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Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) Judd Nelson was part of the Brat Pack. The common members of the crew include Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, and Rob Lowe among others. What two movies are commonly associated with members of the Brat Pack?
2) The film is directed by Bob Clark. He is somewhat notable for writing and directing what 1981 T&A comedy about rowdy high schoolers in Florida? He allegedly wrote the script as a stream of conscience into a tape recorder.
3) Judd Nelson was nominated for a Razzie for the film. He would ultimately lose to Bill Cosby for what Sci Fi stinker?
4) We just watched Elizabeth Perkins in The Flintstones. But what ensemble film, starring Alan Arkin, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Pollak among others, did she film prior to that, which was notably lampooned by the film Wet Hot American Summer?
5) John Hurt plays the murderer in the film. He’s been nominated for two Academy Awards, although he’s never won. One was for Midnight Express, which I’ve read the book of but never seen. The other was for the lead role in a very early David Lynch film. What film?
Bonus NYTimes Listing Question: On April 4, 1992, From the Hip played primetime on channel 11. A little bit before though on HBO was:
This is an easy one right? What is the film?
Answers
1) It is specifically two movies, The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire. But the crew did quickly expand to include people like James Spader or Matthew Broderick. It was a made up term created by David Blum of New York Magazine.
2) That would be Porky’s. Some funny stuff about Porky’s. It made $200 million which is absurd. It was apparently produced as a tax loophole. And Bob Clark ultimate directed the first two in the franchise, but not the third, Porky’s Revenge!
3) Bill Cosby? Sci-Fi? Well that could be only one movie (stinker or not): Leonard Part 6. Roger Ebert would say about this film: “Bill Cosby should be ashamed of himself.” And Siskel would say, “it’s worse than Ishtar.” And yeah, it is “Part 6” because, like Star Wars, we are entering into the middle of an episodic adventure.
4) That would be Indian Summer. Fun fact: I’ve never seen it. That is to say, I’ve seen the beginning of it many many times on television. But then I get very bored. I never have found out what happened to … the big trophy? Right? The film is partially about figuring out what happened to a trophy that disappeared at the camp years prior.
5) Early Lynch and John Hurt in an Oscar nominated role? That has to be Elephant Man. I should watch that, but for whatever reason I always think it is going to be scary, when I presume it actually very much is not.
Bonus NYTimes Listing Answer: Men at Work, obviously. But also good to remember that that is what this film is called.
Never seen it though. Should I? I guess it is a real BMT qualifying film. Oh wow though, it has Dean Cameron … I really should watch it.
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