SSS Movie Puzzle

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Below you will find clues to 94 actors and 50 movies. First, you must identify the actors and movies. Then you must arrange them to form 50 triples, each consisting of two actors and one movie, according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Six of the actors are used twice. Unlike some of my puzzles, there is no significance whatsoever to the number of clues or matches or the fact I used letters instead of numbers to list the movies.

ACTORS

1. When presenting a 1977 Oscar with her, William Holden thanked this actress for saving his career by interceding with the producers who wanted to replace him during the filming of his first major movie.

2. He was the first Oscar-winning actor to play a Columbo villain.

3. She has appeared in films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Victor Hugo, Henry James, Elmore Leonard, and Guy de Maupassant.

4. Due to poor health, he had to cancel committed roles in Cheyenne Autumn and The Cincinnati Kid, both of which were eventually played by Edward G. Robinson.

5. He may be the oldest actor to make the Harvey List, an “accomplishment” that led to his being replaced by Bruce Greenwood in the cast of an upcoming Netflix series.

6. This actor, who is an accomplished pilot and owns a P-51 Mustang, was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation in 2010 alongside Buzz Aldrin and others.

7. In one of her better-known roles, the members of her convent included Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane.

8. In his last film role, he played himself in Casino.

9. His real-life roles have included people who ran TWA and the Los Angeles Lakers.

10. At age 14, she was cast as Juliet in a major studio film, but studio executives rejected her because they thought she looked too young for the role; that same year, she turned down the role of Lolita.

11. There may have been other three-times-Oscar-nominated actresses who appeared on an episode of Picket Fences, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.

12. While filming a movie in Rome, she met Pope John XXIII, which helped shape her occupation change two years later.

13. He first played his signature role in a domestic melodrama starring Kimberly Elise and Steve Harris; despite what some people might think, he didn’t play the title role.

14. This actor, who had a considerable reputation as a real-life ladies man, had his body exhumed and a DNA sample taken when a woman obtained a court order to that effect, claiming he was the father of her child. He wasn’t.

15. This actress was under contract to Howard Hughes, but when she refused his advances, he retaliated by refusing to allow her to make Roman Holiday, despite director William Wyler’s wishes.

16. Harvey Korman appeared on his variety show 91 times before going on to a similar show shortly afterward.

17. He played Wyatt Earp in two films 21 years apart, once teaming up with Tom Mix and the other time with Doc Holliday.

18. He appeared on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman; when the production was made into a TV-movie, both of them won Emmys for their roles.

19. This actor has played characters previously played by Charles Bronson, David Carradine, Lee Marvin, and Burt Reynolds.

20. Her daddy would have been proud when she turned out to be Ghostface in Scream 4.

21. In his best-known film role, he was convicted of murdering four people; in real life, he was acquitted of murdering his wife.

22. In my opinion, his role as recently deceased Georgia attorney Sonny Seiler was one of his best performances.

23. A classic role she played in her film debut will be played by a former American Idol winner in an upcoming remake.

24. Her first TV series was cancelled before it ever aired although the three produced episodes were later edited into a direct-to-video film; her second series was cancelled after five episodes aired, but in between, she had a major role in a Steven Spielberg film.

25. In his best-known film role, this actor did not make love; he was love.

26. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003; it’s doubtful he’d get those same honors today.

27. She was the first to discover the secret of the Big W.

28. Casting him as the voice of the title kitten in a 2016 comedy was the biggest no-brainer in the history of no-brainers.

29. After her acting career pretty much ended, she embarked on a successful second career as a photojournalist, landing a rare exclusive interview with Fidel Castro in 1974.

30. The only highlight of Steven Seagal’s ill-fated hosting of Saturday Night Live came when Seagal beat the crap out of this actor in a sketch.

31. One of this actor’s strangest roles was as an overly flatulent corpse.

32. One of the worst cases of Hollywood miscasting came when this Puerto Rican actor played a German villain in a Clint Eastwood movie.

33. He was the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year.

34. He’s played King Arthur, but he’s best known as part of the “royalty” of a motorcycle gang.

35. In her last film, this actress was top billed against an actor named Oreste, appearing in his only movie.

36. This actor usually plays nerds, but in one of his best-known roles he played an Olympic figure skating champion.

37, On TV, he played fictional detectives played on film by William Powell and Ralph Bellamy.

38. His worst appearance was in an independent production made shortly before the 1988 Democratic Convention; neither of his co-stars ever appeared in another movie.

39. Counting a special award, this performer has won more Olivier Awards than anyone else.

40. He played Fu Manchu in Werewolf Women of the SS, a film that somehow never made it to the big screen.

41. She first appeared on television in a short-lived 50s series playing Buddy Hackett’s girlfriend; she had considerably more success in the medium subsequently.

42. She made her screen debut in a Sex and the City episode in which she played a girl who hired Kim Cattrall to provide publicity for her million-dollar Bat Mitzvah.

43. Peter Tomarken’s career highpoint was this actress’s career lowpoint.

44. She played Nicole Kidman’s sister in the latter’s Oscar-winning role.

45. Surprisingly, this actor, who is best known for playing nincompoops, has a masters degree in electrical engineering from Oxford.

46. This actress’s greatest success has come in a series of comic monologues that became stage performance, CDs, and DVDs; two of them were entitled "In the Family Way" and "Letting Go of God."

47. This actor directed and played Baloo the bear in a recent adaptation of The Jungle Book.

48. She won a Golden Globe and received an Emmy nomination for playing the first female President of the United States; unfortunately, the studio voted her out of office after one season.

49. He and Walt Disney are the only two people nominated for Oscars in six different categories.

50. This actress is best known for playing the girlfriend, and later wife, of a funeral home owner in a critically acclaimed series.

51. His best-known character on Saturday Night Live was later spun off into a movie and a subsequent series on Peacock TV.

52. Earlier this year, this actor claimed that he and Matthew McConaughey were biological brothers.

53. On TV, this actor has played Leonardo da Vinci, Vlad the Impaler, Paul McCartney, King George III, and Beethoven, among others.

54. Her autobiography was entitled Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be.

55. His sixth and last time hosting Saturday Night Live was the first episode after the original cast departed; supposedly, he didn’t know they had all been replaced until he showed up for rehearsals.

56. In a bit of stunt casting, she appeared with her younger sister as a pair of sisters in a TV movie that was a remake of a classic 60s horror film.

57. In his first credited film role, he played a king and got his only Oscar nomination for his efforts.

58. When he was replaced by another actor in the sequel to his most famous film, the director used a combination of prosthetic makeup and shots of him from the original film; later he sued the studio for using this tactic and won a landmark court case.

59. She is 41 and 47 years younger than her two male co-stars on a current popular series.

60. In 1998, MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch aired an episode in which he took on Christopher Walken to determine the greatest cinematic villain.

61. He played a famous Humphrey Bogart role in a remake, and Jeff Bridges played one of his famous roles in another remake.

62. In 1962, she was named Miss Army Recruiting by the Defense Department, a designation they undoubtedly later regretted.

63. This actress is best known for one movie in which her co-star was the Devil and two others in which her co-star was an orangutan.

64. He directed the second, third, fourth, and sixth installments of his best-known series and the fourth installment of his second-best-known series.

65. She’s the most recent actress to get a Best Actress Oscar nomination in a Clint Eastwood film.

66. In the 1980s, she appeared in a Vietnam War movie with her real-life parents, who played her parents in the film.

67. He starred in movies based on works by Ray Bradbury, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Henry James, and Kurt Vonnegut.

68. He received an Oscar nomination for playing a Yankee, but he never wore the pinstripe uniform.

69. He made his film debut with a lead role in a major hit that gave Richard Dreyfuss and Cindy Williams their big breaks.

70. Somewhat fittingly, he directed the recent Price Is Right memorial tribute to Bob Barker.

71. Although this actor is better known for his work with two more famous directors, some feel that his films with Anthony Mann are his best work.

72. This actor is best remembered today as the star of an eponymous 50s TV series in which he played a bumbling high school principal.

73. She has played younger versions of her older sister twice and a younger version of Cate Blanchett.

74. During his career, this actor has played Albert Finney and Alec Guinness.

75. As a child, she made guest appearances on various TV series, including Mayberry RFD, where her brother was a regular cast member; ironically, that show essentially marked the end of his acting career while hers was just beginning.

76. This actor got his big break when Russell Crowe turned down a role in a superhero film and recommended him for the part instead.

77. From 1997 to 2007, this actor served as the Bahamian ambassador to Japan.

78. He played a real-life mobster who became an FBI informant and a real-life FBI agent who went undercover as a mobster. Got it?

79. This actor is best known for playing a famous archaeologist on TV and Daryl Dixon’s brother in the movies.

80. After his best-known series went off the air, he retired from acting in 1970 to concentrate on TV production; he would later turn down the role of Dean Wormer in Animal House, saying the movie didn’t make any sense.

81. He played Ernie Kovacs in a TV movie in which Edie Adams appeared as Mae West.

82. In his best film role, he played a fictionalized version of music producer Bob Marcucci.

83. She made her last theatrical movie in 1953 but went on to win three Emmys and receive five other Emmy nominations on her subsequent TV series.

84. One of her earliest dramatic film roles came in a movie based on the sensational murder of New York schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.

85. He suffered eight heart attacks in one night due to popping amyl nitrate while on location for Kiss Me, Stupid and was replaced by Ray Walston.

86. Sixteen years after his signature role, he reprised the same character in a sequel that’s set only nine years later.

87. She received her only Oscar nomination in her breakthrough role playing a character named after a Beatles song.

88. She received Oscar nominations for playing a famous actress, a famous singer, and a famous queen.

89. This actress had a nervous breakdown on the set of a movie in Ceylon and was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor; she still appears in some distance shots in the final version of the movie.

90. In one movie, she tapped out a message in Morse code to a secret agent during a tap dance number.

91. In 1996, she agreed to reprise her best-known stage role in what was supposed to be a four-night special event; the show was such a success that it went to Broadway shortly after and ran until the COVID pandemic.

92. This actor is credited with creating the political concert when he produced a series of such concerts for George McGovern in 1972 at major venues featuring a reunited Simon and Garfunkel, Barbra Streisand, Carole King, James Taylor, Dionne Warwick, and others.

93. This actor tried to hang himself when he was five years old; he was more successful 70 years later.

94. In the upcoming fifth season of a popular anthology series, she will play a housewife on the run from a local sheriff played by Jon Hamm.

