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| R7-1 Orson Welles was born in __? |
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| R7-2 Welles mother & father died when he was __ & __? |
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| R7-3 After Welles’ parents died, Welles became a ward of __? |
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| R7-4 Welles graduated from __? |
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| Todd School for Boys at Woodstock, IL |
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| Virginia Nicholson first, then Rita Hayworth next, and finally Paola Mori |
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| R7-6 Welles formed what group? |
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| The Mercury Players with John Houseman & The Mercury Theater On The Air |
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| R7-7 What year was War of the Worlds broadcast? |
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| R7-8 How old was Welles when he directed Citizen Kane? |
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| R7-9 Welles left Hollywood for __? |
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| R7-10 Welles directed and/or appeared in how many films? |
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| R7-11 Welles was the recipient of __ at age 68? |
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| The AFI Life Achievement Award |
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| R7-12 Citizen Kane was released in __? |
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| R7-13 In Citizen Kane, Charles Kane was placed in the care of __ as a child. |
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| R7-14 In Citizen Kane, Kane takes charge of which newspaper? |
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| R7-15 Citizen Kane was nominated for which Academys? |
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| 9 – Picture, Director, Actor, Screenplay, Cinematography, Interior Decoration, Sound Recording, Music Scoring, Film Editing |
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| R7-16 Chiaroscuro is an __ term that means__. |
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| Italian word, chair (bright) & oscuro (dark) |
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| R7-17 Mise-en-scene means ___. |
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| ‘to dress a set’ in French |
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| R7-18 Orson Welles had an IQ of__. |
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| R7-19 Instead of attending Harvard, Welles headed to __. |
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| R7-20 Because Welles ran out of money travelling, Welles started working at__. |
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| The Gate Theater in Dublin |
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| R7-21 At the Gate Theater, Welles introduced himself as the star of __, although that was stretching the truth. |
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| The New York Theater Guild |
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| R7-22 Welles started his profession career at age __. |
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| R7-23 Welles first starred in this New York act. |
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| R7-24 Welles’ version of Macbeth was unique in that it used ___. |
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| An all black cast with little experience |
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| R7-25 Welles’ Macbeth was a success or failure? |
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| R7-26 What paid the bills for the Mercury Players? |
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| R7-27 In order to get quickly from one place to another, Welles often rode in a ___ to get around traffic. |
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| R7-28 Partly the inspiration for Darth Vader’s voice was__? |
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| The Shadow, played by Welles |
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| R7-29 The War of the Worlds was a story about___? |
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| A Martian invasion of Earth. |
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| R7-30 The scriptwriter on Citizen Kane was __? |
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| R7-31 Hearst built this in San Simeon, CA. |
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| R7-32 These three things were at the Hearst Castle |
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1. Indoor swimming pool
2. Exotic Animals
3. Art collection |
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| R7-33 These people would gather at the Hearst Theater and dine. |
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| Hollywood celebrities, like Charlie Chaplin and Marion Davies. |
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| R7-34 Hearst was a senator for this state. |
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| R7-35 In Citizen Kane, Xanadu is based on the __. |
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| R7-36 Welles went around filming Citizen Kane in secret because he thought RKO would__ |
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| Stop production due to the unflattering portrayal of Hearst. |
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| R7-37 Production #281 was really named __. |
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| R7-38 Welles brought a number of actors from __ to Hollywood. |
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| R7-39 Welles and Toland ripped up the floor boards filming Citizen Kane to achieve this __. |
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| R7-40 The most revolutionary aspect of Citizen Kane was__? |
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| Its style, drawing attention to itself using the camera and lighting as poetry. |
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| R7-41 To create some of the sets in Citizen Kane, Welles used __ from the optical effects department. |
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| R7-42 For a period of time on Citizen Kane, Welles had to work from a __. |
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| Wheelchair, because he fell down stairs |
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| R7-43 To show the passage of time in Citizen Kane when Kane first meets Susan Alexander, Welles uses this film technique. |
