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  • 1. On what date was the film JFK released in theaters?
A) December 20, 1992
B) November 22, 1991
C) December 20, 1991
D) January 1, 1992
  • 2. With which film did JFK tie for fifth place at the U.S. box office during its first week?
A) Beauty and the Beast
B) Hook
C) The Silence of the Lambs
D) Terminator 2
  • 3. How much was the marketing campaign that helped the film's box-office momentum?
A) $200 million
B) $1 million
C) $50 million
D) $15 million
  • 4. What was the total worldwide gross of JFK during its initial run?
A) Over $50 million
B) Over $150 million
C) Over $200 million
D) Over $70 million
  • 5. What total did the film earn in the United States during its initial run?
A) $50 million
B) $150 million
C) $200 million
D) $70 million
  • 6. Who sued Warner Bros. Pictures for a share of the film's profits?
A) Garrison's estate
B) The FBI
C) Oliver Stone
D) The ARRB
  • 7. What accounting practice did Garrison's estate allege was used to perpetrate fraud?
A) Federal accounting
B) Hollywood accounting
C) Creative bookkeeping
D) Standard auditing
  • 8. How much did the lawsuit contend that JFK made worldwide?
A) In excess of $70 million
B) In excess of $200 million
C) In excess of $50 million
D) In excess of $150 million
  • 9. What award did Oliver Stone win for his work on the film?
A) BAFTA for Best Screenplay
B) Golden Globe Award for Best Director
C) Golden Globe for Best Drama
D) Academy Award for Best Picture
  • 10. How many years did Stone mention had passed since the 'terrible lie' was told in his acceptance speech?
A) 28 years
B) 20 years
C) 25 years
D) 30 years
  • 11. Which publication ranked JFK as one of the 25 'Powerful Political Thrillers'?
A) Variety
B) The New York Times
C) The Hollywood Reporter
D) Entertainment Weekly
  • 12. In 2012, which organization listed JFK as the ninth best-edited film of all time?
A) Directors Guild of America
B) National Society of Film Critics
C) Motion Picture Editors Guild
D) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • 13. The JFK Act of 1992 was partially credited to concern over which film?
A) Executive Action
B) The Parallax View
C) JFK
D) All the President's Men
  • 14. The ARRB described the film as what?
A) A historical report
B) Largely fictional
C) A documentary
D) Entirely accurate
  • 15. According to the ARRB, official records were originally to be sealed from the public until what year?
A) 1992
B) 2029
C) 2000
D) 2017
  • 16. By ARRB law, all existing assassination-related documents were to be made public by which year?
A) 2005
B) 2017
C) 1991
D) 2029
  • 17. Why did Oliver Stone hire Hank Corwin to help edit the film JFK?
A) Corwin was the only editor available at the time.
B) Corwin was an expert in digital editing software.
C) He had worked with Corwin on many previous successful projects.
D) He believed Corwin's chaotic mind was alien to the film form.
  • 18. Why was conventional 35mm film editing impossible for JFK?
A) The studio refused to pay for 35mm editing equipment.
B) The editing room was too small to accommodate the equipment.
C) The footage was shot on various sized film stocks.
D) The original negatives were damaged during filming.
  • 19. What technology did Oliver Stone use to edit the film because digital systems were unavailable?
A) Computer-based non-linear editing systems
B) Physical splicing of film reels
C) 3/4" videotape
D) 16mm magnetic tape
  • 20. What reason did composer John Williams have for only composing six musical sequences before seeing the film?
A) He was working on multiple projects simultaneously.
B) He had a commitment to Steven Spielberg's Hook.
C) Williams was hospitalized during the production.
D) Stone only requested six tracks initially.
  • 21. How did Stone's team adapt the film to John Williams' music?
A) They used temp tracks until Williams finished the score.
B) They asked Williams to re-score the film multiple times.
C) They cut the film to fit the music Williams recorded.
D) They ignored the music and edited for visuals alone.
  • 22. According to the Rotten Tomatoes consensus, what is a common criticism of Oliver Stone's JFK?
A) The acting is subpar.
B) It is dubious as history.
C) The film is too short.
D) The sound quality is poor.
  • 23. Which publication ran a scathing article titled 'On the Set: Dallas in Wonderland'?
A) The New York Times
B) Time Magazine
C) The Chicago Tribune
D) The Washington Post
  • 24. Which actor did Oliver Stone originally consider for the role of Jim Garrison?
A) Tommy Lee Jones
B) Donald Sutherland
C) Martin Sheen
D) Kevin Costner
  • 25. Who was Kevin Costner's agent that helped convince him to take the role of Garrison?
A) Oliver Stone
B) Jim Garrison
C) Michael Ovitz
D) Gary Oldman
  • 26. What film won seven Academy Awards shortly after Kevin Costner signed on for JFK?
A) Bull Durham
B) The Untouchables
C) Field of Dreams
D) Dances with Wolves
  • 27. Who was eventually cast as Clay Shaw?
A) John Malkovich
B) James Woods
C) Willem Dafoe
D) Tommy Lee Jones
  • 28. Who did Stone originally want to play David Ferrie?
A) Marlon Brando
B) Gary Oldman
C) James Woods
D) Donald Sutherland
  • 29. Who was considered for the role of Mr. X before it went to Donald Sutherland?
A) Tommy Lee Jones
B) Martin Sheen
C) Kevin Costner
D) Marlon Brando
  • 30. Whom did Gary Oldman meet to prepare for the role of Lee Harvey Oswald?
A) Jack Ruby
B) Jim Garrison
C) Marina Oswald
D) Earl Warren
  • 31. What document did Beata Poźniak study to prepare for her role?
A) The Zapruder Film
B) The Garrison Script
C) The Warren Report
D) The FBI files
  • 32. Who provided the opening narration for the film?
A) Kevin Costner
B) Oliver Stone
C) Martin Sheen
D) Donald Sutherland
  • 33. What role did Jim Garrison play in the film?
A) Jack Ruby
B) Earl Warren
C) Clay Shaw
D) David Ferrie
  • 34. Who appears in a cameo as an angry bar patron?
A) Perry Russo
B) Gary Oldman
C) Sean Stone
D) Oliver Stone
  • 35. Which character in the film is played by Oliver Stone's son, Sean?
A) Lee Harvey Oswald
B) David Ferrie
C) Jasper
D) Jack Ruby
  • 36. Who claims to be the 'Babushka Lady' from the Zapruder film and had a cameo in JFK?
A) Beverly Oliver
B) The wife of Perry Russo
C) Beata Poźniak
D) Marina Oswald
  • 37. Who did Oliver Stone ask to co-write the screenplay with him?
A) Marrs
B) Rusconi
C) Sklar
D) Garrison
  • 38. Which film did Oliver Stone cite as his principal model for JFK?
A) Z
B) Rashomon
C) Citizen Kane
D) The Detective
  • 39. Which character served as the means to move between the New Orleans story and the wider Dealey Plaza story?
A) Lee Harvey Oswald
B) Jim Garrison
C) Mr. X
D) Richard Case Nagell
  • 40. Which actor played the character of 'Mr. X'?
A) Gary Oldman
B) Donald Sutherland
C) Tommy Lee Jones
D) Kevin Costner
  • 41. The 'Mr. X' character was a composite of Fletcher Prouty and whom?
A) Gerald Hemming
B) Robert Groden
C) Richard Case Nagell
D) Arnon Milchan
  • 42. Who helped finance the film by making a deal with Warner Bros.?
A) Gerald Hemming
B) Fletcher Prouty
C) Arnon Milchan
D) Donald Sutherland
  • 43. What was the page length of the final shooting script?
A) 156 pages
B) 190 pages
C) 550 pages
D) 200 pages
  • 44. Which company did Arnon Milchan want to launch with the film JFK?
A) Warner Bros.
B) Garrison Pictures
C) Regency Enterprises
D) Stone Productions
  • 45. Who was the military liaison between the CIA and the Pentagon who advised on the film?
A) Jim Garrison
B) Robert Groden
C) Fletcher Prouty
D) Gerald Hemming
  • 46. Which researcher and photographic expert served as an adviser for the film?
A) Sklar
B) Robert Groden
C) Fletcher Prouty
D) Gerald Hemming
  • 47. What profession does Zachary Sklar hold?
A) Film director
B) Journalism professor
C) Studio executive
D) Research assistant
  • 48. In what year did Zachary Sklar meet Garrison?
A) 1989
B) 1988
C) 1987
D) 1967
  • 49. How much of his own money did Oliver Stone spend to buy the film rights?
A) $100,000
B) $500,000
C) $20 million
D) $250,000
  • 50. Who did Stone hire to lead a team of researchers?
A) Jane Rusconi
B) Zachary Sklar
C) Ellen Ray
D) Terry Semel
  • 51. What was Jane Rusconi's educational background?
A) Columbia School of Journalism graduate
B) Harvard University graduate
C) Yale University graduate
D) New York University graduate
  • 52. Who was the studio president that liked Stone's pitch for JFK?
A) Warren Beatty
B) Zachary Sklar
C) Jim Garrison
D) Terry Semel
  • 53. What kind of deal did Stone make with Warner Bros.?
A) Written contract
B) Union agreement
C) Verbal threat
D) Handshake deal
  • 54. Who is the New Orleans businessman accused by Garrison of being Clay Bertrand?