MOVIES

A) Some consider James Brown’s soundtrack album for this Blaxploitation film a genre classic, but you won’t hear his music on any current video version of the film; the studio replaced the soundtrack with generic background music due to a copyright dispute.

B) At one point before release, the studio changed this movie’s title to Pacific Air Flight 121, but the star insisted on the original title, which was the only reason he agreed to make the film.

C) In this recent action film, a snake becomes an insect.

D) The real-life version of the main character in this popular sports movie served as its technical advisor, but he died shortly after principal photography was completed and never got to see the film, which was dedicated to his memory.

E) The male half of this 90s teen romance breaks his girlfriend out of the psych ward, and the two try to run away to Mexico; not surprisingly, they wind up right back where they started.

F) This is the only film based on a Stephen King novel to win an Oscar.

G) There may be other movies in which the hero is a graffiti artist who puts in an “appearance” at Giants Stadium, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.

H) The four top-billed actors in this movie all won Oscars (none for this film), but not the director, despite nine total nominations in his career.

I) This film’s screenwriter wanted a film made of her memoir about her life as a stripper, so she wrote this screenplay as a sample of her ability; she won an Oscar for this film, and the stripper memoir never became a movie.

J) A sequel to this popular comedy never took place because the stars became involved in the revival of the Jumanji franchise.

K) One of the stars of Jaws fails to identify the line, “This was not a boating accident,” in this later action comedy.

L) This movie was originally called The Jackie Kallen Story.

M) The closest thing to a villain in this sports movie is a team called the New York Celtics.

N) If the main characters in this movie had mapped out their route a bit differently, the film might have been named The Two-Headed Dog or The Famous Cock.

O) This classic turkey marked the movie debut of the lead actor, who won a Razzie for his efforts; it also marked the end of his film career, as he retired from acting shortly afterward.

P) This 2007 thriller is a shot-for-shot remake of a 10-years-earlier Austrian film of the same name from the same writer/director but with a different cast; the two movies were even filmed in the same house.

Q) One highlight from this movie is the Robert De Niro party, where some of the characters come dressed as their favorite De Niro character.

R) The original Broadway version of this movie won a Tony for Tom Conti; a subsequent revival won a Tony for Mary Tyler Moore in the same role.

S) This movie was one of the American Film Theatre’s adaptations of acclaimed plays; a key scene involves a man’s attempt to remove a woman’s water glass from the adjacent table.

T) The hero’s theme song in this movie is Neil Diamond’s “Holly Holy,” but the film takes its name from a very different type of song by P.O.D.

U) Many people consider this the worst film version of a Neil Simon play, even though the actress who won a Tony in her Broadway debut reprised the role in the movie.

V) Boyd Crowder as a snake-handling preacher; no, it’s not a storyline from Justified or The Righteous Gemstones.

W) This movie was the first feature film to use digital image processing to simulate a robot’s pixilated point-of-view.

X) This movie was originally pitched as the “Love Story of the ‘80s,” but you didn’t need to be a real film buff to quickly spot one major difference between the two movies.

Y) This film’s failure is a major plot element of the first episode of the recent Bob Fosse-Gwen Verdon TV miniseries.

Z) The barroom where the main character in this film spends a lot of time was patterned after the Overlook Hotel barroom in The Shining where Jack Nicholson also spent a lot of time.

AA) This horror movie was based on a popular creepypasta Internet meme; the History vs. Hollywood website actually wrote an article devoted to how much the film was based on actual historical fact.

BB) The European version of this epic 1973 biopic ran nearly four hours and is considered by many a near masterpiece; an American version released later that year was an hour shorter and a critical and commercial flop.

CC) Some people think this movie was a better take on the same subject than a Tom Hanks buddy comedy released the same year.

DD) This movie was based on author Amanda Brown’s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name about her college experience.

EE) Despite its title, this film is not about gladiators but a mutiny on board a World War II German merchant ship.

FF) The actress playing the Bubbie in this romantic comedy was a natural for the role; she was a veteran of 50 years on the Yiddish stage before appearing here in her only film and her first English language role.

GG) Failing to read the user agreement on a new app before consenting to it proves fatal for some of the characters in this social media-era horror movie.

HH) Dueling Michael Caine impressions are a highlight of this 2010 comedy adapted from a BBC TV series of the same name.

II) The real name of this movie’s title character is Professor Clifford Skridlow.

JJ) This Western’s protagonist faces a Sophie’s Choice of sorts; he must either kill one brother or let his other brother be hanged.

KK) A dog named Moreover is the title character of this Disney film.

LL) Billy Bob Thornton married his co-star in this movie after they completed filming, but it didn’t last; they divorced two years later before the film was actually released.

MM) This film’s director became the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar for her efforts here.

NN) At the studio’s insistence, this movie’s director filmed an alternate ending in which the protagonist survived but was transferred to Alaska; after preview audiences panned the new ending, the director went with his original plan.

OO) Although this film’s title song has become a staple at sporting events and New Year’s Eve celebrations, neither it nor the film received a single Oscar nomination, despite an impressive array of talent in front of and behind the camera.

PP) This film’s original title was Me and Satan; you can probably guess why the producer changed it.

QQ) To cast this movie about street kids on the road selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door, the director took to the streets to find some of the cast members, including the lead actress.

RR) This 2002 movie about a digitally created “actress” who replaces a film’s star when she walks off the set, has become eerily prescient in the wake of recent AI events.

SS) This war movie with an international cast, a personal favorite, begins in Vietnam and ends in Algeria.

TT) Brian Dennehy first received top billing in this movie about a man increasingly suffering from stomach cancer as his wife grows increasingly pregnant.

UU) This film, based on a true story, was released just two months after an Australian court exonerated the real-life main characters of all charges related to their child’s death.

VV) This 1988 drama about the events leading to the creation of a famous literary work, is largely set at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland; John Huston was originally scheduled to direct but died before he could begin work.

WW) This drama was remade under a different title 25 years later with Susan Strasberg in the lead role.

XX) This durable horror film has spawned six sequels to date (one of which is actually a prequel), a TV series, and a failed pilot for a second series; the last three installments have taken place far from the original film in South Africa, the Arctic, and the South Pacific.

[Hotseat Or Bust!]

A few of these are guesses.

Spoiler

5.) Frank Langella, 13.) Tyler Perry, 21.) Robert Blake, 46.) Julia Sweeney, 48.) Geena Davis, 50.) Rachel Griffiths, 65.) Hilary Swank,
75.) Jodie Foster, 84.) Diane Keaton, 87.) Kate Hudson, 93.) David Carradine. E.) (I think this could be the movie with Chris O'Donnell and Drew Barrymore...can't remember the title), L.) Against The Ropes, LL.) Pushing Tin, MM.) The Hurt Locker, UU.) A Cry In The Dark.

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51. His best-known character on Saturday Night Live was later spun off into a movie and a subsequent series on Peacock TV.
WILL FORTE

62. In 1962, she was named Miss Army Recruiting by the Defense Department, a designation they undoubtedly later regretted.
JANE FONDA

B) At one point before release, the studio changed this movie’s title to Pacific Air Flight 121, but the star insisted on the original title, which was the only reason he agreed to make the film.
SNAKES ON A PLANE

UU) This film, based on a true story, was released just two months after an Australian court exonerated the real-life main characters of all charges related to their child’s death.
A CRY IN THE DARK

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ACTORS

1. When presenting a 1977 Oscar with her, William Holden thanked this actress for saving his career by interceding with the producers who wanted to replace him during the filming of his first major movie.
BARBARA STANWYCK

2. He was the first Oscar-winning actor to play a Columbo villain.
RAY MILLAND

7. In one of her better-known roles, the members of her convent included Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane.
JANET SUZMAN

9. His real-life roles have included people who ran TWA and the Los Angeles Lakers.
ALEC BALDWIN?

12. While filming a movie in Rome, she met Pope John XXIII, which helped shape her occupation change two years later.
DOLORES HART

13. He first played his signature role in a domestic melodrama starring Kimberly Elise and Steve Harris; despite what some people might think, he didn’t play the title role.
TYLER PERRY

15. This actress was under contract to Howard Hughes, but when she refused his advances, he retaliated by refusing to allow her to make Roman Holiday, despite director William Wyler’s wishes.
JEAN SIMMONS

16. Harvey Korman appeared on his variety show 91 times before going on to a similar show shortly afterward.
DANNY KAYE

18. He appeared on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman; when the production was made into a TV-movie, both of them won Emmys for their roles.
JOHN MALKOVICH

21. In his best-known film role, he was convicted of murdering four people; in real life, he was acquitted of murdering his wife.
ROBERT BLAKE

26. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003; it’s doubtful he’d get those same honors today.
BILL COSBY?

27. She was the first to discover the secret of the Big W.
DOROTHY PROVINE

29. After her acting career pretty much ended, she embarked on a successful second career as a photojournalist, landing a rare exclusive interview with Fidel Castro in 1974.
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA

31. One of this actor’s strangest roles was as an overly flatulent corpse.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE

36. This actor usually plays nerds, but in one of his best-known roles he played an Olympic figure skating champion.
ROBBY BENSON?

37, On TV, he played fictional detectives played on film by William Powell and Ralph Bellamy.
PETER LAWFORD

38. His worst appearance was in an independent production made shortly before the 1988 Democratic Convention; neither of his co-stars ever appeared in another movie.
ROB LOWE

44. She played Nicole Kidman’s sister in the latter’s Oscar-winning role.
MIRANDA RICHARDSON

45. Surprisingly, this actor, who is best known for playing nincompoops, has a masters degree in electrical engineering from Oxford.
ROWAN ATKINSON

48. She won a Golden Globe and received an Emmy nomination for playing the first female President of the United States; unfortunately, the studio voted her out of office after one season.
GEENA DAVIS

49. He and Walt Disney are the only two people nominated for Oscars in six different categories.
KENNETH BRANAGH

56. In a bit of stunt casting, she appeared with her younger sister as a pair of sisters in a TV movie that was a remake of a classic 60s horror film.
VANESSA REDGRAVE

57. In his first credited film role, he played a king and got his only Oscar nomination for his efforts.
ROBERT MORLEY

62. In 1962, she was named Miss Army Recruiting by the Defense Department, a designation they undoubtedly later regretted.
JANE FONDA

63. This actress is best known for one movie in which her co-star was the Devil and two others in which her co-star was an orangutan.
RUTH GORDON

64. He directed the second, third, fourth, and sixth installments of his best-known series and the fourth installment of his second-best-known series.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

65. She’s the most recent actress to get a Best Actress Oscar nomination in a Clint Eastwood film.
ANGELINA JOLIE

67. He starred in movies based on works by Ray Bradbury, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Henry James, and Kurt Vonnegut.
ALBERT FINNEY?

