Q 01/05
A) Joe Dante
B) John Carpenter
C) Walter Hill
D) Robert Zemeckis
Answer · why
It fulfilled his long-standing wish to make a martial arts film after falling for Hong Kong cinema in film school.
Q 02/05
A) 1984
B) 1986
C) 1988
D) 1990
Answer · why
It opened on July 2, in 1,053 theaters, sixteen days before Aliens arrived to swallow the summer.
Q 03/05
A) Bounty hunter
B) Bartender
C) Cab driver
D) Truck driver
Answer · why
He narrates his own legend over the CB radio while hauling freight.
Q 04/05
A) The Chinatown Comet
B) The Big Trouble
C) The Pork Chop Express
D) The Green-Eyed Lady
Answer · why
Carpenter's title theme shares the name and was partly inspired by ZZ Top's 'Just Got Paid'.
Q 05/05
A) Patrick Swayze
B) Jeff Bridges
C) Dennis Quaid
D) Kurt Russell
Answer · why
He had already made Elvis, Escape from New York and The Thing with Carpenter.
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