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1. The '70s brought blaxploitation and a lot of new heroes. This guy is the original Mr. T. He is also a private investigator, who operates out of a pool hall. This makes him more accessible to his clients and he is quite a pool shark. Who is this man, whom Marvin Gaye sang about?
2. A very campy Kurt Russell must save the girl with the jade eyes. There are great special effects that have kung fu masters self imploding. There is also a 2000 year old master who must marry the "green-eyed" girl in order to retain his youth. What is the name of the movie?
3. Before Sister Mary Clarence, there was Mary Clancy. She was a student who drove the Mother Superior nuts. While smoking in the school bathroom Mary and her friends are surprised to see the fire department show up. This film stars Hayley Mills and Rosalind Russell as Mother Superior. Name the movie.
4. Two reporters collide while covering a train crash. Reporters Sabrina Peterson (Julia Roberts) and Peter Brackett (Nick Nolte) collaborate to uncover what they believe to be a conspiracy involving a train wreck. In spite of the arguing and backbiting they fall in love, thus proving that opposites do attract. What is the name of this movie?
5. Ben Foster portrays a student (Matt Arnold) playing a game of Killer. The high school game's object is for one student to shoot another with a water gun, wherever they might see their victim. Matt picks Jenny who is played by Zooey Deschanel. He follows her around town and is seen pointing the gun. This leads to a lot of mayhem. It's a comedy also starring Tim Allen and Rene Russo. What is the title of the movie?
6. Imagine Laurel and Hardy as a chef and a butler at a elegant dinner party. The steak not only tastes like rubber it is rubber. In true Laurel and Hardy form, they redeem themselves by thwarting a plot to kill a young king. Please name this comedy of errors?
7. This is a real "whodunit" from Alfred Hitchcock. This was a dark comedy about Harry, a corpse that the characters have found. The problem is not finding who did it, but who DIDN'T do it. Most of the characters seem to feel they are the cause of Harry's untimely demise. Edmund Gwenn and Shirley MacLaine are in this one. What is the name of the movie?
8. This documentary details Hurricane Katrina's devastation. Kimberly Roberts makes sure that her whole world is not washed away. The answer is what God is going to do in an old song?
9. Jack Nicholson plays a guard dog trainer and Ellen Barkin plays an opera singer who purchases one of Jack's dogs. Jack has a roving eye (as usual) and a wife. Ellen has a boyfriend and an ex-husband. She even has a gangster as an ex-brother-in-law (played by Harry Dean Stanton). There is a serial killer out and about in Los Angeles. Ellen Barkin's character gets threatening messages. So she gets herself a guard dog from Jack Nicholson's company. What is the name of the movie?
10. "Another fine mess you've gotten us into." This is a Laurel and Hardy film. It is named for a period song of WWI having to do with an Old Kit Bag. Three soldiers befriend each other and one is killed in action. The slain soldier had a little girl who would now be an orphan. Laurel and Hardy go about finding the little girl's grandparents. What is the name of the movie?
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