68. He received an Oscar nomination for playing a Yankee, but he never wore the pinstripe uniform.
LOUIS CALHERN

69. He made his film debut with a lead role in a major hit that gave Richard Dreyfuss and Cindy Williams their big breaks.
PAUL LEMAT

71. Although this actor is better known for his work with two more famous directors, some feel that his films with Anthony Mann are his best work.
AL PACINO?

74. During his career, this actor has played Albert Finney and Alec Guinness.
EWAN McGREGOR

75. As a child, she made guest appearances on various TV series, including Mayberry RFD, where her brother was a regular cast member; ironically, that show essentially marked the end of his acting career while hers was just beginning.
JODIE FOSTER?

77. From 1997 to 2007, this actor served as the Bahamian ambassador to Japan.
SIDNEY POITIER

83. She made her last theatrical movie in 1953 but went on to win three Emmys and receive five other Emmy nominations on her subsequent TV series.
LORETTA YOUNG

84. One of her earliest dramatic film roles came in a movie based on the sensational murder of New York schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.
DIANE KEATON

85. He suffered eight heart attacks in one night due to popping amyl nitrate while on location for Kiss Me, Stupid and was replaced by Ray Walston.
PETER SELLERS

87. She received her only Oscar nomination in her breakthrough role playing a character named after a Beatles song.
KATE HUDSON

88. She received Oscar nominations for playing a famous actress, a famous singer, and a famous queen.
CATE BLANCHETT

89. This actress had a nervous breakdown on the set of a movie in Ceylon and was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor; she still appears in some distance shots in the final version of the movie.
VIVIEN LEIGH

91. In 1996, she agreed to reprise her best-known stage role in what was supposed to be a four-night special event; the show was such a success that it went to Broadway shortly after and ran until the COVID pandemic.
ANN REINKING

93. This actor tried to hang himself when he was five years old; he was more successful 70 years later.
DAVID CARRADINE

MOVIES

E) The male half of this 90s teen romance breaks his girlfriend out of the psych ward, and the two try to run away to Mexico; not surprisingly, they wind up right back where they started.
MAD LOVE

F) This is the only film based on a Stephen King novel to win an Oscar.
MISERY

I) This film’s screenwriter wanted a film made of her memoir about her life as a stripper, so she wrote this screenplay as a sample of her ability; she won an Oscar for this film, and the stripper memoir never became a movie.
JUNO

O) This classic turkey marked the movie debut of the lead actor, who won a Razzie for his efforts; it also marked the end of his film career, as he retired from acting shortly afterward.
NEIL DIAMOND

P) This 2007 thriller is a shot-for-shot remake of a 10-years-earlier Austrian film of the same name from the same writer/director but with a different cast; the two movies were even filmed in the same house.
FUNNY GAMES

R) The original Broadway version of this movie won a Tony for Tom Conti; a subsequent revival won a Tony for Mary Tyler Moore in the same role.
WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?

S) This movie was one of the American Film Theatre’s adaptations of acclaimed plays; a key scene involves a man’s attempt to remove a woman’s water glass from the adjacent table.
THE ICEMAN COMETH?

U) Many people consider this the worst film version of a Neil Simon play, even though the actress who won a Tony in her Broadway debut reprised the role in the movie.
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES

Y) This film’s failure is a major plot element of the first episode of the recent Bob Fosse-Gwen Verdon TV miniseries.
SWEET CHARITY?

FF) The actress playing the Bubbie in this romantic comedy was a natural for the role; she was a veteran of 50 years on the Yiddish stage before appearing here in her only film and her first English language role.
CROSSING DELANCY

MM) This film’s director became the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar for her efforts here.
THE HURT LOCKER

UU) This film, based on a true story, was released just two months after an Australian court exonerated the real-life main characters of all charges related to their child’s death.
A CRY IN THE DARK

WW) This drama was remade under a different title 25 years later with Susan Strasberg in the lead role.
MORNING GLORY

[Hotseat Or Bust!]

20.) Emma Roberts.

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80. After his best-known series went off the air, he retired from acting in 1970 to concentrate on TV production; he would later turn down the role of Dean Wormer in Animal House, saying the movie didn’t make any sense.

JACK WEBB?

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ACTORS

8. In his last film role, he played himself in Casino.

Wayne Newton?

12. While filming a movie in Rome, she met Pope John XXIII, which helped shape her occupation change two years later.

Grace Kelly

16. Harvey Korman appeared on his variety show 91 times before going on to a similar show shortly afterward.

Red Skelton

21. In his best-known film role, he was convicted of murdering four people; in real life, he was acquitted of murdering his wife.

Robert Blake

24. Her first TV series was cancelled before it ever aired although the three produced episodes were later edited into a direct-to-video film; her second series was cancelled after five episodes aired, but in between, she had a major role in a Steven Spielberg film.

Teri Garr?

46. This actress’s greatest success has come in a series of comic monologues that became stage performance, CDs, and DVDs; two of them were entitled "In the Family Way" and "Letting Go of God."

Julia Sweeney?

48. She won a Golden Globe and received an Emmy nomination for playing the first female President of the United States; unfortunately, the studio voted her out of office after one season.

Robin Wright?

55. His sixth and last time hosting Saturday Night Live was the first episode after the original cast departed; supposedly, he didn’t know they had all been replaced until he showed up for rehearsals.

Elliott Gould

69. He made his film debut with a lead role in a major hit that gave Richard Dreyfuss and Cindy Williams their big breaks.

Ron Howard

78. He played a real-life mobster who became an FBI informant and a real-life FBI agent who went undercover as a mobster. Got it?

Ray Liotta

MOVIES

D) The real-life version of the main character in this popular sports movie served as its technical advisor, but he died shortly after principal photography was completed and never got to see the film, which was dedicated to his memory.

Remember the Titans

F) This is the only film based on a Stephen King novel to win an Oscar.

Carrie? Assuming that The Shawshank Redmption or Stand By Me don't count as novels

R) The original Broadway version of this movie won a Tony for Tom Conti; a subsequent revival won a Tony for Mary Tyler Moore in the same role.

Whose Life Is It Anyway

W) This movie was the first feature film to use digital image processing to simulate a robot’s pixilated point-of-view.

Westworld

Y) This film’s failure is a major plot element of the first episode of the recent Bob Fosse-Gwen Verdon TV miniseries.

Sweet Charity

CC) Some people think this movie was a better take on the same subject than a Tom Hanks buddy comedy released the same year.

K9

KK) A dog named Moreover is the title character of this Disney film.

The Shaggy Dog?

MM) This film’s director became the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar for her efforts here.

The Hurt Locker

UU) This film, based on a true story, was released just two months after an Australian court exonerated the real-life main characters of all charges related to their child’s death.

A Cry In the Dark

[mellytu74]

A quick pass.

ACTORS

1. When presenting a 1977 Oscar with her, William Holden thanked this actress for saving his career by interceding with the producers who wanted to replace him during the filming of his first major movie.

BARBARA STANWYCK

2. He was the first Oscar-winning actor to play a Columbo villain.

JOSE FERRER? RAY MILLAND?

4. Due to poor health, he had to cancel committed roles in Cheyenne Autumn and The Cincinnati Kid, both of which were eventually played by Edward G. Robinson.

SPENCER TRACY

5. He may be the oldest actor to make the Harvey List, an “accomplishment” that led to his being replaced by Bruce Greenwood in the cast of an upcoming Netflix series.

FRANK LANGELLA?

7. In one of her better-known roles, the members of her convent included Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane.

JANET SUZMAN

12. While filming a movie in Rome, she met Pope John XXIII, which helped shape her occupation change two years later.

DOLORES HART

15. This actress was under contract to Howard Hughes, but when she refused his advances, he retaliated by refusing to allow her to make Roman Holiday, despite director William Wyler’s wishes.

JEAN SIMMONS??

22. In my opinion, his role as recently deceased Georgia attorney Sonny Seiler was one of his best performances.

JACK THOMPSON

26. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003; it’s doubtful he’d get those same honors today.

BILL COSBY

40. He played Fu Manchu in Werewolf Women of the SS, a film that somehow never made it to the big screen.

NICOLAS CAGE

41. She first appeared on television in a short-lived 50s series playing Buddy Hackett’s girlfriend; she had considerably more success in the medium subsequently.

CAROL BURNETT

42. She made her screen debut in a Sex and the City episode in which she played a girl who hired Kim Cattrall to provide publicity for her million-dollar Bat Mitzvah.

KAT DENNINGS

46. This actress’s greatest success has come in a series of comic monologues that became stage performance, CDs, and DVDs; two of them were entitled "In the Family Way" and "Letting Go of God."

JULIA SWEENEY

48. She won a Golden Globe and received an Emmy nomination for playing the first female President of the United States; unfortunately, the studio voted her out of office after one season.

GEENA DAVIS

54. Her autobiography was entitled Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be.

SIMONE SIGNORET

61. He played a famous Humphrey Bogart role in a remake, and Jeff Bridges played one of his famous roles in another remake.

ROBERT MITCHUM? Marlowe and Against All Odds/Out of the Past

62. In 1962, she was named Miss Army Recruiting by the Defense Department, a designation they undoubtedly later regretted.

JANE FONDA

71. Although this actor is better known for his work with two more famous directors, some feel that his films with Anthony Mann are his best work.

JIMMY STEWART

72. This actor is best remembered today as the star of an eponymous 50s TV series in which he played a bumbling high school principal.

75. As a child, she made guest appearances on various TV series, including Mayberry RFD, where her brother was a regular cast member; ironically, that show essentially marked the end of his acting career while hers was just beginning.

JODIE FOSTER

77. From 1997 to 2007, this actor served as the Bahamian ambassador to Japan.

SIDNEY POITIER

80. After his best-known series went off the air, he retired from acting in 1970 to concentrate on TV production; he would later turn down the role of Dean Wormer in Animal House, saying the movie didn’t make any sense.

JACK WEBB?

