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7) What "ethnic" actors have won/been nominated for Academy Awards?
This FAQ is cross-posted to rec.arts.movies.current-films,
rec.arts.movies.past-films, and rec.arts.movies.misc.
Questions include:
0) "What movies has X appeared in/directed/written etc.?"
1) "Does anyone know this movie?"
2) "What stories/movies/tv shows are about X?"
3) How can I get an address &/or a phone number for (some famous
star)?
4) "Does anyone want to talk about X?"
5) What is letterboxing?
6) What are those funny dots that blink on in the upper-right
corner of films?
7) What "ethnic" actors have won/been nominated for Academy Awards?
8) How do films, actors, etc., get nominated for Academy Awards?
9) What are the top twenty grossing films of all time?
10) When does a movie break even?
11) What is a director's cut?
12) Are there any Web sites for movie scripts?
13) What is Roger Ebert's CompuServe address?
14) Is Jodie Foster gay?
15) What are some movies that were better than the books/stories
they were based on?
15a) What are some sequels that were better than their predecessors?
16) How can I find out where a certain movie is playing?
17) What is the earliest *numbered* sequel?
18) Why are clips of old films always fast?
19) What does the number at the end of the end credits mean?
20) Why aren't there more G-rated movies released?
21) What was the first PG-13 movie to be released?
22) What is the worst film to win the "Best Picture" Oscar?
30) References, cameos, etc.:
A) What are all the James Bond films and who played Bond?
B) What are the Hitchcock cameos in all his movies?
C) What are the references to "See You Next Wednesday" in John
Landis's films?
31) Specific films:
A) What movie did the quote: "Badges?? Badges?? We don't need no
stinkin' badges?" come from ??
B) Is it true that a hanged person (munchkin) is visible in the
background of one scene in THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)?
C) Did Andy Williams dub Lauren Bacall's singing voice in TO
HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)?
D) Did Audrey Hepburn do the singing in MY FAIR LADY (1964)?
How come Julie Andrews did not reprise her Broadway
performance of Eliza Doolitle?
E) What's this talk about a ghost in THREE MEN AND A BABY
(1987)?
F) Can someone explain BARTON FINK (1991)?
G) What is the secret of THE CRYING GAME (1992)? (rot13'd)
H) What is the significance of the stones at the end of
SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)?
I) What is the poem in FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994)?
J) Where in THE CROW (1994) did Brandon Lee get shot? Did they
leave it in? And how did it happen?
K) Is FARGO (1996) a true story? Was the "Victim in the Field"
really played by the Artist Formerly Known as Prince?
32) In what films does John Wayne get killed?
Topics include:
1) Colorizing -- various legal and moral issues
2) Product placements in movies
3) Has anyone seen this great movie I just saw called HEATHERS?
For the following items, see the rec.arts.sf.movies FAQ:
1. Abbreviations
a. General
b. SF specific
2. Anime
3. Can the X beat the Y?
4. Exposure to vacuum
6. Frequent subjects
7. Isaac Asimov movies
8. Websites for further SF movie info
9. What movies are about X?
a. Alien Invasion
b. Alternate History
c. Artificial Intelligence
d. Cyberpunk
e. Cyborgs
f. Dinosaurs
g. ESP/Telepathy
h. First Contact
i. Genetic Engineering
j Killer asteroids/comets
k. Magical Realism
l. Mars/Martians
m. Post Apocalypse
n. Robots / Androids
o. Time Travel
p. Urban Fantasy
q. Virtual Reality
Specific movies:
1. ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION
a. Jamie Lee Curtis' role
b. Sequel
c. FAQ
2. AKIRA
3. ALIEN, ALIENS, etc.
a. Alien v. Predator
b. Names of ships
c. FAQ
4. BACK TO THE FUTURE
a. Cute gimmicks
b. FAQ
5. BLADERUNNER
a. Deckard a replicant?
b. Possible sequel
c. FAQ
6. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
a. What does the title mean?
7. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND
a. Original
b. Different versions
8. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
a. What is that famous phrase?
9. DUNE
a. David Lynch film - Rumored 7-hour Director's Cut
b. Telefilm
10. FORBIDDEN PLANET
a. Original
b. Possible remake
11. HEAVY METAL
a. Sequel?
12. THE LAST STARFIGHTER
a. CGI forerunner
13. LATHE OF HEAVEN
14. LOGAN'S RUN
a. Original
b. Possible remake
15. LORD OF THE RINGS
a. Animated versions
b. Live action version
16. MAD MAX
a. Why was it dubbed?
b. Where can I get an undubbed version?
c. Sequels
d. FAQ
17. METROPOLIS
a. Different versions
b. Music of
c. FAQs
18. PLANET OF THE APES
a. Original
b. Remake
c. Was Leo on Earth the whole time?
d. What's up with the ending?
e. Sequel
f. How did Boulle's book end?
19. PREDATOR
a. What story is it based on?
20. Quatermass films
a. Various films
21. ROLLERBALL
a. Original
b. Remake
22. STAR TREK
a. Trek newsgroup
b. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
c. Next Trek film?
23. STAR WARS
a. Original film
b. New releases
24. STARSHIP TROOPERS
a. Power armor
25. THE TERMINATOR
a. Harlan Ellison's credit/lawsuit
b. Sequels
c. FAQ
26. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
a. Film v. novel
b. HAL v. IBM
c. Cinerama
d. Sequel
27. TRON
a. Original
b. Possible sequel
28. 12 MONKEYS
a. What film was it based on?
b. What did the ending mean?
29. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?
a. Who voiced Jessica Rabbit?
b. Sequel?
Items covered in the rec.music.classical FAQ (cf):
Q6. What is that [classical] music in [insert TV show/movie
here]? [I'm not sure this still exists, however.]
rec.arts.movies.* are newsgroups devoted to discussions of movies. They
are high-volume newsgroups and this article is intended to help reduce
the number of unnecessary postings, thereby making them more useful and
enjoyable to everyone.
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