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red dog 1

(32,240 posts)
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:19 PM Oct 29

Post a movie trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google

Last edited Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:15 PM - Edit history (1)

(Guesses are always welcome)


I'll start it off with two questions about Clint Eastwood:

1) What was the first movie Clint Eastwood directed? (answered)

2) What Clint Eastwood movie exceeded its budget even before filming began?

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Post a movie trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google (Original Post) red dog 1 Oct 29 OP
She don't know what she's doing. Oh yes she does. BOSSHOG Oct 29 #1
Washing the car JoseBalow Oct 29 #2
A typical Paul Newman Movie - Outstanding BOSSHOG Oct 29 #3
1... Play Misty For Me? Harker Oct 30 #4
Almost Certain Your First One Is Correct ProfessorGAC Oct 30 #5
Ah, good pick, Professor. Harker Oct 30 #6
PYW Is Still Considered One Of The Worst Ideas In Movie History ProfessorGAC Oct 30 #7
For # 1 "Play Misty For Me" is correct...That was the first movie he directed. red dog 1 Oct 30 #8
I'll settle for that, thanks, red! Harker Oct 30 #9
You can always take a guess to answer the other one red dog 1 Nov 2 #13
I suspect ProfessorGAC nailed it. Harker Nov 2 #14
What's the highest grossing American war movie of all time? red dog 1 Nov 1 #10
Who narrated The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)? TexasBushwhacker Nov 1 #11
"The Cowboy and the Spaceman" was the rejected title for what Academy Award-winning movie red dog 1 Nov 2 #12
According to Bob Falfa (Harrison Ford) in "American Graffiti"... Harker Nov 2 #15
(Wild guess) PI$$ Yellow? red dog 1 Nov 3 #16
That's half of the mix! Harker Nov 3 #17
"P*ss Yellow and Puke Green" Mad_Dem_X Nov 3 #18
Precisely... Harker Nov 3 #19
During the filming of American Graffiti, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, and Bo Hopkins were claimed to be drunk red dog 1 Nov 7 #20
Happy days for all involved, so it sounds. Harker Nov 7 #21
I don't think Richard Dreyfuss was very happy. red dog 1 Nov 7 #22
That crossed my mind as I hit the 'post' button. Harker Nov 7 #23
What were the names of the crew of Nostromo in "Alien"? Harker Nov 7 #24
What was the original title of "Reefer Madness"? red dog 1 Nov 11 #25
Tell Your Children (?) Doc_Technical Nov 12 #31
That it was jmowreader Nov 22 #52
What song was played on the radio every morning in Groundhog Day? Emile Nov 11 #26
Sonny and Cher, "I got you babe" ms liberty Nov 11 #27
Yes Emile Nov 11 #29
Sonny and Cher JoseBalow Nov 11 #28
Yes Emile Nov 11 #30
Name one of the actors who were offered the role of Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now but turned it down. red dog 1 Nov 16 #32
Al Pacino? Harker Nov 16 #33
Ding! red dog 1 Nov 17 #38
I'll be damned! Harker Nov 17 #40
Steve McQueen? VGNonly Nov 17 #37
Ding! red dog 1 Nov 17 #39
I remember that McQueen could be a hard-ass VGNonly Nov 17 #41
What is the only X rated film to win an Oscar for Best Picture? Harker Nov 16 #34
Midnight Cowboy had an X rating when it was released JoseBalow Nov 16 #35
Yes! Harker Nov 16 #36
Martin Scorsese had to trim VGNonly Nov 17 #42
In this 1990 film, VGNonly Nov 17 #43
Kevin Costner? Harker Nov 17 #44
As far back as I could remember, VGNonly Nov 18 #45
That flitted through my mind, but I couldn't make it work. Harker Nov 18 #46
Goodfellas? red dog 1 Nov 22 #47
In "No Country for Old Men" what was Woody Harrelson's character's name? red dog 1 Nov 22 #48
Carson Wells VGNonly Nov 22 #49
Carson Wells is correct. red dog 1 Nov 22 #50
I did. VGNonly Nov 22 #56
"An attempt at humor?" JoseBalow Nov 22 #51
He was also the blind radio station manager VGNonly Nov 22 #55
He was in Dodgeball too JoseBalow Nov 22 #57
In "Up in Smoke," what kind of drums did Chong play? jmowreader Nov 22 #53
Red ones? red dog 1 Nov 22 #54
In what Steve Martin movie did Meat Loaf play a main character? red dog 1 Saturday #58

BOSSHOG

(44,293 posts)
1. She don't know what she's doing. Oh yes she does.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:42 PM
Oct 29

What Movie? And what was she doing? Out in 1967

BOSSHOG

(44,293 posts)
3. A typical Paul Newman Movie - Outstanding
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:53 PM
Oct 29

Here’s another one somewhat similar

Who said “He’s in the car?” Who was “in” the car? Why? What movie?

