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Quiz about A Bevy of Stars in At Close Range

A Bevy of Stars in "At Close Range" Quiz

Christopher Walken and Sean Penn star as volatile father and son in the compelling film "At Close Range". Did you know that no less than 8 of its co-stars either came from, or went on to greatness? Can you identify them through their other projects?

A multiple-choice quiz by KingAdaQuotes. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
KingAdaQuotes

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
185,129

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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438

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Question 1 of 10

1. Christopher Walken and Sean Penn play Brad Whitewood, Sr. and Jr. respectively. Chris Penn plays Brad's half-brother, Tommy. Which of the following films did Chris Penn NOT appear in? Hint

Pulp Fiction

Reservoir Dogs

True Romance

Rush Hour

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Question 2 of 10

2. Mary Stuart Masterson, who plays Sean Penn's love interest, Terry, was one of the many actresses in "Steel Magnolias"?

True

False

3. Terrific character actor Tracey Walter plays Uncle Patch, a member of Christopher Walken's gang of thieves in "ACR". In which of the following movies did Tracey co-star along with Jack Nicholson? Hint

Batman

Witches of Eastwick

Wolf

Ironweeds

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Question 4 of 10

4. "At Close Range" finds intense actors R.D. Call and J.C. Quinn, respectively, as Dickie and Boyd - murderous thugs in Walken's Whitewood gang. Both men appear in other Sean Penn films.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "At Close Range", Kiefer Sutherland plays Tim, one of the friends of Sean and Chris Penn. Which of the following movies was Kiefer NOT in? Hint

1969

Animal House

Stand By Me

The Lost Boys

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Question 6 of 10

6. Another great character actor, David Strathairn, plays the epileptic Tony Pines, another of Walken's gang members in "At Close Range". Strathairn appears in all of the following four films, in which one did he play a tormented baseball pitcher? Hint

Ball In The House

Eight Men Out

Simon Birch

Beyond The Call

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Question 7 of 10

7. Candy Clark plays Mary Sue in "ACR", Brad Sr's young new wife. Candy played a teenager twelve years earlier in "The Godfather 2".

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Crispin Glover plays another friend of Sean and Chris Penn's in "At Close Range". He played Michael J. Fox's father in "Back To The Future".

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Millie Perkins plays Tommy and Brad's mother, Julie Whitewood. In what B&W film from the '50s does Millie play an upbeat teenager despite extremely difficult circumstances? Hint

Blackboard Jungle

Strangers On A Train

The Diary of Anne Frank

Rebel Without A Cause

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Question 10 of 10

10. Fun bonus question: Millie Perkins and Eileen Ryan, respectively play their mother and no-nonsense grandmother in "At Close Range". They are Sean and Chris Penn's real-life mother and grandmother.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Christopher Walken and Sean Penn play Brad Whitewood, Sr. and Jr. respectively. Chris Penn plays Brad's half-brother, Tommy. Which of the following films did Chris Penn NOT appear in?

Answer: Pulp Fiction

Chris played a cop trying to bust a cocaine sale in "True Romance", the son of a crime boss in "Resevoir Dogs", and a criminal who gets busted by Chris Tucker in "Rush Hour".

2. Mary Stuart Masterson, who plays Sean Penn's love interest, Terry, was one of the many actresses in "Steel Magnolias"?

Answer: False

Mary Stuart Masterson starred with Kathy Bates in "Fried Green Tomatoes", as well as in John Hughes' "Some Kind of Wonderful".

Answer: Batman

Tracey plays the Joker's right-hand-man, Bob The Goon. He has acted in over 100 movies and television shows dating back to a "Starsky and Hutch" episode in 1975! (Yes, there was a TV show first!)

4. "At Close Range" finds intense actors R.D. Call and J.C. Quinn, respectively, as Dickie and Boyd - murderous thugs in Walken's Whitewood gang. Both men appear in other Sean Penn films.

Answer: False

Actually, only R.D. Call appears in another Penn film, "State of Grace" (Penn shoots him dead at the film's conclusion).
Interestingly, J.C. Quinn and Sean Penn ALMOST co-starred together again in the film "Barfly", which Penn tried to get produced for several years, but eventually dropped out; Mickey Rourke ended up with the lead, co-starring with Quinn.

5. In "At Close Range", Kiefer Sutherland plays Tim, one of the friends of Sean and Chris Penn. Which of the following movies was Kiefer NOT in?

Answer: Animal House

Actually, Kiefer's father Donald Sutherland played Prof. Jennings in "Animal House" the best comedy ever.

Answer: Eight Men Out

David Strathairn played Eddie Cicotte, pitcher for the 1919 'Black Sox' in the brilliant ensemble piece "Eight Men Out", written and directed by John Sayles.

7. Candy Clark plays Mary Sue in "ACR", Brad Sr's young new wife. Candy played a teenager twelve years earlier in "The Godfather 2".

Answer: False

Actually Candy Clark played a teenager thirteen years earlier in George Lucas's 1973 classic, "American Graffiti".

8. Crispin Glover plays another friend of Sean and Chris Penn's in "At Close Range". He played Michael J. Fox's father in "Back To The Future".

Answer: True

Crispin appeared in both "Charlie Angels" films AND the title character in the remake of "Willard".

9. Millie Perkins plays Tommy and Brad's mother, Julie Whitewood. In what B&W film from the '50s does Millie play an upbeat teenager despite extremely difficult circumstances?

Answer: The Diary of Anne Frank

Millie Perkins plays the title character, Anne Frank, whose touching, acclaimed diary was discovered after her untimely death at the hands of the Nazis, during World War II.

Answer: False

Actually, Eileen Ryan is Sean and Chris Penn's real-life mother. She has appeared in all of Sean's directorial outings as well as "I Am Sam".
Millie Perkins was a model in her teenage years and has been acting in films since "The Diary of Anne Frank". She was also married briefly to actor Dean Stockwell.

Source: Author KingAdaQuotes

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