Mr. Shoop's Surfin' Summer School Midterm

[NhlNut]

Only answered the ones I have some knowledge about.

6) Best movie about baseball Bull Durham

8) Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dazed and Confused? Fast Times

9) What was the last movie you saw, and why? (We’ve used this one before, but your answer is presumably always going to be different, so…) Bourne Ultimatum. Liked it for what it was

10) Whether or not you have actually procreated or not, is there a movie you can think of that seriously affected the way you think about having kids of your own? Kids.

17) Favorite cameo appearance kareem abdul jabar in airplane. "Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes."

20) Name a performance that everyone needs to be reminded of, for whatever reason F Murray Abraham in Amadeus. What has he done since? Helped the movie actually make sense to a kid who was no fan of classical music.

22) Favorite John Wayne performance would you believe I don't have one? Never got into him.

25) Is there a movie you can think of that you feel like the world would be better off without, one that should have never been made? Caddyshack 2. why?

25) If you had the choice of seeing three final movies, to go with your three last meals, before shuffling off this mortal coil, what would they be?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The complete Star Wars saga. (hey, I want to stick around for awhile.)
Band of Brothers. (sure it's a miniseries. sue me, I'm dying)

[Irieguy]

1) Favorite quote from a filmmaker

"everybody is a filmmaker today." John Millius


2) A good movie from a bad director

Star Wars (Episode IV)



3) Favorite Laurence Olivier performance

The Cantor in The Jazz Singer (small role, great performance)


4) Describe a famous location from a movie that you have visited (Bodega Bay, California, where the action in The Birds took place, for example). Was it anything like the way it was in the film? Why or why not?

From Endless Summer: Kaiser's Reef and Sunset Beach (Hawaii). Even better in person.


5) Carlo Ponti or Dino De Laurentiis (Producer)?

I only saw Dr. Z from Ponti, so I have to go with DeL FTW.


6) Best movie about baseball

Bull Durham obv. The Natural second.


7) Favorite Barbara Stanwyck performance

Charlie's Angels guest appearance obv.


8) Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dazed and Confused?

Fast Times, I'm old.


9) What was the last movie you saw, and why? (We’ve used this one before, but your answer is presumably always going to be different, so…)

Before Sunset because of a Lounge thread.


10) Whether or not you have actually procreated or not, is there a movie you can think of that seriously affected the way you think about having kids of your own?

The movie about the 14 year old girl who goes from pigtails to doing crank and giving head within one school year. I'm blanking on the title right now.


11) Favorite Katharine Hepburn performance

Guess who's coming to dinner.



12) A bad movie from a good director

The Ladykillers, Coen bros.


13) Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom-- yes or no?

Don't know what you are talking about.


14) Ben Hecht or Billy Wilder (Screenwriter)?

Don't know who they are [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]


15) Name the film festival you’d most want to attend, or your favorite festival that you actually have attended

Never been to one, would love to go to them all. Cannes at the top of the list.


16) Head or 200 Motels?

?


17) Favorite cameo appearance
(Try visiting here and here for some good ideas! This question was inspired by Daniel Johnson at Film Babble)

Rather than pick the cameo, I'll pick the movie with the best cameos: The Player


18) Favorite Rosalind Russell performance

grr I think I fail the test if I miss one more.


19) What movie, either currently available on DVD or not, has never received the splashy collector’s edition treatment you think it deserves? What would such an edition include?

Double Down with Jason Priestly


20) Name a performance that everyone needs to be reminded of, for whatever reason

Just about every one of Sean Penn's.


21) Louis B. Mayer or Harry Cohn (Studio Head)?

Mayer (guessing to avoid failing grade)


22) Favorite John Wayne performance

All of them.


23) Naked Lunch or Barton Fink?

Naked Lunch


24) Your Ray Harryhausen movie of choice

Clash of the Titans obv


25) Is there a movie you can think of that you feel like the world would be better off without, one that should have never been made?

Natural Born Killers


24) Favorite Dub Taylor performance

Need multiple choice


25) If you had the choice of seeing three final movies, to go with your three last meals, before shuffling off this mortal coil, what would they be?

Star Wars
The Big Lebowski
Casablanca (with dinner. I want this to be the last movie I ever watch.)


26) And what movie theater would you choose to see them in?

My living room.

Irieguy

[John Cole]

) Favorite quote from a filmmaker

"Casaba!"

2) A good movie from a bad director

??

3) Favorite Laurence Olivier performance

Hamlet

4) Describe a famous location from a movie that you have visited (Bodega Bay, California, where the action in The Birds took place, for example). Was it anything like the way it was in the film? Why or why not?

