List by Ronan Doyle
Shall We Play a Game?
Damn I love Letterboxd. Such a seemingly simple idea, it's blossomed already to become pretty much the main occupier of my online time. I'm really impressed by the fun things that have been made of lists of late by the likes of Dirk Hasselman with his genre essentials, Adam Cook with his "Help! What's the Name of That Film?" and many others too. I'd like to similarly bring us all together in our shared cinematic passion, this time by way of some fun movie trivia. So here's the idea: each row of films shares a common link, it's your job to figure out what. Here's just one to start us off.
Feel free to make suggestions as to how this could be better exploited, maybe there's a more interesting way we could put our nerdy knowledge to the test. I'd like this to be a collaborative effort.
Solutions
Row 1: Each features an uncredited role for a later Hollywood superstar (Jacob Olsen)
Row 2: All nominated for Best Picture but not Best Director at the Oscars (Matthew Martin)
Row 3: All won Best Actor without a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars (Jacob Olsen)
Row 5: All remakes of older films (MONIROM)
Okay the film was nominated for best film but the directors were not nominated?
Bingo, you've got it. Well played.
So... row 3 - Oscar for Best Actor but the film was not nominated. As simple as that?
Well, yeah, all leading men were nominated.
This is fun!
You got it Jacob. Damn, now I have to come up with some more...
Okay, I've added another two. Hope that'll keep you trivia nuts sated for now.
Forgot about this. Anyone? Anyone at all?
Sorry still working on it.
ROW 5 Wizard of Oz through Meet the Parents
All the movies are remakes of older films.
1. Wizard of Oz is a remake of earlier silent versions in 1910 and 1925
2. Maltese Falcon(1941) is a remake of Maltese Falcon (1931)
3. HEAT is a remake of LA Takedown, both by Michael Mann
4. His Girl Friday is a remake of The Front Page
5. Meet the Parents (2000) is a remake of Meet the Parents (1992)
Victory is yours