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| 7-2. One of every five Americans was reading a ___ newspaper every week. |
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| 7-4. The one thing Hearst wanted after almost flunking out of Harvard was his father’s ___. |
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| 7-5. Hearst was making a paper for the ___. |
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| 7-6. ___ was just the man to understand young Hearst. |
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| 7-7. His (Orson Welles) career was built on ___. |
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| 7-8. Orson Welles is somebody who simply didn’t have a __. |
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| 7-9. He (Orson Welles) was turning ___ into a spectacle, a pop thriller set in Haiti. |
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| 7-10. What did Hearst do to Pulitzer’s newspaper staff? |
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| 7-11. Hearst was elected to ___. |
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| 7-12. Hearst set out to buy a future in politics by buying___. |
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| 7-13. Welles was a young man who courted danger. That was always an element of his ___. |
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| 7-14. ___was offered the greatest contract in the history of Hollywood. It was just what he wanted and the worst thing that could happen to him. |
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| 7-15. He (Welles) saved his most savage portrayal for the woman who shared ___ life. |
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| 7-16. The collision between Hearst and Orson Welles, the battle over ‘Citizen Kane’ was a large part over the honor of his_. |
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| 7-17. She (Marion Davies) was a __ and made no bones about it. |
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| 7-18. He (Hearst) had the largest private __ in the world. |
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| 7-19. At his peak, Hearst was said to have accounted for 25% of the world’s __. |
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| 7-20. There had always been unfair whispers about Marion (Davies) that she was a floozy without much talent, but it was __ that would brand her forever. |
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| 7-21. He (Orson Welles) arrived in Hollywood at the height of__. |
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| 7-22. The deeper we penetrated into the heart of Charles Foster Kane, the closer we seemed to come to the identity of __. |
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| 7-23. Louella Parsons took three weeks off from reporting her column. Instead, she devoted this time to killing__. |
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| 7-24. __assembled his fellow studio chiefs. In their name, he offered $800k to buy the negative of ‘Citizen Kane’ for the express purpose of burning it. |
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| 7-25. No Hearst newspaper ever published a review, and no Hearst newspaper ever published an ad for ___. |
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| 7-26. The first time ‘Citizen Kane’ was nominated as one of the nominees, there were a certain number of __ from the audience. |
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| 7-27. There is only one winner in the story of __ and that’s the film that couldn’t be killed. |
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| 7-28. (Robert Wise) “Well, I thought often in recent years (about ‘Citizen Kane’) for the 50th anniversary. I certainly thought to myself that Orson was doing an __ film and didn’t realize it.” |
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| 7-29. (Orson Welles) “Movie making is 2% production and 98%__”. |
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| 7b-1. Of the following film techniques used in ‘Citizen Kane’, name one scene in which they were used. a. Deep Focus__ b. Chiaroscuro Lighting__ c. Low Camera Angles __ d. Mise-en-scene__ |
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| a. First scene at Boarding School b. Discussion after news reel c. Kane & Leland talking after failed office run d. Susan receiving singing lessons. |
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| 7b-2. ‘Citizen Kane’ is told out of chronological order. This was done so five individuals could retell the story of Charles Foster Kane. Who were they? (5x) |
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1. Walter Thatcher
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3. Mr. Leland
4. Susan Alexander
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| 7b-3. What was the meaning of Rosebud in ‘Citizen Kane’? |
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| 7b-4. Charles Foster Kane’s dying word was? |
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| 7b-5. The summation of Kane’s life (obituary) was told via a__? |
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| News On The March news reel |
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| 7b-6. What was the reason Mrs. Kane gave for sending young Charles off to live with Mr. Thatcher? |
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| Properly educated (to get rich) & away from his father |
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| 7b-7. When it came time for Kane to enter the business world, he choose a company saying, “I think it might be fun to run a __”. |
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| 7b-8. In order to make the Inquirer an important champion of people’s rights, Kane wrote his __ of __. |
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| 7b-9. In order to reach the circulation of The Chronicle, Kane bought the __. |
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| 7b-10. Kane first met Susan Alexander when she was having a medical problem. It was a __. |
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| 7b-11. Kane’s ambition for Susan Alexander was that she become an __ star. |
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| 7b-12. While writing an opera review, Jedediah Leland passed out from drinking. Who eventually finished his review? |
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| 7b-13. When Susan Alexander considered herself a failure, what action did she take? |
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| Attempted suicide by sedative overdose |
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| 7b-14. When Susan Alexander left Kane, how did he react? |
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| 7b-15. What was the actual object, Rosebud? |
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| 7q-1 What was the name of Orson Welles’ theatrical company? |
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| 7q-2 What Welles radio broadcast caused a world of problems? |
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| 7q-3 Who directed ‘Citizen Kane’? |
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| 7q-4 Who was ‘Citizen Kane’s director of photography? |
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| 7q-5 What did Herman Mankiewicz do on ‘Citizen Kane’? |
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| Wrote the screenplay, suggested a film be made on WR Hearst. Told Kane about features of Hearst Castle. |
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| 7q-6 What term means the arrangement of light and dark images? |