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| R7-44 The camera movement in this scene helped get Citizen Kane nominated for an Academy in cinematography. |
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| The opening where the camera moves through the neon sign, through the skylight, into the restaurant below |
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| R7-45 This prop was used to reinforce the idea that Kane saw himself as all-important. |
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| R7-46 No one dared criticize Hearst because he was__. |
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| One of the most powerful men in USA |
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| R7-47 The only mention allowed of Citizen Kane in a Hearst newspaper was__. |
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| R7-48 RKO did what with Citizen Kane’s release? |
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| Provided little film support, pulled from theaters after a short run, and stored in RKO’s vault. |
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| R7-49 What did Welles do at the San Francisco premiere of Citizen Kane? |
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| Didn’t go back to his hotel room due to a setup with an underaged girl by Hearst. |
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| R7-50 The sound era’s most important film is __. |
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| R7-51 The silent era’s most important film is __. |
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| R8-1 Vittorio De Sica directed __. |
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| R8-2 Un Chien Andalou was directed by __. |
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| Luis Bunuel & Salvador Dali |
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| R8-3 Neorealism was over by __. |
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| R8-4 Cahiers Du Cinema started in __. |
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| R8-5 Surrealism’s most notable film was __ |
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| R8-6 Paris painters and writers started this in the 1920s. |
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| R8-7 Rossellini started this with “Open City”. |
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| R8-8 Neorealism dealt with __. |
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| R8-9 This was started by Italian filmmakers after WWII. |
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| R8-10 This was started by French writers in the 1950s. |
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| R8-11 Cahiers du Cinema means __. |
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| R8-12 These critics wrote for Cahiers du Cinema. |
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| R8-13 Breathless was directed by__ |
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| R8-14 Federic Fellini directed this in 1963. |
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| R8-15 Truffaut directed this in 1959. |
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| R8-16 Cinema-Vertie means this in French. |
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| R8-17 Featured the use of light-weight, handheld cameras, simulating a documentary or spontaneity. |
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| R8-18 French filmmakers developed this idea following Citizen Kane. |
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| Auteur theory, ie. The director maintains control of their vision. |
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| R8-19 Conveys a greater meaning than the actual object |
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| R8-20 Amelie broke what in France? |
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| R8-21 In Amelie, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet recounts what? |
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| A series of real-life experiences he recorded over the years. |
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| R8-22 Luis Benuel wanted to capture the __look in Un Chien Andalou. |
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| R8-23 A man cuts a woman’s eye in __. |
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| R8-24 These bizzare scenes were part of Un Chien Andalou. |
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| Women has eye cut, severed hand in street with ants, nudity, two dead donkeys on pianos. |
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| R8-25 In Un Chien Andalou, the man actually slit the eye of __. |
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| R8-26 David Lynch was nominated in 2001 for what? |
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| R8-27 Erasehead is filled with bizarre images, typical of __. |
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| R8-28 In Blue Velvet, MacLachian stumbles upon a__. |
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| R8-29 Platoon was awarded __. |
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| R8-30 Oliver Stone made these films:. |
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| Nixon, JFK, Born on the 4th of July, Wall Street, Platoon |
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| R8-31 In Natural Born Killers, Oliver Stone shot the scenes in __ and used __ when he entered the world of surrealism. |
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| R8-32 The Dutch Tilt can be used to create surrealism by __ the camera. |
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| Tilting the camera at an angle |
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| R8-33 During the 1930s, American and Italian films were filled with __ and __. |
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| R8-34 ‘People talking on a white telephone’ genre. |
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| Italian ‘White Telephone Films’ |
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| R8-35 Open City was made by__. |
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| R8-36 Open City was about __. |
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| Italian resistance fighters in Rome avoiding Nazis. |
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| R8-37 Rosselini faced these problems making Open City:. |
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1. Didn’t have enough film – used scraps, short-ends.
