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1

Which of these is NOT one of the 'Big Five' Oscars first swept by It Happened One Night?

Only two films have matched it since: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs. Clark Gable's bare chest in the film supposedly dented undershirt sales.

2

In It Happened One Night, what does Clark Gable's character call the blanket hung between the beds?

The joke pays off in the final shot when the 'walls' come tumbling down. Animator Friz Freleng later said the film helped inspire Bugs Bunny.

3

Katharine Hepburn bought the rights to The Philadelphia Story after a 1938 list branded her what?

The gamble worked: it was her first hit in years, and James Stewart won his only Oscar for it. MGM remade it as the musical High Society in 1956.

4

Which blacklisted screenwriter wrote the story for Audrey Hepburn's 1953 Rome romance, uncredited?

Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him and collected the Oscar. Trumbo's widow finally received the statuette in 1993, and his credit was restored on the film in 2011.

5

Audrey Hepburn won her only Academy Award for which romantic comedy, her first major Hollywood role?

She plays a runaway princess who tours Rome on a Vespa with Gregory Peck's reporter. Peck insisted her name go above the title alongside his.

6

Why was Some Like It Hot shot in black and white?

Monroe's contract actually required colour, but she agreed once she saw the tests. The final line, 'Well, nobody's perfect!', was never meant to survive to the final cut.

7

Which real California resort stood in for the Miami 'Seminole Ritz' in Some Like It Hot?

The Victorian beachfront hotel near San Diego still trades on the connection. The film was voted the greatest comedy ever by 253 critics in a 2017 BBC poll.

8

What was Woody Allen's working title for Annie Hall?

It is the clinical term for being unable to feel pleasure. The finished film beat Star Wars to Best Picture, and Diane Keaton, whose real surname is Hall, won Best Actress.

9

Which shellfish do Alvy and Annie chase around the kitchen in Annie Hall's most famous scene?

The scene was shot early and the production kept coming back to add material for another ten months. Media theorist Marshall McLuhan also turns up as himself in a cinema queue.

10

Moonstruck (1987) won three Oscars. Who took Best Actress?

Dukakis won Best Supporting Actress and John Patrick Shanley the screenplay. Cher's slap-and-'Snap out of it!' to Nicolas Cage is on the AFI's list of top movie quotes.

11

The famous 'I'll have what she's having' line in When Harry Met Sally... was delivered by whom?

Estelle Reiner, mother of director Rob Reiner, got the line, which the AFI ranks 33rd among all movie quotes. Katz's still hangs a sign over the table.

12

The deli scene in When Harry Met Sally... was filmed at which real Manhattan restaurant?

Nora Ephron's script won the BAFTA and was Oscar-nominated. She got the idea for the film from Rob Reiner's laments about single life after his divorce.

13

Pretty Woman started life as a dark drama with what title?

The number was the price of Vivian's week. Disney's Touchstone turned it into a fairy tale, and Richard Gere snapping the necklace box on Julia Roberts's fingers was improvised.

14

In Pretty Woman, Richard Gere snapping the jewellery box on Julia Roberts's fingers was what?

Her startled laugh was real, and director Garry Marshall kept it. Roberts earned her first Best Actress nomination and the film took $463 million worldwide.

15

In Sleepless in Seattle, where do Sam and Annie finally meet on Valentine's Day?

The whole film is a homage to An Affair to Remember, which the characters watch and weep over. It made $227.9 million on a $21 million budget.

16

Which 1957 film do the characters in Sleepless in Seattle keep watching and crying over?

Rosie O'Donnell's Becky delivers the film's thesis: 'You don't want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie.'

17

Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks first appeared together not in Sleepless in Seattle but in which 1990 flop?

Ryan played three different women in it. Born Margaret Hyra, she took the surname Ryan from her grandmother when she joined the actors' union.

18

You've Got Mail is based on a 1937 Hungarian play that had already been filmed in 1940 as what?

Nora Ephron named Kathleen Kelly's bookshop after the earlier film. With $250.8 million worldwide it was Ephron's biggest hit.

19

What is Joe Fox's AOL screen name in You've Got Mail?

Kathleen is Shopgirl. The film was criticised at the time for wall-to-wall AOL and Starbucks product placement, which now plays as a period document.

