As the wise and serene Dalai Lama XIV once put it: “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.” Hollywood is full of characters who don’t care about the repercussions to themselves they cause and the trail of desolation they leave behind. See how well you do in working out the six films below.
(1970s)
(1970s)
(1980s)
(1990s)
(1990s)
(1990s)
Answers
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1. M.A.S.H. (1970)
2. Network (1976)
3. Do the Right Thing (1989)
4. Falling Down (1993)
5. The Truman Show (1998)
6. American Beauty (1999)
Got the first one right away: saw that on a double bill with Patton at a drive-in with my parents. They showed it after Patton because it was okay for the kids to see WAR, but breasts and the F-bomb? They should be asleep by then.
Talk about two different types of war films! I’ve never been to a drive-in. And yeah, that stretches across all action films ha.
It was the summer after it came out, and had been down-rated to “R” from “X”. Yeah, to have them both on the same bill–they are so far apart in terms of what they present, but that was the way drive-ins worked back then.
Do you miss the double films as well as the drive ins?
Not really. There were a few times when you’d get a few good movies on a double bill–I remember seeing “Crazy Larry and Dirty Mary” which wasn’t bad, but the followup was the original “Vanishing Point”, which was a fantastic film–but a lot of times you’d end up with a good or so-so movie, with the first one on the bill usually a total stinker. And since it was a summer experience, if it was a hot, humid night, it didn’t make for a great experience, by the time I stopped going in the late 1970’s the drive-ins were pretty much dead.
They’re a fun experience. My wife and I try to make it out to the local drive in at least twice every summer. Actually where we saw Brave. 🙂
How busy are they? Thought they had all pretty much closed down.
Most of them have, I think, but there are two around us. Both are on a seasonal schedule (I live in Minnesota) and do quite well, especially on weekends. If you want a good space at a weekend show, arriving early is recommended.
Hard to explain why, precisely; maybe it’s just remaining nostalgia.
2!!!!! Stop being greedy and send one London way 😉
This time I knew 3 and 6.
Had an inkling on 5 but couldn’t quite place it. Then, felt like an idiot when I read the answer. 🙂
It wasn’t that easy! The white picket fence is in quite a few American films.
3/6 for me. Not very good. Lol!
Sorry! Just saw this! I used to do quizzes of six way back when. Far easier to do 12 or 15 in one go.
A very sad 2/6 on this one. But then I haven’t seen the other four: MASH, Do The Right Thing, Network and Truman Show.
There’s another one coming up soon don’t worry 🙂 Do the Right Thing is astonishingly thought-provoking and I’m a huge fan of it.
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