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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 29 Reasons to Run (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 29 Reasons to Run (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: 29 Reasons to Run (2006).
About the movie:
Murphy's Law takes over when a slacker (Jack Paradise) runs out of couches to sleep on and decides to take a road trip to find his lost love...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 29 Reasons to Run (2006)?
a.
Singer
k.d. lang
was supposed to be in the film, but backed out due to her recording schedule.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 6, 1941 with
Ginger Rogers
reprising her film role.
c.
In its first film festival, "29 Reasons to Run" won BEST FEATURE at the 2006 Southern Fried Flicks Film Festival.
d.
This is the seventh collaboration between composer
James Newton Howard
and Director
M. Night Shyamalan
. This would mark the fourth longest relationship between director/film music composer in Hollywood at the current time.
John Williams
and
Steven Spielberg
at over 36 years, and
Alan Silvestri
and
Robert Zemeckis
and
Carter Burwell
and
Joel Coen
at 26 years, and
Danny Elfman
and
Tim Burton
at 14 years continuously however going on for 25 years with the exception of
Ed Wood
rank ahead of those director/composers who are still active.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 29 Reasons to Run (2006)?
a.
Richard C. Sarafian
: The portly man in the red hat, holding the fire-hose at the end of the film.
b.
In the original script, Harry Caul was the owner of the building in which he lived. There was a deleted scene where he had a meeting with the other tenants. One of the people there was Mrs. Evangelista. Now, we only know of her character when Caul speaks to her on the phone after she leaves him a birthday present.
c.
Was awarded BEST COMEDY FEATURE at the 2006 Gem City Film Festival; 3rd Festival, 3rd Win.
d.
The idea for this movie was spawned by Willis OBrien, who had done the special effects for
King Kong
. In the late 1950s, he tried to drum up interest in a sequel to be titled King Kong vs. Frankenstein. The Frankenstein would have been a giant monster created from different animals. Unable to find an American studio interested in the project, producer John Beck offered the idea to Toho who replaced Frankenstein with Godzilla.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 29 Reasons to Run (2006)?
a.
Because the chandelier scene is at the end of the film, as opposed to ending the first act as it does in the play, one of the lines in the song "Masquerade" had to be altered so that instead of referring to a "new chandelier" they talk of "friends that are here".
b.
"29" won BEST DOMESTIC FILM at the 2006 Foursite Film Festival, marking their 4th win in its first 4 festivals (April 2006).
c.
Producers
Andy Wachowski
and
Lana Wachowski
hired
J. Michael Straczynski
to completely rewrite the script six weeks before filming started, as they werent satisfied with
Matthew Sand
s original work. Straczynski finished the rewrite in 53 hours.
d.
The advertising slogan on the back of the coach that the band use reads: "Arkwright Travel - New York, London, Paris & Grimley - But mainly Grimley".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 29 Reasons to Run (2006)?
a.
Byron Barr took his characters name,
Gig Young
, as his screen name.
b.
The monkey raising his paw and saying (in his own language) "Heil Hitler" was thought up by
George Lucas
and is one of
Steven Spielberg
s two favorite scenes (in the video box set, he says his other favorite is the "where doesnt it hurt" love scene on the ship). In Empire magazine,
Frank Marshall
said that they got the monkey to do the Nazi salute by putting a grape on a fishing pole and getting the monkey to reach for the grape, which was dangling just out of camera range. This took about 50 takes before it actually looked like a Nazi salute. Voice-artist
Frank Welker
provided the chattering sounds for the monkey, including the "Seig Heil"-like chirp that the monkey gives when it raises its paw in salute. (Welker later provided similar monkey chatter for Abu, the spider monkey in Disneys
Aladdin
.)
c.
Cleopatras spectacular entrance into Rome was nearly scuppered when all the enthusiastic extras started shouting "Liz! Liz!" instead of "Cleopatra! Cleopatra!".
d.
The number "29" in the title is in reference to the writers favorite Baseball player, former Major League speedster Vince Coleman; #29 was also the number that Weeks wore during his high school baseball playing days, for the same reason.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 29 Reasons to Run (2006)?
a.
While Carlile is cleaning Bellas wounds after the party, when he burns the blood-soaked gauze, the gauze forms the shape of a heart.
b.
Won BEST FEATURE at the 2007 Beaufort Film Festival.
c.
When submitted to the Swedish censors in April 1981, with a running time of 85 minutes 31 seconds, the film was banned. Eight months later a heavily edited version was submitted, but the film was denied a certificate yet again, despite having suffered 3 minutes worth of cuts, running only 82 minutes 14 seconds.
d.
David Yates
is the first director since
Chris Columbus
to make more than one Harry Potter film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 29 Reasons to Run (2006)?
a.
Part Cherokee Indian,
Burt Reynolds
plays a Yaqui Indian in this movie. Prior to the making of this film, Reynolds had played characters of Indian descent in two productions of television series. The first was as the half-breed blacksmith Quint Asper in _"Gunsmoke (1955)"_ whilst the other was as the New York DAs office cop Detective Lieutenant John Hawk, a full blooded Iroquois Indian, in
Hawk
.
b.
Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina at the same time as
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
c.
Producer
Catherine Wyler
is the daughter of
William Wyler
, who directed the wartime documentary
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
, which this movie was based on.
d.
Won BEST ENSEMBLE CAST, BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, and BEST POSTER ART at the 2006 Bare Bones International Film Festival in April 2006. This made the film "5 for 5" (major wins in each of its first 5 film festivals).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 29 Reasons to Run (2006)?
a.
Adam Sandler
: A clown in the early bar scene.
b.
Arthur C. Clarke
wanted Dr.Chandra to be played by
Ben Kingsley
.
c.
Episode titles: 1. The Trap 2. The Waters of Death 3. Blown Skyward 4. The Drop to Death 5. Over the Precipice 6. On the Brink 7. In Mid-Air 8. A Fight for Life 9. Amid the Flames 10. The Human Bridge 11. In the Depths of the River 12. Hanged by the Neck 13. In the Lions Cage 14. A Life at Stake 15. The Missing Bride
d.
"29" was awarded The Gold Medal for Excellence as Directors Choice for BEST IMPACT OF MUSIC IN A FEATURE FILM at the 2006 Park City Film Music Festival, the films 2nd film fest and 2nd award.
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