2. Had access to mostly non-professionals
3. Did not have money for expensive sets. |
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| R8-38 To record sound, Rosselini did __. |
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| R8-39 The problems Rosselini encountered created this movement. |
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| R8-40 The greatest work by Rosselini is__. |
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| R8-41 During neorealism in Italy, the most popular film was__. |
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| R8-42 Who invested $1 million in the Bicycle Thief? |
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| R8-43 De Sica turned down this actor and the $1 million to fund the Bicycle Thief to stay true to neorealism. |
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| R8-44 Who did De Sica cast in The Bicycle Thief instead of Cary Grant? |
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| Lamberto Maggiorani, a construction worker |
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| R8-45 In the Bicycle Thief, Antonio Ricci works as a __. |
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| Guy hanging up movie posters |
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| R8-46 How does Ricci get enough money to buy a bicycle for his job? |
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| Has wife sell her silk sheets from her dowry |
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| R8-47 When Ricci is posting up posters, what happens? |
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| R8-48 When Ricci’s son is told to go home, what does Ricci do? |
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| R8-49 Why does the crowd let Ricci go after stealing the bike? |
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| Son cries and pleads with them |
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| R8-50 What happens at the end of the Bicycle Thief? |
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| Ricci and son walk home without a bike or job. |
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| R8-51 The movement started in the 1950s in France. |
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| R8-52 Godard handheld cameras because __. |
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| R8-53 TV series ER uses this camera movement__. |
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| R8-54 After Francois Tuffaut analyzed Citizen Kane, he came to this conclusion. |
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| R8-55 In 400 Blows, Truffaut excecuted what idea? |
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| R8-56 When did the Auteur Theory become popular in USA? |
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| R8-57 Who was one famous filmmaker who benefited from Truffaut’s auteur theory? |
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| R8-58 The Swedish created what movement? |
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| R8-59 During the 1950s, students and intellectuals looked at Hollywood and saw a__. |
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| R8-60 Ingmar Bergman gave audiences this in The Seven Seal. |
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| R8-61 The main character in the Seven Seal is a__. |
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| 14th century knight named Antonius Block |
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| R8-62 Who plays Antonius Block in the Seven Seal? |
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| R8-63 Who stops the knight on his way home? |
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| R8-64 What deal does the knight work out with Death? |
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| They’ll play chess. If he wins, he is free to live. |
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| R8-65 The Seven Seal won this at Cannes. |
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| R8-66 Amelie’s director took __ years gathering idea for the script. |
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| R8-67 Amelie took place in. |
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| R8-68 What news event was announced on TV in Amelie? |
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| R8-69 Helping the success of Amelie, the film was shot__. |
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| R8-70 Amelie’s dad mistakenly __. |
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| Diagnoses Amelie with a heart defect. |
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| R8-71 Because of Amelie’s dad’s mistaken diagnosis, Amelie is __. |
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| Kept home and home schooled. |
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| R8-72 Without friends as a child, Amelie plays with__ |
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| R8-73 One of the major influences on the look of Amelie was__. |
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| Paintings by Brazilian artist, Juarez Machado. |
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| R8-74 Director Jeunet did this to Amelie’s scenes using computers. |
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| Changed colors to give it a more fanciful feeling |
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| R8-75 What adds interest and intensity to almost every scene in Amelie? |
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| R9-1 The censorship case in 1896 was called __. |
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| R9-2 Did Chicago ever censor movies? |
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| R9-3 What year did censorship of movies in Chicago begin? |
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| R9-4 In 1915, the Supreme Court ruled that states could__? |
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| R9-5 How many states had censorship rules in 1921? |
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| R9-6 Fatty Arbuckle was charged with __ & __? |
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| R9-7 What did the Jazz Age depict? |
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| Adultery, Divorce, Drinking, Drugs |
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| R9-8 When was the Jazz Age? |
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| R9-9 When was the Production Code Administration created? |
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| R9-10 What was the Miracle Decision? |
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| Film comes under 1st & 14th Amendments |
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| R9-11 When was the Miracle Decision? |
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| R9-12 The Supreme Court upheld local censorship in? |
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| R9-13 The 1930 Production Code was replaced in? |
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| R9-14 Why controversy did The Graduate spark? |
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| R9-15 What was the 1st film to get an X-Rating? |
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| R9-16 All members of the Rating board have ___? |
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| A shared parenthood experience |
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| R9-17 Ratings board members must __, __, __. |
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| Love movies, possess mature judgment, can put themselves in the role of parents |
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| R9-18 Is it required to submit films to the Ratings Board? |
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| R9-19 What are the ratings categories? |
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| R9-20 Can a film company use the film Ratings categories for their movies? |
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| Only if they’ve submitted the movie for review |
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| R9-21 Can the movie rating be changed? |
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| R9-22 How many people are on the Rating’s Appeals Board? |
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| R9-23 How can the rating be changed? |
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| A re-edited film is submitted or with 2/3rds of the Appeals Board vote |
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| General audiences – all ages admitted. |
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Parental Guidance Suggested – some material may not be suitable for children.
