The Elephant Man (1980 film) - Quiz
  • 1. How many Academy Award nominations did The Elephant Man receive?
A) Twelve
B) Ten
C) Eight
D) Four
  • 2. Which film did The Elephant Man tie with for the number of Academy Award nominations at the 53rd ceremony?
A) An American Werewolf in London
B) The Shining
C) Raging Bull
D) Ordinary People
  • 3. How many Academy Awards did The Elephant Man win?
A) Three
B) One
C) None
D) Eight
  • 4. Which actor received an Academy Award nomination for Leading Role in The Elephant Man?
A) Anthony Hopkins
B) John Gielgud
C) Freddie Jones
D) John Hurt
  • 5. Why were industry experts appalled regarding the Academy Award nominations?
A) The film was not honored for make-up effects
B) John Hurt was not nominated
C) The film was not nominated for Best Picture
D) The film did not win any awards
  • 6. What did the Academy do in response to the outcry over make-up effects?
A) They rescinded the Best Picture nomination
B) They created a new category for make-up
C) They apologized in a public press release
D) They gave the film an honorary award
  • 7. What was the first film to win the newly introduced Academy Award for Best Makeup?
A) An American Werewolf in London
B) The Elephant Man
C) Raging Bull
D) Star Wars
  • 8. Which BAFTA Award did The Elephant Man win?
A) Best Cinematography
B) Best Screenplay
C) Best Film
D) Best Director
  • 9. How many total BAFTA awards was The Elephant Man nominated for in addition to the ones it won?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Eight
D) Six
  • 10. Which AFI list featured a quote from John Merrick in 2005?
A) 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
B) 100 Years...100 Thrills
C) 100 Years...100 Cheers
D) 100 Years...100 Movies
  • 11. What was the total budget for the film The Elephant Man?
A) $26 million
B) $5 million
C) $4 million
D) $10 million
  • 12. Who provided the musical direction and sound design for the film?
A) Freddie Francis
B) David Lynch
C) Christopher Tucker
D) John Morris
  • 13. Who supervised the makeup for the film?
A) Freddie Francis
B) John Hurt
C) David Lynch
D) Christopher Tucker
  • 14. What served as the basis for the makeup design used in the film?
A) Historical paintings of Merrick
B) Treves' memoirs
C) Medical diagrams
D) Direct casts of Merrick's body
  • 15. At what time would John Hurt arrive on set to begin the makeup process?
A) 5 am
B) 7 am
C) 10 am
D) Noon
  • 16. Which company produced the film alongside Brooksfilms?
A) Paramount
B) Universal Pictures
C) NBC
D) EMI Films
  • 17. How much did The Elephant Man gross in the United States?
A) $26 million
B) $5 million
C) $67 million
D) $4 million
  • 18. What was the highest-grossing foreign film in Japan during the year of the film's release?
A) The Elephant Man
B) The Empire Strikes Back
C) Raiders of the Lost Ark
D) Star Wars
  • 19. What approval rating does The Elephant Man hold on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 78%
B) 91%
C) 85%
D) 100%
  • 20. What grade did CinemaScore audiences give The Elephant Man?
A) A
B) B+
C) B
D) A+
  • 21. Who was responsible for the black-and-white photography of the film?
A) Freddie Francis
B) Christopher Tucker
C) John Hurt
D) David Lynch
  • 22. Which author described the work as "unashamedly sentimental"?
A) John Morris
B) Nadja Durbach
C) Vincent Canby
D) Roger Ebert
  • 23. Why did the producers of a West End play sue Brooksfilms?
A) The makeup design
B) The script content
C) The use of music
D) Use of the title
  • 24. How long did it take to remove the makeup from John Hurt?
A) Seven hours
B) One hour
C) Two hours
D) Eight hours
  • 25. What unique characteristic is noted about the film's structure?
A) It has no musical score
B) It is bookended with surrealist sequences
C) It is filmed entirely in color
D) It is a documentary
  • 26. Who served as the executive producer but remained uncredited?
A) David Lynch
B) Jonathan Sanger
C) Mel Brooks
D) Frederick Treves
  • 27. Who portrays the surgeon Frederick Treves?
A) Michael Elphick
B) John Gielgud
C) Anthony Hopkins
D) John Hurt
  • 28. What is the primary reason Merrick cannot lie down flat to sleep?
