Movie Trivia thread.....

[Chef2]

You answer, you submit........

Bo Derek's real name?......

 

[93Devil]

Vincent

 

[da man]

Vincent

OK, that made me laugh.

 

[bigpern23]

It's really like a fine wine, it gets better as you savor it. Quality work, 93Devil.

 

[DanOregon]

John Travolta played Michael Madsen's brother, but the characters were in different films. Name the films and the characters.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs and Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction.

Leonardo DiCaprio has only ever been in one movie in which he did not get top billing. What movie was it?

 

[Webster]

Leonardo DiCaprio has only ever been in one movie in which he did not get top billing. What movie was it?

The Quick and the Dead?

 

[HC]

Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs and Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction.

Leonardo DiCaprio has only ever been in one movie in which he did not get top billing. What movie was it?

What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

 

[MisterCreosote]

No on both counts. Think more recently.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Wait a minute. I botched the question.

The answer was Django Unchained, but it wasn't the only time he didn't get top billing. It was the first time since the mid-90s.

Sorry.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Who is the only actor/actress to win an Academy Award for portraying another Oscar-winning actor/actress, and what was the film?

 

[HC]

Who is the only actor/actress to win an Academy Award for portraying another Oscar-winning actor/actress, and what was the film?

Kate Blanchett playing Katherine Hepburn in "The Aviator".

 

[HC]

Who was Barbra Streisand's first choice for Kris Kristofferson's role in "A Star is Born"?

 

[Steak Snabler]

Who was Barbra Streisand's first choice for Kris Kristofferson's role in "A Star is Born"?

Elvis Presley?

 

[HC]

Elvis Presley?

Yup. And he wanted to do it but Streisand was offering a cut of profits and the Colonel would only take payment up front.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Elvis Presley?

If that is correct. ... As much as I have trouble buying a romantic pairing of Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand. ... I'd have had way more trouble buying Elvis and Streisand as love interests.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Let me see if I can do one without screwing it up:

For which actor did Cameron Crowe originally write the part of Russell Hammond in Almost Famous?

Bonus: Who was originally cast as Penny Lane?

 

[Dyno]

Let me see if I can do one without screwing it up:

For which actor did Cameron Crowe originally write the part of Russell Hammond in Almost Famous?

Bonus: Who was originally cast as Penny Lane?

Brad Pitt.
Bonus: Sarah Polley

 

[Dyno]

Who did the makers of "Animal House" originally want to play Boon?

 

[MisterCreosote]

I don't know, but I know Otter was written for Chevy Chase.