‘Profanity, violence, brief nudity’ |
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| R9-26 ‘PG-13’ Rating means? |
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Parents strongly cautioned - some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
‘Any drug use’ |
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Restricted – under 17 requires parent or guardian
‘Drugs, violence, nudity, sexuality, rought language’ – adult content |
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| R9-28 ‘NC-17’ Rating means? |
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| No children under 17 admitted. |
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| R9-29 The #1 box office hit of 1968 was? |
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| R9-30 The Graduate’s screenplay was written by? |
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| R9-31 The film’s idealistic ending echos __? |
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| The new values of youth in America at that time |
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| R9-32 The Graduate was nominated for? |
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| Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, Cinematography |
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| R9-33 The Graduate won which Oscar? |
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| R9-34 Who directed The Graduate? |
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| R9-35 Mike Nichols was born in? |
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| R9-36 What age was Mike Nichols when he arrived in America? |
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| R9-37 Which college did Mike Nichols attend? |
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| R9-38 How old was Mike Nichols when he won Best Director? |
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| R9-39 What film did Mike Nichols first direct? |
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| Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf |
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| R9-40 In what year did the picture ratings system start? |
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| R9-41 Has Hollywood censorship changed over time? |
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| R9-42 What was considered obscene in the The Kiss? |
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| R9-43 Which role did Joan Crawford play that people thought should not be shown? |
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| R9-44 Activists in America thought Hollywood was willing to corrupt American morals for __? |
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| R9-45 What did censors do to the 1897 film, Fatima? |
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| Blackout bars over undulating belly dancer body parts that were too provocative |
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| R9-46 One individual that censorship had a major effect on was? |
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| R9-47 The defense Hollywood had regarding censorship was? |
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| The Bible, Shakespeare works, and reality have a good deal of violence. |
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| R9-48 Did the states use the same censorship rules? |
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| R9-49 Who died in the Arbuckle case? |
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| R9-50 How many times did Arbuckle go on trial? |
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| R9-51 Was Arbuckle found guity? |
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| Yes, but eventually acquitted |
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| R9-52 What did Hollywood do to Arbuckle after the trials? |
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| Ban him from acting in films |
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| R9-53 Did Arbuckle continue to work in film after the trials? |
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| Yes, as a director, under the pseudo name Will B. Good. |
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| R9-54 Who was the “Catholic Mole” inside Hollywood? |
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| R9-55 How long could kisses be on screen under the Code? |
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| R9-56 What must actors do under the Code while making love? |
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| Keep one foot on the floor |
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| R9-57 When sleeping, the Code required actors to__? |
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| R9-58 What was completely banned under the Code? |
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| R9-59 What had to happen to criminals under the Code? |
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| They must be punished by law at end |
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| R9-60 After the production code was implemented, movie attendance__. |
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| R9-61 Why did attendance increase after the production code? |
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| Families didn’t have to worry about any objectionable content |
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| R9-62 What was objectionable about Citizen Kane under the Code? |
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| A scene took place in a bordello |
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| R9-63 Why was King Kong censored? |
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King Kong was moving his finger under Fay Wray’s skirt in the movie, ‘bestiality’.
