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Here are the answers to the two movies from Thursday, 13th March, 2008:

Answer to movie number one:

The first movie for Thursday was from 1959 and tells of the fortunes of a Grand Duchy somewhere in Europe - a mythical land on the verge of bankruptcy because it’s one and only export has been copied and undercut by an American company. The Prime Minister and the female monarch of the land get together and cook up a scheme to solve the problem - they will declare war on America, lose immediately, then get back in the black with all the aid that America usually bestows on it’s beaten foes. They send out a laughingly called "army" - clad in armour and carrying ancient weapons. The arrival of these ragtag warriors on the east coast of America has everyone wondering just what on earth is going on and doesn’t help their cause very much, either.

This movie was "The Mouse That Roared", directed by Jack Arnold and starring Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg and Leo McKern. The script was written by Roger MacDougall and Stanley Mann and was based on the novel, "The Wrath of the Grapes", by Leonard Wibberley.

Answer to movie number two:

The second movie for Thursday was from 2000 and tells of a man who is terrified that he is a mere one-hit-wonder - his first novel was a huge success but the manuscript of his follow-up book - a long time in the making and still counting - has ballooned to a massive diatribe, with no ending in sight. While working on his magnum opus, he has gotten married, secured a post teaching writing at a small college and embarked on an affair with a colleague - whose husband, inconveniently enough, also chairs one of the departments at the college. His troubles multiply during the school’s big weekend spectacular. His wife leaves, his agent arrives to nag him about the accursed book, the woman he’s having an affair with announces she is pregnant and one of the students turns up at a faculty-student shindig swearing that the weapon in his pocket is really a toy - until the moment he uses it and proves otherwise.

This movie was "Wonder Boys", directed and co-produced by Curtis Hanson and starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire and Frances McDormand. The script was written by Steve Kloves and was based on the novel by Michael Chabon. Academy Award ® nominations were received for Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay, while an award was received for Best Original Song - "Things Have Changed", by Bob Dylan.

The first movie for today is from 1996 and tells of a small town with a very strange name - for a town. There lives a mild-mannered accountant who decides to turn outlaw after shooting a man in what he claims was self-defence. Pursued by an unlikely team of gunslingers, he heads off for the wilderness. Here he finds himself a partner and spiritual guide in the person of a philosophical native - with a strange name of his own. The outlaw progresses from physical death to spiritual transcendence, while on his journey of escaping capture.

The second movie for today is from 1956 and tells of a man who plays music at a nightclub in the United States. Although not well off, he manages to keep his life together with the help of his devoted wife. When she complains she is in pain, he decides to borrow on her insurance policy - which is the last place they can borrow from since no one else will lend to them - in order to pay for her treatment. When he attends to apply for the insurance, he is identified as a man who robbed them once and is arrested that night at the club. While being interrogated, he makes the same mistake the robber made on the hold up note and is charged and imprisoned. Once released, he is reunited with his wife and together they, and an attorney, try to find the culprit. The answers will be in Thursday's edition. Good luck.

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