Issue Date: February 24, 2008
How well do you know the nominees?
Even with the writers' strike putting a cramp in the awards season fun this year, who isn't eager to see who'll clean up at Sunday's Oscars? We know we are. We've seen the movies, debated their merits and devoured all the stories we could find about them. A few of us even got Javier Bardem pageboy haircuts! Yep, we know pretty much everything about the Academy Award-nominated films. And if you think you know half as much, well, here's your chance to prove it.
By Craigh Barboza
Multiple choice
1. "Juno," the teenage wisecracking title character played by Ellen Page, calls a women's health clinic using what kind of phone?
a Hello Kitty
b Football
c Hamburger
d iPhone
2. The psychotic Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) in "No Country for Old Men" favors a common farmtool to kill people. What did the film's sound designer use to replicate the noise Chigurh's weapon makes?
a Pneumatic nail gun
b Pitchfork
c Steak branding iron
d Air-tank cattle gun
3. Who is "the sixth wealthiest woman in Texas"?
a Fiona Anderson (Julie Christie)
b Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts)
c Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton)
d Marisa Coulter (Nicole Kidman)
4. The powerful New York law firm that employs Michael Clayton (George Clooney) represents a chemical company that makes:
a Psychiatric meds
c Weedkiller
b Botox
d Petroleum products
5. In "Gone Baby Gone," the wayward mother played by Amy Ryan is a thief, a junkie and:
a An Avon lady
b A kidnapper
c A drug mule
d A mortgage broker
6. "Sweeney Todd's" barbershop is located on Fleet Street. Next door is _____?
a A church
b An insane asylum
c An empty lot
d An ESPN Zone
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Match the tag line to the movie
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1. "When the world wasn't watching, they changed it forever."
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a "In the Valley of Elah"
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2. "Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it."
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b "There Will Be Blood"
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3. "Let your imagination set you free."
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c "Charlie Wilson's War"
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4. "The truth can be adjusted."
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d "Michael Clayton"
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5. "There is a way to be good again."
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e "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
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6. "When ambition meets faith"
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f "The Kite Runner"
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True or false
1. The working title for Ratatouille, Brad Bird's animated comedy about a rural rat with apassion for fine cooking, was "Untitled Pixar Rodent Project" in its early production stages.
2. Rapper Jay-Z recorded the original motion picture soundtrack to American Gangster.
3. The animated film Persepolis is a young girl's coming-of-age story set during the Islamic revolution in Afghanistan.
4. Bianca, the life-sized, mail-order doll that Ryan Gosling's character falls for in Lars and the Real Girl was treated like a regular cast member on the set of the movie and had scheduled rehearsal times with Gosling.
5. In The Savages, Wendy's (Laura Linney) semi-autobiographical play is called Wake Me When It's Over.
Unscramble these nominees' names
1. A landsman pesto hour (director)
2. A hip lumpy mono sheriff (supporting actor)
3. A drinker goes (cinematography)
4. Label sky wort (costume designer)
5. Oral down hoard (adapted screenplay)
Check your answers below!
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ANSWERS
Multiple choice: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. A
Match the tag line to the movie: 1. Charlie Wilson's War 2. In the Valley of Elah 3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 4. Michael Clayton 5. The Kite Runner 6. There Will Be Blood
True or false: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T
Unscramble these nominees' names: 1. Paul Thomas Anderson 2. Philip Seymour Hoffman 3. Roger Deakins 4. Albert Wolsky 5. Ronald Harwood
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