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1. While this dark and mildly disturbing comedy has fallen off of most people's charts, I find it emblematic of many problems facing human beings in modern society. In the film, Jim Carrey plays an aggressively possessive 'friend' who forcibly inserts himself into the life of Matthew Broderick, a man recently jilted by his erstwhile girlfriend. What is the title of this surreal Ben Stiller-directed film?
2. Well, heck yeah, you betcha! So many sweet and unassuming people livin' up there in Minnesota, ya know? The Coen Brothers dispelled this myth with their dark thriller that observes the underside of happy life in upper midwest America. What is the name of this film, that sees Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) completely bungle through a plot to kidnap his wife, as the surprisingly clever policewoman, Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand), unravels the entire nasty affair?
3. What happens when a Hong Kong action heroine is requested to work on a poorly directed French film though she speaks no French? You get this interesting and quirky little movie starring Maggie Cheung (as herself) and directed by Olivier Assayas. What is its title?
4. In terms of good 1996 films, 'disturbing' is the key word. Take the film 'Trainspotting', for example, which explores the lives of several Scottish drugged-out failures living the low life in Edinburgh. Which of the following actors helps to make this difficult film one of 1996's best?
5. Certainly one of the most lively and amusing films of 1996 was 'The Birdcage', starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple whose son has chosen to marry the daughter of a U.S. senator. 'The Birdcage' is essentially a remake of a film originally released in 1978 in which country?
6. Oops, back to the disturbing. In which 1996 film did Billy Bob Thornton take a turn as a mentally handicapped man, who has recently been released from a psychiatric hospital where he was confined after the murder of his mother and her secret lover?
7. Which type of restaurant do the characters in the film 'Big Night' attempt to save, by holding a special feast, complete with live jazz music?
8. One of the most intense and thought-provoking films of 1996 was the memorable 'Get on the Bus'. Featuring a nearly all black male cast, it was directed by which African American filmmaker?
9. Milos Forman weighs in this list with a controversial film of his own. Starring Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love, what name completes the title of the film: 'The People vs. __________'?
10. Last, but certainly not least, we have the first of several mockumentaries by Christopher Guest and company. In this spoof, a company of 'actors' in Blaine, Missouri put on a show commemorating the 150th anniversary of the tiny town's founding. What is the title of this rib-tickling classic?
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