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D) They rescinded the Best Picture nomination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