OCC Film 100 Test 3
Ida Lupino
1 Actress and sex symbol 2 1950's era director who fought to break stereotypes 3 worked during a very turbulent time in Hollywood with mostly men
Mable Normand
1 Actress turned director by Mack Sennett 2 Chaplin's mentor 3 accomplished screenwriter
Sofia Coppola
1 First american female director nominated for in directing in 2004 for "Lost In Transition" 2 didn't win
Alice Guy Blache
1 French filmmaker, film first "The Cabbage Fairy" in 1896 which is the first narrative film. 2 First female director 3 Sent to the U.S. to oversee a new studio construction 4 early adopter of multi-reel films
Mary Pickford
1 Highest paid silent actress 2 co-founder of United Actress 3 one of the original 36 founders of academy of motion pictures arts and sciences
Lina Wertmuller
1 accomplished italian director 2 First female nominated for Oscar for "Seven Beauties"
Lois Weber
1 comedic silent actress 2 American first female director 3 A technical innovator in visual effects 4 highest paid director of the silent era 5 made films from a female POV
Dorothy Arzner
1 secretary at paramount 2 became the top editor at paramount 3 given a film to direct 4 directs paramount's first sound film 5 First female in the DGA
Olivia de Havilland
1 sued warner bros in regard to the studio system and wins 2 this is a landmark decision that benefited actors to this day
Godfather Part I had how many Oscar nominations and how many wins?
10 Nominations - 3 Oscars
Before the end of _________ The Godfather had become the all-time box office champ, making more money than any other film
1972
FFC was almost fired __ times while making The Godfather
5
This woman is given credit for directing the first narrative (story) film.
Alice Blache
Steven Spielberg's production company is called?
Amblin Entertainment
2005
Ang Lee Oscar best director (Brokeback Mountain)
2012
Ang Lee earns second directing Oscar (Life of Pi)
When Japan allied itself with Nazi Germany Hollywood retched up hostile images of _______________ as enemy aliens and provocateurs
Asian
What did the C.I.A. attempt to do to the African leader (Nykwana Wombosi), but failed?
Assasination attempt
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
Jack Nicholson talked Bert Schneider into this -"Easy Rider"- by saying _____________________ movies make money
Bike
How does Michael's first wife die?
Bomb planted causing car to explode
FFC: "For me, the toll booth scene is inspired by Dean Tavoularis' and Arthur Penn's work in __________________."
Bonnie and Clyde
When talkies came in, it was a disaster for anyone who had an accent except the ____________
British
The sharks nickname in Jaws was?
Bruce
In The Bourne Identity, what was the reason Jason Bourne did not kill the African leader Nykwana Wombosi?
Children were present
What was the reason Jason Bourne did not kill Nykwana Wombosi
Children were present
His personal favorite movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind=Firelight
2000
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon(Dir. Ang Lee, Oscar Foreign Language Picture)
27
Directed first feature film "THX;1138"
2017
Director Patty Jenkins' "Wonder Woman" is a mega-hit grossing $800 million worldwide.
What was the social event being held at the opening of the film?
Don coreone's daughter's wedding
The one female director that made the transition from silent to sound era was?
Dorothy Arnzer
1954
Dorothy Dandridge Academy Award Nominee for best actress(carmen jones)
The first James Bond film was?
Dr. No
Francis Ford Coppola Age 21
Enrolled in UCLA Film Program
George Lucas 20
Enrolled in USC film program
All films directed by _________ had lost money before "The Godfather".
FFC
A woman has never won the Best Director Oscar
False Kathryn Bigelow 2009 Best Director Oscar THE HURT LOCKER
In the beginning of the movies, negative portrayal of minorities had little effect on society because movies were not an important form of mass communication.
False People believed stereotypes from the start of film
1936
Flash Gordon (first in series/stars buster crabbe)
Who said this quote? "On Monday I was in the theater and on Tuesday I wanted to be a filmmaker."
Francis Ford Coppola
Who is considered the father of special effects?
George Melies
ironically the creator of this edgy urban classic with its sexy protagonist was a poor uneducated black man form Kansas named __________
Golden Parks
1971
Gordon Parks Directed shaft, A black film with black heroes(the film saved MGM)
What famous cinematographer helped George Lucas get into USC and with Lucas' first successful feature film?
Haskell Wexler
1939
Hattie McDaniel Oscar, best supporting actress(Gone with the wind)
What is the fate of the attacker in Jason Bourne's Paris apartment?
