MOVIE QUIZ
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the sequel to 2016’s “Doctor Strange” and the 28th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is set to take over the box office this weekend.
But strangely enough, there are plenty of other films released over the past several decades that contain the word “strange” in their titles, too. How much do you know about these curious, peculiar and mystifying movies?
1. “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” from 1946 featured the big-screen debut of what Hollywood icon who was born in the greater Capital Region?
2. This 2014 film starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as a couple who get married, resulting in one of them getting fired, shares the same title as a 1956 crossover hit from an R&B duo that was later featured in the movies “Dirty Dancing,” “Casino,” “Badlands” and even “Deep Throat.” What is it?
3. One of Ingmar Bergman’s earliest films, 1944’s “Thirst,” was retitled “Three Strange Loves.” “Strange Brew” in 1983 brought Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis’ “SCTV” characters Bob and Doug Mckenzie to the big screen. What Oscar-nominated actor, who died in 2020, worked 11 times with Bergman and played the antagonist in “Strange Brew”?
4. What 1995 science fiction thriller was directed by a woman whose ex-husband was the co-screenwriter and co-producer, years before both became Oscar winners?
5. The 2015 animated film “Strange Magic” — with the voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming,
That's no Benedict Cumberbatch, and we're far from the Multiverse of Madness. It's Peter Hooten (with Jessica Walter) starring here in the 1978 TV movie and failed pilot
about the magical superhero.
Maya Rudolph and Alfred Molina — was the last writing credit (so far) of one of the most successful filmmakers of all time, responsible for two blockbuster franchises. Who is he?
6. 1940’s “Strange Cargo” was the eighth and final pairing (10th if you count two uncredited appearances) of which two screen legends (and on-and-offagain lovers), whose previous films included “Possessed,” “Dance, Fools, Dance” and “Chained”?
7. True or false: Val Kilmer, who played Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors,” narrated the 2009 documentary “When You’re Strange” about the rock group.
8. The 2002 mockumentary “Nothing So Strange” depicts the fictional assassination of which real-life multibillionaire businessman who is currently ranked as the fourth-richest person in the world, after holding the top spot 20 times over the course of 22 years?
9. The Tony Award-winning comedy-drama rock musical “Passing Strange” beat “Hamilton” to the punch by releasing a filmed version of its stage show in 2009. What acclaimed director, who won a 1983 Student Academy Award for his grad school thesis film “Joe’s Bedstuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads,” was behind the camera for the “Passing Strange” movie?
10. The producers of the 2004 Australian comedy “Strange Bedfellows,” about two heterosexual men who pass themselves off as a gay couple to get government benefits, filed a lawsuit against Universal Pictures, claiming what 2007 Adam Sandler hit plagiarized their film?