UPDATED w/ANSWERS + WINNER: "Somewhere" Giveaway

Want to win a Somewhere prize-pack featuring a $25 movie theatre gift card, a copy of Lost in Translation on DVD, and, best of all, a Somewhere poster autographed by writer-director Sofia Coppola? Of course you do. To qualify, all you have to do is submit your answers to the quiz below along with your name and address to by Wednesday, December 22, 2010--the day Somewhere opens in select cities across the U.S.. (Speaking of which, this giveaway is limited to residents of continental North America.)

Alas, we only have one of these to hand out, and the winner will be drawn at random from among the correct entries.

A COPPOLA FAMILY QUIZ

1. How many Lisbon sisters are there in The Virgin Suicides? FIVE
2. Which actress did Sofia Coppola replace in The Godfather Part III? WINONA RYDER
3. What was the name of the magazine Francis Ford Coppola started in the 1970s?
CITY (though whether he started it or hijacked it is I guess open to debate)
4. Which of the following actors is NOT a member of Sofia Coppola's family: Nicolas Cage, Alicia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, or Talia Shire?
ALICIA COPPOLA
5. How many Oscars do Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola have between them?
6 (five for Francis, one for Sofia)
6. What did Sofia Coppola use as a stage name in the 1980s?
DOMINO
7. Which of her father's films did Sofia Coppola co-write with him?
"LIFE WITHOUT ZOE," from New York Stories
8. Six degrees of separation: connect Stephen Dorff to Sofia Coppola pretending that Somewhere doesn't exist.
I loved reading this answer. Most of you used Stephen Dorff in World Trade Center to Nicolas Cage (Sofia's cousin as well as her Peggy Sue Got Married co-star). My personal answer to this was Stephen Dorff to Giovanni Ribisi (in Public Enemies), narrator of Sofia's The Virgin Suicides.
9. What is the pseudonym Anna Faris's character uses to check in with in Lost in Translation?
EVELYN WAUGH. (Everyone got this--I thought it'd be harder since it's not part of the film's Wikipedia entry.)
10. Sofia Coppola played a resident of what planet in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace?
NABOO

Congratulations DANIEL NUNEZ of WORCESTER, MA. Your prize-pack is on the way. Daniel, for what it's worth, had the most esoteric answer to #8: Stephen Dorff to Stan Tracy (!) in I Shot Andy Warhol. (Veteran extra Tracy earlier drifted through Francis Coppola's The Cotton Club.)
My thanks to Focus Features for sponsoring this contest. In the meantime, carry on as you have been--intrigued to see something of a backlash forming against cult darling Scott Pilgrim. Lots of good stuff coming up, by the by, including our own Top 10 lists for the year. Any guesses?

A Disc, an Award, a List, a Reminder

Remember back in 2007 when I gave away a shiny new copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Blu-ray? Well, history repeats itself, and I have the BD version of ...and the Half-Blood Prince here for giveaway.

Since I'm not much for Harry Potter arcana, how 'bout we stick with something everybody knows a lot about? Like, say, "Leave It to Beaver"?

Okay, here's the question--continental residents of North America only, please: Over six seasons of "Leave It to Beaver", Beaver kept a number of increasingly exotic pets. Name at least two kinds of animals that were briefly members of the Cleaver household. First correct answer wins.

(Please be advised that the disc sports bilingual (English/French) cover art.)

In other news, I guess it's worth boasting here as well as at the mothersite that we were recently chosen as one of the Internet's finest movie sites by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, an organization comprised of "more than 230 professional film critics spanning TV, radio, and digital platforms throughout the US and Canada." As FFC's always been a bit of a misfit--too vulgar for the snobs, too discerning for the fanboys, and maybe too mean for the faint of heart--the accolades haven't exactly poured in during our 12 years online; I'm not ashamed to say the BFCA made me feel like Buffy at the prom, 'cause getting 230 people to agree on anything can't be easy.

Apropos of nothing, since I literally have nowhere else to put this, here are my Top 10 TV shows of the decade:

10. Firefly
9. The Wire
8. The Sopranos
7. Arrested Development
6. The Office (US)
5. Deadwood
4. Six Feet Under
3. Veronica Mars
2. Mad Men
1. Freaks and Geeks

Let's hear yours, or complaints about mine.

Finally, with the Christmas season upon us, one last pitch for "The Film Freak Central 2009 Superannual": 528 pages, 63 previously-unpublished reviews, and I like to think it makes a really nice gift--especially to yourself. Our distributor, Lulu, is currently offering a whole host of holiday discounts (a new one every day, advent calendar-style), and of course the book is readily available at Amazon.com, too.

Stay tuned for a link to Walter's Avatar review.