81. He played Ernie Kovacs in a TV movie in which Edie Adams appeared as Mae West.

JEFF GOLDBLUM

82. In his best film role, he played a fictionalized version of music producer Bob Marcucci.

RAY SHAKEY IN THE IDOLMAKER???

84. One of her earliest dramatic film roles came in a movie based on the sensational murder of New York schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.

DIANE KEATON

85. He suffered eight heart attacks in one night due to popping amyl nitrate while on location for Kiss Me, Stupid and was replaced by Ray Walston.

PETER SELLERS

89. This actress had a nervous breakdown on the set of a movie in Ceylon and was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor; she still appears in some distance shots in the final version of the movie.

VIVIEN LEIGH

[mellytu74]

Quick Pass, Redux

MOVIES

B) At one point before release, the studio changed this movie’s title to Pacific Air Flight 121, but the star insisted on the original title, which was the only reason he agreed to make the film.

Snakes on a Plane

I) This film’s screenwriter wanted a film made of her memoir about her life as a stripper, so she wrote this screenplay as a sample of her ability; she won an Oscar for this film, and the stripper memoir never became a movie.

Juno

L) This movie was originally called The Jackie Kallen Story.

The Meg Ryan boxing movie the name of which escapes me.

R) The original Broadway version of this movie won a Tony for Tom Conti; a subsequent revival won a Tony for Mary Tyler Moore in the same role.

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

X) This movie was originally pitched as the “Love Story of the ‘80s,” but you didn’t need to be a real film buff to quickly spot one major difference between the two movies.

Making Love

Y) This film’s failure is a major plot element of the first episode of the recent Bob Fosse-Gwen Verdon TV miniseries.

Sweet Charity

DD) This movie was based on author Amanda Brown’s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name about her college experience.

Legally Blonde

FF) The actress playing the Bubbie in this romantic comedy was a natural for the role; she was a veteran of 50 years on the Yiddish stage before appearing here in her only film and her first English language role.

Crossing Delancey

II) The real name of this movie’s title character is Professor Clifford Skridlow.

Doctor Detroit

MM) This film’s director became the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar for her efforts here.

The Hurt Locker

TT) Brian Dennehy first received top billing in this movie about a man increasingly suffering from stomach cancer as his wife grows increasingly pregnant.

The Belly of the Architect

UU) This film, based on a true story, was released just two months after an Australian court exonerated the real-life main characters of all charges related to their child’s death.

The Meryl Streep dingo movie?

VV) This 1988 drama about the events leading to the creation of a famous literary work, is largely set at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland; John Huston was originally scheduled to direct but died before he could begin work.

Something about the writing of Frankenstein

WW) This drama was remade under a different title 25 years later with Susan Strasberg in the lead role.

Morning Glory

[Jack Webb]

80. After his best-known series went off the air, he retired from acting in 1970 to concentrate on TV production; he would later turn down the role of Dean Wormer in Animal House, saying the movie didn’t make any sense.

JACK WEBB?

Lucky guess, you guttermouth punk.

[Vandal]

6. This actor, who is an accomplished pilot and owns a P-51 Mustang, was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation in 2010 alongside Buzz Aldrin and others.
TOM CRUISE

9. His real-life roles have included people who ran TWA and the Los Angeles Lakers.
ALEC BALDWIN

10. At age 14, she was cast as Juliet in a major studio film, but studio executives rejected her because they thought she looked too young for the role; that same year, she turned down the role of Lolita.
NATALIE PORTMAN

11. There may have been other three-times-Oscar-nominated actresses who appeared on an episode of Picket Fences, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.
TERESA WRIGHT

13. He first played his signature role in a domestic melodrama starring Kimberly Elise and Steve Harris; despite what some people might think, he didn’t play the title role.
TYLER PERRY

14. This actor, who had a considerable reputation as a real-life ladies man, had his body exhumed and a DNA sample taken when a woman obtained a court order to that effect, claiming he was the father of her child. He wasn’t.
YVES MONTAND

16. Harvey Korman appeared on his variety show 91 times before going on to a similar show shortly afterward.
DANNY KAYE

[Vandal]

23. A classic role she played in her film debut will be played by a former American Idol winner in an upcoming remake.
Whoopi Goldberg

28. Casting him as the voice of the title kitten in a 2016 comedy was the biggest no-brainer in the history of no-brainers.
Keanu Reeves

32. One of the worst cases of Hollywood miscasting came when this Puerto Rican actor played a German villain in a Clint Eastwood movie.
Raul Julia

33. He was the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year.
Peter Falk

35. In her last film, this actress was top billed against an actor named Oreste, appearing in his only movie.
Kathryn Grayson

36. This actor usually plays nerds, but in one of his best-known roles he played an Olympic figure skating champion.
Jon Heder maybe

39. Counting a special award, this performer has won more Olivier Awards than anyone else.
Judi Dench

47. This actor directed and played Baloo the bear in a recent adaptation of The Jungle Book.
Jon Favreau directed, Bill Murray was voice

50. This actress is best known for playing the girlfriend, and later wife, of a funeral home owner in a critically acclaimed series.
Rachel Griffiths

52. Earlier this year, this actor claimed that he and Matthew McConaughey were biological brothers.
Woody Harrelson

53. On TV, this actor has played Leonardo da Vinci, Vlad the Impaler, Paul McCartney, King George III, and Beethoven, among others.
Paul Rhys

58. When he was replaced by another actor in the sequel to his most famous film, the director used a combination of prosthetic makeup and shots of him from the original film; later he sued the studio for using this tactic and won a landmark court case.
Crispin Glover

60. In 1998, MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch aired an episode in which he took on Christopher Walken to determine the greatest cinematic villain.
Gary Oldman

66. In the 1980s, she appeared in a Vietnam War movie with her real-life parents, who played her parents in the film.
Mary Stuart Masterson

72. This actor is best remembered today as the star of an eponymous 50s TV series in which he played a bumbling high school principal.
Stuart Erwin

73. She has played younger versions of her older sister twice and a younger version of Cate Blanchett.
Elle Fanning

76. This actor got his big break when Russell Crowe turned down a role in a superhero film and recommended him for the part instead.
Hugh Jackman

79. This actor is best known for playing a famous archaeologist on TV and Daryl Dixon’s brother in the movies.
Ralph Fiennes

86. Sixteen years after his signature role, he reprised the same character in a sequel that’s set only nine years later.
Jack Nicholson

90. In one movie, she tapped out a message in Morse code to a secret agent during a tap dance number.
Eleanor Powell

94. In the upcoming fifth season of a popular anthology series, she will play a housewife on the run from a local sheriff played by Jon Hamm.
Jennifer Jason Leigh

[silverscreenselect]

I thought I would post a CONSOLIDATION

In Question 11, the actress I'm looking for has never won an Oscar. Other than that clue, six of the definite actors are wrong. Two of the question mark actors are wrong. Of the clues with multiple answers, all contain the correct answers. Three of the definite movies are wrong. Both of the question mark movies are wrong. The movie with two answers contains the correct answer.

Below you will find clues to 94 actors and 50 movies. First, you must identify the actors and movies. Then you must arrange them to form 50 triples, each consisting of two actors and one movie, according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself. Six of the actors are used twice. Unlike some of my puzzles, there is no significance whatsoever to the number of clues or matches or the fact I used letters instead of numbers to list the movies.

ACTORS

1. When presenting a 1977 Oscar with her, William Holden thanked this actress for saving his career by interceding with the producers who wanted to replace him during the filming of his first major movie.
BARBARA STANWYCK

2. He was the first Oscar-winning actor to play a Columbo villain.
RAY MILLAND; JOSE FERRER?

3. She has appeared in films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Victor Hugo, Henry James, Elmore Leonard, and Guy de Maupassant.

4. Due to poor health, he had to cancel committed roles in Cheyenne Autumn and The Cincinnati Kid, both of which were eventually played by Edward G. Robinson.
SPENCER TRACY

5. He may be the oldest actor to make the Harvey List, an “accomplishment” that led to his being replaced by Bruce Greenwood in the cast of an upcoming Netflix series.
FRANK LANGELLA

6. This actor, who is an accomplished pilot and owns a P-51 Mustang, was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation in 2010 alongside Buzz Aldrin and others.
TOM CRUISE

7. In one of her better-known roles, the members of her convent included Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane.
JANET SUZMAN

8. In his last film role, he played himself in Casino.
WAYNE NEWTON?

9. His real-life roles have included people who ran TWA and the Los Angeles Lakers.
ALEC BALDWIN

10. At age 14, she was cast as Juliet in a major studio film, but studio executives rejected her because they thought she looked too young for the role; that same year, she turned down the role of Lolita.
NATALIE PORTMAN

11. There may have been other three-times-Oscar-nominated actresses who appeared on an episode of Picket Fences, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.
TERESA WRIGHT

12. While filming a movie in Rome, she met Pope John XXIII, which helped shape her occupation change two years later.
DOLORES HART; GRACE KELLY

13. He first played his signature role in a domestic melodrama starring Kimberly Elise and Steve Harris; despite what some people might think, he didn’t play the title role.
TYLER PERRY

14. This actor, who had a considerable reputation as a real-life ladies man, had his body exhumed and a DNA sample taken when a woman obtained a court order to that effect, claiming he was the father of her child. He wasn’t.
YVES MONTAND

15. This actress was under contract to Howard Hughes, but when she refused his advances, he retaliated by refusing to allow her to make Roman Holiday, despite director William Wyler’s wishes.
JEAN SIMMONS

16. Harvey Korman appeared on his variety show 91 times before going on to a similar show shortly afterward.
DANNY KAYE; RED SKELTON

17. He played Wyatt Earp in two films 21 years apart, once teaming up with Tom Mix and the other time with Doc Holliday.

18. He appeared on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman; when the production was made into a TV-movie, both of them won Emmys for their roles.
JOHN MALKOVICH

19. This actor has played characters previously played by Charles Bronson, David Carradine, Lee Marvin, and Burt Reynolds.

20. Her daddy would have been proud when she turned out to be Ghostface in Scream 4.
EMMA ROBERTS

21. In his best-known film role, he was convicted of murdering four people; in real life, he was acquitted of murdering his wife.
ROBERT BLAKE

22. In my opinion, his role as recently deceased Georgia attorney Sonny Seiler was one of his best performances.
JACK THOMPSON

23. A classic role she played in her film debut will be played by a former American Idol winner in an upcoming remake.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG

24. Her first TV series was cancelled before it ever aired although the three produced episodes were later edited into a direct-to-video film; her second series was cancelled after five episodes aired, but in between, she had a major role in a Steven Spielberg film.
TERI GARR?