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| 7q-7 What French term means to let the actors perform without editing? |
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| 7q-8 Before coming to Hollywood, where was Orson Welles considered a star? |
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| Radio & Broadway; New York |
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| 7q-9 What film would scandalize the life of W.R.Hearst? |
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| 7q-10 What is it called when foreground, middleground and background are all in focus? |
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| 7q-11 Who was the producer of ‘Citizen Kane’? |
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| 7q-12 In ‘Citizen Kane’, who played Charles Foster Kane? |
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| 7q-13 How old was Orson Welles when he 1st performed on stage? |
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| 7q-14 What was the play where Orson Wells used an all African American cast? |
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| 7q-15 What radio character did Orson Welles make famous? |
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| 7q-16 What studio first signed Orson Welles to a Hollywood contract? |
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| 7q-17 The film, ‘Citizen Kane’, is based on what person’s life? |
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| 7q-18 What was Marion Davies profession? |
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| 7q-19 What movie is considered the most important film during the sound era? |
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| 7q-20 Who was WR Hearst’s mistress? |
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| 7q-21 What MGM studio head offered $800k to RKO for ‘Citizen Kane’? |
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| 7q-22 How many Academy Awards was ‘Citizen Kane’ nominated for? |
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| 7q-23 How many Academy Awards did ‘Citizen Kane’ win? |
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| 7q-24 How much advertising did RKO put into ‘Citizen Kane’? |
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| One ad that simply said "Big Screen Attraction" |
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| 7q-25 What was the deal RKO offered to Orson Welles? |
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Can make any 2 films.
Can produce, direct, write, star or any combo.
Have final cut approval.
Studio will stay out of your way. |
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| 7q-26 What group of men wanted Orson Welles to fail? |
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| 7q-27 What camera angle makes the subject seem more powerful? |
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| 8-1. Who is born at the start of the film? |
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| 8-2. How does Amelie’s mother die? |
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| Crushed by a woman who had jumped off the Notre Dame |
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| 8-3. Amelie leaves home and gets a job as a __ in a Montmartre café. |
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| 8-4. What does Amelie like to do at the movies? |
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Looking back at people’s faces in the dark.
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| 8-5. What does Amelie find hidden inside her wall? |
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| A tin box with childhood memorabilia |
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| 8-6. What does Amelie do with the object she finds in the wall? |
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| Return it to its owner, Dominique Bretodeau |
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| 8-7. What was the object that Amelie’s father puts near her mother’s ashes? |
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| 8-8. What is the old painter who never leaves his house called? |
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| 8-9. What was the object Amelie takes from her father’s yard? |
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| 8-10. What does Amelie find lying in the street? |
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| Photo album of torn photo booth pics |
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| 8-11. Who does Amelie play dirty tricks on? |
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| 8-12. What is so unusual about Amelie’s father’s gnome? |
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| The statue sends photos of himself as he travels around the world |
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| 8-13. What is placed under the old painter’s door mat? |
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| Envelope with video tape of tv shows |
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| 8-14. What happens when Amelie’s love interest comes to the café? |
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| Amelie is too shy to admit she’s the woman in the torn up photo. She asks her fellow waitress to put a note in his pocket unbeknownst to him. He leaves and she falls apart into a splash of water. On his second visit, he exits to talk with the fellow waitress. Amelie mistakes this for them being together and she becomes upset. |
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| 8-15. What job does the man with the red shoes have? |
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| 8-16. Who is the person that gives Amelie some good advice? |
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| 8-17. At the end, we see Amelie and her lover __. |
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| Nino Quincompoix, happy together on a motorbike |
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| 8q-1 Critics from what French magazine became filmmakers? |
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| 8q-2 What was the movement French movie critics started in the cinema? |
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| 8q-3 What style of filmmaking uses lightweight handheld cameras? |
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| 8q-4 In which country did neorealism get its start? |
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| 8q-5 What are the characteristics of neorealism? |
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| Use of scrap B&W film, amateur actors, shot on location, postdubbed dialogue. |
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| 8q-6 What was the offer David O Selznick made to Vittorio De Sica? |
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| $1million and an American, Cary Grant, as the main actor. |
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| 8q-7 What background did the star of “The Bicycle Thief” have? |
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| 8q-8 Who said “put down your pen and pick up a camera” to French film critics? |
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| 8q-9 Oliver Stone’s “Natural Born Killers” used elements of what movement? |
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| 8q-10 In a 1952 poll, this film was voted the #1 movie by Sight & Sound magazine. |
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| 8q-11 What French director introduced cinema-verite? |
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| 8q-12 The “white telephone” genre was popular in what country? |
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| 8q-13 What French director popularized the auteur theory? |
