Name The No-Name Directors Given Some of the Films They Directed
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Wed, 06/22/2005 - 01:53
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- 4. She's All That (1999); Boys and Girls (2000); From Justin to Kelly (2003)
- 17. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995); McHale's Navy (1997); For Richer or Poorer (1997)
- 18. Spice World (1997); That Darn Cat! (1997)
- 20. One Night at McCool's (2001); Agent Cody Banks (2003)
- 24. Cats and Dogs (2001); Son of the Mask (2005)
- 31. Young Guns II (1990); Freejack (1992); Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
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- 1. It Takes Two (1995); Fools Rush In (1997); Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Hitch (2005) - Andy Tennant (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 2. Girl, Interrupted (1999); Kate and Leopold (2001); Identity (2003) - James Mangold (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 3. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987); America's Sweethearts (2001); Christmas With the Kranks (2004) - Joe Roth (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 5. Home Alone 3 (1997); Never Been Kissed (1999); Big Momma's House (2001); Scooby-Doo (2002) - Raja Gosnell (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 6. The Great Outdoors (1988); Grumpier Old Men (1995); The Odd Couple II (1998); The Whole Ten Yards (2004) - Howard Deutch (thanks to 1922)
- 7. Swimfan (2002); Hide and Seek (2005) - John Polson (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 8. Richie Rich (1994); My Favorite Martian (1999); How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); Welcome to Mooseport (2004) - Donald Petrie (thanks to angryquaker)
- 9. The Wedding Planner (2001); Bringing Down the House (2003); The Pacifier (2005) - Adam Shankman (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 10. Father of the Bride (1991); I Love Trouble (1994); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); Alfie (2004) - Charles Shyer (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 11. Serendipity (2001); Town and Country (2001); Shall We Dance (2004) - Peter Chelsom (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 12. Problem Child 2 (1991); Jingle All The Way (1996); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); Snow Dogs (2002) - Brian Levant (thanks to Critico)
- 13. Heavy Weights (1995); Little Nicky (2000); Without a Paddle (2004) - Steven Brill (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 14. Joe Dirt (2001); What a Girl Wants (2003); New York Minute (2004) - Dennie Gordon (thanks to 1922)
- 15. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991); Tom and Huck (1995); Garfield (2004) - Peter Hewitt (thanks to angryquaker)
- 16. Private Parts (1997); 28 Days (2000); I Spy (2002) - Betty Thomas (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 19. House Party (1990); The Ladies Man (2000); Serving Sara (2002) - Reginald Hudlin (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 21. Gridlock'd (1997); Glitter (2001) - Vondie Curtis-Hall (thanks to Kza)
- 22. Jumanji (1995); Jurassic Park III (2001); Hidalgo (2004) - Joe Johnston (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 23. The Next Karate Kid (1994); The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995); Gone Fishin' (1997) - Christopher Cain (thanks to angryquaker)
- 25. Turner & Hooch (1989); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); The 6th Day (2000) - Roger Spottiswoode (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 26. Cruel Intentions (1999); The Sweetest Thing (2002) - Roger Kumble (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 27. Corrina, Corrina (1994); I Am Sam (2001) - Jessie Nelson (thanks to 1922)
- 28. The Santa Clause (1994); Jungle 2 Jungle (1997); Joe Somebody (2001); Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2004) - John Pasquin (thanks to angryquaker)
- 29. Two Girls and a Guy (1997); Harvard Man (2001); When Will I Be Loved (2004) - James Toback (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 30. The X-Files (1998); Reign of Fire (2002); Elektra (2005) - Rob Bowman (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 32. Sleeping With the Enemy (1991); The Good Son (1993); The Forgotten (2004) - Joseph Ruben (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 33. Breakdown (1997); U-571 (2000); Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) - Jonathan Mostow (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 34. Cool Runnings (1993); While You Were Sleeping (1995); Phenomenon (1996); National Treasure (2004) - Jon Turteltaub (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 35. Let It Ride (1989); Space Jam (1996) - Joe Pytka (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 36. Smokey and the Bandit (1977); Smokey and the Bandit II (1980); Cannonball Run (1981); Cannonball Run II (1984) - Hal Needham (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 37. Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D (1982); Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998); Lake Placid (1999) - Steve Miner (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 38. Jack Frost (1998); Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2004) - Troy Miller (thanks to Cosgrove)
- 39. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999); Black Knight (2001) - Gil Junger (thanks to angryquaker)
- 40. Problem Child (1990); Beverly Hills Ninja (1997); Big Daddy (1999); Saving Silverman (2001) - Dennis Dugan (thanks to Cosgrove)
Author Comments:
Yes, someone actually directs these movies!