A) His head is too large to fit on a pillow
B) He would asphyxiate
C) He is afraid of the dark
D) It causes him extreme physical pain
  • 29. Which specific book served as a source material for the film's screenplay?
A) The Anatomy of Deformity
B) The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences
C) The Life and Times of Joseph Merrick
D) The Elephant Man: A Biographical Study
  • 30. Who is the brutish ringmaster that initially keeps Merrick?
A) Mr. Carr Gomm
B) Jim
C) Mr. Bytes
D) Frederick Treves
  • 31. Which actress gives Merrick a copy of Romeo and Juliet?
A) Wendy Hiller
B) Hannah Gordon
C) Anne Bancroft
D) Madge Kendal
  • 32. What is the name of the hospital governor who initially opposes keeping Merrick?
A) Mr. Carr Gomm
B) Mr. Bytes
C) Mr. Frederick
D) Mr. Jim
  • 33. What does Merrick recite to prove he is intellectually competent?
A) A passage from Romeo and Juliet
B) A medical report by Treves
C) The 23rd Psalm
D) A poem by Lord Tennyson
  • 34. Which camera technique or style was used for the film's visuals?
A) Handheld digital footage
B) Technicolor
C) High-contrast sepia
D) Black-and-white
  • 35. Who is the hospital matron that tends to Merrick?
A) Mrs. Mothershead
B) Ann Treves
C) Madge Kendal
D) Alexandra
  • 36. What company did Mel Brooks use to finance the film?
A) Brooksfilms
B) Paramount Pictures
C) United Artists
D) 20th Century Fox
  • 37. Who suggested David Lynch to the producer Jonathan Sanger?
A) Stuart Cornfeld
B) Mel Brooks
C) John Hurt
D) Christopher De Vore
  • 38. Which actor did David Lynch originally consider for the role of John Merrick?
A) Dustin Hoffman
B) John Hurt
C) Jack Nance
D) Anthony Hopkins
  • 39. Who played the character of Ann Treves?
A) Anne Bancroft
B) Wendy Hiller
C) Helen Ryan
D) Hannah Gordon
  • 40. Which film convinced Mel Brooks that David Lynch could handle the project?
A) High Anxiety
B) Fatso
C) Heaven's Gate
D) Eraserhead
  • 41. Who played the night porter Jim Renshaw?
A) Freddie Jones
B) Kenny Baker
C) Pat Gorman
D) Michael Elphick
  • 42. Which company published the original film score in the United States in 1980?
A) Milan
B) Paramount Home Entertainment
C) Optimum Releasing
D) 20th Century Fox Records
  • 43. In what year was the first compact disc issue of the film score released?
A) 1980
B) 2020
C) 2001
D) 1994
  • 44. Which author wrote the tie-in novelization published by Ballantine Books in 1980?
A) David Lynch
B) John Morris
C) Christine Sparks
D) John Hurt
  • 45. Who released the first DVD of The Elephant Man on December 11, 2001?
A) The Criterion Collection
B) Paramount Home Entertainment
C) 20th Century Fox
D) StudioCanal
  • 46. Which actor credits watching the film as a child as their inspiration to become an actor?
A) Michael Stipe
B) Bradley Cooper
C) John Hurt
D) Karl Pilkington
  • 47. In which TV show does a character parody the line 'I am not an animal' during an episode titled 'The Pick'?
A) The Simpsons
B) The Ricky Gervais Show
C) Batman Returns
D) Seinfeld
  • 48. What is the name of the song by Michael Jackson that uses excerpts from the film?
A) Morphine
B) Psychiatric
C) Freak
D) Carnival of Sorts
  • 49. Which artist used samples of John Hurt's voice in the song 'Psychiatric'?
A) Michael Jackson
B) Bruce Foxton
C) Mylène Farmer
D) Michael Stipe
  • 50. The 1992 film Batman Returns parodies the film's iconic line through which character?
A) Batman
B) The Joker
C) Oswald
D) The Penguin
  • 51. Which orchestra performed the musical score for the film?
A) London Symphony Orchestra
B) National Philharmonic Orchestra
C) New York Philharmonic
D) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • 52. When did The Criterion Collection release their 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray of the film?
A) December 11, 2001
B) April 2020
C) July 7th, 2026
D) September 29, 2020
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