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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 1408 (2007) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 1408 (2007) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 1408 (2007)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007).

About the movie: A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		In the bar scene at the beginning of the movie, the U.S. Marshal crew is watching themselves on TV. The reporter throws it back to "Lester", better known now as NBCs Lester Holt who was at that time the anchor at Chicagos WBBM. Lester Holt was also in the The Fugitive, the movie that this is a sequel to.
b.		Film debut of Lee Majors who got the small role of playing Lucy Harbins (Joan Crawfords) husband in the flashback scene after his good friend Rock Hudson asked William Castle to please find a part for the then 23-year-old actor.
c.		The interiors for the hotel scene were filmed (mostly) at the famous Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, on the corner of 5th and Grand. This famous location has been used for hundreds of films, TV shows, commercials and even a few music videos. The three doors that the Ghostbusters walk through in the movie are actually located on the entrance on 5th St. The Grand Avenue entrance leads you to the main lobby, which used to be the hotel ballroom, as seen in the film. (The ceiling is a dead give away.) The rooms formerly solid walls have been replaced by glass doors (at the entrance) and archways. The reception desk is where the long banquet table was located in the film. To the right of that would have been the bar that Egon blasts. If you go into the bar to the right of the main lobby, there is a picture of the old ballroom on one of the walls, giving you a better perspective of what the room looked like in the early 80s.
d.		Kate Walsh was originally cast in this film, but was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the television show Greys Anatomy. She was replaced by Mary McCormack.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		At one point in the movie Mike wears a hat that says "Paranoia is total awareness". This is a nod to one of Stephen Kings favorite quotes, "Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness".
b.		Tromadu shots were filmed in the Playboy Mansion, and the black and white film clip of Tromadu was an homage to the opening scene of Citizen Kane.
c.		In the scene where the Rostovs invite Prince Andrei to go hunting with them, Jeremy Brett is the only actor never on a mechanical horse: in all his shots he is clearly on a live horse. Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Barry Jones and May Britt are all clearly on mechanical horses in their close shots.
d.		The censors demanded that Deborah Kerrs swimsuit should feature a skirt in its design so as to not be too sexually provocative.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		In 1982, Mickey Rooney was touted to going to be starring in this movie.
b.		Penny freezes whenever she gazes into Madame Medusas eyes. In the mythical legend, those who gazed into Medusas eyes turned to stone.
c.		While addressing his audience at the book signing, Mike says, "Stay scared." This is a phrase traditionally used by director George A. Romero, a friend of Stephen Kings. Romero has said this at numerous conventions and often uses it as part of his signature.
d.		This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		The axe the fireman uses to break down the hotel door at the end of the movie is the same axe that Jack Nicholson used in The Shining (both movies were also shot at the same studio - Elstree, in London)
b.		Producers originally wanted to set the film at The University of Chicago. School administrators declined, however, because of a scene toward the end of the movie where a professor places his hand on Elles leg. Filmmakers subsequently decided to have the story take place at Harvard University.
c.		Robert Stroud really should be known as the "Birdman of Leavenworth," since it was there that he kept his birds and did his research. He was not actually allowed any birds during his time at Alcatraz.
d.		No pencil tests were done on the film because of its low budget. The drawings went straight to the final product.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		When the clock starts counting down from 60:00, the movie ends exactly one hour later.
b.		One of Miss Biancas talents in the original novels was being able to charm dangerous animals like cats and dogs (she being a mouse), that element was added to the film in the form of the wise cat, Rufus.
c.		Ward Kimball nearly quit after his two main sequences (the dwarfs eating soup and building a bed for Snow White, respectively) were cut. Walt Disney convinced him to stay by giving him the character of Jiminy Cricket in the next feature, Pinocchio.
d.		The original 107-minute version with Scottish accents was completely withdrawn after the disastrous world premiere and did not resurface again until the 1980s.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		Hayley Atwell based her performance as Peggy Carter on Ginger Rogers: "She can do everything Captain America can do, but backwards and in high heels."