ProfessorGAC

(75,490 posts)
5. Almost Certain Your First One Is Correct
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:23 PM
Oct 30

But, I think the 2nd one is Paint Your Wagon. That movie was a financial disaster.
Not Eastwood's fault, though. He was in it but had nothing to do with the production.

Harker

(17,203 posts)
6. Ah, good pick, Professor.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:32 PM
Oct 30

I still recall "Wand'rin' Star" being a radio hit in Denver. I just looked into it, and was surprised to see it was released as a 45, b/w "I Talk to the Trees."

ProfessorGAC

(75,490 posts)
7. PYW Is Still Considered One Of The Worst Ideas In Movie History
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:43 PM
Oct 30

It didn't lose money, but it grossed $30 million in a budget of $21 million.
But, distribution costs were high; the long running time eliminated 2nd views; it was a musical when younger audiences had little attraction to musicals; and that $30 million took nearly 4 years to accumulate.
After it's movie run, residuals were pitiful as TV stations didn't think enough of it to tie up 4 hours of airtime.
It made the studio about 3% after fully absorbed cost.
Not a turkey like Ishtar, but pretty bad.

red dog 1

(32,240 posts)
8. For # 1 "Play Misty For Me" is correct...That was the first movie he directed.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:14 PM
Oct 30


For number 2, Nope.
(One out of two ain't bad)

Harker

(17,203 posts)
15. According to Bob Falfa (Harrison Ford) in "American Graffiti"...
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 06:25 PM
Nov 2

what color is John Milner's (Paul LeMat) hotrod?

red dog 1

(32,240 posts)
20. During the filming of American Graffiti, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, and Bo Hopkins were claimed to be drunk
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 08:52 PM
Nov 7

most nights and had conducted climbing expeditions to the top of the local Holiday Inn sign.
One actor set fire to George Lucas' motel room.
Another night, Le Mat threw Richard Dreyfuss into a swimming pool, gashing Dreyfuss' forehead on the day before he was due to have his close-ups filmed. (Wikipedia)

Harker

(17,203 posts)
24. What were the names of the crew of Nostromo in "Alien"?
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 09:18 PM
Nov 7

Bonus points for coming up with both characters and actors.

red dog 1

(32,240 posts)
32. Name one of the actors who were offered the role of Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now but turned it down.
Sun Nov 16, 2025, 04:24 PM
Nov 16

(Martin Sheen ended up playing Capt. Willard)

red dog 1

(32,240 posts)
38. Ding!
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:44 PM
Nov 17

Besides Steve McQueen, who was Coppola's first choice, Al Pacino also turned down the role of Willard.

red dog 1

(32,240 posts)
39. Ding!
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:47 PM
Nov 17

Steve McQueen was Coppola's first choice to play Willard, but he didn't want to leave America for three weeks, and Coppola was unwilling to pay his $3 million fee.

VGNonly

(8,292 posts)
41. I remember that McQueen could be a hard-ass
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:28 PM
Nov 17

for casting. In Butch & Sundance he wanted to play Sundance and wanted the film credits as "The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy". The studio said no, McQueen walked. (supposedly)

VGNonly

(8,292 posts)
42. Martin Scorsese had to trim
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:40 PM
Nov 17

Goodfellas to eliminate some scenes to avoid a NC-17 rating.

VGNonly

(8,292 posts)
43. In this 1990 film,
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 07:50 PM
Nov 17

Sean Penn, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer were all considered. The role ended up going to a relative newcomer, who was it?

red dog 1

(32,240 posts)
47. Goodfellas?
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 12:59 AM
Nov 22

I think Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) uttered that line near the beginning of the movie.

VGNonly

(8,292 posts)
49. Carson Wells
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 02:59 PM
Nov 22

What the real-life name of the actor killed in the office by Anton Chigurh?

VGNonly

(8,292 posts)
56. I did.
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 05:50 PM
Nov 22

Some trivia-In the film There Will Be Blood, it was being filmed at the same area and time as No Country For Old Men. The derrick fire scene caused some much black smoke that NCFOM had suspend some filming.



JoseBalow

(9,023 posts)
51. "An attempt at humor?"
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 03:58 PM
Nov 22

Steven Root

He was the judge in Idiocracy, and the Swingline stapler guy in Office Space.

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