Movie Trivia Quiz
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"You're not a man! You've got sawdust in your veins!" has to be one of the most beautifully overwrought lines in the history of English language film. I believe it was Hutton who had the privilege of delivering it to a shockingly young Charlton Heston in that film. As a matter of opinion, The Greatest Show On Earth also stands as the worst film to ever win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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I have to respectfully disagree with you there, on the grounds that it ignores the fact that Driving Miss Daisy and Terms of Endearment (over The Right Stuff) won the Best Picture Oscar. A LOT of atrocious movies have won the Best Picture Oscar. The Greatest Show on Earth is merely awful.El Vez wrote:The Greatest Show On Earth also stands as the worst film to ever win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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While I am far from these movies biggest fans (you have to be an elderly Jewish lady to be that), I think these are both pretty watchable movies despite have highly questionable, even hateable, aspects to bot of them for different reasons.
All of James L. Brooks movies are sort of uncomfortable mixtures of high comic intelligence and low pandering. "Miss Daisy" -- as I now dimly recall -- is surprisingly honest from a Jewish point of view, and probably very dishonest from an African-American one.
I see your point, but I must confess I actually enjoyed most of both movies -- but it's not something I'm that proud of.
Actually have not seen "Greatest"...maybe I'd like it partially too!
All of James L. Brooks movies are sort of uncomfortable mixtures of high comic intelligence and low pandering. "Miss Daisy" -- as I now dimly recall -- is surprisingly honest from a Jewish point of view, and probably very dishonest from an African-American one.
I see your point, but I must confess I actually enjoyed most of both movies -- but it's not something I'm that proud of.
Actually have not seen "Greatest"...maybe I'd like it partially too!
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http://www.forwardtoyesterday.com -- Where "hopelessly dated" is a compliment!
Carl Gottlieb. I remember that one because they played that damn movie on Showtime every week for years. The late, great Michael O'Donoghue (writer for the early years of SNL as well as creator of "Mr. Mike") wrote an opening scene for some never-filmed comedy where Peter Benchley is sitting by his pool writing another terrible shark story only to have a great white emerge from the deep end to devour him before he can finish.
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To put a finsih on it- you're right Noiseradio! I know it's 'Blow A Fuse' but it was a clue for the benefit of any Bjork fans that may want to guess. I love 'The Greatest Show on Earth' because it's absurd had an Oscar Wilde and Robert Browning reference.
I have no idea about such things El Vez-'Blackula' in the spirit of things.
I have no idea about such things El Vez-'Blackula' in the spirit of things.
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You win! Tom Hanks played the nutjob in question. An unintentionally very funny cautionary tale of the dangers of Role Playing Games. (love to see MST3K tackle this one) .Tom Hanks is the best thing in it, but he was not very far down the Road to Perdition at this point, if you catch my drift.
Your question, oh mighty crow....
Your question, oh mighty crow....
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