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1. Col. William Sharp and others must race against the clock to detonate a bomb which will prevent something big from hitting the earth. Which Fichtner film was this?

Answer: Armageddon

"Armageddon" was released in 1998 and also starred Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, and Liv Tyler. It's about a group of oil drillers asked to do a little outer space drilling to save the planet.

We were without electricity for a week after Hurricane Isabel came through Richmond VA in September 2003. I got home from work one day and the power was back on. Naturally the first thing I did was turn on the TV and guess what was on FX, "Armageddon". Even though we have it on video, I sat and watched the rest of the movie, with commercials, as if it was the first time I was seeing a TV. I even cried at the end when Bruce Willis was saying goodbye to Liv Tyler (maybe I was just glad to have hot water again).

2. In this film, William Fichtner plays SFC Jeff Sanderson who is one of the soldiers caught in a dangerous situation in a foreign land. Which is it?

Answer: Black Hawk Down

"Black Hawk Down" was released in 2001 and also starred Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore and Ewan McGregor. It is about a mission gone horribly wrong in Somalia in 1993.

3. Kent Clark is part of a team who received signals from outer space. What Fichtner film was this?

Answer: Contact

"Contact" was released in 1997 and also starred Jodie Foster and Matthew McConnaughey. Based on the book by Carl Sagan, it is about a group of radio astronomers who receive signals from outer space instructing them to build some sort of travel machine.

4. When a woman is killed, everyone is suspect, even her husband Phil Dearly, played by William Fichtner. Which film was it?

Answer: Drowning Mona

"Drowning Mona" was released in 2000 and also starred Bette Midler, Casey Affleck and Danny DeVito. Mona Dearly's brakes fail and she drives her car into a river. As the sheriff attempts to determine who did it, he realizes everyone could have and would have done it. Didn't you just love all the Yugos and the vanity plates?

5. Is Aaron Reilly the real man or the one in Marie's dreams? Which Fichtner film was this?

Answer: Passion Of Mind

"Passion of Mind" was released in 2000 and also starred Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgard. It is about a woman who lives two lives, one in reality and one in her dreams. But which is which?

6. In this film, William Fichtner plays Dwayne Engelmann. He and his partner shoot a music star and somebody has it on disc in this futuristic thriller. Which film was this?

Answer: Strange Days

"Strange Days" was released in 1995 and also starred Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett. It was a futuristic film about memories and emotions being recorded onto discs and then bought and sold. But the disc of a shooting ends up with Lenny, a former policeman, now disc salesman, and he must find out the truth about it.

7. William Fichtner played the Stage Manager in this film about a TV game show. Which was it?

Answer: Quiz Show

"Quiz Show" was released in 1994. It also starred Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro, and was directed by Robert Redford. It was about a game show being fixed so a certain contestant would win.

8. Roger Van Zant is just one of many players on either side of the law in this crime thriller also starring Ashley Judd. Which Fichtner film was this?

Answer: Heat

"Heat" was released in 1995 and also starred Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore. It is about a group of criminals going for one last score and the detective determined to get them.

William Fichtner and Tom Sizemore have been in four films together: "Heat", "Strange Days", "Pearl Harbor" and "Black Hawk Down".

9. Danny's father couldn't have known what was going to happen on December 7, 1941 and how it would impact his son. Which Fichtner film was this?

Answer: Pearl Harbor

"Pearl Harbor" was released in 2001 and also starred Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale. It was about two friends, the woman they both love and the beginning of U.S. involvement in WWII.

Did anybody else notice how many actors that were in "Pearl Harbor" were also in "Black Hawk Down"? William Fichtner, Tom Sizemore, Josh Hartnett, Kim Coates and Ewen Bremner. Jerry Bruckheimer was a producer on both of them.

10. William Fichtner plays Sully, who is out fishing with the rest of the crew when tragedy strikes. Which film was this?

Answer: The Perfect Storm

"The Perfect Storm" was released in 2000 and also starred George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and John C. Reilly. This film is about a sword-fishing boat, the Andrea Gail, which was lost in the Halloween storm of 1991. The film was so poignant I wanted to find out more about the people involved, so I read the book the film was based on, "The Perfect Storm" written by Sebastian Junger.

It's an awesome book.

Source: Author Polaris101

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