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This is a quiz about one of the best independent films of 2003; it won the 2003 BAFTA award for best original screenplay.
Average, 10 Qns, peche, Aug 26 04
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I just saw this wonderful film last night. If you have not gotten the chance to see it, you're missing out on a beautiful and heartwarming story!
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The Station Agent Trivia Questions
1. Who plays the lead character in "The Station Agent" ?

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Answer: Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage can also be seen as a book author in the 2003 movie "Elf".

2. "The Station Agent" has 3 performers in it that have appeared on a popular HBO series. Which series is this?

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Answer: Sex and the City

The convenience store clerk in the movie is played by the same actress who plays Magda, Miranda's housekeeper. David, Olivia's ex-husband in the film, is played by the same actor that played Carrie's Sentator boyfriend. And, Bobby Cannavale, the actor who plays Joe in the movie, played a boyfriend of Samantha's. If you watch "Sex and the City" you'll remember him as the "funky spunk" guy, Bill.

3. In what city is the old train depot in the film located ?

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Answer: Newfoundland

The station depot is in Newfoundland, New Jersey.

4. Patricia Clarkson, who plays Olivia, was also in another great Indie film of 2003 in which she played a woman dying of breast cancer. What is the name of this film?

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Answer: Pieces of April

This touching story also starred Katie Holmes and Oliver Platt and is another "must see" film. It also has a very intersting cameo by Shawn Hays of "Will and Grace".

5. What is the station agent's character's name ?

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Answer: Finbar McBride

Most characters call him Fin; his full name is mentioned when he applies for a library card.

6. The main character works in what kind of hobby store ?

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Answer: trains

He works in a shop, The Golden Spike, that sells and repairs miniature trains.

7. What does Cleo ask Fin to do, that he, at first, refuses.

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Answer: Speak in her class at school about trains

Cleo wanted Fin to speak at her school and talk to her class about trains. He first says no, but he eventually changes his mind and agrees.

8. Who plays Fin's friend, Joe Oramas ?

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Answer: Bobby Cannavale

Cannavale's character takes over his dad's hot dog truck while his dad is ill.

9. What particular item does Emily, the girl at the library, tell Fin he will need to get a library card?

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Answer: A piece of mail with his address on it

It takes several weeks for Fin to get his first piece of mail.

10. What sort of coffee is the specialty of Joe's hot dog truck ?

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Answer: cafe con leche

Olivia almost runs Fin over twice, the second time because she lost control of her car when she spilled cafe con leche on herself.

11. What is the name of the bar that Joe is always asking Fin to go to with him for a beer?

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Answer: The Mill & Mill

Fin turns him down several times before finally saying yes. However, the one night that Fin does agree to meet Joe for a drink, Joe stands him up.

12. What does Fin say the habit of walking along train tracks is called ?

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Answer: walking the right of way

It's called "walking the right of way" from the time that the government laid claim to certain routes by saying it had the right of way.

13. What is the name of the friend that leaves Fin, the train depot, in his will?

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Answer: Henry

Henry was Fin's only friend, and when he died, Fin had hoped to live a life of solitude at the train depot that Henry left him.

14. Besides the book, what does Olivia leave at Fin's door ?

From Quiz The Station Agent

Answer: video camera

She leaves the video camera so Fin can be a "train chaser", one who rides alongside trains and films them. She carries the bottle of wine and presents it to him personally; Fin takes Olivia's groceries to her once during the film.

15. What event brought Olivia, Joe, and Fin back together at the end of the film?

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Answer: Olivia's overdose from pills

Fin found Olivia almost passed out on her kitchen floor after taking a bottle of pills. After getting her to the hospital, he goes to her house to clean up and finds Joe's phone number on the table. He then calls Joe to come pick him up so they can both go to the hospital and wait for Olivia. Joe and Fin had not spoken since the night after Joe stood Fin up at the bar.

16. What is the name of the bar in "The Station Agent" ?

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Answer: Mill Lane Tavern

Fin doesn't like bars but agrees to go there to meet Joe and his Dad (who end up not arriving).

17. Other than her impending divorce, what tragedy had Olivia recently experienced in her life?

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Answer: The death of her son

Olivia's son, Sam, died two years earlier after falling from the monkey bars. Olivia moved away from her home town of Princeton, to her summer home in New Foundland, because she was tired of thinking that people looked at her as the poor woman whose son died.

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