Films
This 1972 mafia drama by Francis Ford Coppola tells the story of Michael Corleone's journey from reluctant son to ruthless Don.
What is the Godfather?
She has received more Academy Award acting nominations than any other actor and is famous for films such as Sophie’s Choice, The Devil Wears Prada, and Mamma Mia!
Who is Meryl Streep?
This actor won an Oscar for Forrest Gump, in which he played a kind but intellectually disabled man who unexpectedly becomes a famous American figure.
Who is Tom Hanks?
This director made Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
What do Americans commonly call the area of Los Angeles where much of the American film industry developed?
What is Hollywood?
This 1939 film follows Dorothy, a girl from Kansas who is transported to a magical land where she meets a Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion.
What is the Wizard of Oz?
This actor won his first Academy Award for playing a boxer in Raging Bull and later appeared in Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, and The Godfather Part II. Noted for his collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.
Who is Robert De Niro?
Perhaps the two most iconic mafia/crime actors in cinema history are Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Which has won more Academy Awards?
Robert De Niro
This director is famous for nonlinear storytelling, sharp dialogue, stylized violence, and films such as Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained.
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
The famous Hollywood sign originally had four additional letters and advertised a real-estate development. What was originally written instead of just Hollywood?
What is Hollywoodland?
This iconic film, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, tells the story of silent film actors transitioning to talkies (movies with recorded sound and spoken dialogue) and is the only musical from our presentation.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
This actor is widely considered the best ever and gave us the famous line "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather.
Who is Marlon Brando?
This 2003 fantasy film won all 11 of the Oscars for which it was nominated—a perfect record.
What is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?
This director's films often explore crime, guilt, ambition, and morality. He directed Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and The Departed.
Who is Martin Scorsese?
When an actor/actress wins an Academy Award, what physical award do they actually receive?
What is a golden statue of a knight holding a sword?
This classic Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie flopped at the box office when it was first released, but became appreciated over the years as many fans watched it on television.
Of these four actors—Katharine Hepburn, Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks, and Bette Davis—which one has won the most Academy Awards for acting?
Who is Katharine Hepburn?
Name at least one of the three films that received 14 Academy Award nominations—the joint record for the most nominations ever received by a film.
What are All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land?
This director is known for surreal, dreamlike movies in which reality can become difficult to distinguish from fantasy. He directed Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and the television series Twin Peaks.
Who is David Lynch?
This classic 1960 horror/thriller from Alfred Hitchcock featured the first-ever toilet flushing shown on an American cinema screen, despite censors originally trying to cut the scene.
What is Psycho?
In this 1942 classic, Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) runs a nightclub in Morocco and unexpectedly reunites with Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the woman he once loved.
What is Casablanca?
This actress became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Fences.
Who is Viola Davis?
Only three films have won all five of the major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted or Original Screenplay. Name one of them.
What are It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and The Silence of the Lambs?
This director defined the American Western and was a major influence for Spielberg, Scorsese, and George Lucas. Two of his movies appeared in our film presentation today and he has won a record 4 Academy Awards for Best Director.
Who is John Ford?
This 1927 film is generally recognized as the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue and singing, helping bring the era of silent films to an end.
What is the Jazz Singer?