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27/04/2015

Connecting Wall

(film directors)

 The answer to each clue contains a word or part of a word (sometimes in sound, rather than spelling) that features prominently in the title of a well-known film.  The 20 film titles clued can be arranged into 5 quartets with each quartet sharing the same director.  Your task is to name the 4 films in each group and their director.

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A

B

Group who had a hit with Give Me Back My Heart

C

Corrie’s Mavis Wilton

D

 

Hannah and her Sisters

(Daryl Hannah)

 

Million Dollar Baby

(Dollar)

 

Thelma and Louise

(actress Thelma Barlow)

 

Jurassic Park

(The Jurassic Coast of Devon & Dorset)

E

State capital of Wisconsin

F

Chicago’s Ice Hockey team’s name

G

Jazz standard; Johnny Mathis's signature song

H

2010/11 revolution in Tunisia

 

The Bridges of Madison County

(Madison)

 

Black Hawk Down

(The Blackhawks)

 

Play Misty for Me

(Misty)

 

Blue Jasmine

(Jasmine Revolution)

I

Second largest city in Africa

J

World’s tallest building between 1311 and 1549

K

Joey (who belonged to Albert Narracott)

L

Sheffield United

 

Purple Rose of Cairo

(Cairo)

 

Lincoln

(Lincoln Cathedral)

 

War Horse

(name of horse and owner in War Horse

 

Blade Runner

(nickname ‘The Blades’)

M

3.141592653589793238462……

N

To Scousers: "He's big, he's red, his feet stick out of bed"

O

Lines include: “It's very fancy / On old Delancey / Street you know”

P

Surname of 2008 winner of Army’s Operational Service Medal

 

Life of Pi

(value of pi)

 

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

(Peter Crouch)

 

Manhattan

(Manhattan by Rodgers and Hart)

 

The Outlaw Josey Wales

(Captain Wales - i.e. Prince Harry)

Q

R

TV series presented by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson

S

Name of UK charity for deaf-blind people

T

 

Saving Private Ryan

(Ryanair logo)

 

Gladiator

(The Gladiators)

 

Sense and Sensibility

(Sense)

 

Hulk

(US Wrestler, Hulk Hogan)
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Woody Allen - A: Hannah and her Sisters; H: Blue Jasmine; I: Purple Rose of Cairo; O: Manhattan

Clint Eastwood - B: Million Dollar Baby; E: The Bridges of Madison County; G: Play Misty for Me; P: The Outlaw Josey Wales

Ridley Scott - C: Thelma and Louise; F: Black Hawk Down; L: Blade Runner; R: Gladiator

Steven Spielberg - D: Jurassic Park; J: Lincoln; K: War Horse; Q: Saving Private Ryan

Ang Lee - M: Life of Pi; N: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; S: Sense and Sensibility; T: Hulk