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| 8q-14 What film movement was started in the 1920’s by artists living in Paris? |
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| 8q-15 Who directed “The Seventh Seal”? |
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| 8q-16 What is it called when something or someone conveys a meaning of greater importance than the actual object or person? |
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| 8q-17 In what country did surrealism get its start? |
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| 8q-18 Who was the director of “Amelie”? |
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| 8q-19 Who was the star of “Amelie”? |
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| 8q-20 What French politician received a private screening of “Amelie”? |
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| 8q-21 What is it called when one person’s vision is captured on film? |
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| 8q-22 What was the movement film critics, working for Cashiers Du Cinema, started? |
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| 8q-23 What Swedish film helped to popularize symbolism in the cinema? |
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| 9-1. What was Ben’s graduation present? |
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| New red car, an Alfa Romeo |
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| 9-2. What sport did Ben star in during college? |
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| 9-3. What business was Ben told that there was “a great future in?” |
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| 9-4. Who was the aggressor in Ben’s relationship with Mrs. Robinson? |
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| 9-5. Where did Ben have an affair with Mrs. Robinson? |
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| 9-6. Who was Benjamin’s father’s business partner’s wife? |
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| 9-7. What was Benjamin so worried about upon arriving home from college? |
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| 9-8. What does Mrs. Robinson say to provoke Ben into having sex with her? |
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| That this could possibly be his first time and he could be inadequate. |
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| 9-9. How long did Ben’s affair with Mrs. Robinson last? |
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| 9-10. What was the reason Mrs. Robinson got married? |
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| 9-11. What reason did Mrs. Robinson give Ben for not allowing him to date Elaine? |
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| 9-12. What promise did Ben give to Mrs. Robinson? |
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| 9-13. How would you describe the first part of Ben’s date with Elaine? |
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| Awkward for Elaine because he took her out to a nude bar. |
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| 9-14. In order to keep Ben from seeing Elaine, Mrs. Robinson threatened to do what? |
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| Tell Elaine everything about their affair |
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| 9-15. At what point does ‘The Graduate’ change from a comedy to a melodrama? |
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| When Mrs. Robinson threatens to tell Elaine about their affair. |
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| 9-16. How long did Ben and Elaine date before he decided he was going to marry her? |
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| 9-17. What form of transportation do Ben and Elaine use to escape the crowd after leaving the church? |
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| 10-1. What was the social event being held at the opening of the film? |
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| Don Coreone’s daughter’s wedding |
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| 10-2. Don Corleone’s godson (Johnny Fontane) asks him for a favor. What was it? |
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| To get a film producer to put Johnny in a film |
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| 10-3. After the film producer (Woltz) didn’t agree to Don Corleone’s request, the Don___. |
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| Had Woltz’s horse beheaded and put on the Woltz’s bed while he was sleeping. |
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| 10-4. What was the offer that Don Corleone turned down that caused him to get shot? |
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| He refused to get into the drug business and lend his political networking connections |
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| 10-5. Which son went to the hospital alone to see his father? |
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| 10-6. From where does Michael get the gun to shoot the police chief and Sollozzo? |
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| 10-7. How dos Michael’s first wife die? |
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| 10-8. Who does Sonny attack in retaliation for his sister’s beating? |
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| 10-9. Who called the meeting of the crime families in order to declare a truce? |
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| 10-10. When the Don retires, who does he pick to take his place? |
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| 10-11. When Michael went to Las Vegas, he asked Moe Green to sell him something. What was it? |
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| 10-12. What event did Michael attend when the shooting of the rival gangs took place? |
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| 10-13. At the end of the film, Kay (Diane Keaton) asks Michael, “Is it true (that you killed Connie’s husband)?” What was Michael’s answer? |
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| He replies, “Don’t ask me about my business!”, then offers “I’ll let you ask me this one time” and replies “No.” |
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| 9q-1 What 3 organizations opposed offensive material in films? |
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1. Church Groups
2. The Government
3. Women's Groups |
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| 9q-2 Which American film is considered the most banned film in history? |
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| 9q-3 What does P.C.A. stand for in the motion picture industry? |
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| Production Code Administration |
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| 9q-4 Who was the comedian banned from acting in Hollywood films by the P.C.A.? |
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| 9q-5 What was Will Hays’ background? |
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| Former US Postmaster General & Presbyterian elder |
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| 9q-6 Who was chosen by Will Hays to enforce The Production Code? |
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| 9q-7 What were the backgrounds of the 2 men who wrote the production code? |
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1. Former US Postmaster General & Presbyterian elder & Overseas Commissioner for the National Catholic Welfare Conference
2. Anti-Semite & Catholic |