20

Nora Ephron's semi-autobiographical novel Heartburn was about her marriage to which journalist?

The Watergate reporter had an affair while she was pregnant. Meryl Streep played the Ephron figure in the 1986 film, and Ephron went on to earn three Oscar nominations for screenwriting.

21

In Four Weddings, which W. H. Auden poem does Matthew read in memory of Gareth?

'Stop all the clocks' sent Auden's sales soaring. Wet Wet Wet's cover of 'Love Is All Around' from the soundtrack sat at UK number one for fifteen weeks.

22

Wet Wet Wet's 'Love Is All Around' spent how many weeks at UK number one?

The band eventually asked for it to be deleted so something else could get to the top. The film itself was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

23

The famous blue door in Notting Hill belonged in real life to whom?

280 Westbourne Park Road hides a grand house rather than William's poky flat, which was a studio set. The door was later auctioned for charity.

24

Which 1950 Marc Chagall painting recurs throughout Notting Hill?

Anna gives William the original at the end. On release the film overtook Four Weddings as the highest-grossing British film ever, with $364 million worldwide.

25

Which singer recorded the Charles Aznavour song 'She' for the end credits of Notting Hill?

The cover reached the UK top 20. Rhys Ifans's turn as flatmate Spike, posing for the paparazzi in his underpants, is the film's other most-quoted moment.

26

In My Best Friend's Wedding, which Bacharach song does Rupert Everett lead a restaurant in singing?

The scene was added after test audiences wanted more of Everett's George. Unusually for the genre, Julia Roberts's character does not get the man at the end.

27

Julia Roberts became the first actress paid $20 million for a film. Which role was it?

She won the Best Actress Oscar for it too. She had reunited with Richard Gere and Garry Marshall a year earlier for Runaway Bride.

28

Clueless (1995) is a loose modern adaptation of which Jane Austen novel?

Cher Horowitz is Emma Woodhouse in Beverly Hills. Director Amy Heckerling sat in on classes at Beverly Hills High to get the slang right, and the film entered the National Film Registry in 2025.

29

10 Things I Hate About You is a teen update of which Shakespeare play?

Kat and Bianca Stratford are Katherina and Bianca Minola. Heath Ledger was cast just three and a half weeks before filming began.

30

Which Frankie Valli song does Heath Ledger sing from the bleachers in 10 Things I Hate About You?

The serenade, with the marching band joining in, took only three takes. The school is the real Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington.

31

The Wedding Singer (1998) is set in which year?

Robbie Hart plies his trade in Ridgefield, New Jersey. Billy Idol turns up as himself on the plane at the end, and the film became a Broadway musical in 2006.

32

In 50 First Dates, Lucy wakes every morning believing it is which date?

Her fictional condition is 'Goldfield's syndrome'. It was the second of three Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore films, after The Wedding Singer and before Blended.

33

What did Renée Zellweger do undercover at the publisher Picador to prepare for Bridget Jones's Diary?

She also gained 20 pounds and had to convince Britain that a Texan could play its favourite singleton. She got an Oscar nomination for her trouble.

34

Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary is itself a loose reworking of which novel?

Which is why Colin Firth, the BBC's 1995 Mr Darcy, was cast as Mark Darcy. Andrew Davies, who wrote that BBC adaptation, also worked on the film scripts.

35

Love Actually begins how many weeks before Christmas?

The weekly countdown structure ties together ten interlinked stories, from Hugh Grant's dancing Prime Minister to Bill Nighy's Billy Mack and his 'Christmas Is All Around'.

36

In Love Actually, Colin Firth's writer falls for a housekeeper who speaks only which language?

He learns it badly enough to propose in a Marseille restaurant. The film was Richard Curtis's directing debut and grossed $250 million.

37

My Big Fat Greek Wedding was the highest-grossing film ever to do what?

Made for $5 million from Nia Vardalos's one-woman show and produced by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, it took $368.7 million and an Oscar nomination for its screenplay.

38

In The Holiday, Kate Winslet's Surrey cottage was actually what?

The exterior went up next to St James's Church in Shere and was taken down after filming, to the disappointment of tourists who still turn up looking for it.

39

In The Proposal, Sandra Bullock's editor faces deportation to which country?

The fake fiancé's family lives in Sitka, Alaska, though the town scenes were shot in Rockport, Massachusetts. Betty White plays the grandmother.

