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Quiz about Atom Egoyans Movies
Quiz about Atom Egoyans Movies

Atom Egoyan's Movies Trivia Quiz


Here is an hommage to one of the most talented directors of all time. This quiz is pretty tough if your not a hardcore Egoyan fan.

A multiple-choice quiz by egolover. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
egolover
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
55,532
Updated
Jun 14 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
285
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the name of the first feature length screenplay that Egoyan wrote? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is Elias Koteas name in 'The Adjuster'? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What Egoyan film was (for the majority) improvised? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Finish this line from 'The Sweet Hereafter': Where waters gushed, and fruit trees grew, and flowers put forth a fairer hue, and everything was __________ and new.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 5 of 10
5. What is one of Egoyan's favorite themes, that runs through the majority of his movies? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is Bruce Greenwood's (Francis) job in 'Exotica'? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What song by a well known Canadian band (but sang by Sarah Polley) plays over the bus ride sequence in 'The Sweet Hereafter'? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What Samuel Beckett play did Egoyan adapt into a film starring John Hurt as the lead? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What does the photographer in 'Calendar' come to photograph in Armenia? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What Egoyan film ends with a shot of light flooding through an upstairs window? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of the first feature length screenplay that Egoyan wrote?

Answer: Next of Kin

It was directing this film that Egoyan met his future wife.
2. What is Elias Koteas name in 'The Adjuster'?

Answer: Noah

Elias Koteas also appears in Egoyan's "Exotica".
3. What Egoyan film was (for the majority) improvised?

Answer: Calendar

Egoyan had little time and budget for this one so most of it was done in one take and without a script.
4. Finish this line from 'The Sweet Hereafter': Where waters gushed, and fruit trees grew, and flowers put forth a fairer hue, and everything was __________ and new.

Answer: Strange

The theme of the film is solidified here.
5. What is one of Egoyan's favorite themes, that runs through the majority of his movies?

Answer: how technology creates distance

Egoyan once said 'it is fascinating, to me, how the technology designed to bring people together, in fact is the key to their alienation' in a Macleans article.
6. What is Bruce Greenwood's (Francis) job in 'Exotica'?

Answer: tax auditor

Egoyan came up with the script for 'Exotica' after he, himself, was audited. He was intrigued by the stories these people could tell with so much access to peoples' personal information.
7. What song by a well known Canadian band (but sang by Sarah Polley) plays over the bus ride sequence in 'The Sweet Hereafter'?

Answer: Courage

Written by The Tragically Hip and sung by them later in the film.
8. What Samuel Beckett play did Egoyan adapt into a film starring John Hurt as the lead?

Answer: Krapp's Last Tape

One of Egoyan's favorite plays, which influenced much of his work.
9. What does the photographer in 'Calendar' come to photograph in Armenia?

Answer: churches

Nothing to do with the question but this film contains my all time favorite Egoyan line: 'All that's meant to protect is bound to isolate, and all that's meant to isolate, is bound to hurt'.
10. What Egoyan film ends with a shot of light flooding through an upstairs window?

Answer: The Sweet Hereafter

Rhymes the shot at the carwash in the beginning of the film.
Source: Author egolover

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