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I've said this before, I think, on this site, but I avoid present tense. Purely personal, because I've found it too easy to make tense errors using present, in that past tense is usually required in parts of the story, as when a character is referring to a past event, for example. But that's just me. The only disadvantage of first-person past tense, IMO,  is that the reader will know the main character will survive whatever peril you put him in, or else he couldn't be doing the narration!

Tate has always had a terrible reputation. Not surprising its execs are in legal jeopardy.

Congrats to the winners!

You got it, Randy! Good job. And it was a good movie. Here are the answers to the quizx:
1. Laurence Olivier  Marathon Man  Novel of same name by William Goldman
2. Tommy Lee Jones  No Country for Old Men  Novel of same name by Cormac McCarthy
3. Rock Hudson  Ice Station Zebra  Novel of same name by Alistair MacLean
4. Roy Scheider  2010  Novel of same name by Arthur C. Clarke
5. Brad Pitt  Sleepers  Novel of same name by Lorenzo Carcaterra
6. Sylvester Stallone  First Blood  Novel of same name by David Morrell
7. Gene Hackman  The Poseidon Adventure  Novel of same name by Paul Gallico
8. Gregory Peck  The Guns of Navarone  Novel of same name by Alistair MacLean
9. Clint Eastwood  The Eiger Sanction  Novel of same name by Trevanian
10. Arnold Schwarzenegger  The Running Man  Novel of same name by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman)
11. Paul Newman  The Towering Inferno  From two novels: The Tower by Richard Martin Stern, and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia

Thanks to all the participants, and congratulations to Randall Krzak for getting the most answers to the quiz.

Nope. Not a short story. Here's a hint: Robert De Niro is also in the movie.

Dags, since this is a writing site, not a movie site, I expect - and encourage - you guys to look up the books the films were based on.

Randy, good effort. You were the first to get First Blood and The Eiger Sanction.

Janet, good try, but your #4 and #7 are wrong.

No one has gotten 4, 5, or 7.  Will post the answers on Monday.

Dags? You should know most of these answers.

Congrats on the website. I just left the first blog comment!

I assume the "Buy a book" button will work when the novels are available on Amazon.

Damn! I should have gotten #1. The 1945 movie version is one of my favorites. And I read #6, so should've gotten that one, too. Your best stumper so far, J.P.

Thanks, JP - big help. The Fight Club  Chuck Palahniuk  Tyler Durden

5. The Prestige  Christopher Priest  Robert Angier, Alfred Borden