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red dog 1

(32,149 posts) Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:19 PM Oct 29

Post a movie trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google [View all]

Last edited Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:15 PM - Edit history (1)

(Guesses are always welcome)

I'll start it off with two questions about Clint Eastwood:

1) What was the first movie Clint Eastwood directed? (answered)

2) What Clint Eastwood movie exceeded its budget even before filming began?

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Post a movie trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google [View all] red dog 1 Oct 29 OP

She don't know what she's doing. Oh yes she does. BOSSHOG Oct 29 #1

Washing the car JoseBalow Oct 29 #2

A typical Paul Newman Movie - Outstanding BOSSHOG Oct 29 #3

1... Play Misty For Me? Harker Oct 30 #4

Almost Certain Your First One Is Correct ProfessorGAC Oct 30 #5

Ah, good pick, Professor. Harker Oct 30 #6

PYW Is Still Considered One Of The Worst Ideas In Movie History ProfessorGAC Oct 30 #7

For # 1 "Play Misty For Me" is correct...That was the first movie he directed. red dog 1 Oct 30 #8

I'll settle for that, thanks, red! Harker Oct 30 #9

You can always take a guess to answer the other one red dog 1 Nov 2 #13

I suspect ProfessorGAC nailed it. Harker Nov 2 #14

What's the highest grossing American war movie of all time? red dog 1 Nov 1 #10

Who narrated The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)? TexasBushwhacker Nov 1 #11

"The Cowboy and the Spaceman" was the rejected title for what Academy Award-winning movie red dog 1 Nov 2 #12

According to Bob Falfa (Harrison Ford) in "American Graffiti"... Harker Nov 2 #15

(Wild guess) PI$$ Yellow? red dog 1 Nov 3 #16

That's half of the mix! Harker Nov 3 #17

"P*ss Yellow and Puke Green" Mad_Dem_X Nov 3 #18

Precisely... Harker Nov 3 #19

During the filming of American Graffiti, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, and Bo Hopkins were claimed to be drunk red dog 1 Nov 7 #20

Happy days for all involved, so it sounds. Harker Nov 7 #21

I don't think Richard Dreyfuss was very happy. red dog 1 Nov 7 #22

That crossed my mind as I hit the 'post' button. Harker Nov 7 #23

What were the names of the crew of Nostromo in "Alien"? Harker Nov 7 #24

What was the original title of "Reefer Madness"? red dog 1 Tuesday #25

Tell Your Children (?) Doc_Technical Wednesday #31

What song was played on the radio every morning in Groundhog Day? Emile Tuesday #26

Sonny and Cher, "I got you babe" ms liberty Tuesday #27

Yes Emile Tuesday #29

Sonny and Cher JoseBalow Tuesday #28

Yes Emile Tuesday #30

Name one of the actors who were offered the role of Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now but turned it down. red dog 1 Sunday #32

Al Pacino? Harker Sunday #33

Ding! red dog 1 21 hrs ago #38

I'll be damned! Harker 20 hrs ago #40

Steve McQueen? VGNonly Yesterday #37

Ding! red dog 1 20 hrs ago #39

I remember that McQueen could be a hard-ass VGNonly 19 hrs ago #41

What is the only X rated film to win an Oscar for Best Picture? Harker Sunday #34

Midnight Cowboy had an X rating when it was released JoseBalow Sunday #35

Yes! Harker Sunday #36

Martin Scorsese had to trim VGNonly 19 hrs ago #42

In this 1990 film, VGNonly 18 hrs ago #43

Kevin Costner? Harker 18 hrs ago #44