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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
About the movie:
Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
Finnish censorship visa # 050392.
b.
Vernon Wells
wasnt the original actor cast to play Bennett. He did audition for the role, but another actor got it. On the first day of filming however, director
Mark L. Lester
fired the other actor and hired Wells. This is the reason that Bennetts clothes seem so tight, because Wells was bigger than the original actor, and the production didnt have time to make a new costume. Over the years, a rumor has developed that Wells originally auditioned for the part of Matrix, but this is false.
c.
Except for "Hooray for Hollywood" at the beginning and at the end, all the music in this film is different arrangements of the theme tune.
d.
According to
Stanley Kubrick
biographer John Baxter, Kubrick decided to use the Sinar Front Projection system for the desert backdrops during the animal/ape scenes. This method was selected because rear projection of the desert scenes would have proved too murky for Super Panavision. The use of the Sinar system explains why in the scene where the leopard is sitting next to the dead zebra (in reality a painted dead horse) the leopards eyes glow a bright color. The Sinar system used glass transparencies as backdrops; however, the projectors necessary for this system were so hot that a draft or a breath could crack the glass. As a result, crew members were required to wear face masks, which started a long-persistent rumor that Kubrick had a paranoia of catching infections.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
This film was shot at MGMs Borehamwood Studios next door to where the TV series
The Prisoner
was being filmed. Prisoner star
Patrick McGoohan
borrowed some special effects footage of a starry sky for his episode "Chimes of Big Ben". This footage was not used in the broadcast version of the episode but is visible in an early edit that was later released on video.
b.
Both the opening and closing scenes image on an old worn wooden sign which reads: "COLDIRON, TEXAS SITE OF THE REPRISAL POPULATION 754"
c.
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
had played Macbeth on the stage and was well known for it. He also liked to have everything go his way. Sir Herbert did not see why the cameramen had to keep moving the camera around, interrupting his dialogue. Also, he insisted on speaking all his words of dialogue verbatim from the play. Often, when sufficient footage was taken, the film would be removed from the camera and the cameraman would continue to crank away while Sir Herbert continued with his lines. Apparently, he never knew that he was wrenching his performance to an empty camera.
d.
This film is edited entirely by cuts except in two instances. The first occurs when the jazz club scene dissolves to a shot of
Steve McQueen
lying in bed. The second occurs after the Dodge crashes into the gas station and burns, when the shot of the two dead villains dissolves to a scene at the police station.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
Barry Sonnenfeld
delivered the film to the studio $1 million under budget.
b.
All external space scenes and many sets are lifted from one of
Don Keith Opper
s earlier films,
Android
.
c.
Jack Albertson
was nominated for the 1973 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "The Sunshine Boys" for his portrayal of Willie Clark.
d.
Was voted the 26th Greatest Film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
Roseanne
,
Tom Arnold
: the childless couple.
b.
Charles Ruggles
was nominated for the 1959 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Drama for "The Pleasure of Your Company" and recreated his role in the movie version.
c.
In honor of the book and movie, NASA named a Mars orbiter: 2001 Mars Odyssey. This was not the first time NASA had a connotation with the film; the Apollo 13 command modules callsign was Odyssey during the ill-fated mission.
d.
The rubber-faced banjo player,
Freddy Morgan
, claimed in his later years that additional comic sequences featuring him were deleted from the movie at the insistence of
Buddy Hackett
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
It was rumored that
Billy Dee Williams
(Lando Calrissian) was bothered by the fact that there were no black people featured in the original
Star Wars
film. The story goes that Williams approached
George Lucas
and complained that the film had a complete dearth of African-American characters. Williams had touched on a long-standing debate in Hollywood about casting black actors in science-fiction movies. Lucas, unaware of this oversight, offered the role of Lando to Williams.
b.
