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1. Eight young men from a tiny Indiana town do the impossible in this film. With the guidance of a tough-as-nails former college coach, they bring themselves together as a team and, against all odds, win the Indiana state championship. What is the title of this inspirational film starring Gene Hackman?
2. From the straightforward to the bizarre, we present 'Blue Velvet'. Which decidedly non-mainstream Hollywood film director presented to the world his strange vision of smalltown America with this wonderfully disturbing film?
3. 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' is widely considered a classic, if not *the* classic, from the teen comedy category. One of John Hughes several 1980s masterpieces, it features which actor, immortalized in the title role?
4. Named for a 1961 song by Ben E. King, what is the title of the 1986 film that sees four boys, played by Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell, venture a great distance to see the body of another kid approximately their age?
5. Jeremy Irons is a Jesuit priest, while Robert De Niro is a slave trader, both located in the South American wilderness. Though pitted against each other at the beginning, Irons is able to oversee De Niro's conversion to the Jesuit fold, and both eventually make battle against the expanding interests of the Portuguese. What is this magnificent film called?
6. Woody Allen makes the list of 1986's top films with one of his very best, namely 'Hannah and Her Sisters'. Who plays the title role of Hannah in this well-casted film?
7. Which controversial director created what many believe to be his masterpiece in 'Platoon', the winner of the Best Picture Oscar for 1986?
8. One of the most charming and low-key films of 1986 was a prison film by director Jim Jarmusch. Featuring the acting of Tom Waits, John Lurie and a hilarious Roberto Benigni, it depicts a prison escape by the three leads, and the events that follow afterward. What is the title of this unassuming tale?
9. In 1986, a lovely French film directed by Claude Berri and entitled 'Jean de Florette' arrived at theaters. What was the name of the sequel, also directed by Berri and released the same year?
10. In 1986, director Tim Hunter filmed his masterpiece, the story of a high school boy who murders his girlfriend and then shows off her body to his listless friends. What is the name of this unsympathetic tale that displays teen apathy at its most disturbing?
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