25. In his best-known film role, this actor did not make love; he was love.

26. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003; it’s doubtful he’d get those same honors today.
BILL COSBY?

27. She was the first to discover the secret of the Big W.
DOROTHY PROVINE

28. Casting him as the voice of the title kitten in a 2016 comedy was the biggest no-brainer in the history of no-brainers.
KEANU REEVES

29. After her acting career pretty much ended, she embarked on a successful second career as a photojournalist, landing a rare exclusive interview with Fidel Castro in 1974.
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA

30. The only highlight of Steven Seagal’s ill-fated hosting of Saturday Night Live came when Seagal beat the crap out of this actor in a sketch.

31. One of this actor’s strangest roles was as an overly flatulent corpse.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE

32. One of the worst cases of Hollywood miscasting came when this Puerto Rican actor played a German villain in a Clint Eastwood movie.
RAUL JULIA

33. He was the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year.
PETER FALK

34. He’s played King Arthur, but he’s best known as part of the “royalty” of a motorcycle gang.

35. In her last film, this actress was top billed against an actor named Oreste, appearing in his only movie.
KATHRYN GRAYSON

36. This actor usually plays nerds, but in one of his best-known roles he played an Olympic figure skating champion.
ROBBY BENSON?; JON HEDER?

37, On TV, he played fictional detectives played on film by William Powell and Ralph Bellamy.
PETER LAWFORD

38. His worst appearance was in an independent production made shortly before the 1988 Democratic Convention; neither of his co-stars ever appeared in another movie.
ROB LOWE

39. Counting a special award, this performer has won more Olivier Awards than anyone else.
JUDI DENCH

40. He played Fu Manchu in Werewolf Women of the SS, a film that somehow never made it to the big screen.
NICOLAS CAGE

41. She first appeared on television in a short-lived 50s series playing Buddy Hackett’s girlfriend; she had considerably more success in the medium subsequently.
CAROL BURNETT

42. She made her screen debut in a Sex and the City episode in which she played a girl who hired Kim Cattrall to provide publicity for her million-dollar Bat Mitzvah.
KAT DENNINGS

43. Peter Tomarken’s career highpoint was this actress’s career lowpoint.

44. She played Nicole Kidman’s sister in the latter’s Oscar winning role.
MIRANDA RICHARDSON

45. Surprisingly, this actor, who is best known for playing nincompoops, has a masters degree in electrical engineering from Oxford.
ROWAN ATKINSON

46. This actress’s greatest success has come in a series of comic monologues that became stage performance, CDs, and DVDs; two of them were entitled In the Family Way and Letting Go of God.
JULIA SWEENEY

47. This actor directed and played Baloo the bear in a recent adaptation of The Jungle Book.

48. She won a Golden Globe and received an Emmy nomination for playing the first female President of the United States; unfortunately, the studio voted her out of office after one season.
GEENA DAVIS; ROBIN WRIGHT?

49. He and Walt Disney are the only two people to have been nominated for Oscars in six different categories.
KENNETH BRANAGH

50. This actress is best known for playing the girlfriend, and later wife, of a funeral home owner in a critically acclaimed series.
RACHEL GRIFFITHS

51. His best-known character on Saturday Night Live was later spun off into a movie and a subsequent series on Peacock TV.
WILL FORTE

52. Earlier this year, this actor claimed that he and Matthew McConaughey were biological brothers.
WOODY HARRELSON

53. On TV, this actor has played Leonardo da Vinci, Vlad the Impaler, Paul McCartney, King George III, and Beethoven, among others.
PAUL RHYS

54. Her autobiography was entitled Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be.
SIMONE SIGNORET

55. His sixth and last time hosting Saturday Night Live was the first episode after the original cast departed; supposedly, he didn’t know they had all been replaced until he showed up for rehearsals.
ELLIOTT GOULD

56. In a bit of stunt casting, she appeared with her younger sister as a pair of sisters in a TV movie that was a remake of a classic 60s horror film.
VANESSA REDGRAVE

57. In his first credited film role, he played a king and got his only Oscar nomination for his efforts.
ROBERT MORLEY

58. When he was replaced by another actor in the sequel to his most famous film, the director used a combination of prosthetic makeup and shots of him from the original film; later he sued the studio for using this tactic and won a landmark court case.
CRISPIN GLOVER

59. She is 41 and 47 years younger than her two male co-stars on a current popular series.

60. In 1998, MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch aired an episode in which he took on Christopher Walken to determine the greatest cinematic villain.
GARY OLDMAN

61. He played a famous Humphrey Bogart role in a remake, and Jeff Bridges played one of his famous roles in another remake.
ROBERT MITCHUM?

62. In 1962, she was named Miss Army Recruiting by the Defense Department, a designation they undoubtedly later regretted.
JANE FONDA

63. This actress is best known for one movie in which her co-star was the Devil and two others in which her co-star was an orangutan.
RUTH GORDON

64. He directed the second, third, fourth, and sixth installments of his best-known series and the fourth installment of his second-best known series.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

65. She’s the most recent actress to get a Best Actress Oscar nomination in a Clint Eastwood film.
HILARY SWANK; ANGELINA JOLIE

66. In the 1980s, she appeared in a Vietnam War movie with her real-life parents, who played her parents in the film.
MARY STUART MASTERSON

67. He starred in movies based on works by Ray Bradbury, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Henry James, and Kurt Vonnegut.
ALBERT FINNEY

68. He received an Oscar nomination for playing a Yankee, but he never wore the uniform.
LOUIS CALHERN

69. He made his film debut with a lead role in a major hit that gave Richard Dreyfuss and Cindy Williams their big breaks.
PAUL LEMAT; RON HOWARD

70. Somewhat fittingly, he directed the recent Price Is Right memorial tribute to Bob Barker.

71. Although this actor is better known for his work with two more famous directors, some feel that his films with Anthony Mann are his best work.
AL PACINO?; JIMMY STEWART

72. This actor is best remembered today as the star of an eponymous 50s TV series in which he played a bumbling high school principal.
STUART ERWIN

73. She has played younger versions of her older sister twice and a younger version of Cate Blanchett.
ELLE FANNING

74. During his career, this actor has played Albert Finney and Alec Guinness.
EWAN MCGREGOR

75. As a child, she made guest appearances on various TV series, including Mayberry RFD, where her brother was a regular cast member; ironically, that show essentially marked the end of his acting career while hers was just beginning.
JODIE FOSTER

76. This actor got his big break when Russell Crowe turned down a role in a superhero film and recommended him for the part instead.
HUGH JACKMAN

77. From 1997 to 2007, this actor served as the Bahamian ambassador to Japan.
SIDNEY POITIER

78. He played a real-life mobster who became an FBI informant and a real-life FBI agent who went undercover as a mobster. Got it?
RAY LIOTTA

79. This actor is best known for playing a famous archaeologist on TV and Daryl Dixon’s brother in the movies.
RALPH FIENNES

80. After his best-known series went off the air, he retired from acting in 1970 to concentrate on TV production; he would later turn down the role of Dean Wormer in Animal House, saying the movie didn’t make any sense.
JACK WEBB

81. He played Ernie Kovacs in a TV movie in which Edie Adams appeared as Mae West.
JEFF GOLDBLUM

82. In his best film role, he played a fictionalized version of music producer Bob Marcucci.
RAY SHARKEY

83. She made her last theatrical movie in 1953 but went on to win three Emmys and receive five other Emmy nominations on her subsequent TV series.
LORETTA YOUNG

84. One of her earliest dramatic film roles came in a movie based on the sensational murder of New York schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.
DIANE KEATON

85. He suffered eight heart attacks in one night due to popping amyl nitrate while on location for Kiss Me, Stupid and was replaced by Ray Walston.
PETER SELLERS

86. Sixteen years after his signature role, he reprised the same character in a sequel that’s set only nine years later.
JACK NICHOLSON

87. She received her only Oscar nomination in her breakthrough role playing a character named after a Beatles song.
KATE HUDSON

88. She received Oscar nominations for playing a famous actress, a famous singer, and a famous queen.
CATE BLANCHETT

89. This actress had a nervous breakdown on the set of a movie in Ceylon and was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor; she still appears in some distance shots in the final version of the movie.
VIVIEN LEIGH

90. In one movie, she tapped out a message in Morse code to a secret agent during a tap dance number.
ELEANOR POWELL

91. In 1996, she agreed to reprise her best-known stage role in what was supposed to be a four-night special event; the show was such a success that it went to Broadway shortly after and ran until the COVID pandemic.
ANNE REINKING

92. This actor is credited with creating the political concert when he produced a series of such concerts for George McGovern in 1972 at major venues featuring a reunited Simon and Garfunkel, Barbra Streisand, Carole King, James Taylor, Dionne Warwick, and others.

93. This actor tried to hang himself when he was five years old; he was more successful 70 years later.
DAVID CARRADINE

94. In the upcoming fifth season of a popular anthology series, she will play a housewife on the run from a local sheriff played by Jon Hamm.
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH


MOVIES

A) Some consider James Brown’s soundtrack album for this Blaxploitation film a genre classic, but you won’t hear his music on any current video version of the film; the studio replaced the soundtrack with generic background music due to a copyright dispute.

B) At one point before release, the studio changed this movie’s title to Pacific Air Flight 121, but the star insisted on the original title, which was the only reason he agreed to make the film.
SNAKES ON A PLANE

C) In this recent action film, a snake becomes an insect.

D) The real-life version of the main character in this popular sports movie served as its technical advisor, but he died shortly after principal photography was completed and never got to see the film, which was dedicated to his memory.
REMEMBER THE TITANS

E) The male half of this 90s teen romance breaks his girlfriend out of the psych ward, and the two try to run away to Mexico; not surprisingly, they wind up right back where they started.
MAD LOVE

F) This is the only film based on a Stephen King novel to win an Oscar.
MISERY; CARRIE?

G) There may be other movies in which the hero is a graffiti artist who puts in an “appearance” at Giants Stadium, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.

H) The four top-billed actors in this movie all won Oscars (none for this film), but not the director, despite nine total nominations in his career.