40

Crazy Rich Asians was the first major studio film with a majority Asian cast in a modern setting since which film?

The mahjong showdown between Constance Wu and Michelle Yeoh was filmed in Penang. With $238 million it was the top-grossing rom com of the 2010s.

41

In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, how do Lara Jean's secret love letters get out?

The Netflix hit, based on Jenny Han's novel, made stars of Lana Condor and Noah Centineo and spawned two sequels released on consecutive 12 Februaries.

42

Anyone but You (2023) is loosely based on which Shakespeare comedy?

The wedding is in Sydney and Natasha Bedingfield's 'Unwritten' plays throughout. It became the highest-grossing live-action Shakespeare adaptation ever.

43

Casablanca's screenplay was adapted from an unproduced stage play with what title?

The play was bought for $20,000; the film won three Oscars, including Outstanding Motion Picture, and Bogart never actually says 'Play it again, Sam.'

44

Which line closes Casablanca?

Rick says 'Here's looking at you, kid' four times in the film; the closing line was reportedly dubbed in after shooting wrapped.

45

Titanic won eleven Academy Awards in 1998, tying the record set by which earlier film?

It also tied All About Eve's 14 nominations and became the first film to gross a billion dollars, on a then-record $200 million budget.

46

Titanic was the first film in history to do what at the box office?

James Cameron wrote, directed and edited it; DiCaprio and Winslet were 22 and 21 when it opened.

47

The Notebook's elderly Allie is played by Gena Rowlands. What is her connection to the film's director?

Nick Cassavetes is the son of Rowlands and John Cassavetes; Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams took the MTV Best Kiss award for the young couple.

48

The Notebook was adapted from a 1996 novel by which author?

Sparks set the story in Seabrook, South Carolina; it launched a run of weepy adaptations including A Walk to Remember and Dear John.

49

Which actress won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Ghost (1990)?

Her psychic Oda Mae Brown was the comic engine of the year's top-grossing film; Bruce Joel Rubin also won for the screenplay.

50

What one-word reply does Sam habitually give Molly instead of 'I love you' in Ghost?

He finally says the words themselves in the last scene, just before walking into the light to the Righteous Brothers' 'Unchained Melody'.

51

Dirty Dancing is set in the summer of 1963 at what kind of establishment?

Kellerman's was drawn from screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's own childhood; the $4.5 million film grossed over $214 million.

52

Dirty Dancing set what milestone for the home-entertainment market?

'(I've Had) The Time of My Life' won the Best Original Song Oscar and the lift became a wedding-dance hazard for decades.

53

Brokeback Mountain lost the 2006 Best Picture Oscar to which film?

Ang Lee still won Best Director; the two shirts Ennis keeps on a hanger sold on eBay for $101,100.

54

Brokeback Mountain is set in Wyoming but was filmed almost entirely where?

It was adapted from Annie Proulx's 1997 New Yorker short story; Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal were both Oscar-nominated.

55

Which cast member of the 1939 Scarlett O'Hara epic was the first Black Oscar winner?

She won Best Supporting Actress for Mammy in 1940 but was seated at a segregated table at the ceremony.

56

Adjusted for inflation, which romance remains the highest-grossing film ever made?

Some 1,400 unknowns were interviewed for Scarlett before Vivien Leigh got it; the film runs 221 minutes without its overture.

57

Complete Love Story's tagline: 'Love means never having to say...'?

Erich Segal wrote the screenplay and the novel at the same time; the Harvard romance won Francis Lai an Oscar for its score.

58

How much older than Dustin Hoffman was Anne Bancroft, his Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate?

Mike Nichols won Best Director; the closing bus shot, where the couple's smiles fade, was captured because Nichols simply let the camera keep rolling.

59

What single word of career advice is Benjamin given at his graduation party in The Graduate?

The film's Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack turned 'Mrs. Robinson' into a number-one single.

60

In An Affair to Remember (1957), where do Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr agree to reunite in six months?

She is hit by a car on the way; Leo McCarey was remaking his own 1939 film Love Affair, and Nora Ephron built Sleepless in Seattle around it.

61

The title of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a line from a poem by whom?

It comes from the 1717 poem Eloisa to Abelard; Charlie Kaufman's screenplay won the Oscar and Kate Winslet's hair changes colour with Clementine's moods.

