Serious Movie Trivia

[NikeeGoddess]

for the flicker freaks.
answer correctly then post one of your own. and so on....and so on....and so on...


Pong - one of the very first video games - yeah, i had one - was featured in what 1973 feature?

[sspunisher]

With a trivia question like that, this thread might not see another question lol. I'm exempt tho, I wasn't born yet, so I'll wait for a post 1983 question.

[dpaterso]

How about a quarter-point for knowing Computer Space featured in Solyent Green? (Shows on TCM every few weeks over here.) As for Pong, no idea.

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)

[Joe Calabrese]

The first use of PONG in movies was in the film Juggernaut with Omar Sharif.

[NikeeGoddess]

ssp - if you restrict you movie watching experience to post '83 flicks only then you're missing out big time. [[[the NikeeGoddess just shakes her head]]]

ok - back on topic:
my answer was indeed Soylent Green but, maybe i'm wrong and Juggernaut is the real answer.....which is a horrible way to start a game. and since neither of you posted another trivia then i'll go again.

something easy for the youngins'
You like apples? Well, I got her number. How do ya' like dem apples?!
name it!

[Joe Calabrese]

"Good Will Hunting." My turn twice.

"As a joke, what famous and classic movie script was circulated (unchanged) in the 1980's to every studio exec under its original title and was rejected by every one and covered as being being poor in its writing and dialog? Oddly, no one noticed the similarity to the original film, either."

[Boo_Radley]

I can think of three probables but I'll go with...Citizen Kane?

[NikeeGoddess]

i'm pretty sure that's not right, Boo.....esp since CK is not a remake from a classic.



My turn twice. - and since you only posted one question then i'll post the 2nd one for you ;)

for screenwriters:
What script had 42 rewrites with several different writers AFTER the script was sold?

[WritingFool]

Joe, was it Rocky?

[Boo_Radley]

Nikee -- I don't think the question was about a remake...just how the recirculated screenplay compared to the actual film. Of course, I could be reading it incorrectly.

[sspunisher]

ssp - if you restrict you movie watching experience to post '83 flicks only then you're missing out big time. [[[the NikeeGoddess just shakes her head]]]


I was joking, I just didn't know the answer to the question.

[Chesher Cat]

"Good Will Hunting." My turn twice.

"As a joke, what famous and classic movie script was circulated (unchanged) in the 1980's to every studio exec under its original title and was rejected by every one and covered as being being poor in its writing and dialog? Oddly, no one noticed the similarity to the original film, either."

It was Casablanca, but if memory serves, I believe it was retitled.

Is there a prize for this game???

[Joe Calabrese]

Casablanca was circulated around Hollywood in the 80's under its original stage play title, Everyone Comes to Rick's, and was rejected and dejected at every studio.

Chesher wins. Your turn.

[WritingFool]

okay, I suck at trivia, but I got a devastating hook to the body, and I can shoot you between the eyes inside 100 Meters, so Im not exactly good for nothing. :)

[dpaterso]

That Good Will Hunting question was scandalously easy!

Solyent Green was released in 1973, Juggernaut in 1974 (thank you, IMDb.com). Weren't Computer Space and Pong developed by the same guy? Brissant? Brissand? Can't remember.

Name the Magnificent Seven actors. No looking it up.

Edited to add: Bushnell. Knew it started with a "B." D'oh.

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)

[NikeeGoddess]

i can get the easy 4 - a gift for anyone who knows the last 3 ;)

james colburn, charles bronson, yul brunner, steve mcqueen

[Joe Calabrese]

Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and a German guy (I can't remember his name.)

And just because it was made by the same computer programmer doesn't make it PONG. Pong wasn't released until 1974.

[dpaterso]

And just because it was made by the same computer programmer doesn't make it PONG. Pong wasn't released until 1974.Then your answer to Nikee's original question should have been "It's a trick question, 1973 is the wrong year." :)

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)

[Joe Calabrese]

Then your answer to Nikee's original question should have been "It's a trick question, 1973 is the wrong year." :)

If we are going to be technical about it, any movie released in 74 was made in 73. Maybe Nikee meant year made?

[Mac H.]

..And just because it was made by the same computer programmer doesn't make it PONG. Pong wasn't released until 1974.

The original pong was made with discrete logic (7400 series chips - which are still around!) rather than a computer, so there really wasn't a computer programmer involved.

If we consult the grail of democracy on the topic( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong ) we learn that the arcade 'pong' game was released in 1972.

