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Your monthly dose of movie trivia




1. Uma Thurman plays a relationship expert in the upcoming rom-com The Accidental Husband. Thurman’s father is a world-renowned expert on a certain religion. Name it.

2. The idea for the twisty Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle political thriller Traitor came from an unlikely source. Was it Steve Martin, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart or Jerry Seinfeld?

3. Kiefer Sutherland plays an ex-cop in the horror film Mirrors. On which failed TV pilot did Sutherland play Police Detective Jack Vincennes? Clue: It was based on a James Ellroy novel that had already been made into an Oscar-winning movie.

4. Mathieu Kassovitz directs the new Vin Diesel sci-fi Babylon A.D. Kassovitz is also a well-known actor in his native France. In which 2001 hit French movie that starred Audrey Tautou as a quirky waitress did Kassovitz play the male lead?

5. Rumer Willis plays a sorority sister in The House Bunny. Who’s her real-life mom?

6. Maria Bello joins The Mummy franchise for Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. She plays Evelyn, the wife of archaeologist Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser). Who played Evelyn in the first two movies?

7. Writer Alan Ball makes his big-screen directing debut with next month’s Nothing is Private. Name the HBO TV series that gave Ball his first opportunity to step behind the camera (he also created the show).

 

 

 

 

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Answers
1. Buddhism
2. Steve Martin
3. L.A. Confidential
4. Amelie
5. Demi Moore
6. Rachel Weisz
7. Six Feet Under


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