King Kong ate villagers. |
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| R9-64 The adult role Shirley Temple played was? |
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| R9-65 After the Code, Shirley Temple played what roles? |
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| R9-66 Did the Code ruin Shirley Temple’s career? |
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| No. She was the top box-office draw from 1935-8. |
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| R9-67 What was wrong with Betty Boop under the Code? |
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| Too suggestive, sexually. |
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| R9-68 What word did the Code have an issue with in Gone with the Wind? |
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| R9-69 What did Howard Hughes fight for two years over with the PCA? |
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| A scene where Jane Russell leaned over and showed too much cleavage |
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| R9-70 In the end, what happened to the controversial scene in The Outlaw? |
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| Howard Hughes edited a portion out. |
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| R9-71 Who gave the PCA fits? |
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| R9-72 Why did Mae West give the PCA fits? |
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| She plays a sexually aggressive female in many movies |
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| R9-73 How did Mae West avoid being censored? |
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| R9-74 If the PCA couldn’t do anything about Mae West, who did? |
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| Catholic Church, forming the League of Decency |
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| R9-75 What happened to Mae West after her part in the 1926 Play, “Sex”? |
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| She was convicted of public obscenity and served 8 days in jail |
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| R9-76 What happened to Mae West’s popularity after she was jailed? |
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| R9-77 How did Cecile B De Mille bypass the censors? |
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| He took normally short scenes and made them much longer, such as bathing scenes with scantly clad actresses. |
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| R9-78 What happened after Cecile Mille succeeded in bypassing the Code? |
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| Other producers caught on and emulated – lots of amazing bathing facilities appeared in movies |
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| R9-80 What happened in 1950 that caused the demise of the PCA? |
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| Italian movie, The Miracle, was imported that was objectionable. American distributor Joe Burstyn fought the censors to the Supreme Court, and won – “The Miracle Decision” |
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| R9-81 What was the Miracle Decision? |
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| Films had the same freedom of speech as books and the PCA had no regulatory power |
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| R9-82 What happened in Bonnie & Clyde regarding graphic violence? |
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| Violent ending where they were killed, riddled with bullets from machine guns |
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| R9-83 After people complained about the over-the-top violence in Bonnie & Clyde, what occurred? |
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| The president of the MPAA, Jack Valenti, heard the congressmen’s complaints and started the Motion Picture Rating System in 1968. |
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| R9-84 What happened after the Rating System to films? |
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| More graphic violence, sex, drugs, etc. |
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| R9-85 What rating was given to The Last Tango in Paris? |
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| R9-86 What did the producers of The Last Tango in Paris do after receiving the initial rating? |
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| Cut out objectionable scenes and received a R-rating |
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| R9-87 What Oscar did The Last Tango in Paris win? |
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| R9-88 Who was the main actor in The Last Tango in Paris? |
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| R9-89 Why was The Last Tango in Paris given its initial rating? |
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| R9-90 What did the ratings board do after seeing Henry and June? |
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| Create the NC-17 rating category because it agreed that the sex scene was not pornographic, but meant for mature adults |
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| R9-91 Approximately how many films have received the NC-17 rating? |
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| R9-92 Where is The Graduate ranked on AFI’s top 100 list? |
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| R9-93 How long did The Graduate play in theaters? |
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| R9-94 Who wrote the book, The Graduate? |
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| R9-95 Who produced The Graduate? |
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| R9-96 What happened when Turman pitched the idea for The Graduate to studios? |
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| Turned down by almost every one of them. |
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| R9-97 Who was the only person Turman could interest in financing The Graduate? |
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| R9-98 What the the studios feel about movies like The Graduate? |
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| It was targeted towards the youth market, not the adult market where they could generate the most sales |
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| R9-99 What was Levine known for in the film industry? |
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| Producer of B-films for the youth market |
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| R9-100 How did Mike Nichols start off in the show business? |
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| Comedian in Nichols & May |
