Postcards from the Edge (film) - Quiz
  • 1. In what year was the film Postcards from the Edge released?
A) 1989
B) 1987
C) 1992
D) 1990
  • 2. Who directed the film Postcards from the Edge?
A) Mike Nichols
B) Lowell Kolchek
C) Jack Faulkner
D) Carrie Fisher
  • 3. The screenplay for the film was written by whom?
A) Doris Mann
B) Mike Nichols
C) Carrie Fisher
D) Meryl Streep
  • 4. What is the name of the protagonist in the film?
A) Suzanne Vale
B) Marty Weiner
C) Doris Mann
D) Lowell Kolchek
  • 5. Who plays the mother, Doris Mann, in the film?
A) Debbie Reynolds
B) Meryl Streep
C) Carrie Fisher
D) Shirley MacLaine
  • 6. Suzanne Vale's addiction involves which substances?
A) Cocaine and Percodan
B) Heroin and marijuana
C) Alcohol and nicotine
D) Cocaine and alcohol
  • 7. Why does Suzanne have to live with her mother?
A) She is bankrupt
B) She has no other friends
C) Insurance requirements
D) Her mother forced her
  • 8. What does producer Jack Faulkner do after Suzanne overdoses?
A) Rushes her to the hospital
B) Fires her from the film
C) Calls her mother immediately
D) Leaves her at the rehab center
  • 9. Who sends Suzanne flowers while she is in rehab?
A) Dr. Frankenthal
B) Doris Mann
C) Lowell Kolchek
D) Jack Faulkner
  • 10. What happens to Suzanne's money managed by Marty Wiener?
A) She spent it all on drugs
B) Her mother borrowed it
C) It was lost in the stock market
D) He absconded with it
  • 11. What does Suzanne discover about Jack Faulkner's romantic life?
A) He is actually married
B) He is in love with her mother
C) He is sleeping with another actress
D) He is a drug dealer
  • 12. How does Suzanne's mother, Doris, end up in the hospital?
A) She had a heart attack
B) She overdosed on sleeping pills
C) She crashed her car while drunk
D) She fell during a performance
  • 13. What does Suzanne do to help her mother before she faces the media?
A) Writes a speech for her
B) Hides her from the cameras
C) Gives her a drink to calm her nerves
D) Fixes her makeup and covers her head with a scarf
  • 14. What does Suzanne perform at the end of the film during the shoot?
A) A country song
B) A dance routine
C) A dramatic monologue
D) A comedic sketch
  • 15. What age does Suzanne claim she started receiving sleeping pills from her mother?
A) Sixteen
B) Twelve
C) Eighteen
D) Nine
  • 16. Which actor filmed a scene as Suzanne's father that was eventually cut from the film?
A) Blue Rodeo
B) Shel Silverstein
C) Jerry Orbach
D) Mike Nichols
  • 17. Where did Mike Nichols begin the pre-production phase of the film?
A) New York
B) Chicago
C) Los Angeles
D) Washington D.C.
  • 18. Which actress was among those who helped run lines for the script in return for a small role in the film?
A) Shirley MacLaine
B) Meryl Streep
C) Debbie Reynolds
D) Annette Bening
  • 19. Which song in the film was written by Shel Silverstein?
A) Postcards from the Edge
B) You Don't Know Me
C) I'm Still Here
D) I'm Checkin' Out
  • 20. How much did the film gross during its opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada?
A) $7,871,856
B) $63.4 million
C) $24.3 million
D) $39,071,603
  • 21. What was the film's worldwide total gross?
A) $7,871,856
B) $24.3 million
C) $39,071,603
D) $63.4 million
  • 22. What is the approval rating for the film on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 75%
B) 90%
C) 83%
D) 71%
  • 23. What grade did audiences polled by CinemaScore give the film?
A) A+
B) B
C) B+
D) A−
  • 24. Which critic described the film as a collaboration where the writer's tale of woe was perfect for the director's humane sensibility?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Hal Hinson
C) Vincent Canby
D) Mike Nichols
  • 25. Which critic felt that the film never really delivered on the subject of recovery from addiction?
A) Carrie Fisher
B) Hal Hinson
C) Roger Ebert
D) Vincent Canby
  • 26. Which critic called Meryl Streep's performance the most fully articulated comic performance of her career?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Vincent Canby
C) Mike Nichols
D) Hal Hinson
  • 27. How many reviews was the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating based on?
A) 87
B) 1,013
C) 18
D) 100
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