The Great Dictator—Answers

(See question 3.) This iconic shot of Harold Lloyd hanging from a clock in *Safety Last!* was achieved with some improvisation.
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One

The Great Dictator, which premiered in New York on 15 October 1940, satirised Adolf Hitler, Nazism and anti-Semitism. Who directed this film?

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Having been the only major Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, Chaplin made this his first true sound film. — Wikipedia

Two

From which London railway station does the Hogwarts Express depart and what is the name of the Scottish viaduct it crosses on its way to and from Hogwarts?

Answer: Kings Cross Station; Glenfinnan Viaduct

Steam train on the Glenfinnan Viaduct features in four films in the series.
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Three

Two for the price of one! Who played the actor dangling from a clock on a skyscraper in the 1923 film Safety Last! and what’s the fictional name of the skyscraper in Die Hard?

Answer: Harold Lloyd (Safety Last!) and

Answer: Nakatomi Tower (or Plaza) (Die Hard)

2121 Avenue of the Stars, formerly Fox Plaza, is a 34-storey skyscraper in Century City, Los Angeles. It stands at 493 feet (150 metres) tall was used for external filming of *Die Hard*’s Nakatomi Tower.
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Four

Which actor was the first to receive two consecutive Academy Awards for best actor?

Answer: Spencer Tracy

Tracy was nominated for nine best actor Oscars, a category record held jointly with Laurence Olivier. His two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor were for Captains Courageous (1938) and Boys Town (1939).

Five

Sean Connery won only one Academy Award during his career, and it came some time after he had finally retired from the role of James Bond. For which role, and in which film, did he win this Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

Answer: Jimmy Malone in The Untouchables

Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987) was nominated for four Academy Awards. Connery won the best supporting actor Oscar and Golden Globe Award for his role as the incorruptible beat cop, Jimmy Malone.

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