QOTD 20/08/10

A very famous cult movie featured this song in its opening credits. The soundtrack of this movie became 21 on the Billboard 200 list, and went on to become platinum.Thats how we might have come across this catchy tune for the first time.

Later,William James (known by a completely different stage name) came across this tune by accident in a music store in Brazil.The version James came across was done by Dick Dale who also did the tune for the abve moive.He claims to have made a famous song of his,which incorporates this tune, while on a train in Brazil, and later on, on a flight to Tokyo. The song became a #3 on the UK singles chart,#1 in Belgian top 50. That should have technically been the second time we mite have come across the tune.

The tune was used a number of times in a number of ads,movies,tv shows.

Identify the movie, the band which James is a member of, the song which uses the tune, and the name of this famous tune.






Ans: The movie is 'Pulp Fiction' , the band 'Black Eyed Peas' (William James is will.i.am)  , th song which uses the tune is Pump It and the tune itself is Misirlou.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou

QOTD 12/7/2010

Q.ID her.She's famous for her 1996 movie which earned her 

academy and BAFTA nominations.

Ans: Kristin Scott Thomas 

QOTD 11/7/2010

Q.ID and Connect the images(the movies).Also connect the people.Together they managed something unique.And the guy in the 'middle' (Do not take me literally,but I do not use words for no reason..every single thing as they say,has a purpose.. :D ) had the most to do with it,earning him special glory .EXplain....[5 points]

 

ANS: The simple connect is that All the three are John Huston movies-(clockwise from top) 

       pic1-The treasure of sierra madre

       pic2- Moulin Rouge

       pic3- Prizzi's Honour

    The rest of the connect-the people connect and unique achievements part- is quite long.

      The first pic is a shot of John Huston's father,Walter Huston in the movie,and Anjelica Huston , his           daughter played Maerose Prizzi in the movie Prizzi's honour.They both won academy awards for their perfomances.John huston won the academy award for best director for the movie Moulin Rouge.Thus they became the first family to have three generations of Academy Award winners.John Huston has the unique distinction of directing both his father and daughter in Oscar-winning performances.

QOTD 01/7/2010

Q.Identify the movie..[1 pt]

use whatever vision you may,but none a secret from the gamemaster.....



ANS:Jean de florette ...

Bonus Question

Connect the movies in the above image

(Posting this as I was pipped in putting up a question today , no points)

All these had the "Quentin Tarantino" in them. He plays the drug pick up guy who is killed in Desperado. In Little Nicky he plays a blind deacon & in Sleep With Me he does a cameo expounding on the homoerotic subtext of Top Gun .This is a non exhaustive list .
Quentin Tarantino Filmography . I was browsing through the TV channels during my exams when I saw "Quentin" in Desperado ,suprised I decided to make a question on it. Honestly I havnt seen Sleep With Me & infact hadnt heard of it before wiki-ing it out , Little Nicky is one of the worst movies I have ever seen , the suppossed humour is just unforgivable.