Postcards from the Edge (film) - Quiz
  • 1. In what year was the film Postcards from the Edge released?
A) 1989
B) 1992
C) 1987
D) 1990
  • 2. Who directed the film Postcards from the Edge?
A) Mike Nichols
B) Lowell Kolchek
C) Carrie Fisher
D) Jack Faulkner
  • 3. The screenplay for the film was written by whom?
A) Meryl Streep
B) Doris Mann
C) Carrie Fisher
D) Mike Nichols
  • 4. What is the name of the protagonist in the film?
A) Doris Mann
B) Marty Weiner
C) Suzanne Vale
D) Lowell Kolchek
  • 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) Alcohol and nicotine
B) Cocaine and Percodan
C) Cocaine and alcohol
D) Heroin and marijuana
  • 7. Why does Suzanne have to live with her mother?
A) She is bankrupt
B) Her mother forced her
C) Insurance requirements
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) Dr. Frankenthal
B) Doris Mann
C) Jack Faulkner
D) Lowell Kolchek
  • 10. What happens to Suzanne's money managed by Marty Wiener?
A) It was lost in the stock market
B) Her mother borrowed it
C) She spent it all on drugs
D) He absconded with it
  • 11. What does Suzanne discover about Jack Faulkner's romantic life?
A) He is in love with her mother
B) He is sleeping with another actress
C) He is actually married
D) He is a drug dealer
  • 12. How does Suzanne's mother, Doris, end up in the hospital?
A) She fell during a performance
B) She had a heart attack
C) She overdosed on sleeping pills
D) She crashed her car while drunk
  • 13. What does Suzanne do to help her mother before she faces the media?
A) Hides her from the cameras
B) Fixes her makeup and covers her head with a scarf
C) Writes a speech for her
D) Gives her a drink to calm her nerves
  • 14. What does Suzanne perform at the end of the film during the shoot?
A) A dance routine
B) A comedic sketch
C) A country song
D) A dramatic monologue
  • 15. What age does Suzanne claim she started receiving sleeping pills from her mother?
A) Nine
B) Sixteen
C) Twelve
D) Eighteen
  • 16. Which actor filmed a scene as Suzanne's father that was eventually cut from the film?
A) Jerry Orbach
B) Shel Silverstein
C) Mike Nichols
D) Blue Rodeo
  • 17. Where did Mike Nichols begin the pre-production phase of the film?
A) Washington D.C.
B) Los Angeles
C) Chicago
D) New York
  • 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) Annette Bening
C) Meryl Streep
D) Debbie Reynolds
  • 19. Which song in the film was written by Shel Silverstein?
A) I'm Checkin' Out
B) Postcards from the Edge
C) I'm Still Here
D) You Don't Know Me
  • 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) $63.4 million
D) $24.3 million
  • 22. What is the approval rating for the film on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 90%
B) 83%
C) 75%
D) 71%
  • 23. What grade did audiences polled by CinemaScore give the film?
A) B+
B) B
C) A−
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) Roger Ebert
C) Vincent Canby
D) Mike Nichols
  • 25. Which critic felt that the film never really delivered on the subject of recovery from addiction?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Hal Hinson
C) Carrie Fisher
D) Vincent Canby
  • 26. Which critic called Meryl Streep's performance the most fully articulated comic performance of her career?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Mike Nichols
C) Hal Hinson
D) Vincent Canby
  • 27. How many reviews was the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating based on?
A) 100
B) 1,013
C) 87
D) 18
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