Robert Altman Died Yesterday
Robert Altman had at least one film that included a zoo scene:
18. Brewster McCloud
Aaah. Sorry to hear that. Thanks for posting the link, Wandeljw.
Z = Zoo (or Aquarium, etc. )
1. Hero (Dustin Hoffman at the end of the movie)
2. Altered States
3. Eraser
4. Cooley High
5. Where the Boys Are (remember the precision swimmer in the restaurant's aquarium? Jim Hutton kept repeating "What lungs!)
6. Cat People (Simon Simone)
7. Cat People (Malcolm McDowell, Nastassja Kinski)
8. Wolf
9. Return to Me
10. An American Werewolf in London
11. Fierce Creatures
12. Omen
13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (scene in the reptile house at the London Zoo)
14. Closer (the aquarium scene)
15. Sunshine State (she reminisces about performing in an underwater show - does that count?) Yes.
16. Jaws 3-D
17. Dr. No (aquarium)
18. Brewster McCloud
19. A Zed and Two Noughts (ZOO, 1985)
20. Chimps onder elkaar (1984), fascinating documentary
21. Jurassic Park (1993, and sequels)
22. Turtle Diary (1985), stealing a turtle from zoo
23. Mighty Joe Young (1998)
24. Creature Comforts (1989), very funny
25. Braindead (1992, the scene with the rat monkey)
26. Le Père Noël est une Ordure (1985)
27. Pelikaanimies (2004), funny children's movie
28. Ripley's Game (2002), murder in the aquarium)
29. Bird on a Wire (1990), finale in a zoo
30. The Day after Tomorrow (2004), wolves escaping zoo
31. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001), finale with the lions
32. De Vierde Man (1983), first husband eaten by lion in safari zoo
33. Madagascar (2005)
There was also an aquarium or Zoo of some kind featured in:
34. The Spy who loved me (James Bond, 1977)
35. Free Willy (1993)
36. Dragnet (1987), empty zoo
37. The Freshman (1990) zoo with rare animals
There is also an empty zoo featured in one of the police academy films, but I don't know which one.
Deep Blue Sea (Shark aquarium aboard research ship)
Welcome Roberta.
It's been a long time since we've crossed paths. Good to see you again.
Just two more to make it to 40 and perhaps we can start the game again.
(I'll list the A to Z subjects we've already covered. )
38. Deep Blue Sea
39. Mighty Joe Young
40. Osmosis Jones
There is also a zoo scene in "The Graduate" and an aquarium scene in Hitchcock's "Sabotage".
I am looking forward to Raggedy's summary of A-Z topics.
That was fast. Nice going.
Here's the list of what we covered in the first A to Z game:
Air; Baseball; Clothing; Devil; Elevator scene; Fishing; Gulf; Hunting; Ice; Jury; Kidnapping; Library; Masquerade; Nazis; Opera; Psychiatrist/Psychologist; Quiz/Game show; Railroad/railway scene; Suicide; Twins; Uncle; Velocipeds; Wolf; X-Ray; Yoga and Zoo.
Let's start this game with:
A = Artist (real or fictional)
1. Lust for Life
Hi Raggedy, Good to see you too.
2. The Agony and the Ecstasy
3. Rembrandt
4. Basquiat
Recap:
A to Z quiz No. 2
A = Artist (real or fictional)
1. Lust for Life
2. The Agony and the Ecstasy
3. Rembrandt
4. Basquiat
5. Portrait of Jenny
6. Vincent and Theo
7. An Affair to Remember
9. Pollock
10. Camille Claudel
11. Moulin Rouge (Toulouse-Lautrec)
13. Vertigo (Barbera Bel Geddes character was a Fashion Illustrator)
14. Framed (Jeff Goldblum was an art forger)
15. A Time To Kill (the judge was a painter)
16. Return to Me (Minnie Driver's character was a painter)
17. As Good As it Gets (Greg Kinnear's character)
18. An Unmarried Woman (Alan Bates character)
19. Freida
20. Frida, naturaleza viva (1986) Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (I assume EOE meant: Frida, 2002, with Salma Hayek)
21. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Vermeer
22. Turks Fruit (1973, Turkish Delight), protagonist is artist
23. Stealing Beauty (1996), Liv Tyler is painted
24. Hip Hip Hurra (1987), Peder and Marie Krøyer, among others
25. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Sabina (Lena Olin) is an artist
26. Il Decamreon (1971), one of the tableaux is about a fresco painter
27. Anne Trister (1986), protagonist is artist
28. Kort Amerikaans (1979, Crew Cut), protagonist is artist
29. Brandende Liefde (1983, Burning Love), protagonist is artist
30. Starry Night (1999), Vincent van Gogh
31. Andrey Rublyov (1969), Andrei Rublev
32. My Left Foot (1989), handicapped protagonist is artist
33. The Draughtsmans Contract (1982), protagonist is artist
34. La Belle noiseuse (1991), protagonist is artist
35. À la folie... pas du tout (2002, He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not), Audrey Tautou is art student
36. Au coeur du mensonge (1999, The Color of Lies), protagonist is artist and art teacher
37. Irezumi (1982, Irezumi: Spirit of Tattoo), a tattoo artist
38. Sirens (1994), libertine artist visited by inhibited minister
39. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), protagonist is painted
40. Yume (1990, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams), protagonist meets Vincent van Gogh
40. Sketch Artist (about a police sketch artist). I think Frida is listed twice. This should make 40. I wondered about the Picture of Dorian Grey.