62

What is the name of the Long Island firm that erases memories in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

Jim Carrey's Joel undergoes the procedure after learning that Clementine has already had him wiped.

63

At the 2017 Oscars La La Land was wrongly announced as Best Picture. Which film had actually won?

Faye Dunaway read the wrong card; La La Land still took six awards, and Damien Chazelle became the youngest Best Director winner at 32.

64

La La Land opens with 'Another Day of Sun', a musical number staged where?

It was shot to look like a single tracking shot; the film's 14 nominations tied the all-time record.

65

Which blacklisted screenwriter wrote Roman Holiday's story under a front's name?

Ian McLellan Hunter took the credit and the Oscar; Trumbo's statuette was finally presented to his widow in 1993.

66

Whom did Truman Capote want to play Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Paramount cast Audrey Hepburn instead; the Givenchy black dress and Mancini and Mercer's Oscar-winning 'Moon River' followed.

67

Which 1977 romantic comedy beat Star Wars to the Best Picture Oscar?

Diane Keaton, whose real surname is Hall and whose nickname was Annie, won Best Actress; the film's original title was Anhedonia.

68

How did Nicolas Cage's character Ronny lose his hand in Moonstruck?

He blames his brother; Cher won Best Actress and Olympia Dukakis Best Supporting Actress for the Brooklyn Heights family comedy.

69

In Say Anything..., what does Lloyd Dobler hold aloft outside Diane's window?

The song is 'In Your Eyes'; it was Cameron Crowe's directorial debut and Lloyd's only ambition is kickboxing.

70

What does Tom do for a living in (500) Days of Summer?

He trained as an architect; the non-linear film ends with him meeting a woman named Autumn.

71

Which Natasha Bedingfield song runs as a gag throughout Anyone but You?

The Sydney-set Much Ado update became a $220 million sleeper hit for Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell.

72

For Pretty Woman's publicity poster, what was substituted for Julia Roberts?

Shelley Michelle doubled for her; the film grossed $463 million and earned Roberts her first Oscar nomination.

73

Notting Hill was the highest-grossing British film ever at the time. Roughly how much worldwide?

Richard Curtis owned the house with the blue door; the door itself was later auctioned for charity.

74

Which is the correct chronology of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan's three films together?

You've Got Mail took its title from AOL's email greeting and was shot on the Upper West Side.

75

Which Jane Austen adaptation was Joe Wright's feature debut, earning Keira Knightley a nomination?

Chatsworth House stood in for Pemberley, and American audiences got an extra 'Mrs. Darcy' scene British ones did not.

76

Crazy Rich Asians earned roughly eight times its budget, giving it which distinction?

The mahjong showdown between Rachel and Eleanor was written specially for the film; it is not in Kevin Kwan's novel.

77

What sparks the plot of To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

Her little sister Kitty posts the five letters; two Netflix sequels followed in 2020 and 2021.

78

When Harry Met Sally... follows its title characters over how many years?

Harry was based on Rob Reiner and Sally on writer Nora Ephron and her friends.

79

Whose divorce sparked the ideas behind When Harry Met Sally...?

An interview Ephron conducted with Reiner provided the basis for Harry.

80

In Sleepless in Seattle, who calls a radio show seeking a new wife for a grieving father?

Meg Ryan's journalist falls for Tom Hanks's widowed architect after hearing the call.

81

Four Weddings and a Funeral was shot in six weeks on a budget of under how much?

It became the highest-grossing British film in history at the time.

82

Which Pennsylvania town is Bill Murray's weatherman covering in Groundhog Day?

Murray and director Harold Ramis clashed over how philosophical the time-loop comedy should be.

83

Who directed Tootsie, in which Dustin Hoffman adopts a female persona to land a job?

It grossed $177 million to finish as the third-biggest film of 1982.

84

Who wrote both the novel and the screenplay of The Princess Bride?

The film keeps the book's frame of a grandfather reading the story to a sick boy.

85

Splash (1984) was the first film released under which Disney label?

Disney created the label that year for adult-oriented films; Splash earned $69 million on an $11 million budget.

86

Which Carly Simon song from Working Girl won the Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy?

It plays over the Staten Island Ferry opening; Simon was the first solo artist to win all three for one song.

