Q 01/05

Who directed Birdman?

A) Darren Aronofsky

B) Alfonso Cuarón

C) Guillermo del Toro

D) Alejandro González Iñárritu

Answer · why

D) Alejandro González Iñárritu

He won Best Director again the following year for The Revenant.

Q 02/05

Who plays Riggan Thomson?

A) Zach Galifianakis

B) Edward Norton

C) Michael Keaton

D) Bill Camp

Answer · why

C) Michael Keaton

The role revived his career and earned him an Oscar nomination and his first Golden Globe.

Q 03/05

What is the film's parenthetical subtitle?

A) The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

B) The Sound of One Hand Clapping

C) A Fable of Broadway

D) What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Answer · why

A) The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

The last option is the Carver story Riggan is adapting.

Q 04/05

Which author's short story is Riggan adapting for Broadway?

A) Raymond Carver

B) John Cheever

C) Richard Ford

D) Tobias Wolff

Answer · why

A) Raymond Carver

Carver's widow Tess Gallagher loved the script and said he would be laughing about it.

Q 05/05

In which years did Riggan star in the Birdman superhero trilogy?

A) 1984 to 1987

B) 1978 to 1983

C) 1995 to 2001

D) 1989 to 1992

Answer · why

D) 1989 to 1992

The 1992 date is one of several nods to Keaton's Batman films.

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