b.		Maysie Hoy who played the Chinese woman/spa employee was also an assistant editor on the film.
c.		Towards the beginning of his stay in room 1408, Mike mentions that "some smart-ass" once wrote about the banality of evil. The smart-ass in question is German political theorist and intellectual Hannah Arendt, who wrote about the banality of evil in her essay "Eichmann in Jerusalem."
d.		The prison scene was shot entirely at an apartment complex in Marrakech.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		One day, to mock Harold P. Warrens prima donna attitude to directing, one of the crew impersonated Erich von Stroheim, wearing a safari suit and barking out orders.
b.		Apart from Richard Aldrich, a certain amount of dramatic license was taken with the men in Gerties life. In the movie, her first, stage manager husband is called Jack Roper and is shown as not much older than her. In real life, his name was Frank Gordon-Howley and he was twenty years her senior. Her upper-class, Guardsman boyfriend was not called Sir Tony Spencer, but Captain Philip Astley; he later married Madeleine Carroll. And the Wall Street banker she met while on Broadway was named Bert Taylor, not Ben Mitchell as depicted here.
c.		A huge silk screen was used to mask the sun during the shoot in California to create a more misty atmosphere.
d.		In addition to the previous numbers adding up to 13, the hotel is mentioned to be at 2254 Lexington Street in New York City. 2254 adds up to 13.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		The crew reportedly ate the large sandwich that Pat Ryan lay on top of for his role as The Mayor.
b.		The two young couple that Luc reacts to at the Hoover Dam incident are actually the two young couple in the beginning in Vietnam
c.		There are many references to the number "13" throughout the movie. The room is numbered "1408", add each number together equals 13. The room is on the 14th floor, and the Hotel skips the 13th floor, so the room is technically on the 13th floor. The rooms key lock also has "6214" etched into it, which adds up to 13. And the first death was in the year 1912, which adds to 13. Even the films American release date sums to 13: June 22, 2007.
d.		One of the earliest of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		One of the first victims of the room was named "Grady." Grady was a character in "The Shining," Stephen Kings other horror story about a hotel.
b.		During "Grace"s first hypnosis session, she throws back her head and screams, "Somebody help me!" We see Roman yelling the same words as he holds his wifes dead body, again hinting at her true identity.
c.		According to Billy Wilder, Elizabeth Taylor was his first choice for the role of Irma but he didnt want to deal with the Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton affair going on at the time.
d.		The original play opened in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 6 June 1927.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1408 (2007)?
a.		There are 250,000 feathers on Chicken Little.
b.		The story this film was based on was almost never written. Stephen King originally created the first few pages of 1408 for his nonfiction book, "On Writing," as an example of how to revise a first draft. The story, however, intrigued him, and he wound up not only finishing a complete draft, but adapting it for an audio-book compilation of short stories.
c.		Graphics on the large NORAD war room screens were rendered in advance by an HP 9845C desktop computer running BASIC. In 1982 the 9845C was comprised of a base with built-in keyboard and a 14" color monitor that mounted on top. Cost of a 9845C was about $90,000 (inflation-adjusted) and the entire "desktop" computer weighed about 100 pounds. The computers resolution was not good enough to project on a large screen or to be filmed from directly, so a high-resolution monochromatic display was connected. The images were filmed from the display, one frame at a time, one color at a time, using filters for red, green, and blue. The process took about 1 minute per frame of film.
d.		Episode titles: 1. A Borrowed Life 2. Playing the Game 3. A Modern Daniel 4. A Desperate Dilemma 5. Double Crossed 6. The Crown Jewel Clue 7. A Demons Bluff 8. The Treasure Hunt 9. The Air Avenger 10. The Stolen Bride 11. A Choice of Death 12. Indian Vengeance 13. Mystery Mountain 14. When Thieves Fall Out 15. Cleaning the Bolt

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