He felt off the building and died
How does Jason Bourne get to Paris?
He gets a ride with a girl named Marie
In The Godfather Don Corleone's godson (Johnny Fontaine) asked him for a favor. It was?
Help him get a movie-acting job
The era of film (god father) we are currently learning about is? 1960-1980
Hollywood Renaissance
What company did the special effects for Star Wars?
Industrial Light and Magic
____________ became the first woman to win the award of best director at the academy awards.
Kathryn Bigelow
2009
Kathryn Bigelow 1st woman Oscar winner best director for "The Hurt Locker"
1975
Lina Wertmuller became first woman nominated for an oscar for best director for "Seven Beauties"
Steven Spielberg 16
Made 140 min. film "Firelight"
20
Made 24 min. film, "Amblin" (shown at atlanta film festival), sighed to seven year contract by universal studios
Who helped launch keystone studios and chaplin's career
Marbale Normand
The opening of the movie takes place in the
Mediterranean see off the coast of France
__________________ showed up in movies fro the very beginning, they were playing Indians and Pirates
Mexicans
When the Don retires, who does he pick to take his place?
Michael Corleone
Ava DuVernay won the best directing award at sundance film festival for what film?
Middle of Nowhere
The Bourne Identity was shot at a Hollywood studio?
No
Diane Keaton attended what school?
Orange Coast College
1980's
Rise of female action stars headlining movies
1993
Schindler's list
1957
Sessue hayakawa academy award nominee best supporting actor(T.B.O.T.R.Q) first sex symbol
In the Summer of 1971 this film sizzled at the box-office and sparked a cultural revolution by visually portraying black life through the eyes of black people for the first time in Hollywood history.
Shaft
Who, at the age of 35, became the president of 20 the century fox?
Sherry Lansing
1963
Sidney Poitier Oscar for best actor(lilies in the field)
This (servant class) was really the donate set of images of black actors during the 30's, 40's and things only started to change in the 50's with the emergence of ___________
Sindy portia
2004
Sofia Coppola 1st American woman nominated for academy award for best director "Lost In Transition"
Sherry Lansing was the first woman?
Studio Head, 20th Century Fox
What even did Michael attend when the shooting of the rival gangs took place?
The Baptism of his sister connie's baby. He was named its godfather.
1972
The Godfather (book)
1974
The Godfather Part II
1903
The Great Train Robbery (introduces the chase)
The first action film was?
The Great Train Robbery 1903
At the end of Bourne Identity, where are Jason Bourne and Marie last seen
The Greek island
Action films are often a mix of genera?
True
What was the first studio film to be released with an "X" rating?
United Artists
1920's
Westerns Most Popular Action Genre
1940's
World War II films, most popular action genre
Hayakawa was nominated for an ____________ for this performance(in Bridge on the River Kwai) he was also nominated for a Golden Globe and received best actor for the national board of review that year
academy award
28
directed "Jaws" (Financial box office hit)
33
directed The Godfather (academy award-screenplay)
FFC: "Making the first "Godfather" was non-stop anxiety and wondering when I was going to get ___________."
fired
Golden globes awarded (_______)
five: Best film, director, actor, screenplay, music. The directors guild of America awarded FFC best picture.
30
formed american zoetrope
55
graduates from college in 2002 (earns B.A. degree from CSULB)
In 1971 a commanding black sex symbol strolled onto the screen in a revolutionary film that gave African Americans the kind of cinematic ____________ they had never seen before
idol
Latinos have been making _____________________ since the first camera rolled
movie histories
Francis Ford Coppola made his debut editing Russian _____________________ films
science fiction
according to some researcher sessue hayakawa was the first _________ symbol of Hollywood.
sex
Sessue Hayakawa was born in Japan in 1890 he emigrated to the U.S. and became one of the best-paid and most respected stars of the _____________
silent screen
(Al Pacino) didn't look like _____ looked like at that time in business.
stars
The godfather was nominated for _____ academy award and won _________.
ten three : Best picture, actor, screenplay.
Don Corleone's godson (Johnny Fontane) ask him for a favor. What was it?
to persuade film producer to put him in the film
________ other directors turned down the Godfather before Paramount settled for Coppola
twelve
32
won academy award for best screenplay, "Patton" to direct god father
46
won academy award/best director for "Schindler's list"
