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Passing Notes: Leonard Schrader | Robert Altman

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Question 1:

Writer Leonard Schrader has died. He won an Academy Award nomination for his adaptation of 1985's “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” When did leonard recollect that he saw his first movie?

	As a child of four or five			As a college student

	On his 10th birthday

Question 2:

Leonard Schrader had a brother by the name of Paul Schrader. For 1985's "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters," What job did his brother Paul share with Leonard?

	Writer			Director

	Best boy

Question 3:

Originally going to school for engineering, future movie director Robert Altman would end up creating movies such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "A Prairie Home Companion." he got his career going with industrial films such as "How to Run a?"

	Assembly Line			Grocery Store

	Filling Station

Question 4:

After his early films, Mr. Altman moved into tv directing. He worked on many of the classic tv series of the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Did he direct more episodes of "Bonanza," "Combat!," or "Saturday Night Live?"

	"Saturday Night Live"			"Combat!"

	"Bonanza"

Question 5:

In 1980, Robert Altman directed one of the first comic book characters which was turned into a Hollywood movie. In "Popeye" Robert Altman had Shelly Duvall as Olive Oyl, but which actress did the studio actually prefer for that role?

	Gilda Radner			Sally Field

	Jane Fonda