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1. "Giant"(1956) was a giant of a movie, over 200 minutes long, starring Rock Hudson and James Dean. Who played the female lead character?
2. At 320 minutes (theatre release), the movie "Cleopatra" (1963) certainly warranted an intermission and really gives the saying of "Epic Theatre" validity. The movie has been known for the affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, of 70 lavish sets and amazing 26,000 costumes. The blown out budget nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox, who had to close for six months, and lay off 2,000 workers. Which actor had third billing, playing Julius Caesar?
3. 'Dr Zhivago' was a 1965 movie, starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. It is essentially a love story, set in Russia, but which turbulent period of Russian history serves as the backdrop?
4. "Schindler's List"(1993), a movie that depicted the brutality of WWII was 195 minutes long. It needed an intermission, not so much for its length but to give the audience a break from the horror it depicted, remembering that this was a true story. Which of the following options about the movie is true?
5. "The Last Emperor" (1987) was 160 minutes in length (but felt a lot longer) was set in the 1950s about the last emperor of China who was a political prisoner of the Soviets and who was sent back to China. The film was a series of flashbacks essentially about the last emperor to reign in China, from his upbringing in the Forbidden Palace, to being a political prisoner in the Palace, his exile to Japan, his imprisonment in Russia, and finally back to China as a gardening peasant. What was the last emperor's name?
6. "The Sound of Music" (1965) at 174 minutes actually had an intermission built into the film. The story is based on a true life WWII Austrian Naval Captain, von Trapp, and his unwillingness to be involved with the Nazi invasion. Maria is a nun from the local convent who is sent to be the governess of the von Trapp children, seven of them, and a love story evolves. Maria and the Captain return from their honeymoon to find that the von Trapp Family Singers are performing at the Salzburg Festival. What song do they perform prior to their escape?
7. "The Green Mile" is 188 minutes long and is a movie that requires an intermission but it would be difficult to place one as you are intensely involved in the story the whole time. The movie starts at the end and then goes back to the start; a winning formula that works with this film. Paul is old and tells the story of how he achieved being that age because of an event that happened in prison in 1935 with John Coffey. Other than Paul and Mr Jingles who does Coffey help?
8. The local Movie House decides to run a "James Bond" Triple. It decides to play the first three Daniel Craig movies. As none of the first 23 Eon Bond films exceed 150 minutes,(but some seem much longer), it is decided to have an intermission after each of the first two movies which is reasonable for a movie marathon that will last just over six and one half hours. Which movie co-starred Olga Kurylenko?
9. When James Cameron was directing, he wasn't known for his brevity. Most Cameron movies were well over two hours long. Which one of the following was *not* a James Cameron directed movie?
10. Speaking of "Terminator" movies, both "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1991) and "The Godfather Part II"(1974) were two of only a handful of movies where the sequel was considered superior to the original movie. Both were also longer than each original respective movie. Did both movies win Academy Awards for Best Actor?
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