DEWEY FINN’S MOVIE QUIZ

aka PROFESSOR DEWEY FINN’S OSTENTATIOUSLY ODD, SCHOLASTICALLY SCATTERSHOT BACK-TO-SCHOOL (OF ROCK?) MOVIE QUIZ

Another great quiz by Dennis Cozzalio.






1) 

BAND WITHOUT THEIR OWN 

MOVIE, FROM ANY ERA, YOU'D 

MOST LIKE TO SEE GET THE

 HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) 

OR HEAD (1968) TREATMENT
definitely the Flaming Lips.

CHRISTMAS ON MARS (2008) wasn't enough goddamnit.

2) OLIVER REED 

     OR ALAN BATES?
Oliver Reed for sure.

3) BEST THING ABOUT THE 

MOVE FROM PHYSICAL TO 

STREAMING MEDIA IN 

HOME VIDEO
Finally getting to see a bunch of titles i 

previously could never find on dvd or vhs

 anywhere. Either because they were out 

of print or the only copies left were being 

sold for too much on Ebay.

4) 

WORST THING ABOUT THE 

MOVE FROM PHYSICAL TO 

STREAMING MEDIA IN HOME VIDEO
The way it's effecting the distribution and 

financing of smaller movies. Not enough 

people go out to the cinemas anymore and 

it's harder to find funding for our projects 

unless you want to make a shitty deal with

 one of these vod companies.

5) 

FAVORITE ROBIN WILLIAMS 

       PERFORMANCE?
POPEYE (1980)!!

which was also his big screen debut.

6) 2ND 

FAVORITE CAROL REED
 ODD MAN OUT (1947)

7) ODDEST MOMENT /

CONCEPT IN 

ROCK MUSIC CINEMA
Off the top of my head: The car flying 

into the sky at the end of GREASE (1978). 

what the fuck.

8) FAVORITE MOVIE 

    ABOUT GROWING UP
SQUID AND THE WHALE (2005)

9) 

MOST WELCOMED NUDITY, 

FULL OR PARTIAL, IN A MOVIE
de la Huerta in LIMITS OF CONTROL

10) 

LEAST WELCOMED NUDITY, 

NUDE OR PARTIAL, IN A MOVIE
Tommy's butt in THE ROOM (2003)

11) 

LAST MOVIE WATCHED, IN A

 THEATER, ON DVD 

/ BLU-RAY, VIA STREAMING
theater: 

SAMBA
bluray: 

DURAN DURAN: UNSTAGED (2011)
streaming: 

Petzold's BARBARA (2012)

12) 2ND FAVORITE 

   BERTRAND BLIER
GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS

13) GOOGIE WITHERS 

        OR SALLY GRAY?
I'm sorry, Googie-- 

I go with Sally Gray on this one.

14) NAME A PIECE OF 

ADVICE DERIVED FROM A

 MOVIE OR MOVIE CHARACTER

 THAT YOU'VE HEEDED

 IN REAL LIFE
This voiceover by the mother in TREE OF LIFE (2011) hit me 

like the sermon on the mound. I try my best to keep it in mind 

during trying times
"Help each other. Love everyone. Every leaf. 

Every ray of light. Forgive. The only way to 

be happy is to love. Unless you love, your 

life will flash by."

15) FAVORITE MOVIE 

       ABOUT LEARNING
The documentary TO BE & TO HAVE 

inspiring & moving

16) PROGRAM A DOUBLE BILL OF 

MOVIES THAT WERE ANNOUNCED 

BUT, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, 

NEVER MADE. THESE COULD BE 

PROJECTS CANCELLED OUTRIGHT, 

OR FILMS THAT WERE MADE, BUT AT 

ONE TIME HAD DIFFERENT DIRECTORS, 

STARS, ETC., ATTACHED-- AND YOUR

 "VERSION" OF THE FILM MIGHT BE 

THE ONE WITH THAT LOST DIRECTOR, 

FOR EXAMPLE
Jodorowsky's DUNE 

and Aronofsky's remake of ROBOCOP.

