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LL42 MD11The plot of this 1984 movie blockbuster is loosely based on actions a group of local terpsichorean teens took six years earlier in their tiny, rural Oklahoma farming community of Elmore City.FOOTLOOSE577865330.8
LL42 MD8Real-life NYC Narcotics Detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso provided the inspiration for the main characters of what 1971 crime drama, the first R-rated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture? THE FRENCH CONNECTION538262300.8
LL42 MD1In the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, which character is responsible for killing Jabba the Hutt?PRINCESS LEIA897680640.6
LL41 MD20The 1978 Martin Scorsese film The Last Waltz, hailed widely as the greatest concert film ever made, featured the farewell concert appearance of what Canadian rock group, accompanied by numerous special guests?THE BAND538359261.3
LL41 MD7In May of 2009, this Pixar film became the first animated feature ever to open the Cannes Film Festival.UP648266481.1
LL40 MD14A 1960s Jersey Shore rock band records its second album, which is rejected by its record label. Soon after, the lead singer dies (apparently) in a car crash. 20 years later, the band's re-released debut becomes a hit, and Ellen Barkin looks into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of second album and the death of the singer. This provides the basis for what fictional 1980s movie?EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS346036151.7
LL40 MD13Before creating the HBO television series Six Feet Under and True Blood, Alan Ball's career highlight was writing what Academy Award-winning movie?AMERICAN BEAUTY568054391.2
LL36 MD8A new film from this movie series has been released every October for the past four years, with the fifth film in the series scheduled for release on October 24, 2008.SAW455448301.1