Cameos
This legendary actor as Harry Lime in The Third Man.
This 90s movie was rejected by Sundance but later accepted to Cannes and was nominated in the Golden Camera category.
The Daytrippers
In When Harry Meets Sally…, Harry is reading this Stephen King book…ironic given the director involved.
Misery
What is the name of the goat in The Witch?
Black Phillip
In Mulholland Drive, Camilla (who suffers from amnesia) sees Rita Haywoth’s name on this movie poster in Diane's bedroom and decides to call herself Rita.
Gilda
This film and television actor appears as himself and as one of the title character’s friends in Being John Malkovich.
Charlie Sheen
This is the only movie on the list that won the Palme d’ Or (top prize) at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Third Man
The Dead Zone - Before his accident, Johnny Smith instructs his English class to read this legendary short story. And, ironically, Christopher Walken starred in the late 90s film adaptation.
What is the name of WALL-E’s pet cockroach?
Hint: Its first name is a reference to a famous silent film producer.
Hal
In WALL-E, the title character loves this movie musical and particularly the song “It Only Take A Moment.”
Hello, Dolly!
This publishing tycoon appears as the man William sees in the taxi in Almost Famous.
This indie movie won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
In The Daytrippers, Eliza finds a deeply romantic poem by Andrew Marvell, a metaphysical English poet and writer from this century.
17th Century
In Grey Gardens, The Beales had many animals including a cat with this name, also the first name of a Marx Brother.
Zeppo
In The Full Monty, the unemployed welders watch and mock this iconic 80s romantic drama on VHS.
Flashdance
This future Oscar-winning actress is shown eating an ice cream cone in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. One of her parents is in the cast.
Laura Dern
This 21st century movie won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Worst Person in the World
The Corleone family, from The Godfather, closely resembles the Karamazov family from the Brothers Karamazov, a novel from this celebrated 19th century author.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
What is the name of Lotte’s pet chimp in Being John Malkovich?
Hint: His name is also that of a prophet in 1 Kings 17 of the Bible.
Elijah
In The Apartment, CC. Baxter eats a frozen dinner and watches this classical Hollywood era Best Picture on television.
Grand Hotel
This actor, who was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in the late 2000s, provides the unseen voice of a psychiatrist and former priest Richard Sipe in Spotlight.
Richard Jenkins
James Schamus won Best Screenplay at Cannes adapting this film to the big screen.
In Little Miss Sunshine, Frank (Steve Carrell) is a literary scholar who specializes in the work of this famed early 20th century French novelist, perhaps most famous for In Search of Lost Time.
Marcel Proust
What is the name of the dog in The Amityville Horror?
Hint: It’s also the name of one of the male lead characters in a movie we discussed in the last 6 months.
Harry
In Divorce Italian Style, the male characters to the cinema and see this Federico Fellini movie.
La Dolce Vita