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1. The British have a long history of film-making. In 2014 the British Film Institute announced in a press release that it was fully restoring a 1913 science fiction movie and showing it on its website. What is the name of the movie?
2. The accomplished British actor Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated numerous times for an Academy Award in the Best Actor category. For which film did he win his first Academy Award playing the role of a paralyzed man who learned to paint with his foot?
3. Maggie Smith is one of very few actors who have won the trifecta of acting awards: Oscar, Emmy, and Tony. In which 1969 film did she win a Best Actress Oscar for playing the role of an unorthodox school teacher in a Scottish all girls school?
4. The lasting success of Alfred Hitchcock's films is testament to his skills as a director. Back in 1929 he directed a movie where a young woman is blackmailed after killing a man in self-defense. What is the name of this early Hitchcock film?
5. One of the most poignant films of 1969 tells the tale of a teenage boy whose bleak existence in an English mining town is brightened only when he befriends a falcon. Name this critically acclaimed film.
6. Another wonderful film about a boy who finds his calling when he discovers ballet was released in 2000. The setting is northeastern England during the miner's strike of 1984-85. Name this uplifting dance drama.
7. In 2015 Eddie Redmayne won an Academy Award for his brilliant portrayal of scientist Stephen Hawking. Name this film.
8. One of the best British films to be released in 1949 was based on a novel by Graham Greene and starred Orson Welles as the nefarious Harry Lime. Known for the use of a zither to perform the title theme song, name this excellent film noir.
9. For those who love old movies, one of the best is a 1945 love story directed by David Lean. The film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as two people who meet by accident and fall in love despite the fact they are both married to others. Name this gem of a film.
10. Anthony Hopkins is one of the greats of British cinema. His roles are many and varied. In one 1993 film, based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, he plays the role of a butler so dedicated to his job that he misses out on the joys of life. Which movie is it?
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