The home version was released some time in 1975 (?)

And if we recall a screenplay excerpt on this very site, these were all variations of 'Computer Tennis' - created by William Higinbotham and Bob Dvorak in 1958.

(It turns out Bob Dvorak's son came across my excerpt, which led to an interesting email exchange. It turns out that he had been there at the first public showing of the video game.)

Mac

[NikeeGoddess]

back on topic:

someone needs to name the last of the 7....some German guy.
in the mean time i'm picking up the pace with...

What script had 42 rewrites with several different writers AFTER the script was sold?

in Weismuller's first installment of Tarzan his pal Cheetah was a chimpanzee but, what was Cheetah's mother?

[dpaterso]

(It turns out Bob Dvorak's son came across my excerpt, which led to an interesting email exchange. It turns out that he had been there at the first public showing of the video game.)"Wow!" is the only answer to that one!
in Weismuller's first installment of Tarzan his pal Cheetah was a chimpanzee but, what was Cheetah's mother?I'm going out on a limb here and guessing an uncredited actor in a gorilla suit!

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)

[NikeeGoddess]

yes - the chimps momma was indeed a gorilla

dp - post your trivia question

[dpaterso]

Damn, lucky guess!

Here's an easy one. A prodigious music composer, he's worked with famous screenwriters and directors; he's been music arranger on several movies including one taglined "A Rock & Roll Fable"; one of his songs has appeared in 4 different films; his 1977 blockbuster first album sold 30+ million copies.

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)

[Joe Calabrese]

Ry Cooder, Streets of Fire, Paris Texas.

On second thought. I am confused.

Streets of Fire is known as A Rock & Roll Fable.
Ry Cooder did the score.

But Ry's first album was early 70's, not 77 and didn't sell that well.

Now if your talking Bruce, he has had a lot of songs in films and his Born to Run album has sold 30 million to date, but it was a 1975 album, not 77 and he has never scored a film.

Is this a trick question?

[three seven]

The clue is in the word arranger. The album in question was his first as a composer, not a performer.

[dpaterso]

It is a tad tricky, but not sneaky tricky just thoughtful tricky, and indeed three seven has it!

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)

[three seven]

I'm not saying though, cos I cheated. That, and I can't be bothered to think of a question at this time of night.

[NikeeGoddess]

well, i'm never at a loss for flicker trivia so, i'll post one for you ;)

In North By Northwest what was the dollar amount of the fine for drunk driving that Richard Thornhill had to pay?

[Mac H.]

"Just pay the two dollars!" - His mother.

But was the fine really only 2 dollars - or was it just an expression?

But my answer is $2.

Mac.

[StephieM]

Everyone is one up on me. (one decade that is). I wouldn't even know how to guess with these questions. Throw me an easy one. Say maybe from a movie that was made in the last five years. LOL.

Steph

[Joe Calabrese]

Throw me an easy one. Say maybe from a movie that was made in the last five years. LOL. Okay, who said:

"There's a ninety-five pound Chinese man with a hundred sixty million dollars behind this door."

[JenniferShay]

Okay, who said:

"There's a ninety-five pound Chinese man with a hundred sixty million dollars behind this door."

I am new at posting here and have been lurking and learning for the last 2 months and I thought I might chime in because I love movie trivia (well any trivia for that matter). So that's got to be Danny Ocean (Ocean's Eleven).

[JenniferShay]

Stephanie76,

Sorry I chimed in on you.

For all the Gen Xer's out there...

Who said...
"That was money. Tell me that wasn't money."

[Mac H.]

>"That was money. Tell me that wasn't money."
At a guess I'd say 'Swingers'. Where 'money' seemed to be the cool term.

Was my answer for 'North by Northwest' correct?

Assuming that there was a chance that either that answer *OR* this one is correct, then I've got fairly good odds that it's my turn to ask a question.

Ok Stephanie - this one was released in 2002.

What movie is this a quote from: "There is no spoon" ?

And no - the answer can't be 'The Matrix' - that was pre 2000.

Given Joe's taste in movies, I suspect he might get the reference first...

Mac

[WritingFool]

It was either Matrix Reloaded or Revolutions

[Mac H.]

>It was either Matrix Reloaded or Revolutions

Sheesh - I wouldn't make it that easy.

Nothing to do with the Matrix films.

A quick bit of research on the web, and I've found that the film didn't get a wide theatrical release in the USA. (It was a UK film)

But it is still a classic.

