Q 01/05

Who directed Fatal Attraction (1987)?

A) Adrian Lyne

B) Paul Verhoeven

C) Alan Parker

D) Brian De Palma

Answer · why

A) Adrian Lyne

He was nominated for the Best Director Oscar and later made Indecent Proposal and Unfaithful.

Q 02/05

Who plays Alex Forrest, the spurned lover who stalks Dan Gallagher?

A) Anne Archer

B) Glenn Close

C) Sigourney Weaver

D) Kathleen Turner

Answer · why

B) Glenn Close

Producers doubted she could be sexual enough; she let her frizzy hair go wild for the audition and won them over.

Q 03/05

Who plays Dan Gallagher, the cheating publishing attorney?

A) Richard Gere

B) Kevin Costner

C) Michael Douglas

D) Harrison Ford

Answer · why

C) Michael Douglas

He was one of the few on set who approved of changing the film's ending.

Q 04/05

Which actress plays Dan's wife, Beth?

A) Kelly McGillis

B) Meg Ryan

C) Glenn Close

D) Anne Archer

Answer · why

D) Anne Archer

She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar and was "appalled" when the ending was changed.

Q 05/05

Fatal Attraction was based on which 1980 short film by screenwriter James Dearden?

A) Diversion

B) Weekend

C) Obsession

D) The Affair

Answer · why

A) Diversion

Dearden expanded his own short into the feature script with outside help.