Series One Final Scoreboard

All apologies for the radio silence as we wrapped up the show dear listeners. I dare say that when we set out to map our course for the first summer of joint podcasting, neither Simon nor I factored in details like vacations or website redesigns.

But you have stuck with us, and for that we thank you. We will both be cross-posting material to this space as the months go on, especially since many of the directors we mentioned in Series One have films on the horizon ("Paging Mr. Fincher!").

But for the matter at hand, the final scoreboard, which includes the results from rounds eleven and twelve. Here's how it all shook down...

Winner! Rachel Thuro 203 (+44)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 156 (+27)
Courtney Small 90 (+15)
Andrew Buckle 79 (+0)
Duke 32 (0)
Alison 28 (0)
Shane McNeil 18 (0)
Joel Burman 15 (0)
Jess Rogers 4 (0)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Congratulations Rachel on dominating the trivia during Series One!

As mentioned during the final moments of Episode Twelve we know for certain that we want to do a Series Two, we just aren't completely set on when, so please keep an eye either on this space, or our respective blogs for details.

We're also open to suggestions on which directors we should cover, so if you want to make a request, email it in and we'll take it under advisement.

Last but not least, please consider one of two small favours now that series one is complete. Please think about spreading the word, since series one's seven hour runtime makes for pretty decent listening to a newcomer over the course of a week or two. Likewise, please consider dropping a rating and/or comment on iTunes which might get us a slightly higher profile.

For now though, thanks so much for making Series One a success - you'll be hearing from us again soon.

sincerely,

Simon & Hatter

(Belated) Episode 10 Scoreboard

Sorry for the late report on this round folks...all I can say is that when your computer goes into the shop all hell can break loose.

Things still really aren't over, but at this late stage it's safe to say that it's a two horse race. Simon and I both want to thank everyone who participated in the trivia for Series One. If it wasn't for you - we'd swear we were recording these for ourselves!

Here are the results after nine rounds, with everyone's point pickup for this episode listed in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 159 (+24)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 129 (+10)
Andrew Buckle 79 (+0)
Courtney Small 75 (+15)
Duke 32 (0)
Alison 28 (0)
Shane McNeil 18 (0)
Joel Burman 15 (0)
Jess Rogers 4 (0)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Hatter's Questions:
BROKEBACK and TRAFFIC are two of the very few films to get Best Director but not Best Picture.

Lee is a die-hard fan of The Calgary Flames.

Lee felt Anne Hathaway would be a good fit to play Jane Austen in BECOMING JANE.

Simon's Questions:
Bergman's VIRGIN SPRING was influential in Lee becoming a filmmaker.

Lee has headed up the jury of the Venice Film Festival.

Lee has become a naturalized citizen of The U.S.A.

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 9 Scoreboard

The all star continues her dominance, but the lead remains a tight one.

Rachel Thuro got in first again with Episode 9 trivia (which continues to stupify me given how inconvenient a time these episodes post for her. But Rhys stays in close with a second place pickup again this week. Three episodes left, the win still very much to be determined.

Here are the results after nine rounds, with everyone's point pickup for this episode listed in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 135 (+24)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 119 (+18)
Andrew Buckle 79 (+10)
Courtney Small 60 (0)
Duke 32 (0)
Alison 28 (+6)
Shane McNeil 18 (0)
Joel Burman 15 (0)
Jess Rogers 4 (0)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Hatter's Questions:
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE won all but two of the Oscars it was nominated for.

Naomi Harris has been cast as Moneypenny in Bond 23.

Robert Carlyle's character in THE BEACH is named after Daffy Duck.

Simon's Questions:
ALIEN LOVE TRIANGLE was supposed to be part of a trilogy with MIMIC and THE IMPOSTER.

Jim Cartwright wrote the scripts for Strumpet and Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

John Murphy has worked with Danny Boyle 5 times

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 8 Scoreboard

She opened the door a crack two weeks ago - has she slammed it shut for good this round?

Our series one all-star Rachel Thuro was top dog for Episode 8 trivia. Is it enough to propel her to the win once-and-for all? Four more chances at big points still loom, beginning tomorrow morning with Episode 9 kicking off the final quarter.

Here are the results after eight rounds, with everyone's point pickup for this episode listed in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 111 (+20)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 101 (+12)
Andrew Buckle 69 (0)
Courtney Small 60 (+12)
Duke 32 (0)
Alison 22 (+4)
Shane McNeil 18 (0)
Joel Burman 15 (0)
Jess Rogers 4 (0)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Hatter's Questions:
Oscar nominees cast in PUBLIC ENEMIES include Marion Cotillard, Carie Mulligan, Johnny Depp, and Christian Bale.

