And the Winner Is (2009 edition) . . .
Photo #1: Whipped cream pieMovie: Milk
If you saw this movie, you know that Harvey Milk got a pie in the face several different times throughout. So that seemed like the obvious choice. We almost went with the chiles rellenos, beans, and rice that Milk's boyfriend Jack makes for dinner one evening, but you barely saw the meal, and we thought it might be too obscure.
Dan White: Society can't exist without the family.
Harvey Milk: We're not against that.
Dan White: Can two men reproduce?
Harvey Milk: No, but God knows we keep trying.
Photo #2: Caviar and shot of vodkaMovie: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Caviar and shots of vodka make their appearance a couple of times in this movie: First, when the Tilda Swinton character and Benjamin have one of their clandestine, middle-of-the-night meetings, and she introduces him to the combination, and then again when Benjamin takes the Cate Blanchett character to a meal at a swanky New York City hotel. We would've loved to present the caviar and vodka in the same kind of server shown twice in the movie, but we didn't have one lying around.
Benjamin Button: I was thinking how nothing lasts.
Daisy: Some things last.
Photo #3: A pile of rotiMovie: Slumdog Millionaire
We figured that any Indian dish would be a dead giveaway for this one, but a surprising number of you didn't get it. Maybe my photo doesn't do them justice, or maybe you weren't familiar enough with roti, the Indian flatbread, to put it together. In any case, roti appear in the scene where Jamal and his brother are on a train, and his brother hangs over the top of the train car to pull a freshly made roti out of one of the windows.
Jamal Malik: I knew you'd be watching.
Latika: I thought we would meet only in death.
Jamal Malik: This is our destiny.
Latika: Kiss me.
Photo #4: Soft-boiled egg and black coffeeMovie: The Reader
At the beginning of this movie, Michael, the character played by Ralph Fiennes, gets breakfast ready for a woman we see only once. They've spent the night together, and the situation in the morning is awkward (for him, anyway), as it's clear he doesn't want to make any future plans and bascially just wants her to leave. The scene is meant to show that Michael can't let anyone get close to him, and the starkness of the kitchen, and the egg and coffee in their sterile, white cups underline the fact.
Michael: I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, forgive its vice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you ended it. Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete and that thing is love.
Photo #5: Fish and chipsMovie: Frost/Nixon
This was another food that appeared very early on in the movie. When Frost in still in Australia doing his show, he sees footage about the Nixon resignation on a TV monitor, and the wheels start to turn in his mind. He goes to eat in the commissary with his producer, and when they're in the cafeteria line, you see the fried fish, and then the producer says, "I'll have the fish and chips."
David Frost: I've had an idea for an interview: Richard Nixon.
John Birt: You're a talk-show host. I spent yesterday watching you interview the Bee Gees.
David Frost: Weren't they terrific?
May I have the envelope, please?
Erica Miske, of Savoy, IL, you correctly guessed the food that appeared in each of the movies, and we drew your name from among the names of others who had also made five correct matches! We'll be in touch with you to arrange your prize: a $50 gift certificate to the restaurant or other food establishment of your choice. Congratulations on your win!
For the record, we had 46 contestants, and 21 of them got all five answers correct.
Thanks so much to everyone who entered the contest. You all made it so much fun! If you didn't win this time—there's always next year, so be thinking food when you watch this year's movies. Now, go and enjoy the show.
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posted by Lisa at 6:00 PM
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4 Comments:
I didn't manage to figure out about the breakfast and the caviar so I never sent my entry in, but I am pleased that I got three right in my head :)
This contest is fun, Lisa!
Congrats to Erica! I had so much fun trying to figure out the matches! I *think* I got them all right, the caviar was hard because there was also champagne and caviar in Frost/Nixon! (But they didn't eat it, ah ha, sneaky!)
Good job! to all who guessed correctly (that circle does not include me) and congratulations to Erica! Thanks, Lisa, for the fun.
Nupur: You should have guessed the other two; you might have been right! :) We have a lot of fun with it, too.
Jenna: I think you did get them all correct (don't have your e-mail guesses right in front of me, but from what I remember, you did). I see what you mean about Frost/Nixon; there was Champagne and caviar, at different times, in that movie, so that might have been a little tricky. Which is why we used a shot glass for the vodka in the caviar-and-vodka photo, to try to make it clear that it was meant to be vodka and not Champagne. If only we'd had one of those silver-plated caviar & vodka servers like the ones that appeared in the movie! That would have been perfect.
Thanks, Simona, for the note and for joining in!
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