Exam 3 - Film Credits

Question 1

Do the Right Thing (1989)

Answer 1

Director/Screenplay: Spike Lee
Cinematography: Ernest Dickerson
Starring: Spike Lee as Mookie; Danny Aiello as Sal; Ossie Davis as Da Mayor; Ruby Dee as Mother Sister
Notes: Nominated for many, many major awards, but won very few, with the exception of the LA Film Critics Assn Awards, where it won for Best Director, Best Music (Bill Lee), Best Supporting Actor (Danny Aiello), and Best Picture

Question 2

Room With a View (1985)

Answer 2

Director: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Screenplay: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch; Julian Sands as George Emerson; Maggie Smith as Charlotte Bartlett; Daniel Day-Lewis as Cecil Vyse
Notes: Based on the novel by E.M. Forster
Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Costume Design
Golden Globes: Best Director & Best Picture (drama)

Question 3

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Answer 3

Director/Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Editor: Sally Menke
Starring: John Travolta; Samuel L. Jackson; Bruce Willis
Notes: Non-linear plot; Often categorized as neo-noir but many critics disagree “more gangland camp than neonoir” - Nicholas Christopher
Nominated for 7 Oscars, won for best screenplay; Won the Pal d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival