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