Who Wrote the Screenplay?
William Goldman
This Alfred Hitchcock film is shown at the local outside theater in Dazed and Confused.
Family Plot
In The French Connection, French criminal Alain Charnier distributes this drug and it's the world's largest drug smuggling syndicate.
Heroin
They got a murder on their hands . . . they don't know what to do with it.
In the Heat of the Night
North By Northwest
Ernest Lehman
In Diner, there is a character who only recites lines from this classic 1957 noir.
Sweet Smell of Success
In La Strada, the Italian brute Zampanò buys Gelsomina from her family for how much money?
Hint - It's in Lire, aka Italian currency
$10,000 Lire
Her Story. Her Voice.
What Happened, Miss Simone?
On the Waterfront
Budd Schulberg
In Wonder Boys, James has a VHS copy of this classic Douglas Sirk film in his backpack.
Written on the Wind
This iconic French actress plays Severine in Belle de Jour.
Catherine Deneuve
... The Picture That Gets Away With Murder!
A Shot in the Dark
The Last Detail
Robert Towne
On the original poster of Blazing Saddles, the movie is subtitled “Never Give a Saga an Even Break,” which is homage to a 1941 film starring this legendary comedian.
W.C. Fields
In What Happened, Miss Simone?, Nina Simone is shown playing in Montreux in 1976 which is located in this European country.
Switzerland
The things they do among the playful rich. Oh boy!
The Philadelphia Story
Bull Durham
Ron Shelton
This MGM actress makes a cameo as herself in The Band Wagon.
Ava Gardner
Gene Kelly needed to convince MGM executives to back his "dance" picture An American in Paris. He screened them this postwar European movie to show that it could be profitable and well-executed.
The Red Shoes
Get Aboard!
The Band Wagon