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| 9q-8 What happened to film attendance at movie theaters after The Production Code went into effect? |
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| 9q-9 What was the most censored film of the 1930’s? |
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| 9q-10 What did the P.C.A. find objectionable about “Gone with the Wind?” |
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| The use of the word “Damn” |
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| 9q-11 What actress caused the Legion of Decency to be formed? |
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| 9q-12 What film caused Hollywood to abandon The Production Code? |
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"The Miracle"
Filmmakers have freedom of speech, 5th Amendment |
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| 9q-13 What person created The Ratings System? |
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| 9q-14 What does NC-17 stand for? |
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| “No Child under 17” admitted |
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| 9q-15 What 1960’s film upset parents and caused Congress to hold special hearings? |
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| 9q-16 Who directed “The Graduate”? |
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| 9q-17 How much was Dustin Hoffman paid for his role in “The Graduate”? |
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| 9q-18 Who did the Hollywood Moguls put in charge of the P.C.A.? |
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| 9q-19 What famous child actress was cast in a film that the P.C.A. found objectionable? |
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| 9q-20 When did concerns about censorship in films first start? |
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| 1896 - The Irwin Rice Kiss |
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| 9q-21 Has the Federal Government ever censored movies? |
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| 10q-1. Where does ‘The Godfather ‘ rank of AFI’s top 100 list? |
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| 10q-2. At the age of 10, what severe medical problem did Coppola have? |
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| 10q-3. Where did Coppola attend film school? |
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| 10q-4. How did Coppola get his job at Warner Bros.? |
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| Wrote an award winning screenplay, Pilma Pilma, and offered a contract writer job. |
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| 10q-5. Who was the actor that won an Oscar for his role in ‘The Godfather’? |
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| 10q-6. Where did Coppola locate American Zoetrope Studios? |
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| 10q-7. How many directors turned down ‘The Godfather’ before Coppola was hired? |
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| 10q-8. Who wrote the novel, ‘The Godfather’? |
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| 10q-9. Who was the DP on “The Godfather”? |
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| 10q-10. What did James Caan do to break the tension on the set of “The Godfather”? |
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Dropped his pants, mooned ppl on set
After, others started to do so as well |
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| 10q-11. Who was the actor Paramount Studio executives were most resistant to using in “The Godfather”? |
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| 10q-12. Who was Johnny Fontane’s character based on? |
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| 10q-13. How many Academy Awards was “The Godfather” nominated for? |
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| 10 nominations in 7 different categories |
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| 10q-14. How many Academy Awards did “The Godfather” win? |
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| 10q-15. What was the Academy Award that Coppola won for “The Godfather”? |
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| 10q-16. What did the film industry do to regain audience that TV had taken away? |
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Boycott TV
didn’t rent movies to TV networks
movie actors couldn’t appear on TV
produce more color films and in widescreen format and 3D stereophonic sound
create large historic epics w/ big budgets
utilize sex & violence |
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| 10q-17. What are the five film eras that we have covered in class? |
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1. Era of Discovery
2. Era of Feature Film
3. Sound Era
4. Hollywood in Transition
5. Hollywood Renaissance |
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| 10q-18. Who were the Hollywood Ten? |
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| 10 directors/screenwriters who were affiliated w/ communism |
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| 10q-19. What does “Hollywood in Transition” refer to? |
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| 1945-1970s where workers went on strike, anti-communism about, movie monopolies were broken up, more sexualized and violent films were made, 3D & widescreen color sound films were made, epics |
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| 10q-20. What effect did the ratings system have on film attendance? |
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| 10q-21. Has Hollywood ever boycotted TV? |
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| 10q-22. What caused the disappearance of Picture Palaces? |
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Veterans given low interest loans by gov. -> moved to suburbs
& Growth of TV |
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| 10q-23. Why did the gov. sue Paramount in 1948? |
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| 10q-24. What year was the peak box office movie attendance? |
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| 10q-25. The movie "Bonnie & Clyde" was very popular and featured something TV was not allowed... |
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| 10q-26. By 1972, what film became the all-time, box office champ? |
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| 10q-27. Why were individuals from the movie industry called before the House on Un-American Activities Committee? |
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| To question individuals who had communist affiliations. And some politicians thought they could get considerable press coverage if they got prominent individuals there. |
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| 10q-28. Why did individuals from the motion picture industry join the communist party during the 1930-40s? |
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| To obtain higher wages, better working conditions |
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| 10q-29. What was the fate of the Hollywood Ten? |
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| 10q-30. What caused movie studio workers to strike in 1945-6? |
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| 10q-31. What was the subject that made the film “Bob Carol Ted and Alice” so popular? |
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| When Done reviewing the class-provided Questions, here's more I created myself for test 2: |
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| http://www.flashcardmachine.com/2538103/k8k1 |
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