87

Sixteen Candles was the directorial debut of which writer-director?

Molly Ringwald's Samantha pines for Jake Ryan while dodging Anthony Michael Hall's 'Geek'.

88

Who plays Duckie, Andie's devoted best friend, in Pretty in Pink?

Harry Dean Stanton plays Andie's father in the Brat Pack classic directed by Howard Deutch.

89

Which three stars headline Billy Wilder's 1954 romantic comedy Sabrina?

It was Wilder's last film for Paramount, ending a 12-year relationship with the studio.

90

In The Apartment, why does Jack Lemmon lend his flat to his bosses?

Wilder's film won five Oscars including Best Picture; only two black-and-white films have won since.

91

What kind of animal is Baby in the 1938 screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby?

A flop on release, the Hepburn-Grant film helped earn her the 'box office poison' label.

92

His Girl Friday was adapted from which 1928 stage play?

Hawks turned reporter Hildy Johnson into Walter Burns's ex-wife, played by Rosalind Russell.

93

In Pillow Talk, what do Doris Day and Rock Hudson's characters share?

It was the first of three rom-coms pairing Day, Hudson and Tony Randall, and won a screenplay Oscar.

94

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is loosely based on what kind of source?

Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long's dating 'don'ts' made it into the Kate Hudson film.

95

In 13 Going on 30, Jennifer Garner's character wakes up as a 30-year-old with what job?

The 13-year-old from 1987 finds herself in 2004; the film was titled Suddenly 30 in some countries.

96

Legally Blonde author Amanda Brown drew on her own experiences at which law school?

Elle Woods, of course, follows her ex to Harvard Law in the film.

97

Who directed the 2008 film Mamma Mia!?

Catherine Johnson adapted her own book for the 1999 stage musical.

98

In Hitch, Will Smith's date doctor is undone by falling for whom?

Eva Mendes plays the columnist; the 2005 film grossed over $370 million.

99

Which performance inspired Judd Apatow to cast Steve Carell in The 40-Year-Old Virgin?

Apatow and Carell wrote the film together; it was Apatow's feature directing debut.

100

Jennifer Lawrence won which Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook?

It was the film's only win from eight nominations, making her the second-youngest Best Actress winner.

101

Silver Linings Playbook is set in which Pennsylvania town?

Bradley Cooper's Pat, who has bipolar disorder, moves back in with his parents there.

102

Who wrote Crazy, Stupid, Love, later the creator of TV's This Is Us?

Steve Carell's newly separated dad learns to charm women from Ryan Gosling's smooth operator.

103

Which 1850 novel partially inspired the Emma Stone comedy Easy A?

The film was shot in Ojai, California, and premiered at the Toronto festival in 2010.

104

Which directing duo made There's Something About Mary?

The 1998 hit grossed over $369 million on a $23 million budget.

105

She's All That is a modern adaptation of which George Bernard Shaw play?

Freddie Prinze Jr. bets he can turn Rachael Leigh Cook's outcast into prom queen in six weeks.

106

In Never Been Kissed, why does Drew Barrymore's reporter enroll in high school?

Josie Geller falls for English teacher Sam Coulson in the 1999 hit.

107

Sweet Home Alabama takes its title from a 1974 song by which band?

Reese Witherspoon's socialite must return home to divorce the husband she grew up with.

108

27 Dresses was conceived after the success of which screenplay by the same writer?

Aline Brosh McKenna wrote both; Katherine Heigl plays perpetual bridesmaid Jane.

109

What is the day job of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn's characters in Wedding Crashers?

Crashing the Treasury Secretary's daughter's wedding lands them a weekend at the family home.

110

Forgetting Sarah Marshall was filmed on the North Shore of which Hawaiian island?

Jason Segel wrote and stars as a composer who runs into his ex and her rock-star boyfriend.

111

Who wrote, produced and directed Something's Gotta Give (2003)?

Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton play opposites who find late-life love, with Keanu Reeves co-starring.

112

How many Best Original Song Oscar nominations did Enchanted receive?

Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz wrote the songs; Julie Andrews narrates.

113

What is the name of Muriel's dead-end hometown in Muriel's Wedding?

Toni Collette's Muriel dreams of escaping to Sydney; the film was Rachel Griffiths's debut.