I) This film’s screenwriter wanted a film made of her memoir about her life as a stripper, so she wrote this screenplay as a sample of her ability; she won an Oscar for this film, and the stripper memoir never became a movie.
JUNO

J) A sequel to this popular comedy never took place because the stars became involved in the revival of the Jumanji franchise.

K) One of the stars of Jaws fails to identify the line, “This was not a boating accident,” in this later action comedy.

L) This movie was originally called The Jackie Kallen Story.
AGAINST THE ROPES

M) The closest thing to a villain in this sports movie is a team called the New York Celtics.

N) If the main characters in this movie had mapped out their route a bit differently, the film might have been named “The Two-Headed Dog” or “The Famous Cock.”

O) This classic turkey marked the movie debut of the lead actor, who won a Razzie for his efforts; it also marked the end of his film career, as he retired from acting shortly afterward.
NEIL DIAMOND

P) This 2007 thriller is a shot-for-shot remake of a 10-years-earlier Austrian film of the same name from the same writer/director but with a different cast; the two movies were even filmed in the same house.
FUNNY GAMES

Q) One highlight from this movie is the Robert De Niro party, where some of the characters come dressed as their favorite De Niro character.

R) The original Broadway version of this movie won a Tony for Tom Conti; a subsequent revival won a Tony for Mary Tyler Moore in the same role.
WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY

S) This movie was one of the American Film Theatre’s adaptations of acclaimed plays; a key scene involves a man’s attempt to remove a woman’s water glass from the adjacent table.
THE ICEMAN COMETH?

T) The hero’s theme song in this movie is Neil Diamond’s “Holly Holy,” but the film takes its name from a very different type of song by P.O.D.

U) Many people consider this the worst film version of a Neil Simon play, even though the actress who won a Tony in her Broadway debut reprised the role in the movie.
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES

V) Boyd Crowder as a snake-handling preacher; no, it’s not a storyline from Justified or The Righteous Gemstones.

W) This movie was the first feature film to use digital image processing to simulate a robot’s pixilated point-of-view.
WESTWORLD

X) This movie was originally pitched as the “Love Story of the ‘80s,” but you didn’t need to be a real film buff to quickly spot one major difference between the two movies.
MAKING LOVE

Y) This film’s failure is a major plot element of the first episode of the recent Bob Fosse-Gwen Verdon TV miniseries.
SWEET CHARITY

Z) The barroom where the main character in this film spends a lot of time was patterned after the Overlook Hotel barroom in The Shining where Jack Nicholson also spent a lot of time.

AA) This horror movie was based on a popular creepypasta Internet meme; the History vs. Hollywood website actually wrote an article devoted to how much the film was based on actual historical fact.

BB) The European version of this epic 1973 biopic ran nearly four hours and is considered by many a near masterpiece; an American version released later that year was an hour shorter and a critical and commercial flop.

CC) Some people think this movie was a better take on the same subject than a Tom Hanks buddy comedy released the same year.
K-9

DD) This movie was based on author Amanda Brown’s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name about her college experience.
LEGALLY BLONDE

EE) Despite its title, this film is not about gladiators but a mutiny on board a World War II German merchant ship.

FF) The actress playing the Bubbie in this romantic comedy was a natural for the role; she was a veteran of 50 years on the Yiddish stage before appearing here in her only film and her first English language role.
CROSSING DELANCY

GG) Failing to read the user agreement on a new app before consenting to it proves fatal for some of the characters in this social media-era horror movie.

HH) Dueling Michael Caine impressions are a highlight of this 2010 comedy adapted from a BBC TV series of the same name.

II) The real name of this movie’s title character is Professor Clifford Skridlow.
DOCTOR DETROIT

JJ) This Western’s protagonist faces a Sophie’s Choice of sorts; he must either kill one brother or let his other brother be hanged.

KK) A dog named Moreover is the title character of this Disney film.
THE SHAGGY DOG?

LL) Billy Bob Thornton married his co-star in this movie after they completed filming, but it didn’t last; they divorced two years later before the film was actually released.
PUSHING TIN

MM) This film’s director became the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar for her efforts here.
THE HURT LOCKER

NN) At the studio’s insistence, this movie’s director filmed an alternate ending in which the protagonist survived but was transferred to Alaska; after preview audiences panned the new ending, the director went with his original plan.

OO) Although this film’s title song has become a staple at sporting events and New Year’s Eve celebrations, neither it nor the film received a single Oscar nomination, despite an impressive array of talent in front of and behind the camera.

PP) This film’s original title was Me and Satan; you can probably guess why the producer changed it.

QQ) To cast this movie about street kids on the road selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door, the director took to the streets to find some of the cast members, including the lead actress.

RR) This 2002 movie about a digitally created “actress” who replaces a film’s star when she walks off the set, has become eerily prescient in the wake of recent AI events.

SS) This war movie with an international cast, a personal favorite, begins in Vietnam and ends in Algeria.

TT) Brian Dennehy first received top billing in this movie about a man increasingly suffering from stomach cancer as his wife grows increasingly pregnant.
THE BELLY OF THE ARCHITECT

UU) This film, based on a true story, was released just two months after an Australian court exonerated the real-life main characters of all charges related to their child’s death.
A CRY IN THE DARK

VV) This 1988 drama about the events leading to the creation of a famous literary work, is largely set at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland; John Huston was originally scheduled to direct but died before he could begin work.

WW) This drama was remade under a different title 25 years later with Susan Strasberg in the lead role.
MORNING GLORY

XX) This durable horror film has spawned six sequels to date (one of which is actually a prequel), a TV series, and a failed pilot for a second series; the last three installments have taken place far from the original film in South Africa, the Arctic, and the South Pacific.

[Vandal]

92. This actor is credited with creating the political concert when he produced a series of such concerts for George McGovern in 1972 at major venues featuring a reunited Simon and Garfunkel, Barbra Streisand, Carole King, James Taylor, Dionne Warwick, and others.
WARREN BEATTY

D) The real-life version of the main character in this popular sports movie served as its technical advisor, but he died shortly after principal photography was completed and never got to see the film, which was dedicated to his memory.
MIRACLE

G) There may be other movies in which the hero is a graffiti artist who puts in an “appearance” at Giants Stadium, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.
TURK 182

M) The closest thing to a villain in this sports movie is a team called the New York Celtics.
THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS

N) If the main characters in this movie had mapped out their route a bit differently, the film might have been named “The Two-Headed Dog” or “The Famous Cock.”
THE WORLD’S END

Q) One highlight from this movie is the Robert De Niro party, where some of the characters come dressed as their favorite De Niro character.
NEIGHBORS

T) The hero’s theme song in this movie is Neil Diamond’s “Holly Holy,” but the film takes its name from a very different type of song by P.O.D.
HOLY SMOKE

Z) The barroom where the main character in this film spends a lot of time was patterned after the Overlook Hotel barroom in The Shining where Jack Nicholson also spent a lot of time.
PASSENGERS

EE) Despite its title, this film is not about gladiators but a mutiny on board a World War II German merchant ship.
MORITURI

HH) Dueling Michael Caine impressions are a highlight of this 2010 comedy adapted from a BBC TV series of the same name.
THE TRIP

NN) At the studio’s insistence, this movie’s director filmed an alternate ending in which the protagonist survived but was transferred to Alaska; after preview audiences panned the new ending, the director went with his original plan.
EL CAMINO

PP) This film’s original title was Me and Satan; you can probably guess why the producer changed it.
ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER

QQ) To cast this movie about street kids on the road selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door, the director took to the streets to find some of the cast members, including the lead actress.
AMERICAN HONEY

RR) This 2002 movie about a digitally created “actress” who replaces a film’s star when she walks off the set, has become eerily prescient in the wake of recent AI events.
SIMONE

SS) This war movie with an international cast, a personal favorite, begins in Vietnam and ends in Algeria.
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS

VV) This 1988 drama about the events leading to the creation of a famous literary work, is largely set at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland; John Huston was originally scheduled to direct but died before he could begin work.
GOTHIC

XX) This durable horror film has spawned six sequels to date (one of which is actually a prequel), a TV series, and a failed pilot for a second series; the last three installments have taken place far from the original film in South Africa, the Arctic, and the South Pacific.
TREMORS

[mellytu74]

17. He played Wyatt Earp in two films 21 years apart, once teaming up with Tom Mix and the other time with Doc Holliday.

JAMES GARNER. Sunset with Bruce Willis as Tom Mix and the other movie is Jason Robards.

[silverscreenselect]

The Tangredi in this puzzle was inspired by Frank's last puzzle (not the animated voices puzzle but the one before that). While working on Frank's puzzle, I came up with the idea for this one. I didn't do what happened to Frank one time on the other board when somebody borrowed (or stole) his Tangredi and used it in the borrower's own puzzle. But Frank's puzzle gave me the idea for mine.

[Vandal]

2. He was the first Oscar-winning actor to play a Columbo villain.
RAY MILLAND

8. In his last film role, he played himself in Casino.
STEVE ALLEN

11. There may have been other three-times-Oscar-nominated actresses who appeared on an episode of Picket Fences, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.
MICHELLE PFEIFFER

[franktangredi]

The Tangredi in this puzzle was inspired by Frank's last puzzle (not the animated voices puzzle but the one before that). While working on Frank's puzzle, I came up with the idea for this one. I didn't do what happened to Frank one time on the other board when somebody borrowed (or stole) his Tangredi and used it in the borrower's own puzzle. But Frank's puzzle gave me the idea for mine.

I got past my busy period, so I'm going to work on a consolidation now.

[franktangredi]

UPDATED CONSOLIDATION:

ACTORS

1. When presenting a 1977 Oscar with her, William Holden thanked this actress for saving his career by interceding with the producers who wanted to replace him during the filming of his first major movie.
BARBARA STANWYCK

2. He was the first Oscar-winning actor to play a Columbo villain.
RAY MILLAND

3. She has appeared in films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Victor Hugo, Henry James, Elmore Leonard, and Guy de Maupassant.