Though decried by much of the NHL upon release - many league higher ups felt fans would lump the brawl-filled 1970s NHL with the brawl-filled minor league featured in the film - the movie is still a staple on NHL buses and team charters. Its not uncommon for NHL players born years after the movies release to name it as their favorite movie. In locker rooms, players refer to reporters who write an untrue rumor with conviction as "Dickie Dunn."
c.
The Narrator and Marla are both in attendance at a Sickle-Cell Disease support group. Every other member is of an African or Latin racial background. This disease primarily infects people of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern or South Asian background, hence a further statement on their need to "crash" these meetings.
d.
The phrase "See you next Wednesday" is heard for the first time during the scene in which Poole receives birthday greetings from his parents. The phrase would become a trademark of director
John Landis
who would use it in many of his movies.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
According to producer Jack Pollexfen, the original budget was set at $38.000 and it was ultimately brought in by Ulmer at $41,000.
b.
One scene which was cut from the final theatrical version but later shown in the TV version was shot in the cafeteria at one of Niles Easts two sister schools, Niles North.
c.
When Anakin is slaughtering the Tusken Raiders, Qui-Gons voice can be heard in the background. This is no accident. According to Star Wars canon, Qui-Gons Force-Ghost tried to stop Anakins rage, but failed.
d.
Magazine "poll" places won by this movie: In 2002, named by "Positif" (France) as #1 in both critics choice and readers choice of 50 best films in 1952-2002. In 2007, named by American Film Institute as #15 Greatest Movie of All Time, and #1 on AFI list of the 10 greatest "Sci-Fi" films, June 2008. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL," #78 (out of 100) of AFIs best movie quotes. "Dave, my mind is going, I can feel it," #82 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines," Premiere, 2007. A poster was #10 of 25 Best Movie Posters Ever, Premiere Magazine.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
Frank Poole and Dave Bowman watch themselves in a television interview on "BBC 12". This was a play on the fact that, at the time of production, there were only BBC channels 1 and 2. The presenter in this scene is
Kenneth Kendall
, the first newsreader seen on British TV in 1955.
b.
Kurt Russell was not the first choice to play Nick Frescia, it was producer Thom Mounts idea that hed be cast in the role.
c.
Writer/director
Shainee Gabel
adapted the screenplay from the previously unpublished novel "Off Magazine Street" by Ronald Everett Capps. Capps son, Grayson Capps, appears in the film and contributed six songs to its soundtrack.
d.
During the "Last Supper" scene, Maggot (
Telly Savalas
) is in the Judas position of the
Leonardo Da Vinci
painting, before betraying the team during its mission.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
The tenth of eleven films that
Elizabeth Taylor
and
Richard Burton
starred in together.
b.
Though the film takes place in London and Scotland, most of principal photography was done in South Africa. The last scene shot on the continent before moving to the UK was the lengthy car chase with the Bentley crashing through the bus.
c.
The entire film contains only 205 special effects shots, compared to 350 in
Star Wars
and over 2,200 such shots in
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
.
d.
John Farley
: The man in the speedo throughout the whole movie is
Chris Farley
s brother.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
When this movie was first released in Sweden, it was strangely named "Spindlarna" (which translates as The Spiders)
b.
The animal used in the "Dawn of Man" sequence, the one that looks like a black pig with a trunk, is a tapir.
c.
Steve Buscemi
was actually a New York City Firefighter before he became an actor.
d.
Eddie Cantor
appears as himself in the films final sequence with
Tony Martin
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #2911-2917
b.
A couple of Mercedes S-class were bought and utterly destroyed during filming.
c.
Some of the "Dawn of Man" African sequences used the sounds of wild cats, gorillas and chimpanzees originally recorded for the MGM film
Mogambo
. The sounds were authentic and actually recorded in locations throughout Africa during the making of "Mogambo" while it was being shot on location there.
d.
Based on
Oliver Stone
s personal experience during the war in Vietnam based on a screenplay he finished around 1976. Numerous studios passed on it until he finally got approval and starting filming in early 1986.
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