Film exam 3
What age did Spielberg make a 24 min film called amblin (shown at Atlanta film festival) and signed to contract with universal studios
20
What age is Lucas enroll in usc film program
20
At what age did francis ford coppola enroll in ucla film program
21
What age did he direct first TV series
21 (night gallery)
What age did Lucas win a scholarship to work as an apprentice at Warner brothers under Francis ford Coppola
22
What age did Lucas win a national film festival
22 (thx)
What age did Lucas direct his first feature film
27 (thx 1138)
What age did Lucas direct his first hit film American graffiti
29
The challenge of avator was to develop a camera that could shoot ____ and ____ at the same time
2d and 3d
At what age did Francis ford Coppola form the American zoetrope
30
What age did Lucas form industrial light and magic (special effects co)
32
At what age did Francis ford Coppola win the academy award for best screenplay and what movie was it for
32, Patton
What age did Francis ford Coppola direct the godfather part 2 and what academy awards did the movie win for him
35 , producing/directing/ screenplay
What age did Lucas form Pixar computer animation company
41
What age did Lucas build sky walker ranch, a high tech post production facility
43
What age did Spielberg win academy award for best best director schindlers list
46
What age did Spielberg firm dream works
49
What age did Spielberg graduate from college in 2002 (earns ba degree from csulb)
55
What age did Lucas sell all of his film related businesses to Disney 2012
68
What is the ultimate accolade for any producer
A best picture win
What was said mgm art director Cedric gibbons sketched Oscar on
A tablecloth
What were the 5 original branches
Actor, writer, director, producer, tech
Who was the first Latino to win best director
Alfonso cuaron (gravity)
What films have the most Oscar nominations
All about eve and titanic (14)
How many films directed by Francis ford coppola lost money before the godfather
All of them
The history of American movies is the history of ____ itself
America
Who became the first 3rd generation Oscar winner
Anjelica Huston 1985 for prizzis honor
What award got Spielberg his agent
Atlanta film festival for amblin
By the middle of the 60s producer/director roger Corman and American international pictures had built a thriving business of making ultra low budget ______
B pictures
The visual effects on this picture fall into three categories. There is that _____ for establishing environments.
Back paintings
What event did Michael attend when the shooting of the rival gangs took place
Baptism
"For me, the tolls booth scene is inspired by dean tavoularis and Arthur penns work in .."
Bonnie and Clyde
Arthur penn - " everybody was bowled over by what Jean-luc Godard had done with ____"
Breathless
How does michaels first wife die
Car explosion
When Michael went to Las Vegas he asked moe green to sell him something. What was it?
Casino
What was the single most emotional moment of Oscar history
Charlie Chaplin 1972
What is Steven Spielbergs personal favorite film
Close encounters of the third king
________ don't create anything, people create things (movies) using computers as a tool
Computers
What was the social event being held at the opening of the godfather
Connies wedding
Most Oscar wins for best actor
Daniel day Lewis (3)
Who was elected first president of A.M.P.A.S
Douglas Fairbanks
Genre with the most best picture oscars
Drama
Oscar prefers serious ______ over summer blockbusters
Dramas
Henry jaglom - "nobody thought that _______ was to become a seminal film"
Easy rider
Computer generated images are a way of coming up with new ______
Effects
Who said in the mythology of the cinema Oscar is the supreme prize
Federico Fellini
Francis was almost fired how many times while making the godfather
Five times
Johnny fontane's character was based off of who
Frank Sinatra
Who was the director of photography on the godfather
Gordon Willis
Who is the oldest Oscar recipient
Hal roach ,92 honorary Oscar
What was the first non Hollywood film to win best picture
Hamlet (England)
When the don retires who does he pick to take his place
His son Michael
For many of the founding moguls of Hollywood the movie business was the product of _____ dreams, shared ambition and gamblers daring
Immigrant
Films to win all five major oscars
It happened one night, one flew over the cuckoos nest, the silence of the lambs
The virtual camera does not have a _____ in the traditional sense. It's all created virtually in the computer
Lens
Who started the oscars
Louie b Mayer
Most Oscar nominations for actress
Meryl Streep (19) 15 best and 4 supporting
What was the first studio film to be released with an x rating
Midnight cowboy
What was the first x rated film to win best picture
Midnight cowboy
"As the president of paramount pictures, marlon Brando will..."
Never appear in this picture
At the end of the film Kay asks Michael "is it true" and Michael answer back ...
No
Jaws: "I thought that what could really be scary was ...."
Not seeing the shark
What film did Coppola see and want to be a filmmaker
October
Who is now recognized as a master of stop motion animation
Phil tippet
The technical director take all that information and on each frame make sure that it has proper lighting and then render it to make it as ________ as we can get it
Photo real
Real rain drops cannot be
Photographed
On citizen Kane when orsen Welles came to the studio he had never heard of a
Printer
After the film producer (Woltz) doesn't agree to don corleone's request, the don does what
Puts woltz's horses head in his bed
What film is Steven Spielbergs most important film
Schlindlers list
Roger Corman - "Francis made his debut editing Russian ________ films
Science fiction
What Oscar wins does Alejandro inarritu have
Screenplay, director, best picture, (birdman) 2014
"Bert (Schneider) is the most significant person in post 1950's...he's the equivalent in terms of producer of what ______ had been before"
Selznick
What did the first televised broadcast of the oscars do
Set a new ratings record and a national obsession
Who was the first black man to win best actor
Sidney Poitier for lilies of the field
Francis - "my history of the godfather was very much the history of ..."
Someone in trouble
Al Pacino didn't look like _____ look liked at that time in the business
Stars
What kind of animation was used to create James and the giant peach
Stop motion
What movie was the first silent movie since wings to win best picture and what year
The artist 2011
From where does Michael get the gun to shoot the police chief and sollozzo
The bathroom toilet
Most Oscar nominations but no wins
The color purple, the turning point (11)
What was the first sequel to win Oscar for best picture
The godfather part 2
6 things that inspired Lucas
The wizard of oz, the hidden fortress, western films genre, Douglas Fairbanks, the shadow (orsen welles), Flash Gordon (series of films)
Films with most Oscar wins
Titanic, Ben hur, lord of the rings:the return of the king (11)
Don corleone's godson (Johnny fontane) asks him for a favor. What was it?
To get him a part in a new movie
Most Oscar wins by and an individual
Walt Disney (26)
Silent films to win best picture Oscar
Wings(1927) the artist (2011)
Who was awarded the first best production award
Wings(silent film)
Historically what characteristics of women in movies stand the best chance of winning an Oscar
Women playing actresses, career professionals, women of loose morals
"Why not have my father get his break, so he can..."
Write the music
Has there ever been a political statement made at the academy awards
Yes
What was the first feature film created exclusively by computer generated imagery
You story
Performance capture is a technique when you try to capture the performance of an actor and translate it to a
digital character
Before the end of what year did godfather make more money in the box office than any other film
1972
Who and what year did the first person refuse an Oscar
1935 Dudley Nichols for screenplay the informer
What year was the Oscar called Oscar and not "award of merit"
1935 called Oscar by the academy librarian
What year did the newspaper publish the results of the awards before the ceremony
1939
How many directors before Francis ford Coppola turned down the godfathers before paramount settled on Francis
12
What age does Steven Spielberg sneak on to universal studios lot and observe film production
17
What age did Spielberg enroll at csu long beach (made 5 films)
18
What year was the academy of motion pictures art and science born
1927