4. Due to poor health, he had to cancel committed roles in Cheyenne Autumn and The Cincinnati Kid, both of which were eventually played by Edward G. Robinson.
SPENCER TRACY

5. He may be the oldest actor to make the Harvey List, an “accomplishment” that led to his being replaced by Bruce Greenwood in the cast of an upcoming Netflix series.
FRANK LANGELLA

6. This actor, who is an accomplished pilot and owns a P-51 Mustang, was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation in 2010 alongside Buzz Aldrin and others.
TOM CRUISE

7. In one of her better-known roles, the members of her convent included Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane.
JANET SUZMAN

8. In his last film role, he played himself in Casino.
WAYNE NEWTON? STEVE ALLEN?

9. His real-life roles have included people who ran TWA and the Los Angeles Lakers.
ALEC BALDWIN

10. At age 14, she was cast as Juliet in a major studio film, but studio executives rejected her because they thought she looked too young for the role; that same year, she turned down the role of Lolita.
NATALIE PORTMAN

11. There may have been other three-times-Oscar-nominated actresses who appeared on an episode of Picket Fences, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.
TERESA WRIGHT? MICHELLE PFEIFFER?

12. While filming a movie in Rome, she met Pope John XXIII, which helped shape her occupation change two years later.
DOLORES HART

13. He first played his signature role in a domestic melodrama starring Kimberly Elise and Steve Harris; despite what some people might think, he didn’t play the title role.
TYLER PERRY

14. This actor, who had a considerable reputation as a real-life ladies man, had his body exhumed and a DNA sample taken when a woman obtained a court order to that effect, claiming he was the father of her child. He wasn’t.
YVES MONTAND

15. This actress was under contract to Howard Hughes, but when she refused his advances, he retaliated by refusing to allow her to make Roman Holiday, despite director William Wyler’s wishes.
JEAN SIMMONS

16. Harvey Korman appeared on his variety show 91 times before going on to a similar show shortly afterward.
DANNY KAYE

17. He played Wyatt Earp in two films 21 years apart, once teaming up with Tom Mix and the other time with Doc Holliday.
JAMES GARNER

18. He appeared on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman; when the production was made into a TV-movie, both of them won Emmys for their roles.
JOHN MALKOVICH

19. This actor has played characters previously played by Charles Bronson, David Carradine, Lee Marvin, and Burt Reynolds.

20. Her daddy would have been proud when she turned out to be Ghostface in Scream 4.
EMMA ROBERTS

21. In his best-known film role, he was convicted of murdering four people; in real life, he was acquitted of murdering his wife.
ROBERT BLAKE

22. In my opinion, his role as recently deceased Georgia attorney Sonny Seiler was one of his best performances.
JACK THOMPSON

23. A classic role she played in her film debut will be played by a former American Idol winner in an upcoming remake.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG

24. Her first TV series was cancelled before it ever aired although the three produced episodes were later edited into a direct-to-video film; her second series was cancelled after five episodes aired, but in between, she had a major role in a Steven Spielberg film.
TERI GARR?

25. In his best-known film role, this actor did not make love; he was love.

26. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2003; it’s doubtful he’d get those same honors today.
BILL COSBY

27. She was the first to discover the secret of the Big W.
DOROTHY PROVINE

28. Casting him as the voice of the title kitten in a 2016 comedy was the biggest no-brainer in the history of no-brainers.
KEANU REEVES

29. After her acting career pretty much ended, she embarked on a successful second career as a photojournalist, landing a rare exclusive interview with Fidel Castro in 1974.
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA

30. The only highlight of Steven Seagal’s ill-fated hosting of Saturday Night Live came when Seagal beat the crap out of this actor in a sketch.

31. One of this actor’s strangest roles was as an overly flatulent corpse.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE

32. One of the worst cases of Hollywood miscasting came when this Puerto Rican actor played a German villain in a Clint Eastwood movie.
RAUL JULIA

33. He was the first actor to be nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year.
PETER FALK

34. He’s played King Arthur, but he’s best known as part of the “royalty” of a motorcycle gang.

35. In her last film, this actress was top billed against an actor named Oreste, appearing in his only movie.
KATHRYN GRAYSON

36. This actor usually plays nerds, but in one of his best-known roles he played an Olympic figure skating champion.
JON HEDER?

37. On TV, he played fictional detectives played on film by William Powell and Ralph Bellamy.
PETER LAWFORD

38. His worst appearance was in an independent production made shortly before the 1988 Democratic Convention; neither of his co-stars ever appeared in another movie.
ROB LOWE

39. Counting a special award, this performer has won more Olivier Awards than anyone else.
JUDI DENCH

40. He played Fu Manchu in Werewolf Women of the SS, a film that somehow never made it to the big screen.
NICOLAS CAGE

41. She first appeared on television in a short-lived 50s series playing Buddy Hackett’s girlfriend; she had considerably more success in the medium subsequently.
CAROL BURNETT

42. She made her screen debut in a Sex and the City episode in which she played a girl who hired Kim Cattrall to provide publicity for her million-dollar Bat Mitzvah.
KAT DENNINGS

43. Peter Tomarken’s career highpoint was this actress’s career lowpoint.

44. She played Nicole Kidman’s sister in the latter’s Oscar-winning role.
MIRANDA RICHARDSON

45. Surprisingly, this actor, who is best known for playing nincompoops, has a masters degree in electrical engineering from Oxford.
ROWAN ATKINSON

46. This actress’s greatest success has come in a series of comic monologues that became stage performance, CDs, and DVDs; two of them were entitled "In the Family Way" and "Letting Go of God."
JULIA SWEENEY

47. This actor directed and played Baloo the bear in a recent adaptation of The Jungle Book.
JON FAVREAU? BILL MURRAY?
48. She won a Golden Globe and received an Emmy nomination for playing the first female President of the United States; unfortunately, the studio voted her out of office after one season.
GEENA DAVIS

49. He and Walt Disney are the only two people nominated for Oscars in six different categories.
KENNETH BRANAGH

50. This actress is best known for playing the girlfriend, and later wife, of a funeral home owner in a critically acclaimed series.
RACHEL GRIFFITHS

51. His best-known character on Saturday Night Live was later spun off into a movie and a subsequent series on Peacock TV.
WILL FORTE

52. Earlier this year, this actor claimed that he and Matthew McConaughey were biological brothers.
WOODY HARRELSON

53. On TV, this actor has played Leonardo da Vinci, Vlad the Impaler, Paul McCartney, King George III, and Beethoven, among others.
PAUL RHYS

54. Her autobiography was entitled Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be.
SIMONE SIGNORET

55. His sixth and last time hosting Saturday Night Live was the first episode after the original cast departed; supposedly, he didn’t know they had all been replaced until he showed up for rehearsals.
ELLIOTT GOULD

56. In a bit of stunt casting, she appeared with her younger sister as a pair of sisters in a TV movie that was a remake of a classic 60s horror film.
VANESSA REDGRAVE

57. In his first credited film role, he played a king and got his only Oscar nomination for his efforts.
ROBERT MORLEY

58. When he was replaced by another actor in the sequel to his most famous film, the director used a combination of prosthetic makeup and shots of him from the original film; later he sued the studio for using this tactic and won a landmark court case.
CRISPIN GLOVER

59. She is 41 and 47 years younger than her two male co-stars on a current popular series.

60. In 1998, MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch aired an episode in which he took on Christopher Walken to determine the greatest cinematic villain.
GARY OLDMAN

61. He played a famous Humphrey Bogart role in a remake, and Jeff Bridges played one of his famous roles in another remake.
ROBERT MITCHUM

62. In 1962, she was named Miss Army Recruiting by the Defense Department, a designation they undoubtedly later regretted.
JANE FONDA

63. This actress is best known for one movie in which her co-star was the Devil and two others in which her co-star was an orangutan.
RUTH GORDON

64. He directed the second, third, fourth, and sixth installments of his best-known series and the fourth installment of his second-best-known series.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

65. She’s the most recent actress to get a Best Actress Oscar nomination in a Clint Eastwood film.
ANGELINA JOLIE

66. In the 1980s, she appeared in a Vietnam War movie with her real-life parents, who played her parents in the film.
MARY STUART MASTERSON

67. He starred in movies based on works by Ray Bradbury, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Henry James, and Kurt Vonnegut.
ALBERT FINNEY?

68. He received an Oscar nomination for playing a Yankee, but he never wore the pinstripe uniform.
LOUIS CALHERN

69. He made his film debut with a lead role in a major hit that gave Richard Dreyfuss and Cindy Williams their big breaks.
PAUL LEMAT

70. Somewhat fittingly, he directed the recent Price Is Right memorial tribute to Bob Barker.

71. Although this actor is better known for his work with two more famous directors, some feel that his films with Anthony Mann are his best work.
JAMES STEWART

72. This actor is best remembered today as the star of an eponymous 50s TV series in which he played a bumbling high school principal.
STUART ERWIN

73. She has played younger versions of her older sister twice and a younger version of Cate Blanchett.
ELLE FANNING

74. During his career, this actor has played Albert Finney and Alec Guinness.
EWAN McGREGOR

75. As a child, she made guest appearances on various TV series, including Mayberry RFD, where her brother was a regular cast member; ironically, that show essentially marked the end of his acting career while hers was just beginning.
JODIE FOSTER

76. This actor got his big break when Russell Crowe turned down a role in a superhero film and recommended him for the part instead.
HUGH JACKMAN

77. From 1997 to 2007, this actor served as the Bahamian ambassador to Japan.
SIDNEY POITIER

78. He played a real-life mobster who became an FBI informant and a real-life FBI agent who went undercover as a mobster. Got it?
RAY LIOTTA

79. This actor is best known for playing a famous archaeologist on TV and Daryl Dixon’s brother in the movies.
RALPH FIENNES?

