Heavy Stars
Screenwriters
Directors
Oscar Noms
Connections
100
Late comic actor with sweet name
What is John Candy
100
Wrote herself to script Oscar with Jane Austen adaptation
What is Emma Thompson
100
Started young with big old shark film
What is Steven Spielberg
100
Most Oscar noms of any actress
What is Meryl Streep
100
Director cuz and uncle, actress aunt, won his own acting Oscar last decade
What is Nicolas Cage
200
Late SNL star often paired with skinny dude
What is Chris Farley
200
Wrote himself to acting stardom in a pugilistic-themed best pic
What is Sylvester Stallone
200
The father of three Godfathers
What is Francis Ford Coppola
200
Send Indian Princess to collect Oscar #2
What is Marlon Brando
200
Her father is lead singer for bad boy Boston rock band
What is Liv Tyler
300
Late SNL star with actor brother and one of two "colored" brothers
What is John Belushi
300
She's had Heartburn, been Sleepless, and has cooked with two woman with same first name
What is Nora Ephron
300
Took the Mean Streets to the oldtime gang wars in the same city
What is Martin Scorsese
300
Actor from Hollywood family of father and sons whose only win for Best Original Song
What is Keith Carradine
400
Late Two-time Oscar winner who only took one home
What is Marlon Brando
400
Two-time Oscar winner, with Robert Redford co-star in both films
What is William Goldman
400
Trademark was slo-mo bloodletting in revisionist western flicks
What is Sam Peckinpah
400
Used pet dog's name for fourth writing Oscar nom
What is Robert Towne
500
Late two-time supporting actress Oscar winner with seasonal surname
What is Shelley Winters
500
'Nam Vet-turned filmmaker of controversial politi-films
What is Oliver Stone
500
Former Oscar-winning editor hippie who scored big in the 1970's
What is Hal Ashby
500
Indie filmmaker with single noms for acting, writing, directing in different years
What is John Cassavetes