greatreporter.com, October 8th, 2007
Question 1 of 10:
Banned for years, which 1971 film saw
Hoffman
play a berserk, gun-toting American in rural England?
Straw Dogs
Midnight Cowboy
Billy Bathgate
American Buffalo
Question 2 of 10:
Hoffman
was offered the role of Rambo!
True
False
Question 3 of 10:
Hoffman
was Oscar nominated in 1974 for his movie portrayal of which legendary American comedian?
Buster
Keaton
Lenny
Bruce
Mort
Sahl
Joe E.
Lewis
Question 4 of 10:
With whom did
Hoffman
have a memorably horrific run-in during the 1976 thriller ‘Marathon Man’?
A sadistic dentist
A sadistic cop
A sadistic doctor
A sadistic bank manager
Question 5 of 10:
One of
Hoffman
's less well-received films was a curious, semi-fictitious 1979 drama about which writer?
Arthur Conan
Doyle
Virginia
Woolf
Charles
Dickens
Agatha
Christie
Question 6 of 10:
Which great American role did
Hoffman
famously re-interpret in a 1985 TV film adaptation of a well-known play?
Stanley
Kowalski
John
Proctor
Willy
Loman
Brick
Pollitt
Question 7 of 10:
In which notorious megaflop did
Hoffman
star with
Warren
Beatty
in 1987?
Heaven's Gate
Cutthroat Island
Ishtar
Pirates
Question 8 of 10:
Who did
Hoffman
play when he appeared on ‘The Simpsons’ in 1991?
A kind teacher
A crazed Vietnam vet
An FBI agent
An alien
Question 9 of 10:
Hoffman
was rendered unrecognisable by make-up when he appeared as which villain in ‘Dick Tracy’?
Flat Top
Littleface
Mumbles
Lips Manlis
Question 10 of 10:
In which satire on war, media and an American president's sex life did
Hoffman
star in 1997?
Primary Colors
Wag the Dog
Canadian Bacon
Bob Roberts
