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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) 1989
C) 1990
D) 1992
  • 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) Doris Mann
B) Meryl Streep
C) Mike Nichols
D) Carrie Fisher
  • 4. What is the name of the protagonist in the film?
A) Lowell Kolchek
B) Doris Mann
C) Suzanne Vale
D) Marty Weiner
  • 5. Who plays the mother, Doris Mann, in the film?
A) Shirley MacLaine
B) Meryl Streep
C) Carrie Fisher
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) Insurance requirements
B) Her mother forced her
C) She has no other friends
D) She is bankrupt
  • 8. What does producer Jack Faulkner do after Suzanne overdoses?
A) Fires her from the film
B) Rushes her to the hospital
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) Jack Faulkner
C) Lowell Kolchek
D) Doris Mann
  • 10. What happens to Suzanne's money managed by Marty Wiener?
A) She spent it all on drugs
B) He absconded with it
C) It was lost in the stock market
D) Her mother borrowed it
  • 11. What does Suzanne discover about Jack Faulkner's romantic life?
A) He is sleeping with another actress
B) He is in love with her mother
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 overdosed on sleeping pills
C) She had a heart attack
D) She crashed her car while drunk
  • 13. What does Suzanne do to help her mother before she faces the media?
A) Fixes her makeup and covers her head with a scarf
B) Hides her from the cameras
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 comedic sketch
B) A dramatic monologue
C) A country song
D) A dance routine
  • 15. What age does Suzanne claim she started receiving sleeping pills from her mother?
A) Nine
B) Sixteen
C) Eighteen
D) Twelve
  • 16. Which actor filmed a scene as Suzanne's father that was eventually cut from the film?
A) Shel Silverstein
B) Blue Rodeo
C) Mike Nichols
D) Jerry Orbach
  • 17. Where did Mike Nichols begin the pre-production phase of the film?
A) Washington D.C.
B) Chicago
C) Los Angeles
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) Meryl Streep
B) Shirley MacLaine
C) Debbie Reynolds
D) Annette Bening
  • 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) $39,071,603
B) $24.3 million
C) $63.4 million
D) $7,871,856
  • 21. What was the film's worldwide total gross?
A) $39,071,603
B) $24.3 million
C) $63.4 million
D) $7,871,856
  • 22. What is the approval rating for the film on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 83%
B) 75%
C) 90%
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) Mike Nichols
B) Roger Ebert
C) Hal Hinson
D) Vincent Canby
  • 25. Which critic felt that the film never really delivered on the subject of recovery from addiction?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Carrie Fisher
C) Vincent Canby
D) Hal Hinson
  • 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) 18
B) 100
C) 87
D) 1,013
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