60s Movie Quiz – 10 Random Questions

Bullitt is a 1968 American action film. The leading character Frank Bullitt is played by Steve McQueen. Some of the other characters are played by Robert Duvall, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset.

The film (Frank P. Keller) won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 film that satirizes the fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. The film is directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It stars Peter Sellers and George C. Scott.

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) stars Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, and Robert Blake. The film won 2 BAFTA Film Awards.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American film directed by Robert Mulligan. Gregory Peck plays the role as Atticus Finch, who is appointed to defend a black man against an accusation of rape of a white teenaged girl. Mary Badham plays the role as Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch. Robert Duvall makes his film debut as Arthur 'Boo' Radley.

The film is based on a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. The book was an immediate success, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and is today a classic of modern American literature. It was adapted to film by Horton Foote.

Chim Chim Cher-ee is a song from Mary Poppins, the 1964 musical motion picture. The song is written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. In the film, the song is sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews. It won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The role as the older woman, Mrs. Robinson, is played by Anne Bancroft.

2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science-fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.

The Unforgiven is a 1960 American western film. It was Audrey Hepburn's only Western film.

The film was directed by John Huston. Besides Audrey Hepburn, it stars Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy, Charles Bickford, and Lillian Gish.

The film is perhaps most notable for its behind-the-scenes problems. Filming was suspended for several months, after Hepburn fell off a horse during rehearsals and broke her back.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 American film directed by Mike Nichols. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton play the main characters Martha and George. George Segal plays Nick and Sandy Dennis plays Honey. The film was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, one nomination in every eligible category. The film won five awards, including a second Academy Award for Best Actress for Elizabeth Taylor. Sandy Dennis won the Award for Best Supporting Actress. Both Richard Burton and George Segal failed to win in their categories.

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American film by Blake Edwards. It stars Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly (Lula Mae Barnes) and George Peppard as Paul Varjak (Fred). Mickey Rooney appears in the film as the neighbor I.Y. Yunioshi.

The film is loosely based on a novella by Truman Capote.

Henry Mancini won an Academy Award for Best Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Together with Johnny Mercer, he also won the Award for Best Original Song (Moon River). Audrey Hepburn was nominated for an Award in the category Best Actress in a Leading Role, but did not win.