Finis, Part 2: Final Words of Well Known Films Quiz

Answer: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

Jesus (Willem Dafoe) has endured trials and torture beyond most of our abilities to even comprehend. Now accepting his fate as he dies on the cross, he twice utters "Tetelesta". The English subtitles translate the dialog written by Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis as "It is accomplished."

Answer: Oh, God! (1977)

Simple, everyday guy Jerry Landers (John Denver) takes quite some time to become convinced that he was actually being visited by God. But as God (George Burns) tells Jerry that the time has come for Him to leave, Jerry asks, "Sometimes, now and then, couldn't we just talk?" God answers, "You talk. I'll listen."

Answer: Fight Club (1999)

The narrator (Edward Norton) sums up this twisted tale of his scheme to channel male aggression. Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) is the insomniac office worker's 'partner' in promoting this bizarre organization.

Answer: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

In this 1950s musical comedy, Dorothy (Jane Russell) and Lorelei (Marilyn Monroe) tease their way across the Atlantic on a cruise ship, trying every trick in the book to snare rich husbands. Dorothy lets Lorelei know that she can now quit playing hard to get.

Answer: Psycho (1960)

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) amuses himself by watching a fly on the window screen, and imagines what the asylum doctors must be thinking as they observe him. Poor Norman; he's incarcerated on two levels; his mind trapped within that of his dead mother, and his body locked away in the psycho ward.

Answer: Magnum Force (1973)

After witnessing the evil Lieutenant Briggs' (Hal Holbrook's) gruesome demise, the unflappable Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) can't resist the opportunity to repeat a line that had been directed at him earlier.

Answer: American Beauty (1999)

Suburban schnook Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is dead; but that can't keep him from continuing to narrate the film's final scene. His mid-life crisis and attempted escape from middle class drudgery have lead to his violent end.

Answer: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Thrilled to finally be freed from the hereditary madness of the Brewster family, Mortimer (Cary Grant) grabs his fiance, Elaine (Priscilla Lane), and rushes outside to a waiting taxi. Holy cow, there's no escape; the cabbie is looney as a bat!

Answer: To Catch A Thief (1955)

Spoiled rich brat Francie (Grace Kelly) has finally caught her man, John Robie (Cary Grant). She's thrilled to see his plush Mediterranean home, and promptly announces that her mother will also be joining the household. John is caught a bit off-guard; he hasn't even asked Francie to stay, yet. What can I say; Hitchcock was a master.

Answer: The Devil's Advocate (1997)

John Milton/Satan (Al Pacino) breaks the fourth wall as he congratulates himself on the beauty of his diabolical scheme. Satan's spawn, Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves), has deluded himself into believing that his successes in the courtroom were of his own doing.

Answer: Life With Father (1947)

Clarence Day (William Powell) is undisputed master of his comfortable 19th century home, until he's unable to explain to his growing children why he has never been baptized. When his wife Vinnie (Irene Dunne) goes behind his back to make all the arrangements, he's finally trapped.

Answer: The Italian Job (1969)

Wheeler-dealer Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) believes he has staged the perfect crime, but as it falls to pieces in classic Hollywood cliffhanger style, he's got a new plan.

Answer: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Said by Ivan Moss (Dub Taylor) to Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty) just before the bank-robbing couple are massacred in a hail of police bullets. Moss set them up for ambush in exchange for a lenient sentence for his half-witted son, C.W. (Michael Pollard). My favorite character in this film is Eugene Grizzard, played by Gene Wilder in his feature film debut.

Answer: Being There (1979)

The genius of Peter Sellers is on full display in this thought provoking story of Chance (aka Chauncey Gardiner), a simple gardener whose entire social and cultural education has come from watching television. Is Chance a moron, or the messiah? You'll have to watch, and decide for yourself. Just remember, "life is a state of mind".

Answer: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) explains why everybody in the entire story has been chasing after this seemingly plain black statue. Every private detective movie and TV show ever made owes a debt to Bogie, Director John Huston and author Dashiell Hammett for this creation. Fantastic supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Ward Bond.