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CTV 3310 Quiz #12
CTV 3310 Quiz #12
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 2
04/17/2012

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Animal Kingdom was directed by who?
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David Michod
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Previous to directing films what was David Michod’s job?
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Film Journalist
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Which Australian film magazine did Michod work as an editor?
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Inside Film
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Animal Kingdom’s counterpart on TV was which series?
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Underbelly
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Historically crime stories in Australia found more traction in what medium?
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television
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Animal Kingdom is the first internationally successful Australian film that explores what part of Australian culture?
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grittiness of crime
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Underbelly Season One was about what part of Australia’s criminal history?
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a crime family in Melbourne
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Why couldn’t Underbelly Season One be shown in the state of Victoria when initially aired?
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members of the crime family were still on trial
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Who financed Underbelly?
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Australian Film Finance Corporation
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Underbelly Season One was released what year in Australia?
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2008
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Animal Kingdom was released what year in Australia?
Definition
2010
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What Australian crime family is Animal Kingdom loosely based on?
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Pettingill
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Historically Australian films have portrayed criminals in what way?
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down to earth, normal people
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Which Oscar Nomination did the film receive?
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Best Supporting Actress
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Animal Kingdom is very testosterone heavy, which relates to previous Australian films how?
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bond between brothers
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How does the character of Smurf, as the matriarch, fit into the male heavy world?
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all sons answer to her
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By concentrating on the Melbourne criminal element, Animal Kingdom reveals what part of Australian culture?
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insane culture of the criminal business, hereditary nature of insanity
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The Hollywood Reporter made what comment about the hereditary aspects depicted in Animal Kingdom?
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"Seldom has a gangster film shown how utterly mundane evil can be. But the family itself is terrifying, if psychosis is hereditary the Codys are exhibit 1."
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Animal Kingdom harkens back to what historical Australian figure’s final act?
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Term
What is the unwritten rule about killing between criminals and the police in Australia?
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if you kill one of ours, we kill one of yours
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The voiceover at the beginning of the film sets the tone of the film with what statement?
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"Crooks always come undone. Always"
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The grittiness of Animal Kingdom is antithetical to what aspect normally seen in crime family films?
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glamour associated with criminals, lavish lifestyle
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The setting of this crime drama brings audiences back to what type of films from the 1970s?
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mundane suburban films
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Unlike films of the 1990s, films between 2000 & 2010 shifted away from what?
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eccentricity
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One of the intentions in Animal Kingdom was to represent the way in which the criminal world filters through regular society and therefore…
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true evil walks among us
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The title Animal Kingdom suggests what to the audience?
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survival of the fittest
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Why was a Melbourne crime story depicted in Animal Kingdom, versus a Sydney one?
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Melbourne gives criminals celebrity status more quickly
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Melbourne in the 1980s, had what kind of relationship between police and criminals?
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highest crime rate and highest rate of police killing criminals
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Which Australian film about a notorious gangster screen at Sundance in 2001?
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Chopper
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Which Australian actor played the role of Chopper?
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Eric Bana
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How much did Animal Kingdom cost to produce?
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$5 million
Term
What, ultimately, allows low budgeted films to succeed in the global marketplace?
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story
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Which cast member opened up the possibility to international sales?
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Guy Pierce
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Which recent Australian film also looks at criminal elements in Australia from the eyes of an impressionable teenager?
Definition
Snowtown Murders
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In both Snowtown Murders and Anmal Kingdon the youthful protagonist is damaged how?
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manipulated into situations he shouldn't have been in
Term
As damaged children this makes them less what?
Definition
expressive
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What was Michod’s intention in regards to the film’s settings?
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art direction wanted to make it as realistic as possible
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Where did the film premier in the US?
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Sundance
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What award did the film win at Sundance?
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World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic
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Animal Kingdom attracted Australian audiences because prior to its release it had what?
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won the Grand Jury Prize
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What percentage of Australians play sport regularly?
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40%
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What percentage of Australians watch sports regularly?
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75%
Term
What communal values do sports players and the Australian ethos share?
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the scale of communal sport
Term
When we see the term Australian attached to a team, who is excluded without further investigation?
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women, minorities
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How is the name Sydney Croatia different than the name Brisbane Broncos?
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Sydney Croatia is considered "too ethnic"
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Which movie actor is an owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs?
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Russell Crowe
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Indigenous males pursued what sport in an attempt to achieve great freedom from social norms?
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boxing
Term
How are suburbs distinct?
Definition
they mediate urbanism and nature
Term
When did the Maroubra and Cronulla riots occur?
Definition
December 2005
Term
What caused the riots?
Definition
race relations on Australian beaches
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