20th Century Fox
In Coal Miner’s Daughter, Loretta Lynn’s family hailed from this state.
Kentucky
This actor, fresh off an Oscar win, was originally cast in the role of Joe Gideon in All That Jazz but left the production during the rehearsal stage, citing a lack of confidence in the production.
Richard Dreyfuss
Upon seeing this movie, Stanley Kubrick called the director and said it “was the scariest film I’ve ever seen.”
The Vanishing
Jerry Goldsmith
Chinatown
Gaslight
MGM
In Dumb & Dumber, Harry and Lloyd hail from this state.
Rhode Island
This hugely popular leading man turned down the role of Julian in American Gigolo because he wanted final cut approval, but director Paul Schrader would not give it to him.
John Travolta
After watching The Wrestler, this famous 80s-era wrestler apparently cried in Mickey Rourke’s arms at a private screening of the film.
Roddy Piper
Hans Zimmer
Thelma & Louise
Coal Miner's Daughter
Universal Studios
In Thelma & Louise, the title characters are originally from this state.
Arkansas
Darren Aronofsky’s first choice to play Randy “The Ram” Robinson in The Wrestler was always Mickey Rourke. But the studio wanted this Oscar-winning actor and even had him begin preliminary research for the role.
Nicolas Cage
New York Times film critic Lynn Hirschberg declared that this film had “permanently upended the idea of independent film as an intrinsically inaccessible avant-garde form.”
Stranger Than Paradise
Henry Mancini
Touch of Evil
American Gigolo
Paramount Pictures
In Life, Animated, what state does the Suskinds live in?
Massachusetts
Although Loretta Lynn handpicked Sissy Spacek to play her in Coal Miner’s Daughter, the studio wanted this Oscar favorite but the producers ultimately turned her down.
Meryl Streep
While filming A Place in the Sun, this director said Elizabeth Taylor’s fainting scene was one of the best things he had ever filmed.
George Stevens
Bill Conti
Broadcast News
Postcards from the Edge
Columbia Pictures
In The Wrestler, Randy “The Ram” Robinson lives this state.
New Jersey
This Brat Pack actor was selected for the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise, but director Ridley deemed him too short compared to co-star Geena Davis.
Robert Downey Jr.
Kubrick again…he said, upon its original release, this was “the best film I think I have ever seen.”
All That Jazz
Johnny Mandel
Being There