114

Shakespeare in Love was the first comedy to win Best Picture since which film?

It controversially beat Saving Private Ryan and won seven Oscars in total.

115

In Before Sunrise, Jesse and Céline get off a train to spend one night in which city?

Casting took nine months before Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy were chosen for Linklater's film.

116

Amélie is set in which Paris neighbourhood?

Audrey Tautou's shy waitress secretly improves the lives around her; the film earned five Oscar nods.

117

The Big Sick was written by Kumail Nanjiani and which real-life partner?

It premiered at Sundance in January 2017 before Amazon and Lionsgate released it.

118

Palm Springs (2020) traps two strangers who meet at a wedding in what predicament?

The time-loop comedy premiered at Sundance and hit Hulu in July 2020.

119

In Set It Up, two overworked assistants scheme to set up whom?

Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell star; Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs play the bosses.

120

Which action star plays himself in Always Be My Maybe?

Ali Wong and Randall Park star as childhood friends reunited in San Francisco.

121

About Time (2013) was dedicated to which actor, who died before its release?

It was Griffiths's final film; the time-travel romance grossed $87 million on a $12 million budget.

122

Runaway Bride reunited Roberts and Gere with which Pretty Woman director?

Hector Elizondo also returned, marking the quartet's first reunion since 1990.

123

What is Sandra Bullock's job in While You Were Sleeping?

Lucy saves a man's life on the tracks and is mistaken for his fiancée by his family.

124

In Definitely, Maybe, why does a father recount his past romances to his daughter?

Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz and Elizabeth Banks play the three women in his past.

125

Which NBA superstar plays himself in Trainwreck?

Amy Schumer wrote and stars; Bill Hader plays her orthopedic surgeon love interest.

126

The Wedding Planner was the feature directing debut of which Hairspray director?

Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey starred; it made $94.7 million despite poor reviews.

127

In Music and Lyrics, Hugh Grant's Alex Fletcher was once in which fictional 80s band?

He and Drew Barrymore's aspiring writer must compose a song for a reigning pop diva.

128

Roxanne (1987) is a contemporary adaptation of which 1897 play?

Steve Martin wrote and stars as a big-nosed fire chief in love with an astronomy student.

129

Which future star made his film debut in Mystic Pizza (1988)?

Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish and Lili Taylor play waitresses in Mystic, Connecticut.

130

Which two Bridesmaids talents were Oscar-nominated for the screenplay?

Melissa McCarthy earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the same ceremony.

131

In Ticket to Paradise, George Clooney and Julia Roberts try to sabotage a wedding where?

Ol Parker directed the 2022 film, which grossed $168 million worldwide.

132

Who wrote and directed the 2025 matchmaker rom-com Materialists?

Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal star; it grossed $108 million on a $20 million budget.

133

What term describes the humorous first encounter that sets up a rom-com romance?

The genre traces back to Ancient Greek comedy and 18th-century Restoration comedy.

134

Sleepless in Seattle was inspired by which 1957 Leo McCarey film?

Leo McCarey's 1957 film was a remake of his own 1939 Love Affair.

135

Overboard (1987) sees Goldie Hawn's socialite fall from her yacht off which coast?

Kurt Russell's carpenter takes in the amnesiac heiress who once mistreated him.

136

In Two Weeks Notice, what is the profession of Sandra Bullock's idealistic character?

Marc Lawrence wrote and directed; the film grossed $199 million.

137

In Serendipity (2001), Jonathan and Sara meet while both reaching for what at Bloomingdale's?

Sara later writes her number inside a copy of Love in the Time of Cholera and lets fate decide whether he will ever find it.

138

The 2023 British rom-com Rye Lane is set in Brixton and which other South London area?

Raine Allen-Miller's feature debut, named after a real market, premiered at Sundance and stars David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah as two freshly dumped strangers.

139

In The Lost City (2022), Sandra Bullock plays Loretta Sage, a writer of what kind of books?

Channing Tatum plays her cover model Alan, and Brad Pitt cameos as the CIA operative Jack Trainer; filming took place in the Dominican Republic.

140

Where does Dylan stage a flash mob to win back Jamie at the end of Friends with Benefits (2011)?

Paramount had protested the title until Ivan Reitman renamed his rival film No Strings Attached, freeing Screen Gems to use it.

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