Q 01/05
A) Paul Thomas Anderson
B) Paul Haggis
C) Alejandro González Iñárritu
D) Steven Soderbergh
Answer · why
It was his first time directing a major feature, straight after writing Million Dollar Baby.
Q 02/05
A) Haggis's Porsche being carjacked in 1991
B) The Rodney King beating
C) A road-rage shooting Haggis witnessed
D) The 1992 Los Angeles riots
Answer · why
It happened outside a Blockbuster on Wilshire Boulevard as he drove home from the premiere of The Silence of the Lambs.
Q 03/05
A) Atlanta
B) Chicago
C) New York
D) Los Angeles
Answer · why
LA Weekly called it one of the finest portrayals of contemporary LA life.
Q 04/05
A) Sandra Bullock
B) Jennifer Esposito
C) Thandiwe Newton
D) Bahar Soomekh
Answer · why
Some critics called it the best performance of her career to that point.
Q 05/05
A) Brendan Fraser
B) William Fichtner
C) Ryan Phillippe
D) Tony Danza
Answer · why
His casting came last and was pivotal in getting the film green-lit.
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