Q 01/05

Which actor, soon to be Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, plays cattle baron Denton Baxter in Open Range?

A) Richard Harris

B) Michael Gambon

C) Ian McKellen

D) Brendan Gleeson

Answer · why

B) Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon took over as Hogwarts' headmaster in 2004, the year after his turn as the villain of Open Range. He inherited the wizard's robes after ...

Q 02/05

Kevin Costner hand-picked the cinematographer of Open Range for his camera work on which Oscar-winning Western?

A) Dances with Wolves

B) Unforgiven

C) Legends of the Fall

D) Young Guns

Answer · why

A) Dances with Wolves

Dances with Wolves had J. Michael Muro as its Steadicam operator, and Costner promoted him to director of photography for Open Range.

Q 03/05

Before Open Range, Robert Duvall played retired Texas Ranger Gus McCrae on a cattle drive in which 1989 miniseries?

A) Centennial

B) The Thorn Birds

C) Lonesome Dove

D) North and South

Answer · why

C) Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove won Duvall a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination, and he trained with a Texas marksman to handle Gus's Walker revolvers.

Q 04/05

Robert Duvall suffered which injury when a horse bucked him off as he practiced riding for Open Range?

A) A broken wrist

B) A dislocated shoulder

C) A fractured collarbone

D) Broken ribs

Answer · why

D) Broken ribs

Broken ribs, six of them, were the price of Duvall's preparation to play Boss Spearman. He was 71 when the Western was filmed.

Q 05/05

Although Open Range is set in the American West, Kevin Costner filmed the Western in which Canadian province?

A) Ontario

B) Alberta

C) Saskatchewan

D) Manitoba

Answer · why

B) Alberta

Alberta's ranch country near Calgary stood in for the American frontier, and the town was built on Stoney Nakoda First Nation land.