Q 01/05
A) 1998
B) 1999
C) 2001
D) 2003
Answer · why
It opened on July 24, 1998, a serious drama dropped into a summer of big-budget blockbusters, and still took the number-one spot.
Q 02/05
A) Ben Affleck
B) Ethan Hawke
C) Josh Hartnett
D) Matt Damon
Answer · why
Spielberg wanted a relative unknown for the part and did not foresee how much Good Will Hunting would raise the actor's profile.
Q 03/05
A) December 7, 1941
B) May 8, 1945
C) June 6, 1944
D) August 15, 1944
Answer · why
The landing depicted is the assault on the Omaha sector of the Normandy invasion.
Q 04/05
A) Postal clerk
B) Auto mechanic
C) Newspaper reporter
D) Schoolteacher
Answer · why
He also coached baseball, and jokes that back home people used to guess his job easily, whereas his men could not.
Q 05/05
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 9
Answer · why
Its wins were for Director, Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound and Sound Effects Editing, from eleven nominations.
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