As a continuation of last week's Trivia Question, it's the boys turn. Below is a list of Oscar winning characters and their actors that played them, or are they? As an homage to Seseme Street, "One of these things is not like the others, one of these things is not quite the same." As you will see, there are eleven characters, but only ten actors listed. Match the character with the actor and the movie, then tell me who played the odd man out (the left over character) and the movie and tell me why he is the odd man out.
A. Luis Molina
B. Will Kane
C. Wladyslaw Szpilman
D. Elliot Garfield
E. Father O'Malley
F. Eddie Felson
G. Brandon Teena
H. Harry Stoner
I. Homer Smith
J. Ben Sanderson
K. Father Flanagan
1. Richard Dreyfuss
2. William Hurt
3. Sidney Poitier
4. Spencer Tracy
5. Jack Lemmon
6. Adrian Brody
7. Gary Cooper
8. Nicolas Cage
9. Bing Crosby
10. Paul Newman
(Sorry, I am now using the new Beta Blogger and so formatting is a little different so I can't get a side by side list going)
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14 years ago
6 comments:
I'm going to take a few guesses before doing some research.
Adrian Brody - Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist
Nicolas Cage - Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas
Sidney Poitier - Luis Molina in To Sir, with Love
OK, since we are allowed to do research.... I'll wait to post my answers to give others a chance to guess also. But, I was wrong about one of my early guesses and surprised about William Hurts winning role.
I also like your inclusion of the extra character and the reason why you included that character in this list.
To make it official for Kim.
Adrian Brody - Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianst
Nicolas Cage - Ben Sanderson in Leaving Los Vegas
Those are correct
Oh yeah, and a million bonus points for each one you got correct. Whoo Hoo.
And go ahead and answer the rest, First come, first served.
Allright, fine
Richard Dreyfuss - Elliot Garfield in the Goodbye Girl
William Hurt - Luis Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sidney Poitier - Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field
Spencer Tracy - Fahter Flanagan in Boys Town
Jack Lemmon - Harry Stoner in Save the Tiger
Adrian Brody - Wladyslaw Szpilman in the Pianist
Gary Cooper - Will Kane in High Noon
Nicolas Cage - Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas
Bing Crosby - Father O'Malley in Going My Way
Paul Newman - Eddie Felson in The Color of Money
Last, Hillary Swank - Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry. You put her in this category because she won the best actor award for playing a male character (well, a female pretending to be a male)
Whoo Hoo! My sister rocks!!!! You got them all right, Hilary Swank won one of her two Best Actress Oscars for playing Brandon Teena, a transgendered teen who preferred life in a male identity until it was discovered he was born biologically female.
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