Holiday Movies Trivia

1. "New Year's Eve" (2011) featured a large ensemble cast and multiple story-lines, each following the events of a particular year end in New York City. Who directed what was admittedly a comedy-romance?

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Answer: Garry Marshall

To be fair, it was the Christmas movie that I said wouldn't be a romance, OK? The huge cast included Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Jessica Biel, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher and many more. One segment was about a man who was in hospital, another involved problems with the famous ball drop in Times Square. Others followed couples of varying ages as they waited for midnight. Garry Marshall (1934-2016) seemed to like holiday movies, having also directed "Valentine's Day" (2010) and "Mother's Day" (2016). His other directing credits included "Pretty Woman" (1990) and "The Princess Diaries" (2001). He was also a writer, an actor, and actress/director Penny Marshall's older brother. Oh, yes! The incorrect choice, Frank Capra, directed perennial Christmas favourite "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946).

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Answer: Axel Palmer

When the young townspeople decide to have a Valentine's Day party, someone dressed as a miner begins murdering the townspeople. Everyone thought it to be Harry Warden seeking revenge, after being trapped in a mine shaft for six weeks. It turns out to be Axel Palmer, who had actually witnessed his father, one of the foremen, being murdered by Harry. This gives the film a bit of a twist.

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Answer: April Fool's Day

The movie 'April Fool's Day' is one of many holiday 'slasher' movies. They do like to make horrible holiday movies.

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Answer: Jason Robards

"The St Valentine's Day Massacre", directed by Roger Corman, took a pseudo-documentary approach to the retelling of the story of the brutal murder of members of the Bugs Moran (Ralph Meeker) gang by members of Capone's rival mob, which took place on 14 February 1929 in a garage in Chicago. Jason Robards (1922-2000), sometimes billed as Jason Robards Jr., had a career in movies from the late 1940s until shortly before his death. He won two Best Supporting Actor Oscars, for "All the President's Men" (1976) and "Julia" (1977). Steiger and Gazzara have both played Capone, in other movies. Glenn Ford played a gangster named Dave the Dude in yet another Frank Capra-directed Christmas movie, "Pocketful of Miracles" (1961).

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Answer: Jack -in-the-box

The little girl playing with the jack-in-the-box is Muffy St. John (played by Deborah Foreman). She decides to invite friends over for a weekend party at her island mansion to celebrate April Fool's Day. She puts little props around the house to fool her friends. All is fun and games until the friends start disappearing, and are found dead. This movie has a rare twist not seen in too many horror films, which definitely coincides with the movie's title.

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Answer: Halloween

Jamie Lee Curtis reprised her role in this movie 20 years later in 'Halloween H20.' Halloween is a perfect time to watch a scary movie.

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Answer: Holi

Todd was a young man who has been sent to oversee the outsourcing of his workplace to India (and to train his replacement!) The film is quite charming, and Todd not only grew to admire his new colleagues, but fell in love with one of them. One morning, he failed to see a note warning him to stay inside, and headed out dressed for work. To his surprise, he was accosted by people throwing coloured powder and soon had a blue face and his white shirt had become multi-coloured. A friend told him it was Holi, a celebration of colour, and Todd joined in the fun. The three incorrect choices are all associated with January 5th/6th and the end of the twelve days of Christmas, when the wisemen (kings) were said to have arrived from the East.

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Answer: Happy Birthday, Gemini

This is a coming-of-age comedy dealing with a young man's sexual identity. Sort of an early 'American Pie.'

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Answer: Peter Lawford

Not known as a singer, Peter Lawford did the job here, as one of two men who were interested in Judy, Fred being the other. Fred and Judy were vaudeville performers, Ann Miller played Fred's former partner, and Lawford was a young gentleman who met Judy one rainy day and sang this song to her. Fred and Judy performed the majority of the songs, including the title number. Peter Lawford (1923-1984) was born in England, and was a member of the Kennedy family by virtue of his first marriage, which lasted until 1966. His film credits included "Ocean's Eleven" (1960) and "The Longest Day" (1962). Gene Kelly's umbrella-wielding song was the title number of "Singin' in the Rain" (1952). The incorrect choice, Irving Berlin, not only wrote the songs for "Easter Parade", but was also responsible for the iconic ditty "White Christmas".

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Answer: Easter Parade

This is a wonderful musical with two great stars. The title song is heard at the end of the movie when they go out to the 'Easter Parade'.

