In Random Hearts
1. In which other film does Kristin do an American accent? (Answer)
2.What other KST films involve crashes? (Answer)
3. How much cash does Kay ask for from her husband Cullen when she says she has money troubles? Which KST character from another film might be able to help her? (Answer)
4. What are Kay's and Cullen's professions, and why should we trust neither of them? What events later in the film does this foreshadow? What is Dutch's line of work, and which line of his puts him in conflict with Kay's and Cullen's professions? (Answer)
5. What is the name Internal Affairs employees give to the car Dutch usually drives? (Answer)
6. What is the nature of the first attack ad against Kay Chandler? (Answer)
7. When Kay's campaign manager, Carl Broman, asks whether she has any skeletons in her closet, any "slap and tickle," what does Kay say? (Answer)
8. What do Dutch and his wife Peyton do before she goes off to meet Cullen at the airport, and why does Dutch think their marriage is sound? How does this relate to the last secret Dutch uncovers? (Answer)
9. Where did Dutch's wife work? (Answer)
10. What does Kay say to her daughter on the phone when she wants to know more about a party her daughter may be attending, and which other KST film does this remind you of? (Answer)
11. What makes Dutch suspect his wife's infidelity? What does Dutch do after he gets home? (Answer)
12. After hearing about Brogan's shakedown of Kay's past, her friend Wendy says "What does your sex life have to do with saving ________ ________?" (Answer)
13. In which other KST films is there a funeral scene? In which other film does Kristin work with Peter Coyote? (Answer)
14. Kay's key line about her husband at the funeral is "We had so many great ________ , just not enough _______ ." (Answer)
15. Name at least two references to the 1942 film Random Harvest that appear in Random Hearts other than the similarity in titles? (Answer)
16. What is Kay's favorite drink in Random Hearts? (Answer)
17. What dance do Kay and Dutch watch at La Roca in Miami, where Cullen and Dutch's wife had reservations? (see dance cross-references under The English Patient) Why is Kay so confused when Dutch asks whether her husband liked Latin stuff? (Answer)
18. What is Dutch's response when Kay says that she has to keep the infidelity a secret and not pursue the personal investigation further? (Answer)
19. What happens after Dutch and Kay get back to Washington, D.C.? Which other KST films does this remind you of? What does Kay say after it happens? (Answer)
20. Name two fine examples of physical acting Kristin uses while leaving a message on Dutch's machine after their abortive romp in the car? Which other KST film might you think of involving her finger in another tense moment? (Answer)
21. What does Kay say at the end of her message when she thinks Dutch will not be picking up, and which other KST film involves a cryptic phone message on tape? Which other phone message later in the film is pivotal to the plot? (Answer)
22. When Dutch answers the phone, he knows that Kay is awake in the middle of the night and says "You miss a lot between 3 and 5?" to which Kay replies ________________ . (Answer)
23. Where does Dutch ask Kay to meet him when they cannot speak at the campaign rally? Which KST films involve elevators in some way? (Answer)
24. When Dutch begins undressing Kay at the cabin, Kay says "Nobody knows who I ______ anymore. Nobody knows how easily I can _______ this." (Answer)
25. When Kay is in bed with Dutch and says "I have to know something," what does she want to know and which other KST film does this make you think of? (Answer)
26. After they have had sex, Kay says "Are you ___________ . I'm ___________ ." (What are they _________ for?) (Answer)
27. Which is probably Kristin's most powerful line in the film, referring to her evolving self, as Kay and Dutch are sitting at the table in the cabin? (Answer)
28. What is name of the boat she would like to give Dutch, and what is the reference? (Answer)
29. When Kay is at the breaking point between grief over the past and hope for the future, she says "You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're _____________ ? Why don't they have one that tells you when you're ___________ ." (Answer)
30. When Wendy figures Kay knows that she was having an affair with Cullen and says she wants to remain friends with Kay so her own husband won't find out about the infidelity, Kay says "I can't keep _________ you so your husband won't know you've been __________ mine." (Answer)
31. When Kay and Dutch sit down for sandwiches at the track and she tells Dutch she's leaving, what physical gesture does she use and which other KST film do you think of? (Answer)
32. When Kay and Dutch accidentally meet at Cullen's hideaway, what is Kay doing and how does this relate to her profession? Similarly, when she does not want to involve her daughter in the campaign to improve the polls, Kay says "I may be losing what it takes to _______ ." How is she like Katharine Clifton? (Answer)
33. What does Kay say to Dutch at the lovers' nest when he is obsessed about finding more evidence? In which other films does Kristin deliver this same line? (Answer)
34. What happens to Dutch when Kay walks out on him at the apartment, and how does she handle the press questions that follow? (Answer)
35. When speaking with the press, how does she characterize her relationship with Dutch? How is Kay like Alice in Belle epoque and not at all like Katharine in The English Patient? (Answer)
36. Does Kay win the election? When Kay and Dutch meet at the airport later, Kay sums up Dutch as "____ __________ ________ ." Which other KST film does this remind us of? Do we think Kay and Dutch will meet again? (Answer)