Mac.

[Joe Calabrese]

Who said...
"That was money. Tell me that wasn't money." Vinve Vaughn said it in "Swingers."

[Joe Calabrese]

[i]What movie is this a quote from: "There is no spoon" ? Sean Pertwee said it in Dog Soldiers.

[Joe Calabrese]

Okay.

1. A lot of films show lavish dinner parties, but which film showed the guests enjoying a delicious and heaping plate of Chilled Monkey-Brains?

AND...

2. Which actor is the only person to have starred in three films which opened in a prison? Not sequels. Bonus. Name the films.

[StephieM]

Okay, who said:

"There's a ninety-five pound Chinese man with a hundred sixty million dollars behind this door."

Darn it. And I knew that one!

That's okay Jennifer. Glad to see your taking part. Welcome!

Okay maybe five years is a little narrow. How about twenty years. :)

Thanks Mac, but my first guess would of also been the Matrix. Right away I had the image of that little boy (or was it a girl) bending that spoon with his mind. And someone saying "there is no spoon."

Being a UK film, I probally wouldn't know it. :(

Steph

[StephieM]

Joe,

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?

Second one, I have no idea. I'll have to think about that one.

Steph

[StephieM]

I'm going to take a wild guess. Sean Connery?

[Joe Calabrese]

Steph. You should know this one. I posted it for you.

IJ&TOD is right, Steph gets one question.

[StephieM]

Yahoo! :banana:

This is probally a really easy question, but it's one of my favorite lines of all time...

This is a quote from what movie?

"They're only noodles Micheal."

Okay Joe,
George Clooney?

Steph

[dpaterso]

Let me tell ya, you people need to brush up on your trivia question rules!

The monkey brains were served up still inside the monkey heads not on heaped plates! Trick question, and you're all losers! Except me! Bwaaah-ha-ha!

You're posing quotes from Ocean's 11 when the person who wants "newer" film questions has a quote from that film in their sigline??

Has the world gone mad??

I'm still waiting for someone to answer "Horst Buckholz" and "Jim Steinman" to my questions!

Whoops!

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)

[Joe Calabrese]

Okay I shouldn't said plates.

But as for Oceans 11, I like to hide things in plain sight. Sometimes that's the hardest to figure out.

And for your stuff Dpat. I dunno.

[JenniferShay]

Yahoo! :banana:

This is probally a really easy question, but it's one of my favorite lines of all time...

This is a quote from what movie?

"They're only noodles Micheal."


Steph

Stephanie76 is that Keifer Sutherland from the Lost Boys?

[StephieM]

Yes Jennifer, that is correct. Your turn. I think. :Huh:

Dp,
Joe's just trying to make me look good. :tongue

Joe, I thought about your bonus question. If the answer is George Clooney, which I'm assuming it is. Here are the three movies George Clooney starred in and opened in a prison scene.

1. Ocean's Eleven
2. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
3. (guessing) Out of Sight

Steph

[Joe Calabrese]

And you do look good. You-re right on all three films.

Your turn... Make it tough, now that we all are up to speed.

[StephieM]

Yahoo for me again!

Okay, I'll try to be tough this time.

In three different movies starring Nicholas Cage, this same car is either mentioned or seen. What car is it?

Bonus-Name the three movies.

Steph

[three seven]

Well, there are Hummers in Gone In 60 Seconds, The Rock and Face/Off...

(But then there are Ferraris in 60 Seconds, The Rock and The Family Man...)

[StephieM]

This is a specific car. Color and type. And only mentioned or shown briefly. :)

[three seven]

Ok, a black Hummer then.

[StephieM]

No. You might have to do some digging on this one. ;)

Hint: "Gone in Sixty Seconds" is not one of the movies.


Steph

[StephieM]

What, only one guess?

Come on, I know someone knows the answer.

Steph

[three seven]

I don't need to do any digging, I'm right! The question obviously has more than one answer and you will therefore have to be more specific. :)

[three seven]

Can't we do the one about the director who uses the same car in every one of his films? A point for each. That's far more specific.

[StephieM]

No need to be rude. Just admit that I stumped ya and you don't know the answer. :wag:

More specifically....
In this 1996 film directed by Micheal Bay, Nicolas Cage says he drives a "certain color and type of car". In a 1997 film directed by John Woo, Nicolas Cage escapes from a prison in this "same car". Again in 1997 Nicolas Cage starred in a movie directed by Simon West where his character tosses a dead body out of an airplane. The body falls on...none other than "the same car."

