Game 1, Round 3: Entertainment -- Not to be confused with
Game 1, Round 3: Entertainment -- Not to be confused with
This round was inspired by the near-simultanous release last month of
movies both involving the aftermath of World War II and titled "The Good
German" and "The Good Shepherd". For each question we will describe two
movies with similar or identical titles, in most cases produced within
a few years, and having thematic similarities as well, although none of
them are sequels or remakes. You will need to give us both titles, if
different (we hope the one will be a hint to the other); but at least
you won't need to say which movie is which.
[But if anyone wants to know, the answers are always listed in order.]
1. Two early Alfred Hitchcock thrillers. We want their original release
titles, which are the ones people use today. The 1936 movie,
starring Sylvia Sidney with Oscar Homolka as the villain, includes
what we would now call a terrorist attack on a London bus; the
1942 film stars Robert Cummings as a man falsely accused of being
an enemy agent, and climaxes on the Statue of Liberty's torch.
Sabotage
Saboteur
2. Two hard-hitting dramas whose stories relate to crime in different
ways, these movies from 2001 and 2003 won the Best Actress Oscar
for Halle Berry and Charlize Theron.
Monster's Ball
Monster
3. In 1964, Sean Connery was James Bond. In 1995 it was Pierce
Brosnan.
Goldfinger
GoldenEye
4. Two movies featuring messages across time. In the 1997 Henry
Jaglom film, Victoria Foyt has an odd encounter with an older
woman, and then finds herself mysteriously drawn to go to England
and meet Stephen Dillane. In 2006, it's Denzel Washington and
a more technological type of communication. Both movies have
the same title, so we only need one answer.
Deja Vu
5. Two foreign-language dramas set among German civilians in the 1940s;
we want the titles used in Canada. In the 1990 movie by Agnieszka
Holland, a Jewish boy decides to save himself from the Nazis by
passing as a Christian and joining the Hitler Youth. The 1991 film,
directed by Lars von Trier, features an American whose loyalties are
divided when he takes a job on the German railways after the war.
Europa Europa
Europa
6. Two crime dramas set in 1940s Los Angeles. One was made in 1946,
starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, with a screenplay by Raymond
Chandler. The other is a 2006 adaptation of an James Ellroy novel,
with Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
The Blue Dahlia
The Black Dahlia
7. Two madcap comedies. The 1931 film starred the four Marx Brothers
on a ship, four years before A Night at the Opera; the second
film was from 1952, starring Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers, with
Marilyn Monroe appearing as a secretary, and Howard Hawks directed.
Their title is the same, so we only need one answer.
Monkey Business
8. Two Frank Capra classics combining comedy and a social message.
In 1936 Gary Cooper plays an unconventional heir to a fortune; in
1939 Jimmy Stewart plays an unconventional heir to a Senate seat.
Jean Arthur co-stars in both films. The titles have the same number
of words, but differ in two places.
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
9. Two thrillers. The first begins with a terrorist-style attack
and was therefore postponed from a 2001 to a 2002 release; Arnold
Schwarzenegger avenges his wife's death by hunting down drug dealers
in Colombia and foiling another murder in the US. Then in 2004,
Tom Cruise gets into Jamie Foxx's taxicab and soon reveals himself
to be a murderer.
Collateral Damage
Collateral
10. Two dramas of love and chance. In 1942 Ronald Colman plays a man
who suffers amnesia twice, so he has to fall for Greer Garson twice.
In 1999, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas are drawn together
when they realize their spouses, both killed in the same plane crash,
were having an affair together.
Random Harvest
Random Hearts