"The Man Who..." Trivia Quiz

Answer: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce

"The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" tells the story of Toby Grummett, a director of commercials, who comes across a copy of his old student film about Cervantes' character while in Spain making a commercial featuring Quixote and Sancho Panza. This leads to Toby encountering the old cobbler he originally cast in his student film, who now believes himself to be Don Quixote, with the pair leaving everything behind to seek adventure.

"The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" was written and directed by Terry Gilliam, who originally came up with the idea in 1989. By 1998, he had obtained funding and, with Johnny Depp as Toby and Jean Rochefort as Don Quixote, began shooting in northern Spain in 2000. However, many significant problems led to production being cancelled, with Gilliam then setting out to try and restart the work, which ran into repeated difficulties until 2016, when filming started again, this time with Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce in the lead roles. The film finally premiered on 19 May 2018, as the closing film of that year's Cannes Film Festival.

Answer: Sean Connery, Michael Caine

"The Man Who Would Be King" tells the story of adventurers Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan who, having served in the army in India, decide to seek their fortune by less than reputable means, heading into the unexplored country of Kafiristan in 1882. During their travels, Dravot is taken by the native population to be both a king and a god, and, enjoying the adulation, begins to lose sight of the purpose for which the pair made their journey in the first place.

"The Man Who Would Be King" was based on a novella by Rudyard Kipling, with its film adaptation being a pet project of director John Huston for some time. Huston had originally intended to make the film with Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart in the lead roles, but was unable to make any headway before Bogart's death in 1957. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas were approached in the 1960s, as were Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole, while Huston spoke to Paul Newman and Robert Redford about the project in the 1970s. It was Newman who suggested to Huston that British actors should play the roles, and recommended Sean Connery and Michael Caine. Having been shot at locations in both France and Morocco, the film was released in December 1975, with many critics proclaiming it as John Huston's best work since "The African Queen" in 1951. Both Sean Connery and Michael Caine subsequently said that "The Man Who Would Be King" was their favourite film to work on.

Answer: David Bowie, Rip Torn

"The Man Who Fell to Earth" relates the story of Thomas Jerome Newton, who is in fact an alien who comes to Earth on a mission to bring water back to his drought ridden home planet. While he undertakes his mission, he becomes more enamored of various human vices, such as television and alcohol, before he is eventually captured by the government before he can return to his home.

"The Man Who Fell to Earth" was directed by Nicholas Roeg and written by Paul Mayersberg as an adaptation of a novel by Walter Tevis. The film was shot during the second half of 1975, primarily in New Mexico, and saw a number of difficulties during its production, which included the star, David Bowie, being laid low due to drinking bad milk, and a group of Hell's Angels camping nearby during parts of the location shooting in the desert. When the film was complete, Barry Diller, the Chief Executive of Paramount, who had signed to distribute it, refused to pay, as he claimed it was different from what the studio actually wanted. Production company British Lion eventually sued Paramount, and instead got a small scale US release through another distributor. Since its release, the film has achieved cult status, being especially popular among midnight movie audiences.

Answer: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame

"The Man Who Never Was" is the story of 'Operation Mincemeat', the 1943 Allied deception plan that saw a corpse used to play the part of a dead British officer carrying highly secret, but fake, documents intended to fall into the hands of the Germans.

"The Man Who Never Was" was based on the semi-fictionalised account of 'Operation Mincemeat' published by Ewen Montagu, a former Royal Navy intelligence officer who was one of the brains behind the original plan. Published in 1953, the book details the broad strokes of the plan, but changes many of the details, as the operation was still classified as secret at the time. In 1956, a film version directed by Ronald Neame was produced, with a BAFTA winning screenplay by Nigel Balchin, and American actor Clifton Webb playing the role of Montagu. Much of the second half of the film, which features a plot line that includes a German spy attempting to determine if the documents are genuine, was fiction, owing to the need to dramatise elements of the story. Montagu himself appeared in a small, uncredited cameo role as an RAF officer who, in a high-level meeting to discuss the plan, expresses doubt that it will work.

Answer: James Stewart, Doris Day

"The Man Who Knew Too Much" details the story of Ben and Jo McKenna and their son who, while vacationing in Morocco, come across a Frenchman named Louis Bernard. Upon coming across Bernard's murder, Ben McKenna learns that Bernard was an intelligence agent who has left a warning that a foreign statesman is due to be assassinated. Following the kidnap of their son to stop their warning of the plot, the couple must find a way to prevent the assassination and rescue their boy.

Alfred Hitchcock originally made "The Man Who Knew Too Much" in 1934. The director first considered remaking the film in 1941 following his move to the United States, which came to nothing. In 1956, needing to undertake a project that would fulfil the demands of his contract with Paramount Pictures, Hitchcock returned to the idea of a new version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much". The screenplay was written by John Michael Hayes, on condition that he not watch the original version or read its script. The film became the third of a total of four collaborations between the director and actor James Stewart, who was cast in the lead role of Ben McKenna, while Hitchcock sought Doris Day to play Jo McKenna. The film was eventually released in May 1956.

