I’ve mentioned the ritual that concludes the week at Clearleft:
At the end of every Thursday afternoon at Clearleft, we wrap up the working week with an all-hands (video) meeting. Yes, I know that the week finishes on Friday, but Fridays have been declared the no-meetings day at Clearleft: a chance to concentrate on heads-down work without interruption. Besides, some of us don’t work on Fridays. So Thursday really is the new Friday.
That gathering usually finishes with a little quiz (like the “fonts or food?” quiz) . I was in charge of putting the quiz together last week. I came up with a movie mashup:
- Take two film titles.
- The end of one title is the beginning of the other title.
- Create one single title from both.
For each combined title, I smushed together the synopses from the Internet Movie Database.
For example, if you got this synposis:
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act and King Arthur and his knights embark on a quest encountering many, very silly obstacles.
The answer would be:
The Full Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Got it?
Let’s see how you fare with these ten movie mashups I presented to the Clearleft crew (tap to reveal each answer)…
A group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star and a rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital where he encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse.
Rogue One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself and Rupert is an aspiring stand-up comedian who is willing to go the extra mile in his attempt to appear in the late night show hosted by his idol.
The Lion King Of Comedy
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons and a maverick teacher at a prestigious New England boys’ boarding school uses poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
The Evil Dead Poet’s Society
A doctor in 1968 Prague struggles with monogamy and a puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of a movie star.
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being John Malkovich
A hard-drinking country music star falls in love with a singer whose career quickly takes off, and Ron Kovic, paralyzed in the Vietnam war, becomes a political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.
A Star Is Born On The Fourth Of July
Two sloppy actors spend a weekend holiday at an uncle’s country cottage and a group of friends are terrorised by a mysterious killer who knows about a gruesome incident from their past.
Withnail And I Know What You Did Last Summer
On an tropical island, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman and as a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to save the world from the apocalypse.
South Pacific Rim
A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, and a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
There’s Something About Mary Poppins
The husband of a missing woman becomes the main suspect in her disappearance and a young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Gone Girl With A Pearl Earring
An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown threat and a group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
The Long Good Friday The Thirteenth
How’d you do?
I had fun putting this little quiz together but some potential movie mashups were left on the cutting-room floor. If there were a director’s cut of this quiz, maybe these would’ve stayed in the picture:
- Mad Max: Fury Road To Perdition
- Remains Of The Day Of The Dead
- For Your Eyes Only God Forgives
- The Land Before Time Bandits
- The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- City Of Lost Children Of A Lesser God
- Run, Lola, Run Silent, Run Deep
- Carlito’s Way Of The Dragon
- The Man Who Would Be King Kong
- Man Of Steel Magnolias
- The Big Short Circuit
- A Matter Of Life And Death In Venice
- The Hills Have Eyes Wide Shut
- The Spy Who Loved Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
