Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule Seasonal Quiz

1) Depending on your mood, your favorite or least-loved movie cliché.
In any sports movie where there is an inspirational speach by the coach and/or teammates.

2) Regardless of whether or not you eventually caught up with it, which film classic have you lied about seeing in the past? "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford" only because someone leant it to me and I told him I saw it cause he kept asking me about it every day. I finally did watch it though.

3) Roland Young or Edward Everett Horton?
Edward Everett Horton

4) Second favorite Frank Tashlin movie
Have yet to see his films unless you count his cartoons.

5) Clockwork Orange-- yes or no?
Yes although I don't find it to be Kubrick's greatest, but it remains interesting to me.

6) Best/favorite use of gender dysphoria in a horror film (Ariel Schudson)
"Psycho"

7) Melanie Laurent or Blake Lively?
Melanie Laurent

8) Best movie of 2011 (so far…)
Of what I've seen "Rango"

9) Favorite screen performer with a noticeable facial deformity (Peg Aloi)
Montgomery Clift in his later years.

10) Lars von Trier: shithead or misunderstood comic savant? (Dean Treadway)
I have never seen his films.

11) Timothy Carey or Henry Silva?
Timothy Carey

12) Low-profile writer who deserves more attention from critics and /or audiences
Sarah Polley

13) Movie most recently viewed theatrically, and on DVD, Blu-ray or streaming
Theatrically: "Thor"
DVD: "Public Speaking"

14) Favorite film noir villain
Harry Lime in "The Third Man"

15) Best thing about streaming movies?
You don't have to pay for them

16) Fay Spain or France Nuyen? (Peter Nellhaus)
Don't know either of their work, but Fay Spain was in "The Godfather Part 2" which I just recently watched so I choose her.

17) Favorite Kirk Douglas that isn’t called Spartacus (Peter Nellhaus)
"Ace in the Hole"

18) Favorite movie about cars
"Two Lane blacktop"

19) Audrey Totter or Marie Windsor?
I'll go with Marie Windsor for her part in "The Killing"

20) Existing Stephen King movie adaptation that could use an remake/reboot/overhaul
Christine

21) Low-profile director who deserves more attention from critics and/or audiences
Martin McDonagh

22) What actor that you previously enjoyed has become distracting or a self-parody?
Seth Rogen

23) Best place in the world to see a movie
Of the places I've been to Princess theatre in Edmonton. In the world, i'd imagine Paris would be wonderful.

24) Charles McGraw or Sterling Hayden?
Sterling Hayden by a nose, how can you deny "The Asphalt Jungle", "The Killing", "The Long Goodbye" and "The Godfather" among others, plus the fact that he was almost Quint in "Jaws"

25) Second favorite Yasujiro Ozu film
"Late Spring" thank you for the Ozu question, more please.

26) Most memorable horror movie father figure
The Devil in "Rosemary's Baby"

27) Name a non-action-oriented movie that would be fun to see in Sensurround
I don't know what that is.

28) Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds?
Ryan Reynolds although that question wouldn't keep me up at night.

29) Favorite relatively unknown supporting player, from either or both the classic and the modern era
From the classic era: William Demarest
From the modern era: John Slattery

30) Real-life movie location you most recently visited or saw
Would it be a cheat to name my own movie in that case the "Good Morning" set.

31) Second favorite Budd Boetticher movie
"The Tall-T" although I have to revisit his films since I've only seen a few of them once.

32) Mara Corday or Julie Adams?
These Actresses are becoming more and more obscure

33) Favorite Universal-International western
"The Man from Laramie"

34) What's the biggest "gimmick" that's drawn you out to see a movie? (Sal Gomez)
3-D for "Avatar" I couldn't resist back then, now I can.

35) Favorite actress of the silent era
Lilian Gish

36) Best Eugene Pallette performance (Larry Aydlette)
"The Lady Eve"

37) Best/worst remake of the 21st century so far? (Dan Aloi)
Of the ones I've seen the remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" with Nicole Kidman, I don't even remember what it's called.

38) What could multiplex owners do right now to improve the theatrical viewing experience for moviegoers? What could moviegoers do? owners can hire people who know how to work projectors. Movie goers can take chances at smaller films so there can be bigger venues for them.