The novelization of a 1977 movie awarded this character a medal at the end, righting a perceived wrong
Producer Arthur Jacobs told Rod Serling he'd win an Oscar for his script for this; Serling asked instead for a crate of bananas
In 1976 Groucho Marx sent this band a telegram congratulating them on their "sage choice" in album titles
This title of a Hollywood blockbuster is a national symbol of Gabon
A fake speedometer was used in this make of car from a 1980s movie since the actual car's speedometer didn't go high enough
As of 2025 this director has made just 4 feature films; 3 were Oscar nominated for Best Picture
"Catch It" was a tagline for this 1970s film whose iconic soundtrack became one of the bestselling albums of all time
"Drafters... have to have a little fun sometimes", said the author of this law when asked if he was inspired by 1931's "Little Caesar"
More than 25 cast members from this 1990 film drama would later appear on an HBO series with a similar theme
Frank Sinatra got upset that a photo of him caught fire in a Brooklyn pizzeria in this film
Hewlett-Packard's first big customer was Walt Disney, who purchased special sound equipment for the making & showing of this film
Acquitted of shooting her lover in 1924, Beulah Annan was the inspiration for this character in a play, film & musical
Louise & Lisa Burns, twins featured in this 1980 film, told a magazine, "We're naturally spooky!"
In this 2017 film Dante is a hairless breed known as a Xolo dog
Centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood helped inspire one of the main characters & the narrator of this film from the 1990s
A writer & producer of this movie said he wanted it to be like a Western or James Bond film, "only it takes place in the '30s"
Laurence Olivier & Ernest Borgnine were considered for the lead role & Sergio Leone to direct for this film that turned 50 in 2022
Its last line is "If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's"
A 1975 premiere of this comedy advertised free coconuts for the first thousand in the audience
In this 1970 film, Max Yasgur says, "I'm a farmer... I don't know how to speak to 20 people... let alone a crowd like this"
Matthew McConaughey said, "'Dazed & Confused', the first words I ever said on film were" these
The Dip used to kill characters in this 1988 film consisted of acetone, benzene & turpentine, ingredients of paint thinner
Based on a 1974 novel, this film has been described as combining "An Enemy of the People" & "Moby Dick"
Writer Dan O'Bannon based a scene in this film on his own Crohn's disease, which felt like things inside him fighting to get out
A character who was going to be called Lunar Larry became him, inspired by the name of a real person
In this 2012 film set just before the Civil War, a German dentist declares that the title character's surname is Freeman
Along with his writing partner, this director is the only person to win screenwriting Oscars for both a film & its sequel
In 2017 this New York City luxury store opened its first cafe, with truffle eggs, waffles & croissants on the menu
Released in 2017, this movie is the highest-grossing film in the U.S. that's set during World War I
In the original script for this 1975 film, the title object was finally found in London's Harrods department store
Not an actor, this man who died in 2018 appeared briefly in some 40 mainly action films with a combined $30 billion worldwide gross
The last line of this epic film was "Go--proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof"
This 1939 film was loosely based on Senator Burton Wheeler, victim of a sham investigation for looking into the Justice Department
The first words spoken in this 1970 Best Picture Oscar winner are "Ten-hut!" "Be seated"
The soundtrack of this 2018 film has "Material Girl" & "Money (That's What I Want)" in Chinese & English
Ebert: This film "works as science fiction, it's sometimes as scary as a monster movie & at the end...not a dry eye in the house"
Chocolate syrup, casaba melon & Playboy model Marli Renfro were enlisted to create an iconic scene in this film
In this '70s Oscar-winning film, the title character's 1st words are "Why did you go to the police? Why didn't you come to me first?"
Earning its director the first of many Oscar nominations, this 1977 film had the working title "Watch the Skies"
Though it draws elements from "Hamlet", Disney says this was their first all-animated feature based on an original story
The New York premiere of this film was on Thanksgiving, 15 days after the liberation of its title place
It's the first Oscar nominee for Best Picture to be produced by an internet streaming service
The setting for this 1994 Oscar-winning animated film was inspired by Kenya's Hell's Gate National Park
He played Shakespearean title characters 4 times, receiving Best Actor Oscar nominations each time
A remake of this scary movie was released on 6/6/2006, 30 years to the day after the release of the original
A letter to the director that said, "Dear sir, I am fat & wear spectacles" got a young actor a role in this 1963 film
He "inaugurated a new depth--both visually... and emotionally... and (had) a voice that paid the bills until he died"
In a 2011 slate.com survey of movie credits, of the top 25 most adapted writers, this novelist is the only one living
Released in 2011, it's the only film that has won both the Oscar & France's Cesar for Best Film of the Year
The director said it took 70 camera setups & 7 days to shoot the classic murder scene in this film that celebrates its 55th anniversary in 2015