From Deseret News archives:
A quiz about Oscar ripoffs (er...remakes)
This is different than quizzes past. Just a measly four questions, with a slew of answers after each one.
It may help erase any doubts that Hollywood feeds on itself.
1. Which best-picture Oscar winners are remakes? (Look-alikes don't count; actual remakes only.)
A. "Hamlet" (1948): too many versions to count, from 1910-2001
B. "Marty" (1955): "Marty" (TV, 1953)
C. "Gigi" (1958): "Gigi" (non-musical, 1948)
D. "Ben-Hur" (1959): "Ben-Hur" (silent, 1925)
E. "West Side Story" (1960): "Romeo and Juliet," too many to count, from 1911-2002
F. "My Fair Lady" (1964): "Pygmalion" non-musical, too many to count, from 1938-83 (including TV versions)
G. "Oliver!" (1968): "Oliver Twist," too many to count, from 1918-1999
H. "Titanic" (1997): "Titanic" (1953), "A Night to Remember" (1958)
I. "Chicago" (2002): "Chicago" (1927), "Roxie Hart" (1942)
2. Which best-picture Oscar winners have been remade? (Same rules as above.)
A. "The Broadway Melody" (1928-29): "Two Girls on Broadway" (1940)
C. "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935): "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962), "The Bounty" (1984)
D. "You Can't Take it With You" (1938): TV movies (1979, 1984), TV series (1987-88)
E. "Rebecca" (1940): TV movies (1962, 1979, 1997)
F. "Casablanca" (1943): TV series (1955, 1983)
G. "Going My Way" (1944): TV series (1962-63)
H. "Hamlet" (1948): see 1-A
I. "All the King's Men" (1949): TV movie (1958)
J. "Ben-Hur" (1959): animated, straight to video (2003)
K. "From Here to Eternity" (1953): TV miniseries (1979)
L. "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956): TV miniseries (1989), new film (June 2004)
M. "Tom Jones" (1963): "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" (1997)
N. "My Fair Lady" (1964): see 1-F
O. "A Man for All Seasons" (1966): TV movie (1988)
P. "In the Heat of the Night" (1967): TV series (1988-94)
Q. "Oliver!" (1968): see 1-G
R. "Titanic" (1997): TV movie (1996)
3. Which best-picture Oscar winners have had sequels? (With character(s) and/or story line continuations.)
A. "The Broadway Melody" (1928-29): "Broadway Melody of 1936," a " . . . 1938," " . . . 1940"
B. "Gone With the Wind" (1939): TV miniseries "Scarlett" (1994)
C. "Mrs. Miniver" (1942): "The Miniver Story" (1950)
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