A) Willie O'Keefe
B) Clay Shaw
C) Lee Harvey Oswald
D) David Ferrie
  • 55. What is the profession of Jean Hill, a witness in the film?
A) Teacher
B) Police Officer
C) Private Pilot
D) Journalist
  • 56. Which of these films was part of Oliver Stone's trilogy about American presidents?
A) The Doors
B) Wall Street
C) Platoon
D) Nixon
  • 57. Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
A) Clay Shaw
B) Willie O'Keefe
C) Jack Ruby
D) David Ferrie
  • 58. What was the name of the theory Garrison challenged regarding the bullets?
A) Crossfire theory
B) Magic-bullet theory
C) Double-shot theory
D) Single-bullet theory
  • 59. Which WWII epic inspired the casting model for JFK?
A) Crossfire
B) The Longest Day
C) On the Trail of the Assassins
D) City of Hope
  • 60. What aspect ratio was originally intended for the opening sequence?
A) 16:9
B) 1.85:1
C) 1.33:1
D) 2.35:1
  • 61. How many days did the crew have to shoot the footage in Dealey Plaza?
A) Ten days
B) One month
C) Five days
D) Twenty days
  • 62. How many cameras were used to shoot the footage in Dealey Plaza?
A) Ten
B) Fourteen
C) Three
D) Seven
  • 63. How many people were allowed on the floor of the Texas School Book Depository at one time?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Twelve
D) Ten
  • 64. Who stated that the hardest part was restoring the building to its 1963 state?
A) Oliver Stone
B) Kevin Costner
C) Robert Richardson
D) Clayton Townsend
  • 65. How long did negotiations to restore the Texas School Book Depository take?
A) Two months
B) Three weeks
C) Five months
D) One year
  • 66. What is the total number of days the filming lasted?
A) 78 days
B) 45 days
C) 120 days
D) 100 days
  • 67. What is the runtime of the Director's Cut of JFK?
A) 205 minutes
B) 54 minutes
C) 189 minutes
D) 90 minutes
  • 68. In what year was the Director's Cut first released on DVD?
A) 2001
B) 1997
C) 1992
D) 2003
  • 69. How many minutes of deleted/extended scenes were included in the 2001 DVD edition?
A) 90 minutes
B) 12 minutes
C) 205 minutes
D) 54 minutes
  • 70. When was the Special Edition DVD of the Director's Cut released?
A) December 19, 2023
B) November 11, 2003
C) January 16, 2001
D) November 11, 2008
  • 71. When was the Director's Cut released on Blu-ray?
A) December 19, 2023
B) November 11, 2003
C) November 11, 2008
D) January 16, 2001
  • 72. Which country released a poor quality non-anamorphic DVD of the theatrical cut?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Canada
D) France
  • 73. On December 19, 2023, which company released a boxset featuring both the theatrical and extended versions?
A) Oliver Stone Studios
B) Criterion Collection
C) Shout! Factory
D) Warner Home Video
  • 74. In the 2023 UHD boxset, on what format was the theatrical cut included?
A) Laserdisc
B) 4K UHD disc
C) VHS
D) Remastered Blu-ray
  • 75. When did Shout! Factory release the theatrical cut separately on UHD and Blu-ray?
A) November 11, 2008
B) August 11, 2026
C) December 19, 2023
D) January 16, 2001
  • 76. Which Seinfeld episode spoofed the 'Magic Bullet' scene from JFK?
A) The Boyfriend
B) The Contest
C) The Soup Nazi
D) The Marine Biologist
  • 77. Which actor appeared in both the film JFK and the Seinfeld parody of it?
A) Joe Pesci
B) Kevin Costner
C) Gary Oldman
D) Wayne Knight
  • 78. In the Simpsons' JFK parody, which character plays Lee Harvey Oswald?
A) Bart
B) Itchy
C) Scratchy
D) Homer
  • 79. In the Simpsons' JFK parody, which character plays Jack Ruby?
A) Lisa
B) Marge
C) Itchy
D) Scratchy
  • 80. Which professional sports organization created a parody based on theories that Super Bowl III was fixed?
A) NFL Films
B) MLB Productions
C) NBA Entertainment
D) ESPN Classic
  • 81. Which animated sitcom parodied the 'back and to the left' scene?
A) Futurama
B) Family Guy
C) The Critic
D) South Park
  • 82. In which 2023 book was the film JFK briefly discussed?
A) Assassination Nation
B) The Nineties
C) Postwar
D) The Eighties
  • 83. Who wrote the 2023 book 'The Nineties'?
A) Sean Murphy
B) Chuck Klosterman
C) James Darnell
D) Oliver Stone
  • 84. What nickname is used for the man standing on the Depository steps in the theory supported by Sean Murphy?
A) the sniper
B) the bystander
C) the lookout
D) prayer man
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