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Ok, to tie in with the Book Quiz, here is a movie version.

 

The answers are all famous films, and, as before, the clues are cryptic, and relate in some way to the title of the film.

 

Some are obvious, some less so, and you can use any resource you lke to answer them.

 

As usual, I will edit this first post with the correct answer and the name of the first person to guess each one.

 

01 - He’s disappeared with gastric problems (Gone with the Wind - solved by hilaryfrances)

02 – Harry Potter. Harry Potter. (Pulp Fiction - solved by Spamalot)

03 – Joseph, Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Merrick perhaps? (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - solved by locutus)

04 – That Civil Aviation Safety lot are all white. (Casablanca - solved by SOD'EM)

05 – Franklin, my dear... (Ben Hur - solved by KnellyK)

06 – That US state is trying to keep up, but just keeps making off with circle parts (Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark - solved by nowayjose)

07 – Horsemen are here, at this time (Apocalypse Now - solved by Spamalot)

08 – Did the French revolutionaries need this support? (Citizen Kane - solved by nowayjose)

09 – Many celebrities fighting hard... (Star Wars - solved by SOD'EM)

10 – "Yes," agrees Horst Köhler, "I love the Western Samoan domain!" (Jaws - solved by nowayjose)

11 – It’s all in this email: hungersnaps @ jewellers . com (Breakfast at Tiffanies - solved by nowayjose)

12 – A golf club can take you where you want to go (Taxi Driver - solved by SOD'EM)

13 – A few prefer the equator to the arctic (Some Like It Hot - solved by Spamalot)

14 – Quick! That Bic is getting away! (Blade Runner - solved by SOD'EM)

15 – Almost pumps and little crowns (Kind Hearts and Coronets - solved by Spamalot)

16 – Educated, but BDSM is odd matchmaking to some (Dr Strangelove - solved by nowayjose)

17 – Five and Twenty; they really are out of this world! (ET: The Extra Terrestrial - solved by locutus)

18 – Careful there, Winona! (Easy Rider - solved by Spamalot)

19 - He rules a Mah Jong set (King Kong - solved by locutus)

20 – Furious? Hogswash! (Raging Bull - solved by nowayjose)

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Those guessing at 2, you're getting colder guys. The doubling isn't important; it was SOD'EM's original subtext that was getting warmer...

 

...think of the first instance as being what might be thought and the second as what is classified...

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