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delbertgrady

Going back a page -

Zeek 12 No.4 is The Lost Weekend.

Okay, so all these films won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay:

The Bridge on the River Kwai, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, The Lost Weekend, Gigi, Midnight Cowboy and Ordinary People

They were all adapted from novels or novellas, apart from Out of Africa, which was adapted from three sources, one of which was an autobiography.
I really don't know what the link is beyond the fact that they all have the Oscars for Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Director.
It can't be that they have these without having won any acting Oscars, as Ray Milland won for The Lost Weekend and Timothy Hutton won for Ordinary People.

???

Zeek12

delbertgrady wrote: »

Going back a page -

Zeek 12 No.4 is The Lost Weekend.

Okay, so all these films won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay:

The Bridge on the River Kwai, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, The Lost Weekend, Gigi, Midnight Cowboy and Ordinary People

They were all adapted from novels or novellas, apart from Out of Africa, which was adapted from three sources, one of which was an autobiography.
I really don't know what the link is beyond the fact that they all have the Oscars for Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Director.
It can't be that they have these without having won any acting Oscars, as Ray Milland won for The Lost Weekend and Timothy Hutton won for Ordinary People.

???

Correct on #4, well spotted.

You're right (in a roundabout way), the link is simply that they are all winners of the Best Picture Oscar and were adapted from Novels/books. Although the Out of Africa source material was a bit more complicated so apologies if that one threw you off the scent!

Zeek12

delbertgrady wrote: »

A quick, easy batch with a link.


4.

Bit of a random guess....is 4. Wise Blood?
That looks a bit like HD Stanton on the ground

delbertgrady

No. It's not Harry Dean Stanton, I'm afraid and that particular film couldn't be more different from Wise Blood!
Despite the downbeat image, it's from a 1972 comedy.

delbertgrady

Zeek12 wrote: »

Correct on #4, well spotted.

You're right (in a roundabout way), the link is simply that they are all winners of the Best Picture Oscar and were adapted from Novels/books. Although the Out of Africa source material was a bit more complicated so apologies if that one through you off the scent!

Well, I was clearly overthinking this.

NothingMan

I'm sure this has been discussed but the imcdb.com images are way too easy to google. I've been stumped by a few that I knew I knew so googled the image to see. Didn't post the answer's obviously, but it is possible. One's people have reuploaded to Photobucket seem to be immune to googling.

Wichita Lineman

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There is a theme to be identified as well.

It's my first attempt at photbucketing so let me know if you CANT see any of them please.

Mizu_Ger

3. Flash Gordon
5. 4 for Texas
6. Road to Perdition?
9. Mrs Doubtfire

delbertgrady

1. Ten Little Indians
4. Gold (Susannah York is very popular on this thread!)

delbertgrady

I have the link!

The films all feature people who appeared in one or more James Bond films.

:D:D

the purple tin

Delbert #5 stir crazy?

Wichita Lineman

3. Flash Gordon
5. 4 for Texas
6. Road to Perdition?
9. Mrs Doubtfire

1. Ten Little Indians
4. Gold

All correct.

Delbert is very close but needs to be more specific on the link.

Wichita Lineman

2,7,8,10 left.

ButtersSuki

7 Denholm Elliott in "Cuba"

Wichita Lineman

2,8,10 to go...........

delbertgrady

Is it that each film features TWO actors that appeared in Bond films?

The Denholm Elliott one is Cuba, with Sean Connery and Walter Gottell, both of whom were in several Bond films.
Topol and Max Von Sydow are both in Flash Gordon, and each were in a Bond film (if we count Never Say Never Again).
Ten Little Indians: Christopher Lee (uncredited) and Shirley Eaton.

???

Wichita Lineman

delbertgrady wrote: »

Is it that each film features TWO actors that appeared in Bond films?

The Denholm Elliott one is Cuba, with Sean Connery and Walter Gottell, both of whom were in several Bond films.
Topol and Max Von Sydow are both in Flash Gordon, and each were in a Bond film (if we count Never Say Never Again).
Ten Little Indians: Christopher Lee (uncredited) and Shirley Eaton.

???

No. Nothing to do with 2 or more actors in each or any Bond necessarily, although the Bond link is definitely on the right track. Cuba was already identified.

delbertgrady

It doesn't apply to all of them, but it does get even more coincidental, because both Yaphet Kotto (Live and Let Die) and Ursula Andress (Dr. No) are in 4 for Texas.

Anyway, 8 is Peter Sellers (Casino Royale) in Ghost in the Noonday Sun.

delbertgrady

the purple tin wrote: »

Delbert #5 stir crazy?

Yes. It is Stir Crazy. Well done.
Now that you've got one down, that might help you idenitfy the link.
It's in keeping with some of my earlier "link" groups.

Wichita Lineman

8. Ghost In The Noon Day Sun

is correct. Just goes to show how intertwined the movie business is.



Clue time -
2. think season
10. girl talk

delbertgrady

2. Winter Break (George Lazenby)
10. The Lady Says No (David Niven, also Casino Royale)

Beyond the fact that these films all feature one or more actors who also appeared in Bond films, I can't find anything more specific than that to link them.

Wichita Lineman

Correct on the last 2 the actual link was that each of these movies had an actor appearing who actually played a character named ‘James Bond’ in a movie.

