Q 01/05
A) Wyoming
B) Utah
C) Idaho
D) Montana
Answer · why
Preston, near the Utah border, is the director's hometown; locals fed and housed the crew during the July 2003 shoot.
Q 02/05
A) Jason Reitman
B) Mike Judge
C) Wes Anderson
D) Jared Hess
Answer · why
It was his first feature; he co-wrote it with his wife Jerusha, who says she really was like Deb growing up.
Q 03/05
A) $400,000
B) $4 million
C) $40,000
D) $14 million
Answer · why
It went on to gross more than a hundred times its budget worldwide.
Q 04/05
A) $46 million
B) $96 million
C) $146 million
D) $16 million
Answer · why
Not bad for a movie that opened in a handful of theatres and paid its star $1,000.
Q 05/05
A) Preston
B) Tots
C) Peluca
D) Seth
Answer · why
The nine-minute black-and-white BYU class project starred Heder as a nerd named Seth and screened at Slamdance in 2003.
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