17) ODDEST MISMATCH 

OF DIRECTOR & MATERIAL
Off the top of my head; 

Danny Boyle & 127 HOURS.

Boyle's high-energy style and that single setting dilemma 

seem diametrically opposed. Watching the results were 

both fascinating and maddening.

18) FAVORITE PERFORMANCE 

BY YOUR FAVORITE 

CHARACTER ACTOR
Denzel in TRAINING DAY (2001).

19) 

FAVORITE CHASE SCENE
motorbike/18 wheeler part of TERMINATOR 2

& car chase that becomes a foot pursuit 

in POINT BREAK. Both 1991.

20) MOVIE MOST PEOPLE MIGHT 

NOT HAVE SEEN THAT YOU 

CURRENTLY FEEL LIKE 

PROSELYTIZING ABOUT
Ben Wheatley's 

A FIELD IN ENGLAND (2014).

21) FAVORITE MOVIE 

   ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL
If Freaks & Geeks were a motion picture I would pick 

that, but since it's not; 
I choose Alexander Payne's 

ELECTION (1999).

22) FAVORITE LAUREN 

    BACALL PERFORMANCE

THE BIG SLEEP (1946).

23) DAVID FARRAR 

    OR ROGER LIVESEY?
Livesey.

24) PERFORMANCE MOST 

LIKELY TO GET OVERLOOKED

 DURING THE UPCOMING

 AWARDS SEASON
Gugu Mbatha-Raw in BELLE.

25) ROCK MUSICIAN WHO, 

WITH THE RIGHT PROJECT, 

COULD HAVE BEEN A 

MOVIE STAR
Joe Strummer.

26) 2ND FAVORITE 

       TED POST MOVIE
I've really only seen 3 of this dude's movies 

and the only one I liked was MAGNUM FORCE 

(1973), so I don't have a 2nd favorite.

27) FAVORITE ON-SCREEN 

        ODD COUPLE
Abbott and Costello.

28) 

FLICKER OR ZEROVILLE?
I've only read Flicker. but I loved that.

29) FAVORITE MOVIE 

         ABOUT COLLEGE
Buster Keaton's COLLEGE (1927).

ANIMAL HOUSE (1978) 

& SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) follow after.

30) IN A SPECIFIC MOVIE 

FULL OF MEMORABLE TURNS,

YOUR FAVORITE UNDERAPPRECIATED 

PERFORMANCE

More recently, Mark Wahlberg in THE FIGHTER (2010). 

He gets overlooked in that movie due to being 

sandwiched between those other 3 incredible more 

"showy" performances. He's really the glue of the 

whole film though.

31) FAVORITE MOVIE 

     ABOUT PARENTING
RAISING ARIZONA (1987)?

32) SUSANNAH YORK 

      OR SARAH MILES?
Sarah by a narrow margin.

33) MOVIE WHICH BEST EVOKES THE 

SENSE OF PLACE IN A REGION 

WITH WHICH YOU ARE 

WELL FAMILIAR
Bogdanovich's 

LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971).

Archer City, Texas.. small town West TX life.

34) NAME A FAVORITE ACTOR FROM

 CLASSIC MOVIES AND THE 

CONTEMPORARY PERFORMER 

WHO MOST EVOKES THEIR 

PRESENCE/STATURE/TALENT
John Cassavetes = Tom Hardy

Ann-Margaret = Amber Heard

Henry Fonda = Casey Affleck

Lillian Gish = Julia Garner

35) YOUR FAVORITE HOT 

STREAK OF ANY DIRECTOR
John Carpenter from 1974 to 1988!! 
DARK STAR (1974), ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976), 

HALLOWEEN (1978), SOMEONE'S WATCHING ME (1978), 

ELVIS (1979),

THE FOG (1980), ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981), 

THE THING (1982), CHRISTINE (1983), STARMAN 

(1984),

BIG TROUBLE LITTLE CHINA (1986), PRINCE 

OF DARKNESS (1987), THEY LIVE (1988)

jumpin' jehosaphat, what a rap sheet.