1. Daliah Lavi
2. George Lazenby
3. Timothy Dalton
4. Roger Moore
5. Ursula Andress
6. Daniel Craig
7. Sean Connery
8. Peter Sellers
9. Pierce Brosnan
10. David Niven

delbertgrady

I'm reposting these for the day that's in it. (Hint)

delbertgrady wrote: »

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1. Immortal family classic from 1971.
2. 1967 screen debut for this well-known actor.
3. Classic comedy thriller from 1976.
4. Part of a series of vignettes that make up a 1972 comedy.

Wichita Lineman

2. Bonnie & Clyde - Gene Wilder's film debut

Wichita Lineman

4. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
3. Silver Streak
1. Willy Wonka

Link - Gene Wilder - birthday today.

Wichita Lineman

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Again there is a theme and it's fairly specific too.

Wont be back online until about 10pm so guess away in the meantime!!

brian_t

5. The Hangover 2

NothingMan

5 is definitely the Hangover part 2.

Wichita Lineman

cant make them all hard :-)

NothingMan

Andy Dunne11 wrote: »

cant make them all hard :-)

Well you certainly didn't make them all easy .

8 is showing now, is that Tim Curry? Looks mad young.

1 could be the Aviator?

NothingMan

9 is Chris Klein and the only army one I think he's in is We Were Soldiers. Awful actor.

Wichita Lineman

1. is The Aviator and 9. is We Were Soldiers.

delbertgrady

4. Ragtime
6. I'll Do Anything
8. A Chorus Line

Wichita Lineman

4. Ragtime
6. I'll Do Anything
8. A Chorus Line

All correct. That leaves 2,3,7 and 10. Any ideas yet on the theme?

NothingMan

Is 10 Problem Child? Or am I just being gingerist?

Wichita Lineman

NothingMan wrote: »

Is 10 Problem Child? Or am I just being gingerist?

No and yes, probably

delbertgrady

Andy Dunne11 wrote: »

Any ideas yet on the theme?

Not a clue. It's certainly not obviously Oscar-related. There are a lot of potential possibilities. I did think initially it might be to do with celebrity offspring (Michael being the son of Kirk Douglas, Danny being the son of John Huston), but I had to abandon that when nothing else leapt out.
Then I thought it might be that every film had a cast member that appeared in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (Brad Dourif, Ian McKellan), but I disregarded that too.

Wichita Lineman

Delbert is closer than he thinks - it is offspring and Oscar related but a bit more obscure than the names he mentioned. Look deeper my boy!

delbertgrady

The films all feature actors or actresses who have a parent that won an Oscar for either acting or directing.

2 is Elvis and Annabelle, starring Max Minghella, son of Anthony, Oscar winner for Best Director for The English Patient.
9 is The Babysitter's Club with Schuylar Fisk, daughter of Sissy Spacek, Best Actress Oscar winner for Coal Miner's Daughter.

Joely Richardson is in I'll Do Anything: her mother Vanessa Redgrave won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Julia.
The two fathers I've said already (Kirk Douglas [honorary] and John Huston) have Oscars.

Surely it's no more complicated than that?

Wichita Lineman

2 and 10 are Elvis and Annabelle / Babysitters Club.

Very close on the link, it's actually Franchesca Scorcese, Max Minghella, Kimber Eastwood, Max Nichols, Mason Lee, Amy Brooks, Catherine Wyler, Nicole Fosse, Christian Gibson and Annie Costner all had roles (some very small) in these movies and their Dad's Martin, Anthony, Clint, Mike, Ang, James L, William, Bob, Mel and Kevin all won an Oscar as Best Director.

Use the names above as the clues to close off 3 and 7.

Mizu_Ger

My head is fried with all these connections

Here's an easy set:

The connection is they are all have spaceships in them

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jasonb

7. Galaxy Quest

8. Battle Beyond the Stars?

J.

delbertgrady

Andy Dunne11 wrote: »

2 and 10 are Elvis and Annabelle / Babysitters Club.

Very close on the link, it's actually Franchesca Scorcese, Max Minghella, Kimber Eastwood, Max Nichols, Mason Lee, Amy Brooks, Catherine Wyler, Nicole Fosse, Christian Gibson and Annie Costner all had roles (some very small) in these movies and their Dad's Martin, Anthony, Clint, Mike, Ang, James L, William, Bob, Mel and Kevin all won an Oscar as Best Director.

Use the names above as the clues to close off 3 and 7.

3. Freeway Maniac (Kimber Eastwood as "Girl Camper")
7. The Skeptic aka The Haunting of Bryan Becket.

WAY too obscure for me.

Mizu_Ger

jasonb wrote: »

7. Galaxy Quest

8. Battle Beyond the Stars?

J.

7 is correct, 8 is wrong

8 is the odd-one-out in this set!

1. ???
2. ???
3. ???
4. ???
5. ???
6. ???
7. Galaxy Quest
8. ???
9. ???
10. ???

McSasquatch

2. Alien?
4. The Thing?

delbertgrady

8 is Monty Python's Life of Brian.
I'd recognise that spaceship anywhere.
Excellent anorak question.

Mizu_Ger

McSasquatch wrote: »

2. Alien?
4. The Thing?

2. is not Alien, but very close!!!
4. is correct

NothingMan

3 is Starship Troopers.

Mizu_Ger

delbertgrady wrote: »

8 is Monty Python's Life of Brian.
I'd recognise that spaceship anywhere.

Yeah, you're right. Only one of the bunch that's not a sci-fi!

NothingMan

Mizu_Ger wrote: »

2. is not Alien, but very close!!!

AlienS? :pac: