Forest Whitaker - Movies Edition Quiz

Answer: Phone Booth

The movie was directed by Joel Schumacher. It also starred Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Katie Holmes and Radha Mitchell. It was released in 2002. The movie was about a man, Stu, who while at a phone booth is threatened by a sniper not to leave it until he confesses to his wife that he was pursuing another woman. Forest Whitaker plays Captain Ed Ramey, who is working the crime scene and has to make the distinction between Stu being the criminal or the victim.

Answer: The Crying Game

The movie was directed by Neil Jordan and also starred Miranda Richardson. It was about a man named Fergus (Rhea) and his relationship with Dil (Davidson), who is the girlfriend of a British soldier Jody (Whitaker). Jody is captured by the Irish Republican Army that Fergus works for and he asks him to look after his girlfriend, Dil.

The movie received rave reviews and was nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Actor (Rhea) and Supporting Actor (Davidson). It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Answer: Southpaw

The movie was directed by Antoine Fuqua and was released in 2015. It also starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Naomie Harris and 50 Cent. The movie was about a boxer, Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal), who tries to get his life back in order after the death of his wife and is trained and mentored by Tick Wills (Whitaker).

The movie received good reviews especially for the performances of Gyllenhaal and Whitaker.

Answer: The Great Debaters

This movie also featured Denzel Washington, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker and Gina Ravera. Oprah Winfrey served as one of the producers for this movie which was released in 2007. The movie was about the true story of the Wiley College Debate team and their successes in beating other debate teams that were highly esteemed.

In the movie, Whitaker played James L. Farmer, Sr., a prominent and well known theologian whose son was in the debate team at Wiley College.

Answer: Burnham

The movie was directed by David Fincher. It also starred Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart and Jared Leto. In the movie, a mother and daughter's home is being robbed by three thieves and they are forced to retreat into their panic room. Burnham, Whitaker's character, is one of the thieves in the movie.

He works for the security company of the house they rob and is initially hesitant to be involved in the crime. The movie was released to good reviews. Howard Shore composed the music to this film.

Answer: The Experiment

The movie was directed by Paul T. Scheuring and also starred Cam Gigandet and Maggie Grace. The movie was about a bunch of people who were selected for an experiment which involved them acting as prison guards and inmates for a certain period of time. Barris (Whitaker) was assigned to be a guard and Travis (Brody) was assigned to be a prisoner.

This was a remake of the 2001 German movie 'Das Experiment'. Graeme Revell produced the soundtrack to this movie.

Answer: First Daughter

The movie also starred Marc Blucas and Amerie. In the movie, Samantha MacKenzie (Katie Holmes) is the daughter of President of the U.S., Mr. MacKenzie (Keaton). The movie portrays Samantha's experiences in college after falling in love with a man named James Lansome.

The narration in the movie was done by Whitaker himself. Margaret Colin appears in the movie as the First Lady of the United States.

Answer: The White House

The movie was directed by Lee Daniels and starred an ensemble cast which included Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Alex Pettyfer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams, Mariah Carey and Clarence Williams III.

The movie chronicled the life of Cecil Gaines, a butler in the White House who worked there for 34 years. The movie was written by Danny Strong. It opened to good reviews from critics who praised Whitaker's performance.

Answer: Arrival

The movie was directed by Denis Villeneuve and was written by Eric Heisserer. It also starred Tzi Ma and Michael Stuhlbarg. The movie tells the story of Louise Banks (Adams), a linguistic expert, who is hired to make contact and decipher the language of the aliens who have landed on Earth in their ships in different cities. Whitaker plays the role of Colonel Weber who hires Banks and asks her to work with a physicist (Jeremy Renner) to get answers from the aliens.

The movie was critically acclaimed and was nominated for many Oscars such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Production Design.

Answer: The Last King of Scotland

The movie was directed by Kevin Macdonald and also starred James McAvoy, Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson. It was released in 2006. The movie portrayed the fictional relationship between Nicholas Garrigan (McAvoy), a Scottish doctor and Idi Amin, leader of Uganda, after he adopted Garrigan as his personal physician.

The movie also depicted parts of the Operation Entebbe after a plane hijacked plane landed in Uganda. The movie received good reviews especially for Whitaker's performance which earned him many accolades including the Oscar for Best Actor.