Name the director based on a selection of his or her mediocre, mainstream, or possibly even abysmal films. No cheating please - and yes, using the IMDB to look up the director is pretty blatantly cheating. If, however, you would like a brief description of one or more of these films to possibly give you a hint, I would be happy to provide one for you, courtesy of the IMDB.
Score:
Cosgrove - 24
angryquaker - 5
1922 - 3
Critico - 1
Kza - 1
1) Andy Tennant
2) James Mangold (AARGH!)
3) Joe Roth
5) Raja Gosnell
7) John Polson
9) Adam Shankman
10) Charles Shyer
13) Steven Brill
16) Betty Thomas
19) Reginald Hudlin
21) Curtis Vondie-Hall
22) Joe Johnston
25) Roger Donaldson
29) James Toback (I'm not sure he qualifies as a no-namer..)
30) Rob Bowman
32) Joseph Ruben
33) Jonathan Mostow
34) Jon Turteltaub
35) Joe Pytka (I think)
36) Hal Needham
37) Steve Miner
40) Dennis Dugan
Somehow I had a feeling you'd get a lot of these... :-)
But I am still amazed. Wow, you got all of these right except #21 and #25 (and for 21, I'm sure you're thinking of the right person, but the name's a little off). That is some impressive directorial knowledge, my friend.
As for James Toback, his name actually does sound familiar to me, but God only knows what for. He's never directed a film I've seen or considered seeing.
And as for Roger Donaldson, perhaps you saw The 6th Day and thought of Thirteen Days, which Donaldson did direct.
You're right, wrong Roger. I do believe it's actually Roger Spottiswoode.
Toback's best known as a director for the Harvey Keitel film "Fingers" and the Downey Jr. vehicle "The Pick-Up Artist". His bright shining moment, though, was writing "Bugsy".
And I had a feeling the name for #21 wasn't quite right -- I know the guy mainly as a character actor. *checks IMDb* Damn. I was close. :-)
It is Spottiswoode. Another one for you!
Hmm. I've still never heard of those films he directed, and both have less than 1000 votes on IMDB. Maybe I did hear of him from Bugsy.
I hate to be hoggin' all the fun, but I just remembered #11 and #26, which were bugging me: Peter Chelsom and Roger Kimble, respectively.
Indeed! Two more for you!
(Actually, his name is actually Roger Kumble according to the IMDB, but I'm not gonna be that anal)
And another one I had stuck in the back of my head... #38 is Troy Miller. Sad to think that he also directed a couple of episodes of "Mr. Show"...
As well as "Greg the Bunny" and "Real World: Los Angeles." Yikes...
You continue to astound me. You've answered 60% of the questions by now.
Only 3:
6) Howard Deutch
14) Dennie Gordon
27) Jessie Nelson
Well done, 1922!
Rob Bowman has been famous with me ever since Star Trek: The Next Generation.
shit i know 3 of this, 26 is Roger Kimble, and the other 2 are in the tip of my tongue.
Ah, sorry, Cosgrove beat you by a few minutes. Let me know if you think of those other two, though.
I don't know 28, but Tim Allen must have embarrasing naked pictures of him/her
Heh heh heh.
21. Vondie Curtis-Hall
EDIT: tryin' to pick up Cosgrove's sloppy seconds...
Indeed! One for you!
12 Brian Levant
Correct!
8. Donald Petrie
15. Peter Hewitt
23. Christopher Cain
28. John Pasquin
39. Gil Junger
All five right. Great job!
wow... this is impressive, or depressive, depending how you look at it, that you guys know alol these horrid directors by their movies, I would only have known Dugan and Needham, the only two btw whose movies don't suck or isn't a complete unknown(very few, most are just terrible)... but kudos to all of you either way.