What color and type of car is it?

Hope this is more clear.

Steph

[NikeeGoddess]

ok - it's a red ferrari

a patrick dempsey character sold pizzas worth $200 with what special ingredient?

[Joe Calabrese]

Extra anchovies (and Patrick for his "special" Loverboy services).

Who said and in what film
"Give my regards to King Tut..."

[StephieM]

Colonel Jack O'Neal - Stargate

One of my favorite movies. :)

Okay since no one could answer my question. The answer is a "beige volvo".

Maybe a bit too complicated. :o I'll keep it simple. :Sun:

Quote:
"I've never been so happy to be a virgin."

Who said it, what movie?

Steph

[Joe Calabrese]

Jamie Kennedy in Scream.

Seems we like the same films.

Who said and what film, "Suicidal paranoiacs'll say anything to get laid."

[StephieM]

:tongue

BRAVO! You are right again!

I like a little of all genres but my favorite movies tend to revolve around
Sci-fi, action, and thriller. I love horror, but lately horror films have been a little predictable for my taste.

Have no idea on that one. :confused:

Steph

[Joe Calabrese]

Who said and what film, "Suicidal paranoiacs'll say anything to get laid."

[three seven]

No need to be rude. Just admit that I stumped ya and you don't know the answer. I already answered it twice! The three films I mentioned all have a black Hummer in them. Full stop. End of. Just admit you phrased the question badly!

And speaking of questions, is no one going to bother answering mine?

[Joe Calabrese]

And speaking of questions, is no one going to bother answering mine?What question was that?

[three seven]

The one about the director who supplies one character in each of his films with the exact same car.

A point each for the director and the car, and a bonus for the exception to the rule.

[Joe Calabrese]

Sorry. I thought you were giving Steph an example of how you would word a trivia question.

Anyways.

This may not be your answer, but it fits the question.

Sam Raimi's first car, an Oldsmobile Delta Royale, was Ash's car in Evil dead, Uncle Ben's car in Spiderman and has appeared in everyone of his films except a Western (for obvious reasons).

PS. I just noticed that I need to list the exception.

The Quick and the Dead

[Joe Calabrese]

Oh...

and although not seen in the Quick and the Dead, several people swears it was under a Hay stack in several scenes.

[StephieM]

Joe, Stargate is on Spike T.V. tonight. :)

Still don't know the answer to your quote. Sorry.

37, I admit. I phrased the question badly. Happy. Now admit that you were stumped and we can both be all grown up. :)

Moving on. Whose got an answer for Joe's quote?

Steph

[Nicholas S.H.J.M Woodhouse]

The Python man's best film - the fisher king.

[Boo_Radley]

Who said and what film, "Suicidal paranoiacs'll say anything to get laid."

Jeff Bridges, The Fisher King.:)

Disregard, Nique beat me to it.:)

[Joe Calabrese]

Boo and Nique are both right, each gets a question.
I have one on account and Steph needs to get a grip (and tell us the answer to her car question).

[Joe Calabrese]

The Oscars are not always right.

You'd expect a film with a dozen or more noms, like LOTR, would win a few?

Name the two films tied for the most nominations, but didn't win a single Oscar and how many noms did these two films have?

[NikeeGoddess]

i'm guessing one was The Color Purple with 9 nominations which was so much better than that boring Out of Africa crappy flick
and the other one.....i gotta think about it

ok, it was buggin me so i had to cheat
[[[the NikeeGoddess just shakes her head]]]

the other flick - The Turning Point - loved it, loved it, loved it - my fav quote, "I could always kick her legs higher." and her friend (under her breath), "and wider" LOL! ok, maybe i'm the only one who'll find that funny but....anyhoo - they both had 11 nominations without a single win.

next question: what oscar nominated (but not for this part) actor played a black cowboy named Buck?

[StephieM]

I have one on account and Steph needs to get a grip (and tell us the answer to her car question). Joe

Sorry. Lack of sleep. Took a chill pill with my coffee this morning. All better now. :D

The answer to my question was a "beige volvo".

Steph

[Joe Calabrese]

That's right but you cheated so no cookie for you.

[Joe Calabrese]

Oh...

Don Cheatle (black) played a porn star (dressed as a cowboy) in Boogie Nights and was nominated for an Oscar in Hotel Rwanda.

(I swear I am not looking these answers up.)

