Movie Quiz 102

[beckyblue]

Last day of the quiz, and I never did properly attribute that quote...

Spoiler: First lines/opening scene from 7

Have mercy on me, caff!

 

[caffeinated]

Answer time!

#1: The Usual Suspects

Police investigating an exploded boat on a San Pedro pier discover 27 bodies and $91 million worth of drug money. The only survivors are a severely burned and very scared Hungarian and Verbal Kint, a crippled con-man. Reluctantly, Kint is pressured into explaining what happened on the boat. His story begins six weeks earlier, with five criminals being dragged into a lineup by New York police, and ends with the possible identification of a criminal mastermind.​

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#2: Idiocracy

Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American," is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret soldier hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.​

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#3: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

Three British social outcasts - two geeks and a cynic - encounter a bizarre situation at their local pub. The story follows them as they attempt to navigate and resolve a chronological conundrum that they have unwittingly stumbled into.​

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#4: Alien

The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them.​

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#5: Heavy Metal

A sweeping story of the battle of good against evil is told through an anthology of short, animated films about a glowing green orb, (the Loc-Nar), that is the personification of ultimate evil in the universe. This 1981 film's tales are based loosely on stories from an American sci-fi/fantasy comic magazine that got its start in 1977.​

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#6: The Fisher King

After hearing a popular DJ rail against yuppies, a madman carries out a massacre in a popular New York bar. Dejected and remorseful, the DJ strikes up a friendship with Parry, a former professor who became unhinged and then homeless after witnessing his wife's violent death in the bar shooting. The DJ seeks redemption by helping Parry in his quest to recover an item that he believes is the Holy Grail, and to win the heart of the woman he loves.​

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#7: Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A washed up actor tries to reclaim his fame on Broadway with a new play. As this is happening, he has to deal with a pretentious new co-star, and work to rekindle his relationship with his daughter. But most importantly, he has to escape the shadow of the superhero he used to play in films.​

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#8: Summer Rental

Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and his family's respect.​

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As always, thanks for playing, guys!

 

[beckyblue]

Thanks, caff--movies and movie quizzes are fun!

 

[FantWriter]

I'm surprised I didn't recognize #4 -- I watched it several times the year it came out.

Thanks, caff!

 

[caffeinated]

FYI: I've selected the screenshots for the next movie quiz, and I'll likely be putting it together and posting it tomorrow night.