Answer This! (2011)

Director:

Christopher Farah

Writer:

Christopher Farah (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A big movie about trivial things.

Plot:

Comedy set in the world of competitive bar trivia, centering around a group of frustrated academics who finally get a shot at beer, women and nerdy redemption when they enter a citywide trivia tournament.

Plot Keywords:

Trivia | Beer | Bar | Pub Trivia | Contest

Cast

Christopher Gorham	...	Paul Tarson
Arielle Kebbel	...	Naomi Nahar
Nelson Franklin	...	James Koogly
Evan Jones	...	Izzy 'Ice' Dasselway
Kip Pardue	...	Lucas Brannstrom
Kali Hawk	...	Shelly
Ralph Williams	...	Dr. Elliot Tarson
Chris Parnell	...	Brian Collins
Frank Zieger	...	Free Hug Guy
Julie Glander	...	Beth Tarson
Steve Abdo	...	Janitor
Nick Parisho	...	Trivia Chant Guy (as Nick 'Gimli' Parisho)
Ethan Gorham	...	Young Paul
Carrie Royce Fisk	...	Conservative Sarah (as Carrie Fisk)
Matt Lockwood	...	Stoner Chaz
Kojo Asiedu	...	Normal Shlub Mike
Brian Balzerini	...	Jock Ryan
David Chudnow	...	Vaguely Amusing Josh
Lila Feinberg	...	Sorority Girl Alison
Julia Young	...	Neurotic Lauren
Brendt Rioux	...	Dorky Carlo
Davis Gloff	...	Dr. Smies
Marty Bufalini	...	Dr. Hoguefeld
Geoffrey Beauchamp	...	Dr. Aegis
Laurie Brown	...	Dr. Gordon
Michael Sinterniklaas	...	Umlat the Flunkee
Simran Grewal	...	Sharat
Cindy Chu	...	Moo Shu Dork
Albert Chen	...	Moo Shu Dork
Nelson Beltran	...	Moo Shu Dork
Chris Barr	...	SIG Ape
Brian Bradley Jr.	...	SIG Ape
Ryan Sieg	...	SIG Ape
Patrick Moug	...	Biker For Obama
Kef Lee	...	Biker For Obama
Bill Lumbert	...	Biker For Obama
Nils Johnson	...	Biker for Obama
Pamela Croydon	...	Luscious Lady
Erin Conrad	...	Luscious Lady
Mashay Chapman	...	Luscious Lady
Kevin Leistner	...	Wizard Person
Alexander Schostak	...	Wizard Person
Michael Mawilai	...	Wizard Person
Kevin Olmstead	...	Wizard Person
Ted Myers	...	The Anarchist
Ryan Coulter	...	Bill
Theo Williamson	...	Stan
Mike N. Kelly	...	Doug (as Mike Nelson Kelly)
Kyle Thomas	...	So Frosh
Aaron Thomas	...	So Frosh
Nelson Kazan	...	The Chode
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rebecca Flinn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Adam Friedman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Christina M. Bender	...	Student (uncredited)
Clark Birchmeier	...	Biker (uncredited)
Johnny Flynn	...	Frat Guy (uncredited)
Tim Holmes	...	Tough Biker Guy (uncredited)
Sean Magill	...	Frisbee Guy (uncredited)
Ralph H. Meyer	...	Professor (uncredited)
Aphrodite Nikolovski	...	Barista (uncredited)
Caroline Rankin	...	Student (uncredited)
Benjamin Rodriguez	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Chad A. Shelton	...	Guy on Street (uncredited)
Jennifer Sulkowski	...	Sarah (uncredited)
Kelli Jo Sweeney	...	College Student (uncredited)
Eric Tuchelske	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Christopher Farah

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christopher Farah		written by

Produced by
Lee Doyle	....	associate producer
George Farah	....	executive producer
John Farah	....	executive producer
Mike Farah	....	producer
Anna Wenger	....	producer
Ann Zalucki	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Paesano		(original music by)

Cinematography by
Christian Sprenger

Film Editing by
Wendy Nomiyama

Casting by
Nicole Abellera

Production Design by
Alexi Gomez

Art Direction by
Beth Gatza

Costume Design by
Iris Bainum-Houle

Makeup Department
Ryan Brooks	....	make-up/hairstylist
Christy Courtney	....	hair stylist
Jenna Drudi	....	make-up/hairstylist
Heather Ford	....	makeup department head
Shauna O'Toole	....	makeup artist: second unit
Andrea Syron	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Terra Abroms	....	post-production supervisor
Ross Girard	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alana Brown	....	second second assistant director
Shadie Elnashai	....	first assistant director
Brian LaForge	....	additional second assistant director
Katie Magill	....	additional second second assistant director

Art Department
David Chudnow	....	art department production assistant
Steve Katz	....	art production assistant