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| R9-101 What famous actress starred in Mike Nichols first film, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? |
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| R9-102 How many films has Mike Nichols directed? |
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| R9-103 Mike Nichols won what Oscar for The Graduate? |
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| R9-104 What Oscar did Anne Bancroft win? |
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| Best Actress on The Miracle Worker |
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| R9-105 What was considered taboo in The Graduate? |
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| An older married woman perusing a much younger man |
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| R9-106 Why did Nichols decorate Mrs. Robinsons’s patio with zebra stripes in a jungle setting? |
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| To make her character like a lioness stalking her prey |
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| R9-107 What did youth see in Benjamin of The Graduate? |
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| R9-108 How was Benjamin different from the typical actor cast in movies at the time? |
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| Not a suave, handsome leading man like Robert Redford nor a handsome blond surfer-type |
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| R9-109 What jobs was Dustin Hoffman getting around the time he was cast in The Graduate? |
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| Small TV commerical parts when not unemployed |
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| R9-110 Dustin Hoffman became a big star after this film. |
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| R9-111 Why was the soundtrack of The Graduate considered revolutionary? |
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| It used existing songs appealing to youth |
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| R9-112 What song become popular due to The Graduate? |
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| Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson |
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| R9-113 What happened to Alfa Romeo after The Graduate? |
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| Sold-out Spider sales and a new car model called The Graduate was released |
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| R9-79 Who was the Screenwriter of The Graduate? |
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| R10-1 When was Hollywood in Transition? |
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| R10-2 What was the primary rival for film during the 1940s and thereafter? |
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| R10-3 How many movie goers went weekly during the 1946 box office peak? |
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| R10-4 When was the Hollywood Union Strikes? |
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| R10-5 What percent of films were shot in color in 1947? |
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| R10-6 What percent of films were shot in color in 1954? |
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| R10-7 When was stereo sound, 3D and cinemascope introduced to movies? |
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| R10-8 When did Hollywood film studios start selling films to TV? |
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| R10-9 When was the widescreen revolution complete? |
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| R10-10 What did Cleopatra do to audiences in 1963? |
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| Brought audiences back to theaters with large budget production |
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| R10-11 When did the Hollywood Renaissance begin? |
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| R10-12 The Godfather did what to box-office records? |
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| All-time high, breaking records |
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| R10-13 Initially, Paramount thought The Godfather should have what type of budget? Why? |
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| Low-budget because nobody liked gangster films. |
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| R10-14 What happened after the book, The Godfather was released? |
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| Expectations changed about the film following the huge success of the book |
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| R10-15 The film that launched Al Pacino’s career was? |
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| R10-16 How did Gordon Willis capture the early 30s on film? |
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| R10-17 How many weeks did the book, the Godfather stay on the best seller list? |
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| R10-18 How many copies did the book, The Godfather sell? |
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| R10-19 How much did Paramount pay for The Godfather? |
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| R10-20 How much money did Francis Ford Coppola’s films prior to The Godfather make? |
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| R10-21 How much was Marlon Brando paid for the Godfather? |
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| R10-22 How many times was Coppola almost fired from The Godfather? |
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| R10-23 What was the original budget of The Godfather? |
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| R10-24 What was the actual cost of the Godfather? |
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| R10-25 How much money did The Godfather make by 1975? |
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| R10-26 By the end of 1972, The Godfather became __? |
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| The all-time box office champ, making more money than any other film |
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| R10-27 NBC paid how much to air The Godfather? |
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| R10-28 Which Oscars did The Godfather win? |
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| Best Picture, Actor & Screenplay |
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| R10-29 What did the low-interest home loans do to American GIs and movie theaters? |
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| They moved to the suburbs and movie going audience declined |
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| R10-30 What was the difference between Cinemascope and Cinerama? |
