Which Movie Am I? Quiz | Movie Mixture

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1. Released in America in 1995, I'm a film about two juvenile delinquents who wreak havoc in their home town. Mom is dead and dad locks them out of the flat. Which film am I?

Answer: Son of a Shark

"Son of a Shark" was released in Europe in 1993 and is a French/Belgian film. Directed by Agnes Merlet, it tells of two brothers, Martin and Simon Vandenhoes, who come from a broken home and cause trouble. Constantly picked up by the police and separated, they have a knack for finding each other.

The film is based on a true story and won Merlet a debut award at a Belgian film festival. Some of you may have seen it the French title is "Le Fils Du Requin".

2. Released in 1982, I was the film debut for Broadway actors Glenn Close and John Lithgow. My title is the name of the eccentric lead character who is a wrestler/writer who struggles through life's ups and downs. My title is?

Answer: The World According to Garp

"The World According to Garp" is the film I am. I was based on the novel by John Irving and the author appeared in the film as a wrestling referee. "The Hotel New Hampshire" was a novel and film based on Irving's novel. "Vision Quest" was about a champion high school wrestler played by Matthew Modine and "Hadley's Rebellion" was another teen-aged wrestler film starring Griffin O'Neal.

3. Stateside, I was released in 2008. I am a film about a Brazilian boy whose parents must leave their hometown because they are government protesters. The boy is supposed to be left with his grandfather, but when his grandfather dies, he forms a bond with the grandfather's Jewish neighbour. Can you guess my title?

Answer: The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

"The Year My Parents Went on Vacation" takes place during the 1970 World Cup. The boy, played by Michel Joelsas, is sent to Sao Paulo Brazil and when he discovers his grandfather is dead he forms a fast friendship with his grandfather's Jewish neighbour and the local kids. Directed by Cao Hamburger.

4. In 2002, I was directed by Guillermo Del Toro. I'm a ghost story about a boy who arrives at an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War. The boy discovers that the orphanage is haunted by the ghost of a boy who was killed there. And, my title is?

Answer: The Devil's Backbone

"El Espinazo Del Diablo" is the Spanish title of this wonderfully creepy film. The boy who was killed is called "He Who Sighs" by the boys at the orphanage. His real name was Santi. There is missing gold in the orphanage and several deaths occur as a result of a greedy adult caretaker's lust for the gold.

5. I am considered to be among the best of a Canadian director. My lead character is Max Renn, who runs an underground cable station Channel 83 that specializes in soft core porn. Max gets ahold of a short S&M video the causes bizarre hallucinations. What could my title be?

Answer: Videodrome

"Videodrome" was released in 1982 by David Cronenberg and starred James Woods and Deborah Harry. In a scene where Renn wears a large hallucination helmet on his head, he was unsure about its safety so director Cronenberg made a cameo in the film wearing the helmet for Woods.

The director even stood in a small pool of water to show the actor it was perfectly safe. "The Shape of Rage" was the title of a book in Cronenberg's "The Brood" 1979.

6. I am about a repeat offending criminal who has a hankering for robbing convenience stores. He falls in love was a police photographer a woman named Ed. The plot is to steal one of five babies recently born to a furniture mogul. I am known better to you as?

Answer: Raising Arizona

Starring Nicolas Cage, "Raising Arizona" was directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Holly hunter played Ed, short for Edwina. She was barren and couldn't have babies. When Nathan Arizona's wife gives birth to the Arizona quints, they plot to steal one of the babies as their own. Arizona's real surname is Huffheinz. "Would you buy furniture from a store called "Unpainted Huffheinz"?" John Goodman also starred.

7. I'm a comedy about a struggling screenwriter whose best friend recommends that he works with a woman who claims to be a daughter of Zeus. His screenplay becomes a success as he gets his edge back. Yes, what is my title?

Answer: The Muse

Albert Brooks (born Albert Einstein) followed "Defending Your Life" and "Mother" with this hilarious film about a screenwriter who has lost his edge. He meets Sarah, played by Sharon Stone, who claims to be a real Muse daughter of Zeus. In truth, she's a woman who has escaped from a mental hospital. Brooks' Steven is the real one who makes his newest screen story a success.

There are cameos by directors James Cameron and Martin Scorsese.

8. I am a film drama about the first black regiment during the Civil War. I am based on a book about the 54th and the letters of my young Colonel, Robert Gould Shaw. What is my title?

Answer: Glory

"Glory" was directed by Edward Zwick and won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor for Denzel Washington, Sound Editing, Sound Design and Cinematography. The books "One Gallant Rush" and "The Collected Letters of Robert Gould Shaw" were the basis for "Glory".

The film begins at the battle of Antitam and ends with the unsuccessful storming of Fort Wagner. Incidentally, the charging of the fort in the film is to the west, the fort was actually behind them in the east.

9. I was released in 1972. I'm a foreign film about a group of well-to-do people who, while walking a road to a luxurious dinner, never actually get to have the meal as bizarre occurrences happen throughout. I am titled what?

Answer: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign language film for director Luis Bunuel. He got his start in the silent era with Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali with a short film "Un Chien Andalou". He is best known for his 30's film "L'Age D'or" or "The Golden Age".

10. I have the honour of being the first Japanese film released in the United States. Told during a harsh rainstorm, I'm about the trial of several people in feudal Japan and their different accounts of the murder of a Samurai. What could my title possibly be?

Answer: Rashomon

The film was directed by Akira Kurosawa and starred Toshiro Mifune, who was considered to be the Spencer Tracy of Japan. He gives a brilliant performance of a foolish woodcutter who gives his version of the rape of the Samurai's wife and his murder. We never find out the truth of the incident, we're left to figure it out ourselves. Is one person telling the truth, several or is is all made-up?

Source: Author Tolkienist

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