{"id":2076,"date":"2008-07-11T10:16:28","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T10:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/07\/this-weeks-summer-movie-trivia.html"},"modified":"2008-07-11T10:16:28","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T10:16:28","slug":"this-weeks-summer-movie-trivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/07\/this-weeks-summer-movie-trivia.html","title":{"rendered":"This Week’s Summer Movie Trivia Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday I posted the Idol Chatter movie trivia question for the week: How many Oscar winners have played angels on the big screen?
\nThe answer is a little tricky because several actors have played angels and also have received Oscar nominations– but they didn’t win. Likewise, actresses like Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson have won Oscars and<\/em> portrayed angels, but it was on television (“Angels In America”). (On the other hand, I had no idea Jessica Lange played an angel in “All That Jazz” until I researched this question!)
\nAnd then there was the twist that I didn’t think of at first: certain actors have played angels and won Oscars– but NOT as actors. That means they still counted on my list. (However, I didn’t consider every single character who appears in a movie after they are dead. To be a bonafide angel, they had to be specifically written into the story as an angel to count.)
\nNow, with all of those disclaimers aside, here’s the ( now amended with the help of an IC reader) answer:<\/p>\n


\n(Note that interestingly enough Denzel, Nicolas, and Warren all played angels in movies that were remakes.)
\nThe ten Oscar winners who have played angels are as follows::
\n Nicolas Cage<\/strong>: “City of Angels”
\nWarren Beatty <\/strong>: “Heaven Can Wait”
\nRobert Montgomery <\/strong>:: “Here Comes Mr. Jordan”
\nJessica Lange<\/strong>: ” All That Jazz”
\nAudrey Hepburn <\/strong>: “Always”
\nRuchard Dreyfuss <\/strong>: ‘ Always”
\nBen Affleck <\/strong>: “Dogma”
\nMatt Damon <\/strong>: ” Dogma”
\nCary Grant <\/strong>– “The Bishop’s Wife ”
\nDenzel Washington <\/strong>: “The Preacher’s Wife”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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