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Answer: Boston marathon

The movie, directed by Peter Berg, starred Mark Wahlberg, J.K. Simmons and John Goodman, amongst others. It told the story of the attack on the 2013 Boston marathon by a pair of terrorist brothers who carried their home-made bombs in backpacks which they left alongside the route of the race. The film continued to cover the ensuing manhunt for the bombers, which proved successful. The inclusion of cricket as an incorrect choice is a sideways nod to the Christmas story "The Cricket on the Hearth" by Charles Dickens.

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Answer: Graduation Day

Star track runner Laura Ramstead collapses during a championship meet and is pronounced dead. Her sister, Annie, arrives in town because of this, and that's when the dead student body count starts piling up. This movie stars famous 'Wheel of Fortune' letter turner, Vanna White, Billy Hufsey of the t.v. show, 'Fame', and scream queen, Linnea Quigley.

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Answer: A Christmas Carol

There are many versions of Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol' But this is my favorite one. This story is a classic.

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Answer: Vietnam

The movie, directed by Oliver Stone, was based on the autobiographical book by Ron Kovic, a young man, who really was born on Independence Day, who was paralysed due to wounds suffered during his service in Vietnam. Tom Cruise played Kovic, who became disillusioned after his return to the States and became an anti-war activist. Stone won his second Best Director Oscar for this movie, and Cruise was nominated as Best Actor, losing to Daniel Day-Lewis. World War I was the setting for a different sort of Christmas movie; "Joyeux Noel" (2005) was about the Christmas truce on the Western Front in 1914.

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Answer: Uncle Sam

This movie's plot is about a Desert Storm veteran who was killed in combat and comes back from the dead to kill unpatriotic citizens on July 4th. Isaac Hayes of 'South Park' fame and P.J. Soles star in this cheesy horror flick.

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Answer: New Year's Evil

This movie stars Roz Kelly as the D.J. who doesn't suspect she's the next to die.

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Answer: Picnic

"Picnic" (1956) was directed by Joshua Logan and won Oscars for Art Direction and Film Editing. Besides Novak and Holden, the cast included Susan Strasberg, Arthur O'Connell and Cliff Robertson. Holden's character arrived in town to see an old friend, played by Robertson, and proceeded to move in on his friend's girl (Novak). Everybody went to the Labour Day picnic and romantic complications ensued. Of the incorrect choices, Novak was in "Pal Joey" (1957) and Holden was in "Sabrina" (1954). "The Holiday" (2006) was set around Christmastime, and starred Cameron Diaz, Jack Black, Jude Law and Kate Winslet. It was a romantic comedy...

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Answer: Trick 'r Treat

The little trick or treater named Sam is a very important character in the film, for he represents the spirit of Halloween. Short for 'Samhain', meaning 'All Hallows Eve', he is symbolic in the film. He ties all the stories together and wants to keep the spirit of Halloween alive. Anyone not in the spirit suffers the consequences.

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Answer: Born On The Fourth Of July

This is a very touching movie, and I think Tom Cruise did an excellent job in this true-life movie.

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Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis & Curtis

In fact, Jamie Lee Curtis played Laurie Strode at least five times, including in the two cited movies, surviving her encounters with the villainous Michael Myers over the years. Many other characters in the series of slasher movies set around the spooky October holiday were not so lucky. Ms Curtis was born in 1958 to actors Tony Curtis ("Some Like It Hot" (1959)) and Janet Leigh ("Psycho" (1960)) and had appeared in a number of television roles before hitting the big screen as Laurie. She won a Golden Globe for her performance in "True Lies" (1994). Other movies include "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988) and "Knives Out" (2019). As may have become clear, I've attempted at least a weak link to Christmas throughout, and there is one here too. Jamie Lee Curtis appeared in "Christmas with the Kranks" as Nora Krank, who along with her husband, Luther (Tim Allen), was attempting to skip Christmas!

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Answer: Groundhog Day

This romantic comedy has Bill Murray reliving the same day until he gets it right. He was really bitten by a groundhog during the making of the movie. It's during the scene when he and the groundhog are driving.

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Answer: Santa's Slay

This 2005 slasher/comedy has an opening scene that includes several famous actors. Bill Goldberg does a great job adding dark humor to his evil Santa character. The movie's explanation of why Santa is so mean is interesting, but definitly not to be taken seriously. There is a 35 victim body count in this film, which are all done in very original, and sometimes humorous ways (depending on your sense of humor).

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Answer: My Bloody Valentine

This horror movie is really gruesome. The miner picks out the hearts of people in Valentine Bluffs and sends them to the sheriff in candy boxes. Many of the bloody death scenes had to be cut to avoid an X-rating.

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Answer: Memorial Day

This movie has the ex-G.I. presumed crazy as he tries to stop a Russian satellite.

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