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Movie Challenge - The 60s Mystery Cache

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HawMorFords: More than likely washed away during the floods earlier in the year.

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Hidden : 4/8/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Movie Challenge

  60s.jpg

'The Sixties'
by
HawMorFords

The cache is not at the above coordinates.

To determine the location of our first Movie Challenge cache, you will have to first sit back and enjoy a few clips from  HawMorFords' list of favourite movies from the sixties.  (Just click on the thumbnail links).

You'll then need to do a little research and answer a question for each movie to gather the information that you will require to calculate the coordinates of the final hiding spot.

We have based our Movie Challenge series on the Music Challenge series by Steve and Family and we are grateful for their permission to proceed.

We hope you enjoy the trip back to the sixties via the following clips and hope we may even inspire you to grab a few of these titles from your local video store for a closer look.

Question 1
One of the actors in this film owns a ski resort.  a = the number of letters in the name of that ski resort.
Question 2
The lead character in this movie drives a red car. The year of this car = b
  Question 3
The character is cut short here... he was about to say that "it was a sin to. . . . . . . . . " 
c = the number of letters to finish the sentence.
  Question 4
Several scenes of this film were parodied in an episode of Seinfeld.
d = the Seinfeld episode number.
Question 5
The lead actor of this film was born on e/f/g.
(format dd/mm/yyyy)
Question 6
h = the Director's age (years) on date of this movie's release in the United States.
Question 7
i = the projected number of escapees.
j = the number of actual escapees.
k = number of escapees who made it out of the country.
Question 8
The number of eggs that the star of this movie boasted he could eat = l.
Question 9
m = The number of words in this film's alternate title.
Question 10
n = the amount of money (not gold) the villain in this movie stole from the dead body of a man he shot in a bar room confrontation.

Checksum : a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j+k+l+m+n=4602

The cache is located at:
    South: (b-g)*((h*(i+h+c)+(i-n+j))*(c-a))
    East: d*((a*n+m+e)*(l+f+j+k)+l)
 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)