Q 01/05
A) Sidney Lumet
B) Norman Jewison
C) Stanley Kramer
D) Mike Nichols
Answer · why
He later directed Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck.
Q 02/05
A) Harry Belafonte
B) Ossie Davis
C) James Earl Jones
D) Sidney Poitier
Answer · why
He and Rod Steiger were old friends who had long wanted to work together, and both were first choices for their parts.
Q 03/05
A) Chicago
B) Philadelphia
C) New York
D) Detroit
Answer · why
In John Ball's novels he worked for the Pasadena police, and in the sequel films for San Francisco.
Q 04/05
A) Sidney Poitier
B) Warren Oates
C) Rod Steiger
D) Lee Grant
Answer · why
The film took five Oscars from seven nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Q 05/05
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Seven
Answer · why
It beat Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate to Best Picture at the 40th Academy Awards.
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