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| Cinemascope is a single projector, widescreen format. Cinerama is a 3 project widescreen format. |
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| R10-31 What was one technology most theaters adopted during the 1950s? |
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| R10-32 Were 3D films popular in the 50s? |
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| R10-33 Ben Hur employed ___ extras. |
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| R10-34 During the 60-70s, studios realized there was also a market for ___ films. |
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| R10-35 Filmmakers realized they could put almost anything into a film as long as it had a ___. |
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| R10-36 With this movie, Hollywood renaissance or rebirth was complete. |
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| R10-37 Coppola’s father was a __ & __. |
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| R10-38 The one thing Coppola could do when he had polio with everyone else was __. |
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| R10-39 Coppola graduated from NY’s __ university in 59. |
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| R10-40 Coppola won how many DH Lawrence Awards? |
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| R10-41 Which film made Coppola say “On Monday I was in the theater, on Tuesday, I wanted to be a filmmaker.”? |
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| Sergei Eisenstein’s October: Ten Days That Shook The World (1927) |
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| R10-42 Coppola got a master’s degree in film from __. |
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| R10-43 Unlike other students at UCLA, Coppola managed to __ on a film while others were talking about theirs. |
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| R10-44 To gain experience as a UCLA student, Coppola agreed to make ___. |
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| A short nudie film, The Peeper |
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| R10-45 The one thing that set Coppola apart from other students at UCLA was his ability to__. |
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| R10-46 While at UCLA, Coppola got a job working as an assistant to producer __. |
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| R10-47 Corman gave Coppola this task for a sci-fi film. |
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| R10-48 Coppola understood Russian well. T/F |
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| False. He made up dialogue when subtitling. |
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| R10-49 Coppola found the best thing at UCLA was __. |
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| R10-50 For this screenplay Pilma PIlma, Coppola __. |
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| Won the Samuel Goldwyn Award & offered a contract writer job |
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| R10-51 The first studio Coppola worked for was __. |
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| R10-52 Eventually, Coppola worked his way up to a __ at Warner. |
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| R10-53 Finian’s Rainbow was not going to be received well at the box-office because it was a __. |
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| R10-54 To fund future films at Warner, Coppola came up with this scheme. |
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| Spread rumors he was working on a secret project – then Warner agreed to fund 5 future projects. |
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| R10-55 Instead of making his 5 Warner films at Hollywood, Coppola went to__. |
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| R10-56 Coppola started American Zeotrope to __. |
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| Enlist a group of young filmmakers to make the next generation of films |
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| R10-57 The film and director that terminated Warner Bros deals with Coppola at Zeotrope was __. |
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| R10-58 After terminating the deal with Coppola, Coppola’s Zeotrope owed Warner $__. |
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| R10-59 For Patton, Coppola won an Oscar for __. |
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| R10-60 Initially, Coppola hesitated at directing The Godfather because the genre of gangster films__. |
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| R10-61 Because of he was known as a troublemaker, and recent lackluster career, he was tagged “Burnt Out ___” |
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| R10-62 To the shock and dismay of Paramount, Coppola suggested ___ play Vito Corleone, The Godfather. |
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| R10-63 Coppola cast his own sister, Talia Shire, in ___. |
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| The Godfather as Connie Corleone |
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| R10-64 Who worked on The Godfather’s musical score? |
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| Coppola’s father, Carmine. |
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| R10-65 After the book was released to great success, Paramount surrounded Coppola with___ on the Godfather. |
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| An outstanding, veteran film crew |
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| R10-66 ___helped diffuse the clashes between Gorden Willis and Coppola on the Godfather. |
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| R10-67 Al Martino, who played Johnny Fontane in the Godfather, was better known for his __ than __. |
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| R10-68 Frank Sinatra made an acting comeback by playing a ___ in the ___ and won an Academy for ___. |
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| Solider, From Here to Eternity, Supporting Actor |
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| R10-69 Frank Sinatra often went to Las Vegas with his friends, known as the ___ ___. |
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| R10-70 A former OCC student in the Godfather is ___. |
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| R10-71 Diane Keaton plays __ in the Godfather. |
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| Kay, Michael Corleone’s wife. |
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| R10-72 After the Godfather, Diane Keaton won the Oscar for Best Actress in this Woody Allen film__. |
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