You can ask twenty yes/no questions (one at a time) to find this movie. Winner can post the next movie.
Movies are posted with a starting letter and number of words. Starting letter does not count the, a, etc. Number of words does count the, a, etc.
All films are posted using their U.S. title.
My movie starts G and has 7 words in the title.
GO!
Was it made pre-1990?
Yes.
Is the movie set in the future?
No.
Was it made pre-1970?
Yes. (3 down)
Was it made in the US?
No (that’s 4).
Is it an English-language movie?
Is it The Good, The Bad and the Ugly?
Definitely post 1970? So it’s not The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick?
Are there that many G with 7 word titles out there? (I know, at least two….)
Like that one.
Evn has it.
Cool.
My movie starts with D and has 4 words in the title. GO!
Was it made prior to 1980?
No. (1)
Is it in English?
Yes. (2)
Did it win any Academy Awards?
No. (3)
Is it horror?
No. (4)
Is it Duel in the Sun? It is Joseph Cotten month on TMC.
George! Wasted question! It was made 1980 or later.
Question: Is it comedy?
Nope. (5)
Whoops, that last “no” goes to George’s question. Deborah, yes. (6)
Yikes, I read that one backwards and thought it was made pre-1980.
Sorry.
Is it Dude, Where’s My Car?
No. (7)
Does it star someone who got started on television?
Yes. (8)
Is it Dan in Real Life?
No. (9)
Do you guys want a hint?
A supporting actress in this movie appeared in the film version of a Tony award-winning musical. Only she and one other performer were not members of the original Broadway cast.
The Devil Wears Prada?
And then the clue is Tracie Thoms from Rent.
And I guess in a way both Hathaway and Streep first appeared on TV.
Yes indeedy do. (‘Cept I’m not sure about Streep on TV; I was thinking about Hathaway in the short-lived FOX series “Get Real.”)
Anyway, it’s all you.
4 words. W.
Was it made BEFORE 1980? 🙂
Yes, before 1980. (I’m paying attention this time, promise.)
Is it The Way We Were?
Is it a US film?
Tom, no.
Deborah, yes.
3 down, 17 to go.
Is it BEFORE 1960?
Yes.
4 down, 16 to go.
Is it comedy? (This question worked before.)
Its genre is not comedy.
5 down, 15 to go.
Are any of the following in it: Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Paul Newman?
A collective no.
6 down, 14 to go.
Was it made before 1950?