HISTORY OF FILM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
All of the following were categories of the 1968 MPAA voluntary rating system EXCEPT - Answers PG-
13, G, M, X
Name the 1972 film whose box office and critical success became the flashpoint for studios to court
young directors and embrace the auteur theory. - Answers The Godfather
This American film was at the center of the Jenkins v. Georgia Supreme Court case that led to the
overturning of a state ban on MPAA-rated fare. - Answers Carnal Knowledge
Name the American director who attended New York University and established his reputation with
the gangster film Mean Streets. - Answers Martin Scorsese
Name the director who began his career in industrial films and television before finding success with
MASH. - Answers Robert Altman
This director bridged the gap between studio filmmaking and the Hollywood Renaissance with films
like Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey. - Answers Stanley Kubrick
Name the director who began his career as a film reviewer and critic and made his first splash with a
melancholy portrait of a Texas town with The Last Picture Show. - Answers Peter Bogdanovich
What term describes "films based on ideas that could be expressed in twenty-five words or less" or
could be "held in one's hand"? - Answers High-Concept Films
Which two films essentially ended the Hollywood Renaissance due to notable production problems
that showcased the dangers of unchecked auteurism? - Answers Apocalypse Now! and Heaven's Gate
Name the 1970s genre that capitalized on a previously untapped audience with low-budget genre
pictures such as Coffy and Shaft. - Answers Blaxploitation
Name the MGM executive who bought stock in a rival studio, triggering a Justice Department antitrust
suit that defined 1980s Hollywood in the era of deregulation. - Answers Kirk Kerkorian
At the center of the 1980 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike was negotiations over this form of ancillary
revenue, which has become a key point of contention in nearly every union negotiation since. -
Answers Residuals
The introduction of this home technology in 1980 fundamentally changed how we consume film in
the United States. - Answers VCR
In 1989, these two communications companies merged, becoming a horizontally integrated
powerhouse whose holdings included theme parks, publishing companies, a cable company, and a
movie studio that was the prototype for the contemporary studio environment. - Answers Time Inc.
and Warner
This 1989 blockbuster became the prototype for the new, synergized Hollywood blockbuster due to
its ancillary and licensing income flows. - Answers Batman
Disney bought out Capital Cities for $19 billion in the second-largest corporate takeover in U.S.
history, merging their studios with which TV broadcast network? - Answers ABC
Name the 1980s comedy auteur who followed an old-fashioned formula suited to white suburban
teens in films such as Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. - Answers John Hughes
Name the postproduction house founded by George Lucas that innovated cutting-edge special effects
for movies ranging from the Indiana Jones series to Terminator 2. - Answers Industrial Light and Magic
Name the 1989 Spike Lee studio film that unflinchingly deals with the racial conflict surrounding a
New York pizzeria and which remains relevant today. - Answers Do the Right Thing
Which description best matches Quentin Tarantino's aesthetic? - Answers ultraviolent, self-aware,
nonlinear genre experiments
Sony Corporation, a Japanese electronics conglomerate, owns which Hollywood studios? - Answers
Columbia, Tristar, MGM
Name the Australian chairman of News Corporation, whose holdings include Fox News, a number of
European media outlets, and (until recently) 20th Century Fox. - Answers Rupert Murdoch
This industry term translates a star's popularity, clout, and power ranking into a numerical value. -
Answers Q rating
All of the following are features of the 21st-century theatrical experience EXCEPT: Stadium seating,
Sophisticated surround sound systems, IMAX 3-D, 35 mm film prints - Answers 35 mm film prints
This type of feature has all but disappeared in the era of media conglomeration. - Answers mid-
budget
This release strategy best matches the needs of big-budget blockbusters. - Answers Saturated
All of the following were categories of the 1968 MPAA voluntary rating system EXCEPT - Answers PG-
13, G, M, X
Name the 1972 film whose box office and critical success became the flashpoint for studios to court
young directors and embrace the auteur theory. - Answers The Godfather
This American film was at the center of the Jenkins v. Georgia Supreme Court case that led to the
overturning of a state ban on MPAA-rated fare. - Answers Carnal Knowledge
Name the American director who attended New York University and established his reputation with
the gangster film Mean Streets. - Answers Martin Scorsese
Name the director who began his career in industrial films and television before finding success with
MASH. - Answers Robert Altman
This director bridged the gap between studio filmmaking and the Hollywood Renaissance with films
like Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey. - Answers Stanley Kubrick
Name the director who began his career as a film reviewer and critic and made his first splash with a
melancholy portrait of a Texas town with The Last Picture Show. - Answers Peter Bogdanovich
What term describes "films based on ideas that could be expressed in twenty-five words or less" or
could be "held in one's hand"? - Answers High-Concept Films
Which two films essentially ended the Hollywood Renaissance due to notable production problems
that showcased the dangers of unchecked auteurism? - Answers Apocalypse Now! and Heaven's Gate
Name the 1970s genre that capitalized on a previously untapped audience with low-budget genre
pictures such as Coffy and Shaft. - Answers Blaxploitation
Name the MGM executive who bought stock in a rival studio, triggering a Justice Department antitrust
suit that defined 1980s Hollywood in the era of deregulation. - Answers Kirk Kerkorian
At the center of the 1980 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike was negotiations over this form of ancillary
revenue, which has become a key point of contention in nearly every union negotiation since. -
Answers Residuals
The introduction of this home technology in 1980 fundamentally changed how we consume film in
the United States. - Answers VCR
In 1989, these two communications companies merged, becoming a horizontally integrated
powerhouse whose holdings included theme parks, publishing companies, a cable company, and a
movie studio that was the prototype for the contemporary studio environment. - Answers Time Inc.
and Warner
This 1989 blockbuster became the prototype for the new, synergized Hollywood blockbuster due to
its ancillary and licensing income flows. - Answers Batman
Disney bought out Capital Cities for $19 billion in the second-largest corporate takeover in U.S.
history, merging their studios with which TV broadcast network? - Answers ABC
Name the 1980s comedy auteur who followed an old-fashioned formula suited to white suburban
teens in films such as Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. - Answers John Hughes
Name the postproduction house founded by George Lucas that innovated cutting-edge special effects
for movies ranging from the Indiana Jones series to Terminator 2. - Answers Industrial Light and Magic
Name the 1989 Spike Lee studio film that unflinchingly deals with the racial conflict surrounding a
New York pizzeria and which remains relevant today. - Answers Do the Right Thing
Which description best matches Quentin Tarantino's aesthetic? - Answers ultraviolent, self-aware,
nonlinear genre experiments
Sony Corporation, a Japanese electronics conglomerate, owns which Hollywood studios? - Answers
Columbia, Tristar, MGM
Name the Australian chairman of News Corporation, whose holdings include Fox News, a number of
European media outlets, and (until recently) 20th Century Fox. - Answers Rupert Murdoch
This industry term translates a star's popularity, clout, and power ranking into a numerical value. -
Answers Q rating
All of the following are features of the 21st-century theatrical experience EXCEPT: Stadium seating,
Sophisticated surround sound systems, IMAX 3-D, 35 mm film prints - Answers 35 mm film prints
This type of feature has all but disappeared in the era of media conglomeration. - Answers mid-
budget
This release strategy best matches the needs of big-budget blockbusters. - Answers Saturated
