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Foreign Movies

written by: cyna71
 
I love foreign movies... they're so deep! How much do you know about popular movies from outside the United States? Some have made it to the U.S. and done pretty good!

Question 1:


This 2006 movie directed and produced by Guillermo del Toro is an Academy award winning Spanish language film. It was set in post Civil War Spain about a girl named Ofelia, a mysterious faun and her step father Captain Vidal.  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 2:


This 2004 movie is about a secret organization during the reign of the Tang dynasty in China that rises up and opposes the government. Star Zhang Ziyi lived with a blind girl to prepare for her role as a blind dancer who is suspected of being the daughter of the organizations leader.
House of Flying Daggers
Hero
Iron Monkey
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Question 3:


Between 1993 and 1994 Krzysztof Kieślowski and his partner Krzysztof Piesiewicz created a trilogy of movies related to the colors of the French flag. Name the colors and you'll name the movies (in the order they were released).  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 4:

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Name the 1981 movie about the German U-Boat crew U-96 during WWII in the Battle of the Atlantic.  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)



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Question 5:

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Can you name the 1989 movie this quote is from? Georgina: [to Richard] He's dead. They stuffed him with pages torn from his favorite book. Could you cook him?
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Delicatessen
Blade Runner
Cinema Paradiso

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Question 6:


This 1997 thriller starring Penelope Cruz was very closely remade in 2001 with Tom Cruz and Cameron Diaz.  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 7:


This 2004 movie has 3 different stories from the minds of 3 different directors from 3 different Asian countries.
Hero
Three Extremes
The Grudge
Audition

Question 8:


The 2001 Japanese animated movie Spirited Away is about Chichiro and her parents being trapped in what seems to be a deserted amusement park.
False
True

Question 9:


What 1991 movie has this tag? "Each of us is matched somewhere in the world, by our exact double - someone who shares our thoughts and dreams"
Delicatessen
Three Lives and Only One Death
The Double Life of Véronique
The City of Lost Children

Question 10:


This 2000 Chinese language movie starring Chow Yun-Fat is about the quest for a magical jade sword and is also a love story. Dialog from the movie: Li Mu Bai: I would rather be a ghost drifting by your side as a condemned soul than enter heaven without you... because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 11:


This 1972 Russian movie was the answer to America's 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Russian movie was later remade in 2002 with George Clooney.
Fail Safe
Solaris
Ocean's 11
Syriana

Question 12:


This 1985 epic by Akira Kurosawa was made when he was 75. It is a stunning interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear where Lear is a 16th century warlord who decides to retire and divide his kingdom evenly among his 3 sons. But when one son objects out of loyalty to his father and warns him of sibling rivalry, he is banished and the kingdom is awarded to his brothers. The loyal son's fears are valid: a treacherous power struggle ensues. The title of the movie is the Japanese character for "chaos" or "rebellion".  (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)


Question 13:


Debra Winger starred in the 1993 Australian movie The Piano and played most of the piano sequences herself.
True
False

Question 14:


This 1931 German film by Fritz Lang starred Peter Lorre and Ellen Widmann. Lorre plays a psychotic murderer of children and is marked by other criminals who are feeling the fallout for his crimes. Lang based the movie on an article he read about the serial killer Peter Kuerten from Duesseldorf.
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M
X
I

Question 15:


The 2001 Spanish movie Y Tu Mama Tambien translates into what?
And Your Mother Too
Mother Too
You and Your Mother
Mom and Me

 
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