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'The Virgin Suicides' is a strange and entrancing film relating the very odd circumstances behind the deaths of four sisters with the last name Lisbon. Based on a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, this film was the feature-length film debut of which up-and-coming director?
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Wes Anderson
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Jay Roach
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Brad Anderson
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Sofia Coppola
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2 of 10
One of the most beautiful films to appear in theaters in 1999 was 'The Road Home', a quiet picture directed by Zhang Yimou that depicts the innocent relationship between a young schoolmaster and a budding local girl. In which country was this poignant film shot?
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Brazil
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China
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Russia
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Japan
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3 of 10
Directed by the Wachowski brothers and featuring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Laurence Fishburne, this magnificent sci-fi thriller took the world by storm and shock in 1999 with its unbelievable and innovative visual effects, and established an entirely new reality in which the characters in the film struggled against the menace of artificial intelligence. Which film fits the description above?
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The Matrix & Matrix.
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The Matrix Reloaded
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The Matrix Revolutions
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The Matrix: Resurrections
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Director Sam Mendes made a big splash with his feature film debut in 1999. What is the name of his first film, presenting the very strange relationships that develop between a broken family called the Burnhams and the unusual people who are invited, or who invite themselves, into their lives?
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American Movie
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American Pie
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American Beauty
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American Splendor
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5 of 10
Perhaps the most bizarre and mesmerizing film of 1999 was this one, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, featuring the almost indecipherable story of the intermingled lives and coincidental interactions of nine people living in the Valley in Los Angeles. What is the name of this unusual film that stars William H. Macy, Jason Robards and Tom Cruise as part of a brilliant cast from top to bottom?
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Punch-Drunk Love
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Magnolia
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Cigarettes & Coffee
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Sydney
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6 of 10
Just when it seems that life has hit rock bottom for the main character in this film, an interesting anarchist named Tyler Durden enters his life and reveals to him the secrets behind his lost manhood, the emptiness of material culture and soapmaking. Which film fits this promising description?
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Se7en
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The Game
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Panic Room
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Fight Club
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7 of 10
At the same time critically praised and panned, 'Eyes Wide Shut' was certainly one of the films that sparked a great deal of discussion and controversy in 1999. This film was the last one directed by which giant of the film world?
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David Lean
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Sam Peckinpah
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Ted Demme
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Stanley Kubrick
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8 of 10
You may think this next selection to be rather odd, but consider it a guilty pleasure. Which film, featuring the direction of Mike Judge, analyzes the unhappy life of a functionary/drone at a company called Initech who suddenly, after a bout with a hypnotist, decides to no longer take his work so seriously?
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Office Hours
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Office Blues
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Office Killer
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Office Space
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One of the most intense and nerve-racking films of 1999 featured Russell Crowe as Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, a former executive at a tobacco firm who is convinced to reveal the secrets of the industry by Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino), a producer at '60 Minutes'. What is the title of this frustrating and sometimes harrowing film?
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The Snitch
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The Cooler
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The Insider
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The Pusher
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The final 'top film' of 1999 was a visual treat and acting masterwork, directed by Julie Taymor of Broadway fame. Featuring excellent performances by Jessica Lange and Anthony Hopkins, which 1999 film was based on the tragic Shakespeare play involving a Roman general and a Gothic queen, each with a pair of sons, in a story too gory and convoluted to believe?
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Coriolanus
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Timon of Athens
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Measure for Measure
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Titus
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