Q 01/05
A) 1997
B) 1998
C) 1999
D) 2000
Answer · why
It opened in six theaters that September and won Best Picture the following March.
Q 02/05
A) Kevin Costner
B) Kevin Spacey
C) John Travolta
D) Bruce Willis
Answer · why
The studio floated all three of the others; the director did not want a big star weighing the film down.
Q 03/05
A) Joan Allen
B) Annette Bening
C) Helen Hunt
D) Holly Hunter
Answer · why
She was offered the part without the studio's consent; Helen Hunt and Holly Hunter were the executives' preferred names.
Q 04/05
A) Rob Marshall
B) Stephen Daldry
C) Nicholas Hytner
D) Sam Mendes
Answer · why
He found the script in a pile of eight at an agent's house and knew immediately it was the one.
Q 05/05
A) Alan Ball
B) Charlie Kaufman
C) Paul Thomas Anderson
D) Alexander Payne
Answer · why
He later created Six Feet Under and True Blood; at the time he was a frustrated sitcom writer.
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