Van Zandt's muscle in HEAT is played by rocker Henry Rollins.

THE INSIDER concludes with Al Pacino's character Lowel Bergman breaking the story of Unibomber Ted Kaczynski's arrest.

Simon's Questions:
DR. STRANGELOVE was the film that sparked Mann's interest in becoming a filmmaker.

Michael Mann earned his graduate degree from London Film School.

The first film to include digital exterior shots was COLLATERAL in 2004.

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 7 Scoreboard

Behind the scenes note about recording The Film Locker:

Because of the time difference between Toronto and London, there are only so many windows of time that we can use to record the show. As such, we've been rolling very early on Sunday mornings (as in 7 or 8am). I say this, because being up early is the only reason I can offer for three questions out of six calling for the same answer.

Oops.

But ladies and gentlemen, we officially have ourselves a game! Rhys has all but closed the gap between himself and Mrs. Thuro, with young Andy Buckle within striking distance too. Four episodes left, and it's anybody's prize right now.

Here are the results after seven rounds, with everyone's point pickup for this episode listed in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 91 (+6)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 89 (+24)
Andrew Buckle 69 (+5)
Courtney Small 48 (+10)
Duke 32 (0)
Alison 18 (0)
Shane McNeil 18 (0)
Joel Burman 15 (+15)
Jess Rogers 4 (0)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Hatter's Questions:
Fincher's most nominated film is THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, with 13

Fincher's best box office performer is THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, which took in $127M

PANIC ROOM is the last Fincher film to come from an original script.

Simon's Questions:
Elliot Goldenthal composed the score to ALIEN 3.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON had Fincher's highest budget with $150M.

The most recent video Fincher directed was "Only" by Nine Inch Nails.

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 6 Scoreboard

And with that, the race is on! Mrs. Thuro doesn't know her Almodovar, thus Rhys and Buckle both make big gains and come within striking distance of the Trivia Queen of Series One.

Also quite happy to welcome Allison the Nerd Vampire to the game who made an impressive showing for her first entry by being the second person to email in!

It's anybody's ballgame right now, and something tells me next week's episode will egg on the race even more with a director our listeners know a bit more intimately.

Here are the results after six rounds, with everyone's point pickup for this episode listed in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 85 (0)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 65 (+10)
Andrew Buckle 64 (+20)
Courtney Small 38 (+6)
Duke 32 (+0)
Alison 18 (+18)
Shane McNeil 18 (0)
Jess Rogers 4 (0)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Simon's Questions:
Prior to directing, Almodovar worked for twelve years as an assistant at Telefonica (a Spanish phone company).

CARNE TREMULA was the last film that Almodovar acted in.

BAD EDUCATION was the last Almodovar film adapted from a book.

Hatter's Questions:
The silent film in TALK TO HER is called AMANTE MEGUANTE aka THE SHRINKING LOVER.

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER ends with a stage curtain coming down; TALK TO HER begins with that same curtain going up.

"Volver" means "Return"

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 5 Scoreboard

Looks like there are quite a few Kubrick fans in our listener base. I for one found that a little bit surprising as I was under the impression that Stan the Man had a lot of haters out there who found him to be overhyped. I guess anyone who thinks that way either isn't in our meagre listener base, or gave this episode a skip.

To the scoreboard before we put Kubrick to bed.

Mrs. Thuro is officially the one to beat in this little competition as she puts up monster numbers again this week and increases her lead. Can she be stopped? or should I start asking her which dvd she wants? Here's the way it all shook down this week, with the points pickup in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 85 (+24)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 55 (+5)
Andrew Buckle 44 (+12)
Duke 32 (+15)
Courtney Small 30 (+5)
Shane McNeil 18 (0)
Jess Rogers 4 (0)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Simon's Questions:
Peter Sellers, Kirk Douglas, and Frank Silvera make the most appearances in Kubrick's films.

The reasearch for the abandonned NAPOLEON project became BARRY LYNDON.

Peter Sellers played three different roles in DR. STRANGELOVE.

Hatter's Questions:
During a scene in the 1996 film TWISTER, a tornado rips through a drive-in theatre's showing of THE SHINING.

Up until recently, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE was banned in The UK.

Every Stanley Kubrick film involves a scene inside a bathroom.

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 4 Scoreboard

The woman who sits atop the scoreboard gave our listeners a whopping three days to jump in and play catch-up...but even with the leeway, Mrs. Thuro came up big once again.

