Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Day 14


What film won an Oscar despite showing 1000 bare Scottish butts mooning King Edward I?  Braveheart

Who told a 1999 Oscar crowd, "Now my body is in tumult because it is a colossal moment of joy"?  Roberto Benigni

What Mel Gibson movie was inspired by an epic poem scribbled by Blind Harry the Minstrel?  Braveheart

What game did Suyuan, Lindo, Ying-Ying and An-Mei play, in The Joy Luck Club?  Mah-Jongg

What Babylonian king was Morpheus' hovercraft named after, in The Matrix?  Nebuchadnezzar

What film convinced Billy Bob Thornton to dump Laura Dern and run off with co-star Angelina Jolie?  Pushing Tin

What Hollywood rating was concocted to replace X-rated movies?  NC-17

What Chicago film critic launched an annual festival of "overlooked" films in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois?  Roger Ebert

What Polish locale was off-limits for the filming of Schindlers's List, prompting Steven Speilberg to build a replica just outside its gates?  Auschwitz

What actor dropped dead of a heart attack during the filming of Gladiator, forcing Ridley Scott to superimpose his head on another actor's body?  Oliver Reed

What movie has Jack Nicholson's character describe women as men without reason and accountability"?  As Good As It Gets

What film opened the day after scientists claimed they'd extracted DNA from a 120-million-year-old weevil stuck in tree sap?  Jurassic Park

What High-tech movie gave the world the memorable motto: "There is no spoon"?  The Matrix

What Coen brothers movie takes place mostly in Minnesota, despite its title?  Fargo

What reminder of Dead Man Walking is on display in Susan Sarandon's guest bathroom?  Her Academy Award

What movie villain griped: "I didn't spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called "Mister"?  Dr.  Evil

What actress in anticipation of her nude scene with Leonardo DiCaprio, flashed him the first time they met?  Kate Winslet

What 1996 movie featured John Travolta as a molting angel who smelled like cookies?  Michael

Who prepared for  her role as a crackhead in Jungle Fever by not bathing for two weeks?  Halle Berry

What movie was filmed under the working title "The Black Hill Project"?  The Blair Witch Project

What 1990 movie was a hit even though a third of the lines were delivered in Sioux, and subtitled?  Dances with Wolves

What movie had is cast and crew rehearse on a NASA training plane dubbed the "Vomit Comet"?  Apollo 13

What Oscar-winning film was hyped in ads picturing a woman's belly button and a red rose?  American Beauty

What depraved cartoon pair hallucinate, in their film debut, a backwards recording of the phrase: "Everybody go to college to Study Hard"?  Beavis and Butt-head

What film rating was Henry and June the first movie to earn?    NC-17

What martial arts spoof was the last Chris Farley movie to be released during his lifetime?  Beverly Hills Ninja

What irreverent movie featured the musical number What Would Brian Boitano Do?  South Park; Bigger, Longer & Uncut 

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