The Breakers in Newport, RI, where The Great Gatsby was filmed. Very much like it.

5) Carlo Ponti or Dino De Laurentiis (Producer)?
Dino.

6) Best movie about baseball
Field of Dreams, which merely reveals my sentimental side.



7) Favorite Barbara Stanwyck performance

Ball of Fire

8) Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dazed and Confused?

Fast Times

9) What was the last movie you saw, and why? (We’ve used this one before, but your answer is presumably always going to be different, so…)

Tootsie, a great modern comedy

10) Whether or not you have actually procreated or not, is there a movie you can think of that seriously affected the way you think about having kids of your own?

Kids, by Larry Clark

11) Favorite Katharine Hepburn performance

Bringing Up Baby

12) A bad movie from a good director

Topaz

13) Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom-- yes or no?

Yes, Yes, Yes. But never again.

14) Ben Hecht or Billy Wilder (Screenwriter)?

Ben Hecht

15) Name the film festival you’d most want to attend, or your favorite festival that you actually have attended

I would want to attend the New York Film Festival

16) Head or 200 Motels?

Head, but haven't seen 200 Motels

17) Favorite cameo appearance
(Try visiting here and here for some good ideas! This question was inspired by Daniel Johnson at Film Babble)

Hitchcock's in Lifeboat

18) Favorite Rosalind Russell performance

His Girl Friday

19) What movie, either currently available on DVD or not, has never received the splashy collector’s edition treatment you think it deserves? What would such an edition include?

Get Crazy, which is not available on DVD.

20) Name a performance that everyone needs to be reminded of, for whatever reason

Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock

21) Louis B. Mayer or Harry Cohn (Studio Head)?

Louis B. Mayer
22) Favorite John Wayne performance

Ethan in The Searchers

23) Naked Lunch or Barton Fink?

Barton Fink

24) Your Ray Harryhausen movie of choice

Jason and the Argonauts and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

25) Is there a movie you can think of that you feel like the world would be better off without, one that should have never been made?

Sin City

24) Favorite Dub Taylor performance

Bonnie and Clyde

25) If you had the choice of seeing three final movies, to go with your three last meals, before shuffling off this mortal coil, what would they be?

Duck Soup

Local Hero

Wings of Desire

26) And what movie theater would you choose to see them in?

Park Theater in Cranston, RI, where I saw so many movies as a kid, including The Fly and The Alligator People, the first movies I ever saw in a theater, at six years old.

[esad]

1) Favorite quote from a filmmaker

"I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle. " - Alfred Hitchcock

2) A good movie from a bad director

Star Wars - George Lucas

3) Favorite Laurence Olivier performance

Marcus Licinius Crassus - Spartacus

4) Describe a famous location from a movie that you have visited (Bodega Bay, California, where the action in The Birds took place, for example). Was it anything like the way it was in the film? Why or why not?

Owl Creek Pass, CO - Where final face-off scences in True Grit were filmed. Looked exactly like the movie

5) Carlo Ponti or Dino De Laurentiis (Producer)?

De Laurentiss

6) Best movie about baseball

The Natural

7) Favorite Barbara Stanwyck performance

Double Indemnity - Although there are a few others I'd like to choose.

8) Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dazed and Confused?

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

9) What was the last movie you saw, and why? (We’ve used this one before, but your answer is presumably always going to be different, so…)

Live Free of Die Hard - Some friends wanted to go.

10) Whether or not you have actually procreated or not, is there a movie you can think of that seriously affected the way you think about having kids of your own?

Sitting Pretty

11) Favorite Katharine Hepburn performance

The Philadelphia Story

12) A bad movie from a good director

AI - Steven Spielberg - Worst last 10 minutes of a movie ever

13) Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom-- yes or no?

No

14) Ben Hecht or Billy Wilder (Screenwriter)?

Billy Wilder obviously

15) Name the film festival you’d most want to attend, or your favorite festival that you actually have attended

I've attended Sundance, but most festivals leave me wanting

16) Head or 200 Motels?

Which Head? Are we talking about 1968 one staring the Monkeys? In that case, I guess Head although it's a lose-lose choice.

17) Favorite cameo appearance
(Try visiting here and here for some good ideas! This question was inspired by Daniel Johnson at Film Babble)

Howard Cosell - Bananas (Not sure this counts, but spot on brilliant.)

18) Favorite Rosalind Russell performance

The Citadel

19) What movie, either currently available on DVD or not, has never received the splashy collector’s edition treatment you think it deserves? What would such an edition include?

