Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz

1 Who connects Margaret Thatcher, Julia Child and Susan Orlean?

1 Who connects Margaret Thatcher, Julia Child and Susan Orlean?

2 Which of this week’s releases ultimately derives from a story by Philip K Dick?

3 Liman, Greengrass, Greengrass, Gilroy. What are we talking about?

4 Who links Max the potbellied pig and Sparky the gay dog?

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5 Julia Roberts smash from the 1990s. Neil Jordan flick starring Robert Downey Jr. Maureen O’Hara is John Candy’s mother. What’s the link?

6 Combine an abrasive onomatopoeia with 9.5x1015 meters to create an animated icon?

7 “He would be in Jem’s room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.” The last line from which classic?

8 Who put “the ‘F’ back in Freedom”?

9 The two versions of which spooky story were subtitled eine Symphonie des Grauens and Phantom de Nacht?

10 Name the actor (pictured) disguised as Mark Twain?

And the answers...

1. Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady, Julie & Julia, Adaptation)

2. Total Recall

3. Directors of the Bourne movies.

4. George Clooney (owned such a pig, voiced the dog in South Park)

5. Titles derived from Roy Orbison songs (Pretty Woman, In Dreams, Only the Lonely)

6. Buzz Lightyear

7. To Kill a Mockingbird.

8. Team America: World Police (tagline)

9. Nosferatu

10. Val Kilmer