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1. She was a streetwalker, while he was a very successful businessman. He invited her up to his penthouse suite, where she ate strawberries and drank champagne while lying on the floor watching an old comedy show. Which comedic genius, stomping around in a vat full of grapes, was Vivian watching?
2. She was an old woman, working with clay on her potter's wheel, when she saw a news clip on TV about a sketch that had been brought up from the wreckage of a once great ship, lying on the ocean's floor. She recognized the picture immediately, having posed for it on the very night the ship sank on its maiden voyage. She ended up joining the salvage ship, and took the crew through the details of that fateful night.
From 1997, what James Cameron directed movie was this?
3. Bridget Jones was 30 something, slightly overweight and struggling with her perpetual singleness. With all that complicating her own life, she also had to help her father deal with the fact that her mother had left him to start both a new career and relationship with a minor television personality. What type of show did Bridget and her dad watch her mom appear on, assisting her new boyfriend?
4. Betty Sizemore was watching a taped episode of her favourite soap opera when her husband was brutally killed in their own home. The shock at what she witnessed sent her into a fugue like state, where she believed she was a character from the show. She set off in pursuit of one of the other characters, who she believed to be her one time fiancé. Unfortunately her husband's killers were in hot pursuit, because of the stolen drugs in the back of her car.
Who played the unfortunate title character in 'Nurse Betty'?
5. In 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' (1982), a very powerful bond formed between E.T. and his new friend Elliott, to the point where Elliott was able to feel much of what E.T. was feeling. One afternoon, when Elliott was at school, E.T. helped himself to a beer from the fridge, and watched some television. As he flipped through the channels, he encountered a scene from a movie, in which the two stars exchanged a passionate kiss. Elliott responded to this by grabbing one of the girls at school and kissing her. The film was 'The Quiet Man'. Who starred in 'The Quiet Man'?
6. Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander had graduated from high school and were college bound. They spent their last night in the city cruising around in their cars and saying goodbye to their old friends. At the beginning of the movie it was Curt who was uncertain about whether he wanted to go, while Steve was very enthusiastic. Feeling confused, Curt spent the night pursuing a beautiful blonde in a white T-Bird. At one point Curt stopped and watched 'Ozzie and Harriet', on a television in a store window. Ironically, Curt ended up leaving for college, while Steve opted to stay home with his girlfriend.
What 1973 George Lucas film was this?
7. While Shrek and Fiona were off visiting Fiona's parents in the kingdom of Far Far Away, their friends stayed behind and house sat for them. Using the Magic Mirror as a television, they caught a glimpse of Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots being arrested by 'Knights'. Of course since Shrek and Donkey had been radically altered by the Happily Ever after Potion, they were only recognizable because of their voices.
Who provided the voice for the irresistible Puss in Boots?
8. This teenage-coming-of-age movie was set in the 50s, at Rydell High. Did Danny, tough-talking leader of the T-Birds, and Sandy, sweet and innocent student from Australia, resolve their differences and find happiness? Of course they did!
While trying to fit in with the girls at her new school, Sandy attended a sleep-over at Frenchie's house, with the rest of the Pink Ladies (where she was pronounced to be too pure to be pink). During the party, one of the girls mimicked a commercial for toothpaste, which they were watching on TV.
What was the name of this popular musical?
9. Everybody knew that mermaids don't exist, but he swore that one rescued him, when he fell overboard as a child. Years later she came looking for him, arriving completely naked and speaking very little English. She learned to speak English largely through watching TV. Who played the beautiful mermaid in 'Splash', becoming the first person ever to show her naked bottom in a Disney backed film?
10. In 'The Terminal' Viktor Navorski finds himself trapped in limbo, unable to gain access to the States, and unable to leave. The reason for this is that while he was in transit, his home country of Krakozhia ceased to exist, due to war. Without a valid passport and papers, Viktor couldn't go anywhere. He set up house in the airport terminal, making friends with many of the airport employees, but becoming a thorn in the side of Frank Dixon, the man in charge of airport security. He kept tabs on what was happening in the former Krakozhia by watching the news on airport televisions. Who played the unfortunate, but always charming Viktor, in this Spielberg film?
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