The Magnificent Ambersons - With the original cut and ending obviously, plus all the behind the scenes stuff that went on between Wells and the studio.

20) Name a performance that everyone needs to be reminded of, for whatever reason

Lon Chaney - HE Who Gets Slapped - Kids these days could learn a thing or two

21) Louis B. Mayer or Harry Cohn (Studio Head)?

Louis

22) Favorite John Wayne performance

The Searchers

23) Naked Lunch or Barton Fink?

Barton Fink - I've seen Naked Lunch

24) Your Ray Harryhausen movie of choice

Mysterious Island - Loved this movie as a kid

25) Is there a movie you can think of that you feel like the world would be better off without, one that should have never been made?

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - As long as none of the others got made as well

24) Favorite Dub Taylor performance

You Can't Take it With You (This is mainly because Jean Arthur is in the movie)

25) If you had the choice of seeing three final movies, to go with your three last meals, before shuffling off this mortal coil, what would they be?

Well, I'd want to go out feeling good so,

Duck Soup
Local Hero
Star Wars

26) And what movie theater would you choose to see them in?

As long as I was alone it wouldn't matter

[diebitter]

1) Favorite quote from a filmmaker

Don't know the director, but he's foreign and in Hollywod. This is from one of David Niven's autobiographies, either 'The Moon's a Balloon' or more likely 'Bring on the Empty Horses'.

"YOU PEOPLE THINK I KNOW [censored] NOTHING, BUT I KNOW [censored] ALL!"


2) A good movie from a bad director
The Rock - Michael Bay
(Star Wars is the real winner though)

3) Favorite Laurence Olivier performance
Crassus in Spartacus, but there was a few others came close.


4) Describe a famous location from a movie that you have visited (Bodega Bay, California, where the action in The Birds took place, for example). Was it anything like the way it was in the film? Why or why not?

I used to work in the street where significant parts of 'Lock Stock' was made (where the guys AND the robbers hung out). It was exactly like the film.


5) Carlo Ponti or Dino De Laurentiis (Producer)?
De Laurentis

6) Best movie about baseball
I have no idea.

7) Favorite Barbara Stanwyck performance
Probably Doulbe Indemnity

8) Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Dazed and Confused?
Dazed and Confused

9) What was the last movie you saw, and why? (We’ve used this one before, but your answer is presumably always going to be different, so…)
Knocked Up, because I needed some comedy. It sounded good from what I heard, and it was good.

10) Whether or not you have actually procreated or not, is there a movie you can think of that seriously affected the way you think about having kids of your own?
Problem Child - still wanted them after seeing it.

11) Favorite Katharine Hepburn performance
Tracey - Philadelphia Story

12) A bad movie from a good director
Baby of Macon - Greenaway I think. It reeked.


13) Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom-- yes or no?
NO!

14) Ben Hecht or Billy Wilder (Screenwriter)?
Billy Wilder

15) Name the film festival you’d most want to attend, or your favorite festival that you actually have attended
Oh please.

16) Head or 200 Motels?
Head. What are we talking about again?

17) Favorite cameo appearance
The intellectual that Woody Allen produces to shut up the pretentious asshat behind him in the movie queue. If only life were really like that.

18) Favorite Rosalind Russell performance
I only know Gypsy

19) What movie, either currently available on DVD or not, has never received the splashy collector’s edition treatment you think it deserves? What would such an edition include?
A Christmas Story. As much Darren McGavin material as possible.

20) Name a performance that everyone needs to be reminded of, for whatever reason
James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy. Cagney was a titan of actors, but gets more and more forgotten every year.

21) Louis B. Mayer or Harry Cohn (Studio Head)?
Mayer

22) Favorite John Wayne performance
Ethan in The Searchers, and it's not close.

23) Naked Lunch or Barton Fink?
Neither.

24) Your Ray Harryhausen movie of choice
Golden Voyage of Sinbad for Caroline Munro's presence, if nothing else.


25) Is there a movie you can think of that you feel like the world would be better off without, one that should have never been made?
Highlander 2, obviously.

24) Favorite Dub Taylor performance
Who?

25) If you had the choice of seeing three final movies, to go with your three last meals, before shuffling off this mortal coil, what would they be?
Lawrence of Arabia
Christmas Story
Iron Giant


26) And what movie theater would you choose to see them in?
Odeon, Leicester Square

[John Cole]

Never seen Baby of Macon though I've read ghastly things about it; in general, I like Greenaway, especially The Draughtman's Contract.

Christmas Story

Not much on Darrin McGavin, but it features Jean Shepard reading from his stories, which is always a pleasure to hear.