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Brett Savage
Lunchtime Quiz: Before They Were Famous
by Brett Savage - September 9, 2008 - 10:30 AM

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Sometimes it takes a while before an actor can hit it big. A long while. Almost every international star and studio darling has suffered their share of humiliating assignments. Let’s see if you remember the unspectacular movies these huge stars anchored before they exploded to superstardom. Can you tell whether Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman or Sylvester Stallone honed their skills in the film provided?

Take the Quiz: Before They Were Famous

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  1. I am so happy to say that i still have not seen one single Sylvester Stallone movie ever ever ever. And proud of it.

    posted by motorkitty on 9-9-2008 at 10:58 am

  2. Only 6 out of 10… not so good.

    But, somehow, I managed to pick out all the ones w/ Nicholson, so I guess I “DO know Jack!!!”

    Recaptcha – Journey Star

    posted by Amy on 9-9-2008 at 11:03 am

  3. Well, my score was sad. In my defense, I’m with motorkitty–the ‘yo, Adrienne’ jokes have ruined Sly for me. I have yet to watch a Stallone movie without being coerced.

    posted by adrienne on 9-9-2008 at 11:11 am

  4. You can criticize Sylvester Stallone on many levels, but I would not brag about never seeing “Rocky”. That is a classic piece of American cinema, to a lesser extent everyone should see him in “Spy Kids: 3-D”

    posted by Witty Nickname on 9-9-2008 at 11:13 am

  5. I got seven out of ten, but mostly on wild guesses so I guess I shouldn’t be too proud…

    posted by JamMasterJamie on 9-9-2008 at 11:35 am

  6. In an intro to film class my freshman year of college, I gave a presentation on Rocky IV. We were in the ‘American Blockbuster’ chapter, so I thought it was fitting. Apparently, it was not. I got the sense that I was the only person in the class who owned the Rocky boxed set.

    posted by Jason English on 9-9-2008 at 11:59 am

  7. Henry Winkler also starred in “The Lords of Flatbush”. I actually went to see this movie when it came out.
    6 out of 10

    posted by Don on 9-9-2008 at 12:59 pm

  8. @ Witty Nickname: I’ve seen it, but I wasn’t happy about watching “Rocky.” That’s what I get for being born in the 80s.

    And Jason, you aren’t the only one; my husband has the boxed set, and I think it’s only to annoy me.

    rC: made rivals. Great!!

    posted by adrienne on 9-9-2008 at 1:17 pm

  9. Wow. 8 out of 10. But all but 2 were SWAGs…so.

    posted by Fran on 9-9-2008 at 4:15 pm

  10. How can you call American Graffiti “unspectacular” and being in it a humiliating assignment? Plus, Harrison Ford had an extended cameo in it, he was certainly not the anchor of the movie.

    posted by Erik on 9-9-2008 at 4:44 pm

  11. OK, that’s what I get for writing an angry comment before hitting submit and reading the extended answers. Sorry!

    posted by Erik on 9-9-2008 at 4:46 pm

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