UK Film

Just had a fun time watching “Love Lies Bleeding” that has allowed me to finish a batch of questions I’ve been collecting for a while.

Questions

Now most well known as director of “Return of the Jedi”, Welshman Richard Marquand’s other work includes which 1981 movie that starred Donald Sutherland as German World War II sleeper agent Henry Faber? It was an adaptation of a 1978 Ken Follett novel.

THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

The last of his silent films before moving on to talkies with “Blackmail”, Alfred Hitchcock adapted which Hall Caine novel for the screen in 1929, its title being a nod to where the author dwelt?

THE MANXMAN

Cinematography is provided by Swedish Oscar winner Linus Sandgren for which 2023 Emerald Fennell drama, which sees Barry Keoghan play an Oxford University student who spends some time at the titular estate?

SALTBURN

Directed by Frenchman Jean-Jacques Annaud of “Black and White in Color” fame, “Enemy at the Gates” saw Jude Law portray Russian sniper Vasily Zaitsev at the Battle of Stalingrad, with which English actor having a go at Nikita Kruschchev?

BOB HOSKINS

Turning up as Elizabeth Kublek in the two season spin-off “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”, which English actress has had film roles that include Vivien Leigh in “My Week with Marilyn”, Smilla Jaspersen in “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” and Sabrina Fairchild in a remake of Billy Wilder’s “Sabrina”?

JULIA ORMOND

Sister to two famous actors, who directed “The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema” and “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology”? In both of these Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek was the main man.

SOPHIE FIENNES

Sally Potter’s 2017 film “The Party” includes in its ensemble cast which actress as Martha, a character who is in a same-sex relationship with the pregnant Jinny as played by Emily Mortimer? She has won Emmy Awards for her roles in “24”, “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Succession”.

CHERRY JONES

2017 black comedy “The Party” by British director Sally Potter won the Rainbow Spike at which Spanish city’s international film awards that began in 1956? Past winners of its Golden Spike include “Thelma and Louise”, “Requiem for a Dream” and “3-Iron”.

VALLADOLID

Known for the documentaries “Senna”, “Diego Maradona” and “Amy”, the last winning a Best Documentary Oscar, which Brit directed the 2001 Irrfan Khan starring Hindi language film “The Warrior”?

ASIF KAPADIA

Her debut film being the disturbing horror “Saint Maud”, which British director brought us back to the end of the 80s in the 2024 dark thriller “Loves Lies Bleeding”?

ROSE GLASS

Films – UK

A bit of spamming of Daniel Craig and Helena Bonham Carter’s filmography here. And Hayley Atwell’s, but she’s not done quite so much.

Questions

In which critically panned 2017 film does Daniel Craig play the only white man in a Los Angeles neighbourhood alongside Halle Berry? It was directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, famous for the much better received “Mustang”.

KINGS

Panned by critics, in which 2011 Jim Sheridan psychological thriller does Daniel Craig star in with his wife Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts?

DREAM HOUSE

The 2011 Jon Favreau directed film “Cowboys & Aliens” is based on whose 2006 graphic novel? This person also helped produce the Brandon Routh film “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night” based on Tiziano Sclavi’s comic.

SCOTT MITCHELL ROSENBERG

Which 2007 sci-fi film starring Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman was not a critical success and is the fourth based on a 1955 Jack Finney novel?

THE INVASION

Who wrote the book and screenplay for the film “Layer Cake”, where Daniel Craig’s character is credited as XXXX? A sequel called “Viva La Madness” was published in 2011, with Jason Statham set to star in its adaptation in an extremely unoriginal casting choice.

J.J. CONNOLLY

A made for television film that also starred Diana Rigg, which 1987 Helena Bonham Carter film was based on a Barbara Cartland novel?

A HAZARD OF HEARTS

Starring Mickey Rourke and Helena Bonham Carter, what forename provides the title of a 1989 Liliana Cavani docu-drama based on a Hermann Hesse work? Vangelis provided the score.

FRANCESCO

Helena Bonham Carter made her fourth appearance in an EM Forster adaptation as which half-German character in “Howard’s End”, with Emma Thompson playing one of her siblings?

HELEN SCHLEGEL (Thompson played Margaret)

Filmed on location in Cornwall, which Shakespearean role did Helena Bonham Carter play in 1996, with the film’s illustrious cast including Richard E. Grant, Mel Smith and Ben Kingsley?

OLIVIA (TWELFTH NIGHT)

In which 1998 Paul Greengrass film also starring Kenneth Branagh did Helena Bonham Carter play a woman with motor neurone disease?

THE THEORY OF FLIGHT

Although not a sequel to “Little Shop of Horrors” Steve Martin once again plays the role of a dentist in which 2001 black comedy, with Helena Bonham Carter appearing as a co-star?

NOVOCAINE

Not to be confused with a novelist of the same name who has written books in the “Star Wars” universe, who wrote the 1998 novel “Big Fish”, on which the Tim Burton film was based with Helena Bonham Carter playing a witch?

DANIEL WALLACE

“Sixty Six” starring Helena Bonham Carter concerns what event that takes place on the same day as England win the Football World Cup, being based on a true life experience of the film’s director Paul Weiland?

