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With the Academy Awards right around the corner, it’s time to test your knowledge of 2007 movies with this movie quotes quiz.
Try to guess which films the movie quotes below came from.
Easy, you say? We’ll see!
1. “I’m handsome even when I sleep?”
2. “It all started with a chair.”
3. “Never trust a sailor on dry land.”
4. “I am Shiva, the god of death.”
5. “Aw, hells bells. They even shot the dog!”
6. “If I cannot fly, let me sing…”
7. “Wouldn’t it be funny if the devil looked just like you?”
8. “This much I know, when the storm breaks, some are dumb with terror and some spread their wings like eagles and soar. “
9. “Can we just take a moment to reflect on all of the ways that you are a douche bag?”
10. “Judges, lawyers, cops, politicians. They stop bringing dope into this country, about a hundred thousand people are gonna be out of a job.”
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Answers
1. “I’m handsome even when I sleep?” was asked by Prince Edward (James Marsden) in Enchanted.
2. “It all started with a chair” was said by Juno MacGuff (Ellen Philpotts-Page) in Juno.
3. “Never trust a sailor on dry land” was said by Tommy Nettle (Daniel Mays) in Atonement.
4. “I am Shiva, the god of death” was said by Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) in Michael Clayton.
5. “Aw, hells bells. They even shot the dog!” was said by Wendell (Garret Dillahunt) in No Country for Old Men.
6. “If I cannot fly, let me sing…” was said by Johanna (Jayne Wisener) in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
7. “Wouldn’t it be funny if the devil looked just like you?” was asked by Private Robert Ortiez (Victor Wolf) in In the Valley of Elah.
8. “This much I know, when the storm breaks, some are dumb with terror and some spread their wings like eagles and soar” was said by Dr. John Dee (David Threlfall) in Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
9. “Can we just take a moment to reflect on all of the ways that you are a douche bag?” was asked by Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in Charlie Wilson’s War.
10. “Judges, lawyers, cops, politicians. They stop bringing dope into this country, about a hundred thousand people are gonna be out of a job” was said by Detective Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) in American Gangster.
I hope you enjoyed this movie quotes quiz! Check out our other posts related to 2007 movies:
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Plenty of romantic movies can help you get in the mood for Valentine’s Day, but these 10 are among our favorites. The V-Day film-watching formula is simple: grab the chocolate ice cream, a box of Kleenex (depending on the movie) and the remote control. Then, fire up one of these movies on DVD and enjoy:
The Lake HouseMemorable quote from the movie:
“Even though this is clearly impossible, it’s amazing.“
The Ghost and Mrs. MuirMemorable quote from the movie:
“You’ll forgive me if I take a minute to get accustomed to you.“
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
Starring Woody Allen, Diane Wiest, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey
103 minutes
Memorable quote from the movie:
“And Nietzsche, with his theory of eternal recurrence. He said that the life we lived we’re gonna live over again the exact same way for eternity. Great. That means I’ll have to sit through the Ice Capades again.“
The Enchanted Cottage
1945
Starring Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall, Mildred Natwick
91 minutes
Read our movie review
Memorable quote from the movie:
Oliver Bradford (Robert Young): “Well, apparently you don’t complain!“
Major John Hillgrove (Herbert Marshall): “You haven’t given me a chance.“When Harry Met Sally
1989
Starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
96 minutes
Memorable quote from the movie:
“Had my dream again where I’m making love, and the Olympic judges are watching. I’d nailed the compulsories, so this is it, the finals. I got a 9.8 from the Canadians, a perfect 10 from the Americans, and my mother, disguised as an East German judge, gave me a 5.6. Must have been the dismount.“
Moonstruck
1987
Starring Cher, Nicholas Cage, Olympia Dukakis
102 minutes
Memorable quote from the movie:
“Pardon me folks. That was just a very attractive mental patient.“
You’ve Got Mail
1998
Starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
119 minutes
Memorable quote from the movie:
“It was a perfect blend of poetry and meanness.“
Gone With the Wind
1939
Starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard
226 min (copyright length), 238 min (restored U.S. DVD version)
Memorable quote from the movie:
“No, I don’t think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That’s what’s wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how. “
Chasing Amy
1997
Starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee
113 minutes
Memorable quote from the movie:
Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams): “So, you’ve never been curious about men?“
Holden (Ben Affleck): “Curious about men? Well, I always wondered why my father watched Hee Haw.“
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
Starring Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell
117 minutes
Memorable quote from the movie:
“That’s the great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid; people are less suspicious of you.“
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Get geared up for the Super Bowl by seeing if you can answer the following football movie trivia questions!
