trivia question - film and/or tv buffs

[Ken Gargett]

apropos of absolutely nothing, trivia question for tv/film buffs.

a well known and much loved character was played by two actors. by coincidence, they died within 24 hours of each other (although the family of the actor to pass away second, held back the announcement in case it all got too confusing). 

the character? 

[RickHendeson]

Lassie

[Ken Gargett]

3 minutes ago, RickHendeson said:

Lassie

i reckon they have made lassie movies for over 60 years so bit of stretch for just two "actors". 

as such, i am afraid that i have to rate your answer as 'Paw'. 

[MIKA27]

Is this a recent death or past?

 

[Ken Gargett]

4 minutes ago, MIKA27 said:

Is this a recent death or past?

 

fair to say that it is not ancient history. though certainly not what you'd call extremely recent. i guess it is all relative. everything about the character/tv and/or film (can't make it too easy) was popular and very well known. 

[MIKA27]

1 minute ago, SenorPerfecto said:

Donald Trump

You beat me to it!! LOL!! Be careful, we don't want this thread closed also

[Fuzz]

It wouldn't be Dick York and Dick Sargent (Darren from Bewitched). They died about 2 years apart.

[MIKA27]

3 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

It wouldn't be Dick York and Dick Sargent (Darren from Bewitched). They died about 2 years apart.

He said 24 hours apart not 17,520 apart

[Ken Gargett]

4 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

It wouldn't be Dick York and Dick Sargent (Darren from Bewitched). They died about 2 years apart.

so the only thing you got right was that it would not be them. 

where the hell does trump come from? how on earth is he relevant to this? don't answer. 

[Fuzz]

5 minutes ago, MIKA27 said:

He said 24 hours apart not 17,520 apart

Just ruling them out.

[polarbear]

Did it have something to do with M*A*S*H?

[Ken Gargett]

1 minute ago, polarbear said:

Did it have something to do with M*A*S*H?

correct!

[Fuzz]

Trapper John?

[polarbear]

I think it was Frank Burns, Wasn't it?

(The actor who played Trapper in the Film, Elliot Gould, is still alive)

[Ken Gargett]

2 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

Trapper John?

fuzz, give up while you are still behind. 

[Fuzz]

2 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

fuzz, give up while you are still behind. 

No!

[polarbear]

AH HA!

Henry Blake

Roger Bowen and McLean Stevenson

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, polarbear said:

AH HA!

Henry Blake

Roger Bowen and McLean Stevenson

we have a winner.

and no, fuzz, it is not you. 

[polarbear]

32 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

fair to say that it is not ancient history. though certainly not what you'd call extremely recent. i guess it is all relative. everything about the character/tv and/or film (can't make it too easy) was popular and very well known. 

I wouldn't even call it "slightly recent"

They both died in 96

[Fuzz]

44 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

we have a winner.

and no, fuzz, it is not you. 

Bite me!

[Fuzz]

Try this bit of trivia:

4 films; a foreign film, a Hollywood classic, a sci-fi movie and an animated movie, all share something in common. Name the 4 films and how they are connected.

[JohnS]

24 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

Try this bit of trivia:

4 films; a foreign film, a Hollywood classic, a sci-fi movie and an animated movie, all share something in common. Name the 4 films and how they are connected.

The only film I can think of that satisfies such a strong common link is Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. It is a Japanese Foreign Film. The Magnificent Seven was released 6 years later and is a classic Hollywood film, it is essentially a re-make. Two other re-makes are the science fiction film, Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and Pixar's animated film, A Bug's Life (1997).

[Fuzz]

On 04/08/2016 at 1:26 PM, JohnS said:

The only film I can think of that satisfies such a strong common link is Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. It is a Japanese Foreign Film. The Magnificent Seven was released 6 years later and is a classic Hollywood film, it is essentially a re-make. Two other re-makes are the science fiction film, Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and Pixar's animated film, A Bug's Life (1997).

Bingo!

Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa's tribute to John Ford's westerns

The Magnificent Seven - Hollywood's cowboy adaptation of the Seven Samurai

Battle Beyond the Stars - Basically it is the Magnificent Seven in outer space. Robert Vaughn plays a similar character in both films.

A Bug's Life - anime version with the same premise

And I'll throw in one more... The Seven Magnificent Gladiators! A sword and sandals version starring Lou Ferrigno and Sybil Danning  (who was also in Battle Beyond the Stars).

[soutso]

9 hours ago, JohnS said:

The only film I can think of that satisfies such a strong common link is Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. It is a Japanese Foreign Film. The Magnificent Seven was released 6 years later and is a classic Hollywood film, it is essentially a re-make. Two other re-makes are the science fiction film, Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and Pixar's animated film, A Bug's Life (1997).

Dear God John, how on earth did you get that????

 

[JohnS]

8 hours ago, soutso said:

Dear God John, how on earth did you get that????

 

Ha...it's not like you can google it, no. I know Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas idolised Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, so much so, that they convinced 20th Century Fox in 1980 to provide the extra funding for Kurosawa's film, Kagemusha. Star Wars has elements of Kurosawa's 1957 film, The Hidden Fortress. There are many examples of Hollywood films which have been influenced by Kurosawa's Japanese films of the 1950's and 60's. Seven Samurai has been often-copied, it's considered an archetypal action film, even though it's over 3 and a half hours long!