80. After his best-known series went off the air, he retired from acting in 1970 to concentrate on TV production; he would later turn down the role of Dean Wormer in Animal House, saying the movie didn’t make any sense.
JACK WEBB

81. He played Ernie Kovacs in a TV movie in which Edie Adams appeared as Mae West.
JEFF GOLDBLUM

82. In his best film role, he played a fictionalized version of music producer Bob Marcucci.
RAY SHARKEY

83. She made her last theatrical movie in 1953 but went on to win three Emmys and receive five other Emmy nominations on her subsequent TV series.
LORETTA YOUNG

84. One of her earliest dramatic film roles came in a movie based on the sensational murder of New York schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.
DIANE KEATON

85. He suffered eight heart attacks in one night due to popping amyl nitrate while on location for Kiss Me, Stupid and was replaced by Ray Walston.
PETER SELLERS

86. Sixteen years after his signature role, he reprised the same character in a sequel that’s set only nine years later.
JACK NICHOLSON

87. She received her only Oscar nomination in her breakthrough role playing a character named after a Beatles song.
KATE HUDSON

88. She received Oscar nominations for playing a famous actress, a famous singer, and a famous queen.
CATE BLANCHETT

89. This actress had a nervous breakdown on the set of a movie in Ceylon and was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor; she still appears in some distance shots in the final version of the movie.
VIVIEN LEIGH

90. In one movie, she tapped out a message in Morse code to a secret agent during a tap dance number.
ELEANOR POWELL

91. In 1996, she agreed to reprise her best-known stage role in what was supposed to be a four-night special event; the show was such a success that it went to Broadway shortly after and ran until the COVID pandemic.
ANN REINKING

92. This actor is credited with creating the political concert when he produced a series of such concerts for George McGovern in 1972 at major venues featuring a reunited Simon and Garfunkel, Barbra Streisand, Carole King, James Taylor, Dionne Warwick, and others.
WARREN BEATTY

93. This actor tried to hang himself when he was five years old; he was more successful 70 years later.
DAVID CARRADINE

94. In the upcoming fifth season of a popular anthology series, she will play a housewife on the run from a local sheriff played by Jon Hamm.
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH

MOVIES

A) Some consider James Brown’s soundtrack album for this Blaxploitation film a genre classic, but you won’t hear his music on any current video version of the film; the studio replaced the soundtrack with generic background music due to a copyright dispute.

B) At one point before release, the studio changed this movie’s title to Pacific Air Flight 121, but the star insisted on the original title, which was the only reason he agreed to make the film.
SNAKES ON A PLANE

C) In this recent action film, a snake becomes an insect.

D) The real-life version of the main character in this popular sports movie served as its technical advisor, but he died shortly after principal photography was completed and never got to see the film, which was dedicated to his memory.
REMEMBER THE TITANS? MIRACLE?

E) The male half of this 90s teen romance breaks his girlfriend out of the psych ward, and the two try to run away to Mexico; not surprisingly, they wind up right back where they started.
MAD LOVE

F) This is the only film based on a Stephen King novel to win an Oscar.
MISERY

G) There may be other movies in which the hero is a graffiti artist who puts in an “appearance” at Giants Stadium, but, offhand, I can’t think of any.
TURKE 182

H) The four top-billed actors in this movie all won Oscars (none for this film), but not the director, despite nine total nominations in his career.

I) This film’s screenwriter wanted a film made of her memoir about her life as a stripper, so she wrote this screenplay as a sample of her ability; she won an Oscar for this film, and the stripper memoir never became a movie.
JUNO

J) A sequel to this popular comedy never took place because the stars became involved in the revival of the Jumanji franchise.

K) One of the stars of Jaws fails to identify the line, “This was not a boating accident,” in this later action comedy.

L) This movie was originally called The Jackie Kallen Story.
AGAINST THE ROPES

M) The closest thing to a villain in this sports movie is a team called the New York Celtics.
THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS

N) If the main characters in this movie had mapped out their route a bit differently, the film might have been named The Two-Headed Dog or The Famous Cock.
THE WORLD’S END

O) This classic turkey marked the movie debut of the lead actor, who won a Razzie for his efforts; it also marked the end of his film career, as he retired from acting shortly afterward.
THE JAZZ SINGER (Neil Diamond version)

P) This 2007 thriller is a shot-for-shot remake of a 10-years-earlier Austrian film of the same name from the same writer/director but with a different cast; the two movies were even filmed in the same house.
FUNNY GAMES

Q) One highlight from this movie is the Robert De Niro party, where some of the characters come dressed as their favorite De Niro character.
NEIGHBORS

R) The original Broadway version of this movie won a Tony for Tom Conti; a subsequent revival won a Tony for Mary Tyler Moore in the same role.
WHO’S LIFE IS IT, ANYWAY?

S) This movie was one of the American Film Theatre’s adaptations of acclaimed plays; a key scene involves a man’s attempt to remove a woman’s water glass from the adjacent table.
THE ICEMAN COMETH?

T) The hero’s theme song in this movie is Neil Diamond’s “Holly Holy,” but the film takes its name from a very different type of song by P.O.D.
HOLY SMOKE

U) Many people consider this the worst film version of a Neil Simon play, even though the actress who won a Tony in her Broadway debut reprised the role in the movie.
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES

V) Boyd Crowder as a snake-handling preacher; no, it’s not a storyline from Justified or The Righteous Gemstones.

W) This movie was the first feature film to use digital image processing to simulate a robot’s pixilated point-of-view.
WESTWORLD

X) This movie was originally pitched as the “Love Story of the ‘80s,” but you didn’t need to be a real film buff to quickly spot one major difference between the two movies.
MAKING LOVE

Y) This film’s failure is a major plot element of the first episode of the recent Bob Fosse-Gwen Verdon TV miniseries.
SWEET CHARITY

Z) The barroom where the main character in this film spends a lot of time was patterned after the Overlook Hotel barroom in The Shining where Jack Nicholson also spent a lot of time.
PASSENGERS

AA) This horror movie was based on a popular creepypasta Internet meme; the History vs. Hollywood website actually wrote an article devoted to how much the film was based on actual historical fact.

BB) The European version of this epic 1973 biopic ran nearly four hours and is considered by many a near masterpiece; an American version released later that year was an hour shorter and a critical and commercial flop.

CC) Some people think this movie was a better take on the same subject than a Tom Hanks buddy comedy released the same year.
K9

DD) This movie was based on author Amanda Brown’s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name about her college experience.
LEGALLY BLONDE

EE) Despite its title, this film is not about gladiators but a mutiny on board a World War II German merchant ship.
MORITURI

FF) The actress playing the Bubbie in this romantic comedy was a natural for the role; she was a veteran of 50 years on the Yiddish stage before appearing here in her only film and her first English language role.
CROSSING DELANCY

GG) Failing to read the user agreement on a new app before consenting to it proves fatal for some of the characters in this social media-era horror movie.

HH) Dueling Michael Caine impressions are a highlight of this 2010 comedy adapted from a BBC TV series of the same name.
THE TRIP

II) The real name of this movie’s title character is Professor Clifford Skridlow.
DOCTOR DETROIT

JJ) This Western’s protagonist faces a Sophie’s Choice of sorts; he must either kill one brother or let his other brother be hanged.

KK) A dog named Moreover is the title character of this Disney film.
THE SHAGGY DOG?

LL) Billy Bob Thornton married his co-star in this movie after they completed filming, but it didn’t last; they divorced two years later before the film was actually released.
PUSHING TIN?

MM) This film’s director became the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar for her efforts here.
THE HURT LOCKER

NN) At the studio’s insistence, this movie’s director filmed an alternate ending in which the protagonist survived but was transferred to Alaska; after preview audiences panned the new ending, the director went with his original plan.
EL CAMINO

OO) Although this film’s title song has become a staple at sporting events and New Year’s Eve celebrations, neither it nor the film received a single Oscar nomination, despite an impressive array of talent in front of and behind the camera.

PP) This film’s original title was Me and Satan; you can probably guess why the producer changed it.
ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER

QQ) To cast this movie about street kids on the road selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door, the director took to the streets to find some of the cast members, including the lead actress.
AMERICAN HONEY

RR) This 2002 movie about a digitally created “actress” who replaces a film’s star when she walks off the set, has become eerily prescient in the wake of recent AI events.
SIMONE

SS) This war movie with an international cast, a personal favorite, begins in Vietnam and ends in Algeria.
BATTLE OF ALGIERS

TT) Brian Dennehy first received top billing in this movie about a man increasingly suffering from stomach cancer as his wife grows increasingly pregnant.
THE BELLY OF THE ARCHITECT

UU) This film, based on a true story, was released just two months after an Australian court exonerated the real-life main characters of all charges related to their child’s death.
A CRY IN THE DARK

VV) This 1988 drama about the events leading to the creation of a famous literary work, is largely set at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland; John Huston was originally scheduled to direct but died before he could begin work.
GOTHIC

WW) This drama was remade under a different title 25 years later with Susan Strasberg in the lead role.
MORNING GLORY

XX) This durable horror film has spawned six sequels to date (one of which is actually a prequel), a TV series, and a failed pilot for a second series; the last three installments have taken place far from the original film in South Africa, the Arctic, and the South Pacific.
TREMORS

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The Tangredi in this puzzle was inspired by Frank's last puzzle (not the animated voices puzzle but the one before that). While working on Frank's puzzle, I came up with the idea for this one. I didn't do what happened to Frank one time on the other board when somebody borrowed (or stole) his Tangredi and used it in the borrower's own puzzle. But Frank's puzzle gave me the idea for mine.

This was the Tangredi for the puzzle SSS is referring to:

Combine a first and last name on List A to form the name of a character played on a television series by an actor who appeared in one of the movies on List B

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3. She has appeared in films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Victor Hugo, Henry James, Elmore Leonard, and Guy de Maupassant.
UMA THURMAN

H) The four top-billed actors in this movie all won Oscars (none for this film), but not the director, despite nine total nominations in his career.
SHIP OF FOOLS

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79. This actor is best known for playing a famous archaeologist on TV and Daryl Dixon’s brother in the movies.
SEAN PATRICK FLANERY

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Once again, I didn't realize there was more than one correct answer to a question as worded. For the film in question H, none of the actors nor the director received Oscar nominations for this movie.

In Frank's consolidation, five of the definite answers are wrong (check the wording of the clue carefully on one of them). Two of the question mark actors are wrong, one of which has been subsequently corrected. For the clues with more than one answer, all but one contain the correct answer among the guesses.

For the movies, four of the definite answers are wrong. All of the question mark films are wrong (I assume that the question mark after Whose Life Is It Anyway is a punctuation mark, not an indication of a guess). The clue with multiple answers contains the right answer among the answers.

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Once again, I didn't realize there was more than one correct answer to a question as worded. For the film in question H, none of the actors nor the director received Oscar nominations for this movie.

I cheated here a bit by looking at the rest of Stanley Kramer's filmography. OKLAHOMA CRUDE fits: George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills and Jack Palance are all Oscar winners.

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9. His real-life roles have included people who ran TWA and the Los Angeles Lakers.
This was one of the wrong ones. It's JOHN C. REILLY

78. He played a real-life mobster who became an FBI informant and a real-life FBI agent who went undercover as a mobster. Got it?

This was one of the wrong ones. It's JOHNNY DEPP

D) The real-life version of the main character in this popular sports movie served as its technical advisor, but he died shortly after principal photography was completed and never got to see the film, which was dedicated to his memory.

Confirmed that this is MIRACLE