1. Which of the following actors did NOT have his debut in the 1986 football movie Wildcats?
2. One of the semi-pro teams in the 1974 version of The Longest Yard had the same name as a company mentioned in 1987’s Wall Street, starring Michael Douglas. What was the name of that company?
3. In the 1932 Marx Brothers football-related movie Horse Feathers, one of the brothers limped through half the film because in real life his kneecap had been shattered in a car accident. Which brother had the limp?
4. Which 1971 movie that reenacted a real-life relationship between football teammates aired on television before it was released theatrically?
5. Which football movie was inspired by a McDonald’s ad about Pee-Wee Football that ran during the Super Bowl? (Steven Spielberg liked it so much, the day after it aired he called up the ad’s creator and hired him to write the script for it.)
6. There were only two football movies shot on the Notre Dame campus. One was Knute Rockne: All American (1940). What was the other one?
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Answers
Now it’s time to see whether you’re a movie star.
1. Samuel L. Jackson was the only one of the four actors who did not have his debut in Wildcats.
2. The name of the company mentioned in Wall Street and The Longest Yard was Anacott Steel, and it doesn’t exist.
3. Chico was the Marx brother who limped in Horse Feathers.
4. Brian’s Song was shown on television before it was released theatrically.
5. The movie inspired by the McDonald’s ad was 1994’s Little Giants.
6. The other football movie shot on the Notre Dame campus was Rudy (1993).
So, how did you do with this test of your football movie trivia knowledge? If you didn’t get most of the answers right, don’t worry; you’re not alone. The questions were hard!
If you’re interested in movies and movie trivia (which you probably are if you’re reading this blog), you’ll love Blue Skelton’s Production Blog. Tricky Movie Trivia tends to focus at least some of the time on classic movies, since that’s my passion. But the Production Blog stays right up-to-date with all the latest film industry news, movies in production and new movie trailers. (In fact, check out the trailer for the remake of Get Smart that was recently posted on the Production Blog.)
Blue also manages to keep up with celebrity gossip, as well as provide tips for film production professionals. I don’t know how he gives such comprehensive coverage while running a production company, but he does a great job.
Blue’s latest project is the launch of the biggest movie blog carnival ever created, so if you’re like me and just can’t get enough information about movies, check out the write-ups he did on 34 diverse movie blogs. We thank him for making Tricky Movie Trivia one of them!
Continuity errors happen in every film, because it’s difficult to make sure every little detail is perfect. Superbad is no exception; it had a lot of them. Here are just some of those Superbad trivia gems:
I hope you enjoyed this Superbad trivia!
If you haven’t done so already, take our Superbad and other Seth Rogen films movie trivia quiz and read our Superbad movie review.
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The Enchanted Cottage is probably one of the best black and white movies you’ve never seen.
Set in 1942 and released in 1945, the film uses WWII as the backdrop for a fairy-tale-like story of two ugly ducklings who find love. Even if you don’t like fantasy movies, you’ll probably like this one. And if you like romantic classic movies, this is one you won’t want to miss.
Beautiful Dorothy McGuire (Claudia, Gentleman’s Agreement) plays Laura Pennington, who’s considered homely by just about everyone she runs across in the movie. It’s a testament to McGuire’s acting skills (with a little credit thrown in for the make-up man) that she pulls off being so unattractive. And speaking of the make-up man, he worked overtime turning Robert Young’s (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.) Oliver Bradford into a character who could have been right at home in an episode of The Twilight Zone.
What makes this film so special is its power to evoke emotion. If you’ve ever been on the outside of anything, you’ll feel a kindred spirit with Laura Pennington as she sits in the war-time canteen while everyone dances but her. The same holds true for Oliver Bradford’s struggle with his war injury and resulting disfigurement. Young makes you understand just how frustrated his character must be.