BAR MITZVAH

Voiced by Helena Bonham Carter, what is the name of the ‘Corpse Bride’ from the 2005 animated film in which characters were created by Tim Burton and Spaniard Carlos Grangel?

EMILY

In which long-titled 2013 Jean-Pierre Jeunet film did Helena Bonham Carter star, the director’s last before 2022’s “Bigbug”? She played the title character’s mother, with the film being adapted from a novel by American Reif Larsen.

THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS T S SPIVET

Not a sequel to a famous 1935 movie, in which 2017 Bille August film did Helena Bonham Carter play the real life character Eleanor Riese, who was committed to a mental institution?

55 STEPS

For which 1987 film was Adrian Lyne nominated for a Best Director Oscar, with Glenn Close and Anne Archer also earning nominations?

FATAL ATTRACTION

Which 1990 Adrian Lyne psychological horror film starring Tim Robbins had a strong influence on the “Silent Hill” video game series? It was remade in 2019, with reviews suggesting it is definitely one to avoid.

JACOB’S LADDER

Who was the female lead in the 1938 film “The Lady Vanishes”, who tries to unearth clues as to where the elderly lady who was sharing her train compartment has gone?

MARGARET LOCKWOOD

Which 1997 Shane Meadows film sees Bob Hoskins trying to get people off the streets and into boxing?

TWENTY FOUR SEVEN

Which 2008 Shane Meadows film is named for an area in the Borough of Camden that is highly associated with the area in between Euston and St. Pancras railway stations?

SOMERS TOWN

Which actor won a British Independent Film Actor Award for their role as a paratrooper who has returned to Matlock in Shane Meadows’ “Dead Man’s Shoes”, also starring in his film “A Room for Romeo Brass”?

PADDY CONSIDINE

“The Man Who Fell to Earth” is based on a novel by which writer, who also wrote “The Hustler” and “The Color of Money”?

WALTER TEVIS

Which London-born English film director’s films include “Walkabout”, “Don’t Look Now” and “The Man Who Fell to Earth”?

NICOLAS ROEG

When she made her stage debut in 2005, Hayley Atwell performed in an adaptation of the ancient Greek play “Prometheus Bound”, a work by which author?

AESCHYLUS

Hayley Atwell came to prominence for playing the role of Lady Elizabeth Foster in 2008’s “The Duchess”. Of which place was the title character a duchess of, with Keira Knightley portraying her?

DEVONSHIRE

Running for two seasons, in which Marvel TV series did Hayley Atwell portray the title character, reprising her role from “Captain America: The First Avenger” and a 2013 Marvel One-Shot of the same name?

AGENT CARTER

Hayley Atwell had a role in which 2014 film that has the title of a First World War memoir written by Vera Brittain, with Alicia Vikander taking on the role of that author?

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

Featuring Hayley Atwell as the title character’s wife, the 2018 film “Christopher Robin” saw which actor take on the lead role?

EWAN MCGREGOR

In theatre, Hayley Atwell was critically recognised for her performance in “A View from the Bridge”, a play by which writer? A similar subject matter was featured in the 1954 film “On the Waterfront”.

ARTHUR MILLER

Clint Mansell

One of the most satisying things in quizzing is when a seemingly random name connects with something totally unrelated. This should make it so much easier to remember which band sung “Can U Dig It?”

Questions

Particularly associated with the work of Darren Aronofsky, Clint Mansell is the lead singer of which alt-rock band whose only top 10 hit was “Get the Girl! Kill the Baddies!”, with other top 40 hits including “Can U Dig It?” and “Touched by the Hand of Cicciolina”?

POP WILL EAT ITSELF

Clint Mansell composed the score for what 1998 conceptual Darren Aronofsky film that was his directorial debut, involving a mathematician obsessed with finding the underlying complete order in the real world?

PI

Its budget being halved after the withdrawal of Brad Pitt, which 2006 Darren Aronofsky film saw cost-cutting actors Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz take the leads with Clint Mansell providing the score? According to Aronofsky this not particularly well received film is like a Rubik’s Cube, which for me would mean it would collect dust in the attic.

THE FOUNTAIN

Featuring music by Clint Mansell, who played the title role in the 2014 Darren Aronofsky film “Noah”, with the movie garnering lots of controversy from religious quarters with China and several Muslim countries not allowing it to be shown?

RUSSELL CROWE

Performed by the Kronos Quartet for “Requiem for a Dream”, which composition by Clint Mansell was re-purposed for the trailer of “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” as “Requiem for a Tower”?

LUX AETERNA

Although never nominated for an Oscar, Clint Mansell did receive a Grammy award nomination for which 2012 Darren Aronofsky film that was nominated for five Academy Awards?

BLACK SWAN

Clint Mansell has provided music for the films “High-Rise”, “Happy New Year, Colin Burstead”, “Rebecca” and “In the Earth”, all films by which Essex-born director?

BEN WHEATLEY

The music of Clint Mansell featured in the Sam Rockwell starring “Moon”, which was directed by which son of a famous musician, whose other films include “Source Code” and “Warcraft”?

DUNCAN JONES (David Bowie’s son)

What was the title of Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut film from 2013, with Clint Mansell providing the music?

STOKER