PICTURE, QUOTE, MOVIE QUIZ #93

 

 

 

1.  What movie is the picture from?

 

2.  What movie is this quote from?

 

What'd you give the Krauts for that egg?

 
Forty-five cigarettes. The price has gone up.

 
They wouldn't be the cigarettes you took us for last night?

 
What was I going to do with them? I only smoke cigars.

 

3.  What movie is this?

It was released in 1951.  It was directed by Lewis Milestone and was inspired by a short film entitled “Objective – Prisoners” which was about the necessity of taking prisoners for interrogation purposes.  It was filmed at Camp Pendleton, California with the full cooperation of the Marine Corps.  The movie is dedicated to the Marines and was later used as a recruiting film.  It opens with the “Marine Corps Hymn” which, of course, starts with the movies title.

 

PICTURE, QUOTE, MOVIE #58

1.  What movie is the picture from?

2.  What movie is this quote from?

Tough monkey. Guys like you end up in the stockade sooner or later. Some day you'll walk in; I'll be waiting. I'll show you a couple of things. 

3.  What movie is this?

It is one of the most beloved movies of its time.  It was directed by the acclaimed William Wyler and released in 1946.  Wyler had earlier done the famous documentary “Memphis Belle”.  Producer Samuel Goldwyn wanted to make a movie about returning veterans so it is set in the period immediately after WWII.  It is based on a blank verse novel by MacKinley Kantor and was adapted into the screenplay by Robert Sherwood – two heavyweights.  The movie was a box office smash in America and was actually even more popular in England.  It won seven Oscars:  Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Frederic March), Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell), Editing, Adapted Screenplay, and Original Score.  AFI ranked it as the 37^th best motion picture of all time.  Russell had lost his hands from a faulty fuse setting off some explosives during a training session.  He is the only actor ever to win two Oscars for the same performance.  The Academy felt he would lose for Best Supporting Actor so they gave him an honorary Oscar.  Wyler insisted on the crew being veterans.

PICTURE, MOVIE, QUOTE #37

1.  What movie is the picture from?

2.  What movie is this quote from?

"And what are you? So full of hate you want to go out and fight everybody! Because you've been whipped and chased by hounds. Well that might not be living, but it sure as hell ain't dying. And dying's been what these white boys have been doing for going on three years now! Dying by the thousands! Dying for *you*, fool! I know, 'cause I dug the graves. And all this time I keep askin' myself, when, O Lord, when it's gonna be our time?"

3.  What movie is this?

 It was directed and produced by John Wayne.  He did not intend to star in his directorial debut, but the studio refused to back the project without Wayne starring.  Wayne deserves a lot of credit for overcoming every obstacle to finish a project that was obviously important to him.  He assembled a good cast and did a competent job as director.  He also put a lot of his own money into it and did not recoup his investment.  The movie did not do particularly well at the box office but did get Oscar nominations for Sound, Cinematography, Editing, Score, and Song.  The set took two years to construct and looks more authentic than the original.  

PICTURE, QUOTE, MOVIE #35

1.  What movie is the picture from?

2.  What movie is this quote from?

"Generals can do anything. There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield. "

3.  What movie is this?

  It is based on a non-fiction book entitled Le Front de l’Art by Rose Valland.  The film was originally helmed by Arthur Penn, but co-producer and star Burt Lancaster axed him because Penn wanted to make more of a character study and Lancaster insisted the action be revved up.  The film was shot on location in France.  No models were used.  The air bombardment of the marshalling yard was symbiotic because the French government wanted the area cleared anyway.  (That less than one minute scene required fifty men wiring TNT for six weeks.)  Lancaster (51) did all of his stunts.  This included sliding down a hillside.  When he injured his knee stepping in a hole while golfing, it was written into the script that he would be wounded while fleeing under fire.  

PICTURE, QUOTE, MOVIE #32

1.  What movie is the picture from?

2.  What movie is this quote from?

Private: "Why us?"  Color Sergeant: "Because were 'ere, lad, because were 'ere".

3.  What movie is this?

It was released to coincide with Operation Torch. It is based on an unproduced play entitled “Everybody Comes to Rick’s”. Shockingly, several writers adapted it, which flies in the face of multi- writers signaling problems. Many of the extras were Jewish refugees. It was filmed at the studio. The Production Code Administration had all direct references to sex removed from the script. (Note to current television writers, it is possible to be sexy without beating the audience over the head.) It won three Oscars (Picture, Director, Screenplay) and was nominated for Actor, Supporting Actor, Cinematography (how did it lose that one?), Editing, and Music.  There was only half-hearted talk of a sequel.  Times change.

PICTURE, QUOTE, MOVIE #25

WHAT MOVIE IS THIS LINE FROM?

"Well, the tank's broke, and they're trying to fix it..."


WHAT MOVIE IS THIS?

It is a war movie dedicated to American bomber crews and command in England in 1942. It is based on the novel by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr. It was made with the full cooperation of the Air Force which provided several B-17s and combat footage including from the Luftwaffe. The movie was a hit with the critics and won two Academy Awards (Jagger for Best Supporting Actor and Best Sound Recording) and was nominated for two others (Best Picture and Peck for Actor). It takes its name from the slang for enemy fighters being spotted above and straight ahead.