Answer: John Wayne, James Stewart

"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" sees US Senator Ranse Stoddard and his wife return to the small town of Shinbone, somewhere out on the frontier, to attend the funeral of local rancher Tom Doniphon. When asked why a senator would make the long journey from Washington for the funeral of a local rancher, Stoddard tells the story of how, 25 years earlier, he and Doniphon stood up to the outlaw Liberty Valance and his gang.

Director John Ford was known for producing westerns in colour, which provided rich outdoor vistas for his projects. By contrast, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" was shot in black and white, and brought a grittier, less romantic vision of the west, which has been suggested by some as a reimagining of the genre by Ford, but others as a pragmatic step owing to the ages of stars John Wayne and James Stewart compared to the ages of the characters they were playing. The casting of Wayne was at the behest of the studio, and he and Ford had a difficult relationship during filming, with Ford often making remarks about Wayne's failure to enlist in the services during World War II, and comparing this to Stewart's distinguished service as a bomber pilot. Despite this, the film proved to be a success, becoming the 15th highest grossing of 1962.

Answer: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand

"The Man Who Wasn't There" is the story of Ed Crane, a barber from Santa Rosa, California in 1949. Ed comes across Creighton Tolliver, who says he is looking for investors in a new technology called "dry cleaning", and decides to gain the money to invest by engaging in blackmail. Events eventually spiral out of Ed's control as his blackmail leads to murder.

"The Man Who Wasn't There" was created by the prolific filmmaking partnership of Joel and Ethan Coen, who initially visualised the idea during the production of their 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" when they saw a barber shop poster showing hairstyles from the 1940s. Written, produced and directed by the brothers, the movie features of a number of actors known for their regular appearances in Coen brothers films, including Joel Coen's wife, Frances McDormand. Although critically well received, with Joel Coen sharing the Best Director Award at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, the film was a financial disappointment, failing to make back its estimated $20m budget.

Answer: Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews

"The Man Who Loved Women" relates the tale of David Fowler, a sculptor with a fast and loose love life, which sends him into a mid-life crisis when his desire for women leads him to literal, social and artistic impotence, and eventually into the arms of his therapist.

"The Man Who Loved Women" was a remake of a 1977 French film, "L'Homme qui aimait les femmes". Directed by Blake Edwards, and starring the director's wife, Julie Andrews, the film was originally planned with Warren Beatty in the title role. When Beatty dropped out, the director turned instead to Burt Reynolds as the male lead. Edwards wrote the screenplay with his own therapist, Milton Wexler, who had analysed a number of the director's previous screenplays; Edwards had said that if he and Wexler could come up with a good idea, then they would work together to write it. Despite Edwards' satisfaction with the result of the film, Columbia Pictures asked him to reshoot the ending to make it less bleak. Edwards agreed, as he felt the experience of working with Columbia to be positive, and undertook the new scene in two days. Ultimately however, audience research led to the studio releasing the film using the original ending.

Answer: Billy Connolly, Judy Davis

"The Man Who Sued God" sees Steve Myers, a lawyer, become increasingly disillusioned with his profession and quit, instead buying a small fishing boat. When his boat is destroyed having been struck by lightning, he is unable to claim insurance, as the insurance company insists the boat was victim to an "Act of God". In frustration, Steve instead decides to file a legal claim against God, with officials of the church named as God's representatives and thus the respondents, meaning that they will have to state, in court, that either the loss of the boat was caused by God, and thus compensate Steve, or that it wasn't, and thus deny the existence of God.

"The Man Who Sued God" was an Australian production written by John Clarke and Don Watson, and directed by Mark Joffe. The cast was also largely Australian, with Billy Connolly and Judy Davis (herself a native of Australia) the only major international names attached. Production of the film took place in and around Sydney in early 2001, with it receiving a domestic release in Australia in October that year. "The Man Who Sued God" was well received critically, with Clarke and Watson nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Australian Film Institute Awards, while it was a moderate financial success, grossing $8.5m at the Australian box office.

Answer: Roger Moore, Hildegarde Neil

"The Man Who Haunted Himself" is the story of Harold Pelham, a the conservative director of a marine technology company, who, through a series of bizarre interactions with various people, who state that he has been acting out of character, suspects that there is a double masquerading as him.

Based on Anthony Armstrong's novel "The Strange Case of Mr Pelham", "The Man Who Haunted Himself" was the final film directed by Basil Dearden, and starred Roger Moore in the lead role of Harold Pelham. Moore later stated that the film provided his favourite role, as it was one in which he was able to act largely against type, rather than being "all white teeth and flippant and heroic." The film was both a critical and financial disappointment upon its release, which the star put down to poor marketing, as he felt it should have been a much greater success than it was. However, it has since been reevaluated and has received a more positive reception in later years, with many considering it one of Roger Moore's best films outside the "James Bond" series.