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See! A cast of thousands! Spectacle beyond belief! This week’s quiz is all about the movies that think big.
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
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D.W. Griffith directed his 1916 film, Intolerence, in response to critics of this previous film.
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The Birth of a Nation is one of the most conflicted films in the history of Hollywood; it displays a master filmmaker near the peak of his craft yet the film is unabashedly, cartoonishly racist. Griffith, through some mix of anger and contrition, produced the overwhelming Intolerance the next year, which probably was the director at the peak of his craft.
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Question 2 of 10
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This soon-to-be famous action director did uncredited second unit direction for 1959’s Ben-Hur.
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Fittingly, Leone assisted Andrew Marton and Yakima Canutt in the direction of the film’s death-defying chariot race sequence.
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Question 3 of 10
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After just one week Stanley Kubrick took over the reins for this director on the production of Spartacus.
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Star and producer Kirk Douglas was unhappy with Mann’s attitude toward the picture (in his autobiography Douglas claimed Mann seemed “scared of the scope of the picture…”) so, goodbye Mr. Mann, hello Mr. Kubrick.
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Question 4 of 10
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In The Longest Day Sean Connery appears along with his future nemesis in one of the Bond films (though they don’t share the screen.)
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Another Bond villain appeared in the cast as well, Curd Jürgens as Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me.
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Question 5 of 10
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Besides Peter O’Toole, another actor in Lawrence of Arabia had played the title character once in their career. Who was it?
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Guinness starred in Terence Rattigan’s 1960 play Ross about Lawrence’s undercover experience in the Royal Air Force disguised as “Aircraftman Ross”.Incorrect
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Question 6 of 10
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Joseph Mankiewicz’ epically troubled Cleopatra began with a different director and several actors who soon left the production. Rex Harrison eventually played Julius Caesar, who was the actor he replaced?
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Other crew changes included Mankiewicz replacing director Rouben Mamoulian and Richard Burton stepping in for Stephen Boyd (who was slated to play Mark Antony).Incorrect
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Question 7 of 10
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This future director co-wrote the script with Sergio Leone for Once Upon a Time in the West.
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Bertolucci broke through two years later with The Conformist and then set Hollywood on its ear with Last Tango In Paris.
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Question 8 of 10
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su each won an Oscar for their score of The Last Emperor but one of them actually appeared in the film. Who was it?
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Sakamoto played Masahiko Amakasu, an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Question 9 of 10
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The author of The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien, gave his personal blessing to this actor to appear in the movie.
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Christopher Lee was the only actor involved with Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings to have met Tolkien. He received the writer’s blessing to play the role of Gandalf, if a movie was ever produced, but ended up playing Saruman instead.Incorrect
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Question 10 of 10
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James Cameron’s Avatar was influenced by this film.
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Cameron noted the influences of not only Wolves but At Play in the Fields of the Lord and The Emerald Forest.
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