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What 1980s Movie Am I? - Take 2 Quiz


Here is Take 2 of just ten of the great movies of the 1980s. There are so many to choose from, so I hope some of your favourites are here.

A multiple-choice quiz by wenray. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
wenray
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
377,416
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. I am a 1989 movie directed by Bruce Beresford. I am set in Atlanta, Georgia, and tell of the relationship between a Jewish woman and an African-American man. What movie am I? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I am a 1981 movie directed by Hugh Hudson. I am set in Great Britain in the 1920s and tell the story of the ambition of two very different men to compete in the 1924 Olympic Games. What movie am I? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. I am a 1985, biographical movie directed by Sydney Pollack, from a book of the same name. I am set in Africa and tell the story of a love affair between a big-game hunter and a plantation owner. What movie am I? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I am a 1988 movie directed by Penny Marshall. I am a fantasy comedy that tells the tale of a 12-year-old boy who makes a wish and the consequences of that wish. What movie am I? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. I am a 1980 movie directed by David Lynch. I am based on a true story about a man who, because of his deformity, was making a meagre living as a side show "freak". What movie am I? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. I am a 1987 movie directed by Adrian Lyne. My story is about a married man who has an affair that goes horribly wrong. What movie am I?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I am a 1982 sci-fi/thriller movie directed by Ridley Scott. I am set in the future where technology has enabled man to create genetically engineered replicants and I tell the tale of a policeman, who has to retrieve four escaped replicants. What movie am I? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. I am a 1985 film directed by James Ivory and based on a novel of the same name by E. M. Forster. My tale is about a young Edwardian miss, her chaperone and her love for a young man. What movie am I? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I am a 1986 comedy written, produced and directed by John Hughes. A high school student wants to skip school and go to Chicago for the day. What movie am I? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. I am a 1982 biographical drama directed by Richard Attenborough. I tell the story of a person striving for his country's independence from the British. What movie am I? Hint



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1. I am a 1989 movie directed by Bruce Beresford. I am set in Atlanta, Georgia, and tell of the relationship between a Jewish woman and an African-American man. What movie am I?

Answer: Driving Miss Daisy

"Driving Miss Daisy" starred Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan and Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn. The story takes place over 20 years and commences when Miss Daisy's son hires an Afro-American, Hoke Colburn, as her driver because she can no longer drive. Miss Daisy at first is very resistant, but over time a trusting relationship develops between the pair.

This movie was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won four: Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Writing (Screenplay on Material from Another Medium) and Best Makeup. It won three Golden Globes and one BAFTA. At the time of winning the Oscar for Best Actress, Jessica Tandy was the oldest person to achieve this. She was 81 years old.

In 1988 the Pulitzer Prize was awarded to the play "Driving Miss Daisy".
2. I am a 1981 movie directed by Hugh Hudson. I am set in Great Britain in the 1920s and tell the story of the ambition of two very different men to compete in the 1924 Olympic Games. What movie am I?

Answer: Chariots of Fire

"Chariots of Fire" starred Ian Charleston as the devout Scottish Christian, Eric Liddell, and Ben Cross as Jewish Harold Abrahams. It also starred Nigel Havers, Ian Holm and John Gielgud.

Harold Abrahams is a student at Cambridge University where he wins numerous running competitions. He and Scottish Eric Liddell plan to participate in competitive running, much to Eric's devout Christian sister's disapproval. The two men meet and become rivals. They both eventually win a spot on the British Olympic team and both go on to each win a gold medal.

The movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards, and won four: Best Picture, Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen), Best Costume Design and Best Music original Score. It also won one Golden Globe and three BAFTA Awards.

The name of the movie was derived from words "bring me my chariot of fire" from a William Blake poem. The poem was adapted into the popular British hymn "Jerusalem". The phrase "Chariot of fire" is from the Bible and appears in 2 Kings 2:11 and 6:17.

In the famous scene where men dressed in white run along a beach, they are nearly all golf caddies from St Andrews.
3. I am a 1985, biographical movie directed by Sydney Pollack, from a book of the same name. I am set in Africa and tell the story of a love affair between a big-game hunter and a plantation owner. What movie am I?

Answer: Out of Africa

"Out of Africa" starred Meryl Streep as Karen and Robert Redford as Denys. The movie is based on Danish Karen Blixen's real life, and tells of the problems she faces with her marriage of convenience to her wayward husband, problems on the plantation and her love for Denys.

The movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won nine, including Best Picture, and Best Director. The movie also won two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards.

To get the accent right, Meryl Streep listened to the real Karen Blixen reading from her works. The role of Karen was originally offered to Audrey Hepburn.
4. I am a 1988 movie directed by Penny Marshall. I am a fantasy comedy that tells the tale of a 12-year-old boy who makes a wish and the consequences of that wish. What movie am I?

Answer: Big

"Big" starred Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, and Robert Loggia, among others. A 12-year-old boy wants to go on a carnival ride, but he is too short. He finds an old fortune-telling machine and he makes a wish to be "big". When he wakes up the next morning, he has the body of a 30-year-old man, but is still a 12 year old inside. Then the fun begins.

Tom Hanks was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The film also received one other nomination for an Oscar. Tom Hanks won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture.

Director Penny Marshall became the first woman whose movie grossed more than $100 million for "Big". At first Tom Hanks was offered the role, but due to other commitments, he was unable to take it. Robert De Niro turned down the role because the pay was not enough. Hanks then became available, so took the role. Penny Marshall wanted John Travolta for the Hanks role.
5. I am a 1980 movie directed by David Lynch. I am based on a true story about a man who, because of his deformity, was making a meagre living as a side show "freak". What movie am I?

Answer: The Elephant Man

"The Elephant Man" starred John Hurt as John Merrick (real name Joseph Merrick), together with Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, and John Gielgud, among others. A doctor finds John Merrick in a freak show in Victorian England and vows to help him, as he is an intelligent and sensitive person. His skull is so deformed that in order to avoid smothering, he has to sleep with his head on his knees. The real Joseph Carey Merrick was born in England in 1862 and died in 1890.

The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three, Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Director. It also won two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards.

The make-up for the Elephant Man took seven to eight hours to put on and another two hours to take off. Because of the long hours in the make-up chair and filming, John Hurt worked every other day. The make-up was based on actual casts of Merrick's skull held at London Hospital. Some of his organs had been preserved after his death, but they were destroyed by German air raids in World War II.
6. I am a 1987 movie directed by Adrian Lyne. My story is about a married man who has an affair that goes horribly wrong. What movie am I?

Answer: Fatal Attraction

"Fatal Attraction" starred Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer and Ellen Hamilton Latzen. It had an estimated budget of $14 million, with a box office return of over $320 million. A happily married man living in Manhattan has a weekend affair when his wife is away. The woman does not want the affair to end and begins to stalk him. Even after he and his family move, she still is after him and pours acid on his car and kills his daughter's pet rabbit. Then things get worse.

The movie was nominated for six Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards, as well as many others. It was the highest grossing film that year. Many actresses, including Meg Ryan, Demi Moore, Daryl Hannah, Madonna, Kim Basinger, Melanie Griffith, Kathleen Turner and Jody Foster, were considered for the Glen Close roll. Just some of the actors considered for the Michael Douglas role were Martin Sheen, John Travolta, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline, Tom Hanks and Al Pacino.
7. I am a 1982 sci-fi/thriller movie directed by Ridley Scott. I am set in the future where technology has enabled man to create genetically engineered replicants and I tell the tale of a policeman, who has to retrieve four escaped replicants. What movie am I?

Answer: Blade Runner

"Blade Runner" stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and eight BAFTA Awards, winning three.

Replicants are banned for use on Earth but are sent to off-world colonies to do dangerous work or perform menial duties. If a replicant tries to return to Earth it is hunted and killed by blade runners, who are special police. Four of these replicants escape to Earth and hide in Los Angeles. A retired police officer takes on a last assignment as a blade runner to find and kill them.

This was British Director Ridley Scott's first American film. Dustin Hoffman was originally chosen to play the Harrison Ford roll and some of the other actors also considered were Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christopher Walker, among others.
8. I am a 1985 film directed by James Ivory and based on a novel of the same name by E. M. Forster. My tale is about a young Edwardian miss, her chaperone and her love for a young man. What movie am I?

Answer: A Room With a View

"A Room With a View" starred Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliot, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Judi Dench and Daniel Day-Lewis. Miss Lucy Honeychurch (Bonham Carter) is in Italy with her chaperone, her older cousin Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smih), on holiday. Staying at a small hotel, they meet Mr Emerson and his handsome son, George. They offer to switch rooms with the two ladies as their room has a view and the ladies' rooms does not.

The movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three. It also won a Golden Globe Award and three BAFTA Awards. When George first kisses Lucy, according to the book it was to have taken place in a field of violets, but because it was the wrong season for violets, it was filmed in a field of barley.
9. I am a 1986 comedy written, produced and directed by John Hughes. A high school student wants to skip school and go to Chicago for the day. What movie am I?

Answer: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" starred Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, and Jennifer Grey, among others. Ferris pretends that he is sick, so he doesn't have to go to school and he coerces his girlfriend and his best friend to go into Chicago with him, taking his friend's fathers Ferrari. Then their adventure begins.

The film was" selected in 2014 for preservation in the national Film Registry as being deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'." The two actors who played Ferris Bueller's parents in the movie actually married each other in real life when filming completed. Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey (who played Ferris' sister) became engaged after the movie, but it was called off about a year later. Some of the actors considered for the role of Ferris Bueller were, Michael J Fox, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jnr, Rob Lowe, John Cusack, Tom Cruise and Jim Carey. Many actresses were considered for the role of Jeannie, Ferris' sister, including Linda Blair, Goldie Hawn, Meg Ryan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Melanie Griffiths, Madonna and Jodie Foster.
10. I am a 1982 biographical drama directed by Richard Attenborough. I tell the story of a person striving for his country's independence from the British. What movie am I?

Answer: Gandhi

"Gandhi" starred Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi, with Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, and Martin Sheen. Living in South Africa, Gandhi finds that the law is biased against Indians and he begins a non-violent protest campaign. His campaign is successful and he returns to India and takes up a non-violent campaign to seek India's independence from Great Britain.

The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Director and Best Costume Design. It won five Golden Globe Awards, and five BAFTA Awards plus many, many other Awards.

Ben Kinglet's father's family came from the Indian State of Gujarat, as did Mahatma Gandhi. Ben Kingsley's real name is Krishna Bhanji, and he took his name from Kingsley Hall in London. Gandhi stayed at that hotel in 1931. The funeral sequence had 400,000 extras, most were volunteers but about 94,000 were paid a small fee. All the extras had to wear white. The filming of this sequence took place on 31 January 1981 and was the 33rd anniversary of Gandhi's real funeral. Some of the actors considered for the role of Gandhi were Alec Guinness, Albert Finney, Anthony Hopkins, Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtney, John Hurt and Peter Finch. After winning the role of Gandhi, Ben Kingsley went to India and tried to live for a time as Gandhi had.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869. He trained in law in London at the Inner Temple. He was assassinated on 30 January 1948 by a Hindu nationalist, Nathuram Godse, who fired three bullets at point blank range into Gandhi's chest. In India he is known as "The Father of the Nation".
Source: Author wenray

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