DONALD CLARKE gives us another intriguing movie quiz
1. Which current smash ultimately derives from the work of Victor Hugo?
2. Who is missing: Gilliam, Cleese, Chapman, Jones, Idle?
3. Which current release derives its title from a military euphemism for half past midnight?
4. Who is pretending to be Julian Assange in an upcoming film (see photo)?
5. "Just another American who thinks he's John Wayne.” Who is described thus in his very first outing?
6. What comes after I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Used Cars and Romancing the Stone?
7. Somewhat surprisingly, Robert Altman (1973), Dick Richards (1975) and the late Michael Winner (1978) are the last three directors to date to adapt what?
8. Which film follows the grim adventures of David Mills and William Somerset?
9. Who’s missing: Pat Solitano, Jean Valjean, Freddie Quell, Whip Whittaker?
10. “Six months isn't so long. Not everybody gets corrupted. You have to have a little faith in people.” The last line of which picture?
ANSWERS
1. Les Misérables
2. (Michael) Palin (the five members of the Monty Python team)
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Benedict Cumberbatch
5. John McClane in Die Hard
6. Back to the Future (first films by Robert Zemeckis)
7. Adapt one of Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe books for the big screen (The Long Goodbye, Farewell My Lovely, The Big Sleep).
8. Se7en
9. Abraham Lincoln (characters played by nominees for this year’s best actor Oscar)
10. Manhattan