Film Buff Quiz No. 1

[Carl]

You will find below clues to some films that feature the number of words in the title, the number of characters, the year released, one of the actors/actresses who appeared and how many of each character is in the title. Punctuation marks in the titles have been excluded. All you simply have to do is work out the film title !

• 1. 13 words, 54 characters, 1964 film with Peter Sellers
  
  a x3, b x2, d x3, e x6, g x2, h x2, i x2, l x3, m x1, n x4, o x8, p x1, r x6, s x2, t x4, v x2, w x2, y x1

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• 2. 12 words, 47 characters, 1995 film with Hugh Grant
  
  a x5, b x1, c x1, d x1, e x4, g x1, h x4, i x3, l x3, mx3, n x6, o x3, p x 1, s x 1, t x4, u x3, w x3

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• 3. 10 words, 51 characters, 1976 film with Paul Newman
  
  a x3, b x3, d x2, e x2, f x2, g x1, h x2, i x5, l x7, n x5, o x4, r x2, s x6, t x4

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• 4. 14 words, 61 characters, 1971 film with Dustin Hoffman
  
  a x5, b x2, d x1, e x7, g x2, h x6, i x5, k x1, l x3, m x2, n x4, o x3, r x5, s x5, t x4, u x1, w x2, yx3

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• 5. 13 words, 57 characters, 1972 film with Woody Allen
  
  a x7, b x2, d x2, e x6, f x1, g x1, h x1, i x2, k x2, l x1, n x3, o x5, r x3, s x3, t x6, u x3, v x1, w x4, x x1, y x3

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• 6. 9 words, 38 characters, 2003 film with Russell Crowe
  
  a x4, c x1, d x4, e x5, f x2, h x2, i x1, l x1, m x3, n x2, o x3, r x4, s x2, t x3, w x1

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• 7. 8 words, 38 characters, 2007 film with Alan Rickman
  
  a x1, b x2, d x3, e x10, f x2, h x1, l x1, m x1, n x2, o x3, r x3, s x2, t x5, w x1, y x1

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• 8. 10 words, 44 characters, 2003 film with Keira Knightley
  
  a x5, b x3, c x3, e x7, f x2, h x3, i x2, k x1, l x2, n x1, o x2, p x2, r x4, s x2, t x4, u x1

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• 9. 6 words, 31 characters, 1991 film with Micky Rourke
  
  a x5, b x1, d x3, e x2, h x2, i x1, l x2, m x2, n x3, o x3, r x3, s x1, t x1, v x1, y x1

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• 10. 20 words, 85 characters, 1965 film with James Fox
  
  a x3, c x2, d x1, e x7, f x4, g x2, h x5, i x9, l x4, m x5, n x10, o x8, p x1, r x5, s x5, t x5, u x2, w x2, y x1, 1 x2, 2 x1, 5 x1

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[stowie39]

Sorry Carl struggling to understand this one.

[Carl]

Sorry Carl struggling to understand this one.

Totally understand.

See if this gives you some assistance, as an example No. 2 from above.

QUESTION

2. 12 words, 47 characters, 1995 film with Hugh Grant

a x5, b x1, c x1, d x1, e x4, g x1, h x4, i x3, l x3, mx3, n x6, o x3, p x 1, s x 1, t x4, u x3, w x3

ANSWER

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Breaking it down:

It is a 1995 film with Hugh Grant consisting of 12 words made up of 47 characters

The 47 characters consists of the following letters, times by how many times they appear in the title.

a x5, b x1, c x1, d x1, e x4, g x1, h x4, i x3, l x3, mx3, n x6, o x3, p x 1, s x 1, t x4, u x3, w x3

Taking the letter 'n' above as an example, it appears 'x6' in the title as follows:

The ENglishmaN Who WeNt Up a Hill But Came DowN a MouNtaiN

Does the above make more sense ?

Possibly, the letters and number of each letter are more of a distraction from the descriptive part of the question, and if you know the film titles then the letters serve no purpose.

[Brandyboy]

4 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me.

8 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

[elcarretero]

5 Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask

[Brandyboy]

1 Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
7 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

[stowie39]

Sorry Carl struggling to understand this one.

Totally understand.

See if this gives you some assistance, as an example No. 2 from above.

QUESTION

2. 12 words, 47 characters, 1995 film with Hugh Grant

a x5, b x1, c x1, d x1, e x4, g x1, h x4, i x3, l x3, mx3, n x6, o x3, p x 1, s x 1, t x4, u x3, w x3

ANSWER

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Breaking it down:

It is a 1995 film with Hugh Grant consisting of 12 words made up of 47 characters

The 47 characters consists of the following letters, times by how many times they appear in the title.

a x5, b x1, c x1, d x1, e x4, g x1, h x4, i x3, l x3, mx3, n x6, o x3, p x 1, s x 1, t x4, u x3, w x3

Taking the letter 'n' above as an example, it appears 'x6' in the title as follows:

The ENglishmaN Who WeNt Up a Hill But Came DowN a MouNtaiN

Does the above make more sense ?

Possibly, the letters and number of each letter are more of a distraction from the descriptive part of the question, and if you know the film titles then the letters serve no purpose.

Thanks for taking the time to post this Carl and I'm no longer "confused of Cardiff"
It doesn't help that I don't really watch many films so it's all a mystery really but enjoyable all the same.

I do appreciate the time you put into this forum, thank you.

[Brandyboy]

I do appreciate the time you put into this forum, thank you.

I second that stowie39.

[elcarretero]

and a third! :

[Carl]

ANSWERS

1. Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
3. Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bulls History Lesson
4. Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me
5. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask
6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
7. Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
9. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
10. Those Magnificant Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes