Film Friday: Elliptical 100 (17)

 

These movies are older than I am.

Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Released in 1943.

-  The cast included several refugees from the Nazis.  

-  Dooley Wilson (Sam) was actually a drummer, so he faked playing the piano. 

Directed and produced by Orson Welles.

Released in 1941.

-  Kane was largely based on William Randolph Hearst.  

Based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett.

Directed by John Huston.

Released in 1941.

-  Huston's directorial debut.

Directed by Billy Wilder.

Released in 1950.

-  Cecil B. DeMille and Buster Keaton appear as themselves.

If I could save only one:  Casablanca

Last week's answer:  Citizen Kane  

Final Leaderboard

Brett Alan - 7

Jon -  4

Fuji -  2 1/2

I need an address for the winner, Brett Alan.  

morganyud at protonmail dot com

All three to need a pick a sport for their prize.  If you collect all four, I think football is the strongest and basketball is the weakest.  Baseball vs hockey is more subjective, with both ranked in the middle.   

Recap next week.   

Film Friday: Elliptical 100 (16)

 

I gotta take a little time

A little time to think things over

I better read between the lines

In case I need it when I'm older

Directed by Federico Fellini.

Released in 1963.

-  Fellini's last black-and-white film.

Written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Released in 2006.

-  Won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 

Directed by Alejandro Amenabar.

Released in 1997.

-  Cruz also starred in the American remake - Vanilla Sky. 

Written and directed by Tom Tykwer.

Released in 1998.

-  Includes a painting of the back of Kim Novak's head.  

If I could save only one:  8 1/2

Last week's answer:  Germany

The final question:  Which is the oldest film in the Elliptical 100?

Leaderboard

Brett Alan - 7

Jon - 4

Fuji - 2 1/2

Film Friday: Elliptical 100 (15)

 

Earlier we looked at misfits.  Today, we break out the whiskey and cigars for manly men.      

Based on A Very Private Gentleman, by Martin Booth.

Directed by Anton Corbijn.

Released in 2010.

-  Segments of dialogue were taken from The Honorary Consul, by Graham Greene.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Released in 1979.

-  Appearances from Harrison Ford (as Colonel G. Lucas), concert promoter Bill Graham, and Coppola. 

Based on characters created by Bob Kane.

Directed by Christopher Nolan.

Released in 2005.

-  Christian Bale trained in Wing Chun to prepare for his role.  

Based on Nothing Lasts Forever, by Roderick Thorp.

Directed by John McTiernan.

Released in 1988.

-  Nakatomi Plaza is actually Fox Plaza.  It also appears in Fight Club and President Reagan had an office on the 34th floor for several years.  

Written and directed by Oliver Stone.

Released in 1986.

-  Includes characters Stone created for an unmade film called Break.  Its script was among Jim Morrison's possessions in Paris when he died, as Stone had sent it to him hoping he would play the lead role.   

Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Released in 1981.

-  Conceived by George Lucas in 1973, with revisions to the story made by Lucas and Phillip Kaufman in '75.  Lucas then set it aside to make Star Wars.  When Kaufman wasn't available to direct, Spielberg was chosen, and he brought in Lawrence Kasdan to write the screenplay.

Directed by Tony Scott.

Released in 1986.

-  Charlie is based on Christine Fox, who worked at Miramar and was later Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense.

If I could save only one:  Raiders of the Lost Ark

Last week's answer:  Die Hard

This week's question:  Next week is foreign language films.  Which nation placed two on the list?  

Leaderboard

Brett Alan - 7

Jon - 4

Fuji - 2 1/2

Note:  I decided to break up the last two categories.  So 17 will be the last round.  The following week will be a recap and instructions for the winners to claim their prizes.