The two unfortunates are joined by Herbert Marshall as blind composer and piano player Major John Hillgrove. It’s through his metaphorical eyes that we’re given clues on how to view the film, and maybe even life itself. When his character explains how he only truly learned to see after he lost his actual sight, you begin to understand the depth of the story.
Hillgrove’s blindness isn’t the only reference to sight in the movie. In fact, the idea that sight is relative is at the heart of the movie. Although they retain their physical sight, Oliver and Laura begin to see each other through new eyes, which is a revelation for both of them. This new vision — created by love — is then challenged by the outside world. Oliver and Laura almost succumb to other people’s vision of them, but in the end, they decide that the only view of life that matters to them is their own.
This movie has not been released on DVD, but it’s available on VHS. Also, occasionally American Movie Classics (AMC) plays it, along with an introductory conversation by Robert Osborn and Whoopi Goldberg. If your cable system has On Demand, you also might be able to find it there.
The Enchanted Cottage cast
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What better way could there be for a movie trivia blog to pay tribute to handsome and talented Heath Ledger than to offer up some facts on his short life and career?
We say a reluctant good-bye to Heath Ledger. Thanks for everything you gave us. We’ll miss you.
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If you’re a fan of the “f” word, you’re going to love Superbad.
No self-respecting Superbad movie review would be complete without mentioning that the “f” word was used 186 times — and the unrated version of the movie was only 118 minutes long (114 for the rated version). That’s an average of approximately 1.6 uses of the word per minute.
But even if you don’t like to hear the “f” word sprayed around like water out of an open fire hydrant, there’s plenty to like about this movie. And you don’t even have to be in high school. Actually, writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were younger than that when they wrote the movie; they were only 13. That’s probably what made the movie so appealing to me. (Although, I like all Seth Rogen movies.) I sure wouldn’t want to be that young again, but it’s fun to be taken there again for two hours or so.
If I had to reduce the movie to an elevator pitch (a description that can be heard in the time it takes to go on an elevator ride), here’s how it would play out: “Three alcohol-obsessed boys go on a local road trip to find said alcohol and get girls. Hilarity ensues.”
But if I were to describe it for grown-ups who might want to watch the movie, I would add some details you probably wouldn’t expect if you only heard the elevator pitch: There’s a beating heart at the center of Superbad. Main characters Seth, Evan and Fogell (aka McLovin), two of which are named after writers Rogen and Goldberg, alternate between being obnoxious teenagers and semi-enlightened beings. This vacillation elevates the movie above being just an f-bomb-filled, trashy-talkfest. The characters’ going back and forth between doing the right thing and very wrong things makes it a lot like life. Hey, there are a lot of supposed adults out in the world who don’t have these kids’ grasp on the fact that they need to take some responsibility for their behavior.
But don’t let me make the movie seem too high-tone; it’s not. It wasn’t meant to be. It was meant to be just a funny teenage movie with a lot of cussing and plenty of laughs. And in that, it succeeded.
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Watch trailers for the movie at the official Sony Pictures Superbad Web site
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I can’t help but think of Now, Voyager as one of the original chick flicks. It has all the components that make Lifetime movies so popular: forbidden romance, an ugly duckling who turns into an elegant swan, an oppressive mother who is eventually put in her place and a backdrop of the high-class world of wealth.
But Now, Voyager is a world apart from the chick flicks of today. It set the bar high when it came out in 1942. Part of the reason for that was its star, Bette Davis. Never better, she fully embodied the character of the bespectacled, caterpillar-browed Charlotte Vale who appeared early in the film. Many beautiful actresses have allowed themselves to be made ugly for movie roles, but few have achieved the transformation as well as Bette Davis did in this movie.
But looks are only part of the story. Our ugly duckling is so oppressed, you can’t help but squirm a little as you watch her. This causes you to root for her right from the start. Her transformation is amazing to watch, because she changes more than just her external appearance — that’s the easy part. You actually watch her become a full person as the film moves on. As is often the case in real life, that doesn’t come easily. And when a man and his troubled child come along who are struggling, too, their effort to preserve the strip of territory that belongs just to them is believable and compelling. The realistic way this mutual effort survives against all obstacles is what keeps the movie from sinking into being maudlin. You don’t actually stand up and cheer at the end; the experience is more low-key and satisfying than that. Instead, you’re left with the quiet feeling that with determination, strength and love; anything is possible.
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