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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Beautiful Mind (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Beautiful Mind (2001) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001).
About the movie:
After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
In some Greek theaters, the title was translated to "Come in 60 Seconds".
b.
Jack Nicholson
wrote some of his own lines for the monologue Bobby says to his father.
c.
Nashs mutterings after he loses the board game (along the lines of "the game is flawed," "I had the first move, I should have won") are in reference to "Game Theory" - the economic theory that
John Nash
is probably most famous for.
d.
Keanu Reeves
was considered to play the part of Joe Nast.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
Robert Redford
was considered as director, but withdrew due to scheduling conflicts.
b.
Tuff Hedeman actually did ride an extra eight seconds in memory of Lane.
c.
Most of the extras on the beach panic scene were people who were just at the beach. When filming started most of them expressed interest in participating, ending up in the final film.
d.
One of the pictures of Dussander as during in the years of World War II was actually
Heinrich Himmler
but was digitally replaced with
Ian McKellen
s face.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
Jodie Foster
and
Jennifer Jason Leigh
were in talks to play Susie.
b.
The Harvard scene is actually filmed at Manhattan College.
c.
The movie was released ten years after
Sex and the City
first aired and four years after the series ended.
d.
Michael Sheen told "The A. V. Club" that this was first movie that he ever filmed, although it was released after a movie he shot subsequently.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
In the movie
Ed Wood
, the
Orson Welles
character complains to the Ed Wood character about administrative meddling in a directors artistic vision: "Im supposed to do a thriller with Universal, but they want
Charlton Heston
to play a Mexican," referring to this film (in reality, Hestons character was originally supposed to be white; it was Welles himself who changed it to a Mexican). Wood also tells Welles, "Ive even had producers re-cut my films," a significant issue, as it turned out, for Welles with this film.
b.
Jennifer Elise Cox
didnt receive a salary for recording the films voice-over narration.
c.
Tom Cruise
was considered to play
John Nash
.
d.
The film was rejected for cinema in the UK in November of 1970 by the British Board of Film Classification, but passed uncut 3 years later.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
The scene towards the end of the film where John Nash contemplates drinking tea is based on a true event when
Russell Crowe
met the real
John Nash
. He spent 15 minutes contemplating whether to drink tea or coffee.
b.
This was the last film in the Ma and Pa Kettle series and the final feature film for
Marjorie Main
.
c.
If you pay attention to Jerry Goldsmiths score, youll find that he uses a full orchestra with no electronic instruments when the action is outside of the city. When inside the city, his orchestra consists solely of strings, piano, and electronic instruments (though the "New Face" segment has some metal percussion instruments that are heard). The music at the beginning of the film during the credits does add the electronic instruments with the full orchestra though.
d.
The P.A. announcements in the opening scene are taken from Queensryches Operation: Mindcrime album.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000 (#09)
b.
The Nobel Prize ceremony was filmed in Prudential Hall at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ. The filming for that one scene, including set up, make up, etc, took over 8 hours. However, the scene in the lobby afterwards was filmed at another location.
c.
Steve Jablonsky
was assisted by his mentor
Hans Zimmer
in composing the musical score.
d.
The production moved to the Sonoma Community Center in the City of Sonoma for the high school scenes. It was always scheduled to be shot in the Healdsburg area.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
The peas in a pod are based on one of the Vegimals, stuffed toys resembling fruits and vegetables with faces, produced by Freemountain Toys in the late 1970s.
b.
The first film that
Tyler Perry
has directed but not starred in.
c.
A totally new song was written especially for this feature, "Then we are decided", where Annas and Caiaphas discuss the threat of Jesus and decide to take it up with the council. It was never used in any production again.
d.
The Pentagon office scene was filmed in the basement of Keating Hall on Fordham Universitys Bronx campus (the same room was used in the filming of the Georgetown University language lab scene in
The Exorcist
).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
Ava Gardner
was set to play Emily but dropped out due to ill heath.
b.
John Nash
visited the set, and
Russell Crowe
said later that he had been fascinated by the way he moved his hands, and he had tried to do the same thing in the movie.
c.
The story, written by
Chazz Palminteri
, is adapted from his autobiographical one-man play. His real name is Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri. When
Robert De Niro
offered to purchase the film rights, Palminteri refused to sell them unless he could write the screenplay and play the role of Sonny.
d.
This sequel is notable in the Death Wish movie series for having the biggest and most explosive finale of the five film franchise.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
In the breakfast scene near the beginning, the family is eating "Fu Man Chews" cereal.
b.
Shirley MacLaine
was not happy with the script, and thought even less of the film after it was finished, calling it "crude and clumsy". She was surprised to get a Best Actress Oscar nomination out of it, saying "I would have been nonplussed had I won it."
c.
Salma Hayek
was originally considered for the part of Alicia Larde because
Alicia Nash
is from El Salvador.
d.
According to
Norman Jewison
and
Haskell Wexler
on the DVD commentary, they originally wanted to use "Lil Red Ridin Hood" by
Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
in the movie, and this is the song Ralph Henshaw (
Anthony James
) was dancing to during filming. Unable to license Sam the Shams song, "Foul Owl on the Prowl" was substituted, composed by
Quincy Jones
and performed by Boomer & Travis (better known as
Owens Boomer Castleman
and
Michael Martin Murphey
).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Beautiful Mind (2001)?
a.
One of
John Nash
s sons plays the orderly on the right in the scene where Nash is being dragged down the hall.
b.
Second feature film of actress
Kelley Miles
, daughter of
Vera Miles
.
c.
Simon Pegg
and
Edgar Wright
spent 18 months writing the script.
d.
Erich von Stroheim
playing Field Marshall Erwin Rommel dictatorially insisted on garnishing his own military uniform and he got permission from the Paramount studio to design this costume as well as his hair & makeup. He studied photographs of Rommel and then made requests for specific equipment, clothing and props. These included authentic German field glasses, a whisk, and a 35mm Leica camera with actual film. These items were all fully functional, in working order and of the correct provenance. Stroheim maintained that his performance could be affected as an actor would know if the items he were wearing or using were not authentic. Director
Billy Wilder
queried him about the real film in the camera which wouldnt be seen by viewers with von Stroheim replying, "An audience always senses whether a prop is genuine or false." Rommel dressed casually and wore loose-fitting uniforms yet von Stroheim demanded that he wear "a uniform as it is supposed to be worn." Von Stroheim believed that Rommel never took off his cap in the desert sun and so did not have sunburn face make-up above his eyes.
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