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What's in a name?
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1987: Inigo Montoya, Prince Humperdinck, Fezzik, Buttercup

What is The Princess Bride?

200

Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone voice members of a stone age family in this 2013 animated film.

What is The Croods?

200

This 1977 sci-fi masterpiece changed cinema forever but even so, went home on Oscars night without the Best Picture statuette, which went to Woody Allen's Annie Hall.

What is Star Wars?

200

Before Enchanting us in 2007, she played a doomed girlfriend in "Psycho Beach Party," a naive victim of Leonardo DiCaprio's con in "Catch Me If You Can" and Ricky Bobby's assistant in "Talladega Nights."

Who is Amy Adams?

200

He won an Oscar in 2004, and has since played a comic book villain: Eric Marlon Bishop

Who is Jamie Foxx?

400

1998: Don Diego de la Vega, Alejandro Murrieta, Don Rafael Montero, Capt. Harrison Love

What is The Mask of Zorro?

400

This 2006 James Bond film is the 21st entry in the franchise, but it was actually the first 007 novel written by Ian Fleming.

What is Casino Royale?

400

This World War II epic about the search for one lost soldier was the overwhelming favorite to win the award, but was upset by the comedy Shakespeare in Love.

What is Saving Private Ryan?

400

Before he hit it big in two of the largest franchises of all time, he worked as a carpenter to support his wife and two sons, which led to him meeting George Lucas, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Who is Harrison Ford?

400

She has cracked us up since the early 1990s: Dana Elaine Owens

Who is Caryn Elaine Johnson?

600

2004: Del Spooner, Susan Calvin, V.I.K.I., Sonny

What is I, Robot?

600

This 1942 best picture winner starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as a couple in love in Morocco during World War II.

What is Casablanca?

600

This romantic western is still considered to be the best film of 2005, but controversy surrounding the subject matter led to voters awarding the film "Crash."

What is Brokeback Mountain?

600

Before hitting it big as a star and a writer in 1997, he was a high school bully in "School Ties," a clothing store manager in "Mallrats" and a man desperately in love with a lesbian in "Chasing Amy."

Who is Ben Affleck?

600

Best known for his mesmerizing voice and appearance in nearly 100 films: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite

Who is Michael Caine?

800

2012: Piscine Patel, Santosh Patel, Cook, Richard Parker

What is Life of Pi?

800

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Billy Crystal so loved the horse that he rode for this 1991 movie that he rode it onto the stage when hosting the Oscars

What is City Slickers?

800

This 1994 Quentin Tarantino classic had the Academy buzzing, but it ended up falling to the much more lovable and innocent Forrest Gump.

What is Pulp Fiction?

800

Long before starring in one of the most successful fantasy franchises in 2001, he was a child actor who starred in movies like Back to the Future Part II, Forever Young and Radio Flyer.

Who is Elijah Wood?

800

He won an Oscar for playing Ghandi in 1982: Krishna Pandit Bhandji

Who is Ben Kingsley?

1000

2021: Phil Burbank, George Burbank, Rose Gordon, Peter Gordon

What is The Power of the Dog?

1000

This 1992 Oscar-winning thriller concerning the Irish Republican Army shocked filmgoers with a genderbending twist that still resonates to this day.

What is The Crying Game?

1000

This examination of the Vietnam War and the physical and mental effects of a paraplegic veteran gave Oliver Stone a best director Oscar in 1989, but didn't bring a Best Picture award along with it.

What is Born on the Fourth of July?

1000

Before jumping to stardom in 1999 and staying there ever since, she played a victim to the evil sexual predator played by Mark Wahlberg in "Fear" and a teenage girl transported to a TV world in "Pleasantville."

Who is Reese Witherspoon?

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One of the sweetheart of 1990s romantic comedies: Margaret Hyra

Who is Meg Ryan?

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