Sound Department
Brandon Conley	....	boom operator
Chris Conover	....	adr technician
Eric Lalicata	....	additional re-recording mixer
Tom Ozanich	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Sanacore	....	foley mixer: adr mixer
Frank Smathers	....	supervising sound editor
Bo Sundberg	....	sound mixer
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor
Alex Ullrich	....	foley artist

Stunts
Christopher Barbeau	....	stunt coordinator
Harry M. David	....	stunt team
Nikolay Livshiz	....	stunts
Diane Miller	....	stunt player
Luke Wallace	....	stunt rigger
Philip Ward	....	stunt team
Amber Whelan	....	stunt double: Arielle Kebbel

Camera and Electrical Department
Jake Beemer	....	grip
Christopher Brown	....	still photographer
Devin Cameron	....	best boy grip
T. Dominic Cochran	....	camera operator: "B" Camera
Renato Delos Reyes	....	grip
Andrew Dickieson	....	electrician
Alexander Falk	....	additional camera assistant
David Favenyesi	....	electrician
Geoff George	....	still photographer
Dallas Griffin	....	grip
Mike Herrera	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Chris Hoyle	....	dit red camera
Cody Jacobs	....	gaffer
Brian Lane	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Casey McClurken	....	electrician
Chris McLeod	....	best boy electric
Aaron Ruby	....	grip
Jacqueline Stahl	....	electrical intern
Ed Titus	....	key grip
Jesse Vallejo	....	dolly grip
Zoe Van Brunt	....	first assistant camera
Justin Watson	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Justin Watson	....	steadicam operator

Casting Department
Joanne Bloom	....	casting assistant
Albert Chen	....	extras casting
Carrie Ray	....	casting: Michigan
Samara Rosenbaum	....	extras casting assistant
Alex Tompkins	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shareen Chehade	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Matthew Blackshear	....	digital intermediate editor
Michael Cioni	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Katie Fellion	....	post production consultant
Megan Gilliam	....	editing production assistant
Mark T. Osborne	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Ron Finn	....	music editor
Joshua Johnson	....	musician
Braden Kimball	....	music scoring mixer
Braden Kimball	....	score recordist
Jon LeShay	....	music supervisor
Aragorn Wiederhold	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Aaron Arkens	....	production assistant
Will Beckstein	....	production accountant
Greg Bernstein	....	legal services
David Chudnow	....	craft service
Nick Curdy	....	production assistant
Caroline Dunbar	....	craft assistant
Brian Flynn	....	production assistant
Megan Gilliam	....	production secretary
Andrew Grissom	....	production assistant
Peter Hanink	....	trivia advisor
Michael LaFond	....	location manager
Aaron Lebovic	....	production coordinator
Adam Lienhardt	....	production assistant
Katie Magill	....	production coordinator
Sean Magill	....	craft assistant
Sean McAninch	....	production assistant
Ann Marie McMichael	....	production assistant
Kristin Owings	....	script supervisor
Alexander Schostak	....	production assistant
Sunny Singh	....	production assistant
Taylor Stanton	....	production assistant
Paul Sutherland	....	production assistant
Belinda Tantalo	....	craft assistant
Belinda Tantalo	....	production assistant
Alex Tompkins	....	production assistant
Liam White	....	key production assistant
Julia Young	....	special assistant to producer

Production Companies

• 3, 4 Women Productions

Distributors

• Eagle Films (2011) (Non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Eagle Films (2011) (Non-USA) (all media) (middle east)
• Lionsgate (2012) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• ABS Payroll & Production Accounting Services  payroll services
• Anarchy Post  ADR Recording Facility
• Anarchy Post  foley recording
• JR Galactic  extras casting
• LightIRON Digital  digital cinema mastering
• LightIRON Digital  digital intermediate
• Mid America Cine Support  camera dollies
• Mid America Cine Support  expendables
• Mid America Cine Support  generators
• Mid America Cine Support  grip and lighting equipment
• Post Haste Sound  commentary recording engineering

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and smoking

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #46114) | USA:PG-13 (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Company:

3, 4 Women Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Professor Tarson reads the story of Adam and Eve being kicked out of the Garden of Eden, he says he is reading from Genesis 3 but turns to the back of [what we must assume is] the Bible.

Unsurprisingly, very predictable from the start to the finish

There are no great twists in this movie and nothing ground breaking. It's not remarkably funny, it's not extremely bad. It just is a very average blend of a growing up movie that tries to be a comedy.

The plot line follows the basic boy is stuck in life, boy meets free spirited girl, boy gets girl, boy gets a wake-up call, yada yada yada storytelling. Very easy to predict once you've been introduced to the main characters. The whole trivia thing is just an excuse to shoot in a bar and in the end is actually a pretty small part of the whole movie. There is one scene where the main character gets very philosophical in class about the concept of questioning what one reads and it's relation to creating something holy, which is actually surprisingly thought provoking (although the setting in which it is presented again is pretty cliché).

If you're into the whole "growing up in college" thing, or if you just want something where no brain power is necessary, then you might have a few enjoyable hours with this one.