My Favorite Movies of 1999 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Green Mile

Tom Hanks stars as Paul Edgecomb, a resident of a nursing home. He recounts to his friend about when he was the supervisor of death row in a Louisiana prison in 1935, and when a large, gentle black man named John Coffey (Michael Clark Duncan) was sent to the unit. Coffey demonstrates on more than one occasion his "gift", which causes Edgecomb a real crisis of conscience when he must carry out the sentence.

Answer: Eyes Wide Shut

In Stanley Kubrick's final film, Tom Cruise plays Dr. Bill Harford, a married New York doctor. After his wife (Nicole Kidman) admits to him that she once considered leaving him and their daughter, a confused and disturbed Bill embarks on an odyssey involving a prostitute, an possible murder, and an underground sex club.

Answer: Man on the Moon

Jim Carrey plays the lead role in director Milos Foreman's story of the life and career of Andy Kaufman, from his adolescent shows for his family to his later stardom. The film particularly showcases Kaufman's offbeat style and controversial TV appearances, as well as his love of pranking his audience.

Answer: Bringing Out the Dead

Nicholas Cage stars as New York City paramedic Frank Pierce, who is physically and mentally exhausted by his job. He sees visions of a girl whom he couldn't save, meets a former junkie girl when her father has a heart attack, and works with several partners in the ambulance who are, in ways, worse off than he is. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese.

Answer: Mystery, Alaska

Sports journalist and former resident Charlie Danner (Hank Azaria) writes an article about the amateur hockey team in the town of Mystery, Alaska. The NHL decides to stage an exhibition game between the Mystery team and the New York Rangers. The anticipation of and costly preparations for the game disrupts the normal town routine and causes problems for the residents.

Answer: Blast from the Past

In 1962 California, scientist Calvin Webber and his wife go into their bomb shelter, convinced that the world is ending. Calvin sets the locks for 35 years. In 1998, their son Adam, born and raised in the shelter, goes into Los Angeles for supplies and meets Eve, who works at a memorabilia shop. Adam hires her to help him get his supplies, and falls for her.

But will she believe his incredible secret?

Answer: One Man's Hero

A group of American soldiers, largely Catholic Irish immigrants, are persecuted for their faith by their mostly Protestant comrades. Sergeant John Riley (Tom Berenger) leads the men into Mexico to find a ship back to Ireland, but the men are persuaded to join the Mexican army on the outbreak of war. Those who survive the war are either executed or branded as traitors by the US Army.

Answer: The 13th Warrior

An Arab emissary to a Bulgur tribe is saved from a raid by Viking warriors. While at their village, another Viking kingdom asks for aid against a supernatural enemy. The village wisewoman declares that the Arab is the one necessary to guarantee success in the mission, as a prophecy declares that only a party of 13 men, one a foreigner, can win the battle.

Answer: The Sixth Sense

In "The Sixth Sense", Bruce Willis plays Malcolm Crowe, an honored child psychologist who is shot by a former patient. Afterwards, Crowe begins seeing Cole Sear, a troubled 9-year old boy who eventually opens up to Crowe and tells him his secret: He can see ghosts, they are everywhere, and some of them don't even realize that they are dead.

Answer: Galaxy Quest

Tim Allen stars as Jason Nesmith, the star of the 1980s "Galaxy Quest" sci-fi show. He and the cast now appear at conventions attended by diehard fans. Jason and his actor crew are transported to a working model of their TV ship by the Thermians, an alien race who built the ship and, believing that the show was real, who ask the "Galaxy Quest" crew to save them from the evil alien Sarris. Can a bunch of actors find the heroes within themselves?

Answer: The Hurricane

In 1966 New Jersey, boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Denzel Washington) is convicted and sent to prison for murder. Claiming innocence, Carter fights for freedom but loses a new trial. Inspired by a book Carter wrote, a young American man and his Canadian benefactors move to the U.S. and gather evidence that will clear Carter, who is set free by a Federal judge.

Answer: Mystery Men

Captain Amazing has cleaned up Champion City to the point where he has no more to do. He has his nemesis, Casanova Frankenstein, released from an asylum, but is captured by the villain.
A team of second rate superheroes tries to rescue Amazing, but instead kill him. Finding their courage and strength in numbers, the team harnesses their powers and defeat Frankenstein, winning the acclaim of the city.

Answer: Jakob the Liar

Jakob Heym (Robin Williams) an inmate of a Jewish ghetto in 1944 Poland, overhears a radio broadcast about Soviet offensives. To keep up morale, he begins inventing tales of imminent liberation. When the Nazis learn of the rumors, Jakob turns himself in to protect his fellow inmates, as well as a young girl he has been hiding since she escaped from a train headed for an extermination camp.

Answer: The Mummy

In 1926 Cairo, an Egyptologist and her brother bribe a prison warden to release an American adventurer and talk him into leading them to a lost desert city. Competing with another group of Americans, the two factions find the city, but unwittingly unleash an ancient, evil wizard, who harvests body parts from the living and plans on taking over the world.

Answer: American Beauty

Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), wife Carolyn (Annette Bening), and 16-year old daughter Jane (Thora Birch) seem like a normal suburban family. In truth, Lester is having a midlife crisis, Carolyn is having an affair, and Jane is unhappy and embarrassed by her parents. When a new family with their own problems moves in next door, interactions between the neighbors end in tragedy.

Answer: Summer of Sam

Spike Lee directed this tale of the fear and mistrust among the residents of an Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx during the height of the Son of Sam killings in 1977. Rumors and misinformation cause a group of friends to suspect one of their own, as any hint of odd behavior leads to suspicion and violence.

Answer: The Boondock Saints

Irish-American brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus run afoul of Russian mobsters, killing two of them in self-defense. They turn themselves in to the police, but are not charged. While waiting in a cell, they receive a message from God telling them to eliminate evil, and upon their release, they declare war on all gangsters. An FBI agent tracking the boys joins them, and they and their long-lost hitman father set out to rid Boston of crime.

Answer: Sleepy Hollow

In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent upstate to the town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate several beheadings. The townspeople swear that the culprit is a
"Headless Horseman", which Crane doesn't believe in until he sees it for himself. After finding the grave of a vicious Hessian soldier from the Revolutionary War, Crane learns that the Horseman is controlled by a witch, seeking revenge on a rich landowner and his family.

Answer: Dogma

Kevin Smith directed this controversial film where angels Bartleby and Loki, banished to Wisconsin after defying God, try to get back into Heaven by using a church's rededication and blessing ceremony to cleanse them of sin. The last descendant of Jesus, a forgotten disciple, and two slacker prophets, as well as demons from Hell, try to stop the pair, as their success would prove God wrong and undo all Creation.

Answer: Office Space

Software engineer Peter Gibbons hates his job and his life. His girlfriend talks him into attending a therapy session, but the therapist has a heart attack. Peter changes, avoiding work and responsibility and breaking up with his cheating girlfriend. When his two friends are laid off while Peter gets a promotion, the three plot to steal company money by computer, a small amount at a time, but the software malfunctions and a large amount of money goes missing.