[Joe Calabrese]

Next question.

Some numbers are famous and instantly bring to mind the movie it was in. Star Trek has NCC-1701, Lucas has THX 1381 and Hal was 9000, but...

What 1970's film featured a six digit number starting with 6 and ending with 1 and what does the number refer to?

Hint: Not a countdown.

[three seven]

37, I admit. I phrased the question badly. Happy. Now admit that you were stumped and we can both be all grown up. :) I still haven't quite figured out whether you're serious. I'm erring towards giving you the benefit of the doubt, but there's still this little niggling feeling in the back of my head somewhere that's telling me you're not joking. Which worries me.

Tell ya what though, for the sake of not prolonging the issue, I'll give you my responses to each scenario and you can just pick the one that applies... :)

1) Get a grip. If you ask a question that has more than one correct answer, be prepared to accept the one you didn't think of.

2) A-ha. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaa.

Sam Raimi's...Oldsmobile Delta Royale...in every one of his films except...The Quick and the DeadGood man. I thought I was just imagining it...

[Joe Calabrese]

I say again,


Next question.

Some numbers are famous and instantly bring to mind the movie it was in. Star Trek has NCC-1701, Lucas has THX 1381 and Hal was 9000, but...

What 1970's film featured a six digit number starting with 6 and ending with 1 and what does the number refer to?

Hint: Not a countdown and is not an object, like a ship or model number.

[three seven]

Heard you the first time.

[Joe Calabrese]

Then come on. Answer it.

I could have put the actual number up, but it would be too easy then (or a google search would show it right up top.)

[three seven]

I'd love to answer it, but unfortunately my mind is a complete blank.

[rhymegirl]

Some numbers are famous and instantly bring to mind the movie it was in. Star Trek has NCC-1701, Lucas has THX 1381 and Hal was 9000, but...

What 1970's film featured a six digit number starting with 6 and ending with 1 and what does the number refer to?

Hint: Not a countdown and is not an object, like a ship or model number.

Is it from The Exorcist? Or The Omen?

[Joe Calabrese]

Nope.

Another hint:

eggs.

[rhymegirl]

How about Catch-22?


Alien???

[Joe Calabrese]

nope.

Okay. Just promise not to google it.

655321

[rhymegirl]

Those numbers mean nothing to me.

[Aldenard]

Hm. I know next to nothing about 70s films, but im going to guess Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Oarnge'; i realize the current question has not been answered but while we are on the topic of numbers:

What 90's film has this number:

884509627386359275033751967 943067599621731590401694134 434007629683591574337516791 197615733475195375920401694 343151239621353184932676605 800621596380716399501371459 954387507655892533875618750 354029981152863950711207613

...incorectly written on a piece of paper that at the bottom says 'Only God is Perfect' ?

[Joe Calabrese]

Good guess, I guess. That was Alex's prison number.

I, on the other hand don't have to guess since I taught Darren Aronofsky an Avid non linear editing class in NY before he made Pi and was at the premiere for it.

The answer is Pi.

[Aldenard]

Wow, dude, that is awsome. He is one of my favorite directors/writers (even though he really only has a few films). Requim for a Dream was one of the best films ive ever seen.

[NikeeGoddess]

an amendment to the rules - you can only post to answer a question (or attempt to) or post a question

now that i've said that.....well, i was going to tell Joe to post another question since he impatiently answered his own :rolleyes but, with this new amendment i must post a question. however, i found a loophole - there is one that i posted a while back and no one has answered so.....

What script had 42 rewrites with several different writers AFTER the script was sold?

Total Recall - the first actor attached to star in this flick was Richard Dreyfuss. After several rewrites he dropped out and maybe there were a few others slated to play the lead but Arnold Swartzenegger was the final result and of course the role had to be rewritten several times again to change the lead role from an account to a construction worker.....and his so-called wife from the amy irving type to the sharon stone type ;)

ok Joe - next question

[Joe Calabrese]

well, i was going to tell Joe to post another question since he impatiently answered his own :rolleyesAldenard answered it.

Anyway, here's an interesting two part question..

What two famous children's character buddies are named from "It's a Wonderful Life.?"

What two cartoon character buddies are directly modeled from a classic literary work."

[rhymegirl]

I know the first part-- Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street.

[dpaterso]

I'm guessing Chip'n'Dale - The Brothers Karamazov. Close?

So whoever they were, they starred or at least appeared in a movie?