The results after four rounds, with everyone's point pickup for this episode listed in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 61 (+24)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 50 (+15)
Andrew Buckle 32 (+8)
Courtney Small 25 (0)
Shane McNeil 18 (0)
Duke 17 (+5)
Jess Rogers 4 (+4)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Hatter's Questions:
Joel Coen is married to Frances McDormand

The Coen Brothers edit under the pseudonym "Roderick Jaynes"

Blood Simple was remade by Chinese director Zhang Yimou in 2009 and retitled A WOMAN, A GUN, AND A NOODLE SHOP.

Simon's Questions:
BLOOD SIMPLE is The Coen Brothers lowest grossing feature.

Joel Coen was assistant editor on Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD

Roger Deakins will be the director of photography for the upcoming James Bond film.

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 3 Scoreboard

Sorry for the late reply on Cronenberg Trivia, but if Reel Insight can tack on their scoring update - so can we!

And as of posting time (11am EST on Monday 6/27) nobody has sent in submissions for Coens trivia! A potential 24 points are still up for grabs - who wants it?

Here are the results after three rounds, with everyone's point pickup for this episode listed in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 37 (+5)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 35 (+10)
Courtney Small 25 (+15)
Andrew Buckle 24 (+24)
Shane McNeil 18 (+6)
Duke 12 (0)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Just a quick reminder about the scoring structure - The first person to email their answers is awarded 4 points per correct answer. The second emailed response gets 3 points per correct answer. The third gets 2 points per correct answer. Everyone after that who emails in before 5pm EST the following Friday gets 1 point per.

So, as evidenced by Mr. Buckle this week, just because you are late getting into the game, doesn't mean you can't do some immediate damage on the scoreboard!

Hatter's Questions

What film does Cronenberg play a gas clerk worker calling customers? LAST NIGHT

Which is based on a graphic novel? A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

Name the bad Whose lead singer is featured in VIDEODROME? Blondie

Simon's Questions:

How Many Fly Films? 5 - THE FLY (1958), RETURN OF THE FLY (1959), CURSE OF THE FLY (1965), THE FLY (1986), THE FLY II (1989)

Which Actor has Cronenberg worked with the most? Viggo Mortensen

Who has composed the music to the vast majority of David Cronenberg films? Howard Shore

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 2 Scoreboard

Round two of the trivia game has closed, and I'm happy to see that it brought us a few new players.

One little slip-up though: In my haste to come up with questions, I'd forgotten that Tobey Maguire was in DECONSTRUCTING HARRY. Thus my superhero question is a dead end. As such, I have decided to give everyone who entered the point for that question.

Here are the results after two rounds, with everyone's point pickup for this episode listed in parenthesis...

Rachel Thuro 32 (+12)
Rhys Bendeix-Lewis 25 (+20)
Duke 12 (0)
Shane McNeil 12 (+12)
Courtney Small 10 (+2)
Andrew Robinson 3 (0)

Rhys makes an impressive climb by being first to answer, but rachel maintains her early lead. Lots of time left on the game clock gang, email us your answers for episode three when it drops tomorrow and see if you can give Rhys and rachel a run for their money.

Hatter's Questions
Orson Welles was the only person to be nominated for acting/writing/directing the same film before Woody (two have done it since).
I was going for Spider-Man, believing that neither Andrew Garfield nor Tobey Maguire had been in an Allen film. As previously stated - I was misled.
"Rhapsody in Blue" plays over the opening sequence of MANHATTAN.

Simon's Questions:
Woody has acted in 30 of the films he has directed.
"The defendant did commit an adulterous act..." is from EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX * BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
Seven Woody Allen films include the name of a place in the title.

Entries for Trivia close at noon EST on the Friday after the show; please email all answers to filmlocker@hotmail.com. The prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com

Episode 1 Scoreboard

Round one of the trivia game is wrapped, and we have a good little handful of players on the board. Here are the results after one round, and the answers to the questions asked.


Rachel Thuro - 20 points
Duke - 12 points
Courtney Small - 8 points
Rhys Bendix-Lewis - 5 points
Andrew Robinson - 3 points

A good start for Rachel (being the first entry and going 5-for-6 sure helped), but with many episodes still to come, the lead is far from insurmountable. Get in the game people!

Hatter's Questions:
If Scorsese has said that he would have been a priest.
Scorsese's made docs on The Band, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones
Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola did the honours.

Simon's Questions:
There have been 8 Scorsese/DeNiro collaborations
Scorsese has directed 32 films in total (The 14 shorts didn't count)
"Ï don't want to be a product of my environment..." is from THE DEPARTED

Notes: Entries for Trivia will henceforth close at noon EST on the Friday after the show, and the prize dvd/blu-ray can be worth a maximum $30 USD on Amazon.com