the basis for this 1998 movie. Terry Gilliam directed this search for the "American Dream" by Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and Dr. Gonzo (Benicio del Toro). But in which city do Duke and Gonzo experience their 'Fear and Loathing'?
4. Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington star in this 1993 film, which openly deals with the effects of the AIDS epidemic. Hanks plays a senior lawyer who was fired, allegedly as he has AIDS. Washington is a personal injury lawyer employed to take on this case of wrongful dismissal. What is the name of this film, which is also the city in which it is set?
5. This powerful, 1961 film examines a microcosm of the Holocaust through trials of some judges in the Nazi regime at the end of World War II. The film's cast includes Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich, as well as Maximilian Schell, who received an Oscar for Best Actor. So where does the 'Judgment' occur?
6. This 1985 comedy-drama, written and directed by Woody Allen, is set in New Jersey during the 1930s. To escape her dull life and an abusive husband, Cecilia (Mia Farrow) watches the same fictitious film many times. Reality blurs with fiction when the film world becomes real to Cecilia and she enters the make-believe world of the "Purple Rose". But from which African City does this 'Purple Rose' originate?
7. This 1939 film made James Stewart a star. He plays Jefferson Smith, a naive but principled leader of the Boy Rangers. Through a coin toss and political manipulation, Mr Smith becomes a senator and is then caught up in intrigue and corruption. He brilliantly circumvents almost certain catastrophe at the end of the film when all seems hopeless. But where did Mr Smith go to perform these deeds?
8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz star in this gripping 2002 tale of ethnic tensions in mid-19th century USA. Rival gangs of long-established Protestants and recently arrived Irish Catholics battle from the start of the movie, in 1846, up until the early 1860s. Where is this film of sectarian gang warfare set?
9. This 1981 homage to the werewolf legend, directed by John Landis, stars David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne. Two Americans are on a backpacking trip in Europe when they are attacked by a werewolf on the moors. David survives the mauling and awakes three weeks later. He moves to the city to recover but starts having strange and horrific visions. On the full moon he roams the streets and kills six innocents. After a second killing spree he is cornered and then shot. Which city does this American Werewolf terrorize?
10. Based on a James Ellroy novel of the same name, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Guy Pearce and many others star in this 1997 film of a 1953 murder investigation in California which quickly spirals out of control. Political corruption, drugs, prostitution and racism are revealed as Officer Exley relentlessly pursues absolute justice. So in which city is Confidentiality required?
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