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)
"What's the strategy, sir?"
"Get out of the bloody place before it blows up."
~Casino Royale

[Joe Calabrese]

The first one is correct. Bert and Ernie.

The second is about two buddy cartoon characters who appeared in many Bugs Bunny cartoons. These two characters have the same name(s) and act towards each other very similar to two characters prominently featured in a classic literary novel. More current, the same two archetypes can be found in another other Warner Brothers cartoon series.

[Joe Calabrese]

The first one is correct. Bert and Ernie.

The second is about two buddy cartoon characters who appeared in many Bugs Bunny cartoons. These two characters have the same name(s) and act towards each other very similar to two characters prominently featured in a classic literary novel. More current, the same two archetypes can be found in another other Warner Brothers cartoon series.

[rhymegirl]

All I can think of is Heckle and Jeckle.

[Joe Calabrese]

Let me rephrase it this way.

What famous literary character buddies is the inspiration, either archetype or sometimes even using the original novel character's names, for many cartoon buddies, sitcoms and an Oscar winning film.

[Boo_Radley]

George and Lenny, from Of Mice and Men?

[Joe Calabrese]

BOO HAS IT!

From Bugs Bunny (I'll hug you and squeeze you and call you George) to Pinky and the Brain to the Honeymooners to Rain Man. Anytime you see a tall, brutish or stupid one and a smart or wiseguy type together, you can pretty much say it was from Mice and Men.

[Boo_Radley]

"Dahhhhhh, which way did he go, George, which way did he go?" lol

What novel was the film "Touch of Evil" based on, and for a bonus, who wrote the novel?

[dpaterso]

Who and who, based on what?? <boggle> Just let me just check this thread title... OK, we've had the Trivia, so what happened to the Serious Movies??

Ah, Touch of Evil. A serious movie! Author was, dammit, funny name, and the title's wrong? Can't for the life of me remember but it'll come, it'll come. Grinding teeth mode. Geez, this'll annoy me all day.

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)
"What's the strategy, sir?"
"Get out of the bloody place before it blows up."
~Casino Royale

[Boo_Radley]

Hint: The title of the novel includes what Orson Welles, as a cop, carries in the film.

:)

[dpaterso]

Hah! Badge of Evil. Thank you, that'll save half my teeth from wearing away.

Author, Mort, Milt, I dunno, it'll come, it'll come, hopefully before Christmas...

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)
"What's the strategy, sir?"
"Get out of the bloody place before it blows up."
~Casino Royale

[Boo_Radley]

Well done, Dpat. The title of the novel was indeed Badge of Evil. Author's name was a bonus, didn't really count, feel free to post your question.
:)

[dpaterso]

I'm not happy at not remembering the author, but here's an easy peasy one just to keep things rolling:

Actor, TV and film.
1960s pin-up for girls and boys, the epitome of cool.
Has played virtually the same role in totally different genre films.
Still alive and working in film and television today, as is his former sidekick.
Has already appeared in this thread.
Extra bonus point, what was his badge number?

-Derek
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[Joe Calabrese]

As Captain Kirk, William Shatner was (and still is) cool. Anyone watch Boston Legal?

He's played the same type character in both Star Trek (scifi) and in Airplane 2 (comedy).


Anyway. Sergeant T.J. Hooker, badge #115 (and sometimes 141).
They wanted him to have those initials to remind people of Star Trek )James T. vs. TJ)

His sidekick, Leonard Nimoy, doesn't work much anymore (except occasional VO and commercial), but we'll let that slide since he is an icon.


(Yes. I am a Trekker and I know the combination lock number from Kirk's safe in his Captain's quarters too.) :)

[Torin]

Robert Vaughn, aka Napoleon Solo in Man From U.N.C.L.E. (I was more of an Illya Kuryakin fan, and am delighted to see him appearing in NCIS as Dr. Ducky Mallard). From movies like Towering Inferno to The Magnificent Seven, Robert Vaughn is always the same character. Napoleon Solo had badge #'s 3 and 11; Kuryakin was 2 and 12. I think he was supposed to be a pseudo-James Bond.

[Joe Calabrese]

Both fit.

So now it has become a "What number were you thinking," Dpat?

[dpaterso]

The sidekick and badge parameters deliberately push the answer away from Shatner.

Vaughn it is. In Battle Beyond The Stars he parodied his Magnificent 7 role.

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)
"What's the strategy, sir?"
"Get out of the bloody place before it blows up."
~Casino Royale