Movie Plots and Characters

Flashcards about the plots and characters of various movies.

Who is John Hammond?

CEO of InGen who created Jurassic Park.

Who is Alan Grant?

Paleontologist invited to Jurassic Park for safety certification.

Who is Ellie Sattler?

Paleobotanist who expressed uncertainty over the ability of humans and dinosaurs to coexist.

Who is Ian Malcolm?

Mathematician and chaos theorist in Jurassic Park.

What is the Jurassic Park plot?

Industrialist John Hammond created Jurassic Park, a theme park of de-extincted dinosaurs

Who is Dennis Nedry?

He deactivates park's security system to access embryo storage room and stores them inside a container disguised as a Barbasol shaving cream can.

Who is Lewis Dodgson?

A man working for Hammond's corporate rival, to steal frozen dinosaur embryos.

How did Nedry die?

He got lost in the rain, crashes his Jeep Wrangler, and is killed by a venom-spitting Dilophosaurus.

Who is Dr. Miles Bennell?

A psychiatrist, recounts the events leading up to his arrest and arrival at the hospital because of the pod people.

Who is Becky Driscoll?

Character in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Bennell's girlfriend that has just come back to town after settling a divorce

Who is Jack Belicec?

Character in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. A friend of Dr. Bennell who has found what appears to be a body in his home. It has no features or fingerprints, and starts to change, beginning to take on the features of Belicec.

Who is Jack's wife?

Theodora “Teddy” Belicec

What is the plot of Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

People are being replaced with copies emerging from pods while they sleep with copies

Who is the Terminator?

A cyborg assassin sent back in time to assassinate Sarah Connor.

Who is Sarah Connor?

The target of the Terminator.

Who is Kyle Reese?

Sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor.

What is Skynet?

Artificially intelligent defense network that triggers a global nuclear war.

What is the Terminator plot?

The Terminator is sent back in time to assassinate Sarah Connor, thereby preventing John's birth

Who is Thomas Anderson/Neo?

Hacker who looks for the truth about the Matrix.

Who is Trinity?

Human freed from the Matrix and crewmember of Nebuchadnezzar.

Who is Morpheus?

Human freed from the Matrix and captain of Nebuchadnezzar.

Who is Agent Smith?

Program of the Matrix to destroy Zion and prevent people from getting out.

Who is the Oracle?

Woman living in the Matrix to help the freed humans.

Why did Morpheus liberate Neo?

He liberated Neo because he believes him to be the One, a prophesied figure destined to dismantle the Matrix and liberate humanity.

What is The Matrix plot?

The computer programmer known as Neo delves into the mystery of the Matrix

What is the Matrix?

The Matrix is a simulated reality based on human civilization at its peak, designed to keep the subjugated humans oblivious and pacified.

What did Neo promised people in the matrix?

He promises to show the enslaved humans a world of limitless possibilities

Who is R.J. MacReady?

The helicopter pilot in The Thing.

Who is Blair?

Senior biologist in The Thing.

Who is Childs?

Chief mechanic in "The Thing."

What is The Thing about?

A monster than can perfectly imitate other life forms has come to the American research station

What is the Edge of Tomorrow plot?

A race of aliens arrives in Germany and swiftly conquers much of continental Europe, killing millions

Who is Major William Cage?

The main character that deals with the Re:ZERO death

Who is Sergeant Rita Vrataski?

Knows about Cage’s powers and assist him with stuff like training

Who is Master Sergeant Farell?

Introduces Cage to his group

What is The Day the Earth Stood Still about?

A humanoid in a spacesuit arrives to deliver a message to all world leaders

Who is Carpenter?

Was played by Klaatu; comes to Earth to warn humanity.

Who is Gort?

Alien robot bodyguard in The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Who is Helen Benson?

She helps carpenter escapes

What is the summary of Signs?

Dying worlds spoken to Merle use a baseball bat, everything is connected

Who is Graham Hess?

Father of Bo, Morgan; was a former priest; wife died 6 months prior

Who is Merrill Hess?

Younger brother of Graham; uncle of Bo and Morgan

Who is Caroline Paski?

Officer that had the phone call with Grahman

Who is Ray Reddy?

Responsible for the death of Graham’s wife

Who is Marty McFly?

A teenager who is transported to 1955 in a time machine

Who is Doc?

scientist who built a time machine

What is Back to the Future about?

Plot about teenager travels back to 1955 and ends up altering the course of his parents' relationship

What is the basic story of Cocoon?

When Atlantis sank, 20 aliens were left behind, kept alive in large rock-like cocoons at the bottom of the ocean

Who is Dallas?

Captain of Nostromo

Who is Ripley?

Warrant officer in Nostromo

What is Alien about?

The Nostromo crew encounters an alien creature that threatens their lives.

What is Planet of the Apes about?

Astronauts land on a planet where apes are the dominant species.

Who is George Taylor?

Protagonist who went to another planet with other crew members full of apes

Who is Dr. Cornelius?

Historian, archeologist, and scientist; fiance of zira

Who is Dr. Zira?

Specialized the study of humans and she was most interested in George Taylor

What is the story of Star Wars?

The Emperor kills the rebels, the galaxy may forever suffer

individual raised by uncle on Tatooine

Who is Luke Skywalker?

Who is Han Solo?

Smuggler and captain of Millenium Falcon

Who is Princess Leia Organa?

Principle of planet Alderaan, member of imperial senate, leader of Rebel Alliance

Who is C3PO?

Humanoid patrol droid

Who is R2-D2?

Astromech droid

Who is Chewbacca?

Han’s wookiee friend and co-pilot of Millenium Falcon

What is Arrival about?

Louise must learn the language of aliens to help prevent a war. The aliens reveal their goal is to teach the humans to "see" time as non-linear.

Who is Louise Banks?

Interested in the language of the hetropods

Who is Colonel GT Weber?

Hired Ian and Louise to discover why the hetropods landed

What is Minority Report about?

The Precrime program uses precognitive humans to prevent crimes before they happen, but the system is not infallible.

Who is Chief John Anderton?

Commanding officer of Precrime

Who is Lamar Burgess?

Director of precrime

Who is Danny Witwer?

Agent from Department of Justice