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