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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Dirty Shame (2004) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Dirty Shame (2004) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Dirty Shame (2004)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004).

About the movie: An uptight, middle-aged, repressed woman turns into a sex addict after getting hit on the head, and she then falls into an underground subculture of sex addicts in suburban Baltimore.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004)?
a.		Brooke Shields was considered for the lead role.
b.		Phil Ochs, the folksinger-songwriter, was originally approached to write a theme song for the film. His song was rejected, though. Ochs had A&M Records issue it as a single anyway.
c.		The opening theme song, "Sylvia" by The David Raskin Orchestra, was originally the love theme of the soap opera Sylvia, starring Carroll Baker. A slightly different version, by the same ensemble: the "Dirty Shame" vocals are by the orchestras chorus, while the older films arrangement had Paul Anka as guest vocalist.
d.		Chapter Titles: 1. Andy Gets a Job 2. Andy Plays Hero 3. Andy Goes on the Stage 4. Andy, the Actor 5. Andy and the Hypnotist 6. Andy Plays Cupid 7. Andy Goes a-Pirating 8. Andy Has a Toothache 9. Andy Learns to Swim 10. Getting Andys Goat 11. Andy and the Redskins 12. Andy Falls in Love

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004)?
a.		Tom Cruise was considered for a role, but in the end, Idris Elba was cast.
b.		George Murcells last feature film.
c.		This was Susan Cabots final movie.
d.		The book David Hasselhoff reads near the end of the film, "Suicide In The Entertainment Industry" is a real book given to John Waters as a gift.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004)?
a.		Janus Blythe, who plays Ruby in the film, was originally auditioned for the role of Lynne Wood. Blythe however wanted the role of Ruby instead.
b.		The real Fr Junipero Serra was beatified (called "blessed") by the Catholic Church some years ago, which is the first step towards sainthood. He is now referred to as Blessed Junipero Serra.
c.		In order to play a part of a stripper with enlarged breasts, Selma Blair had to be fitted with a pair of prosthetic devices.
d.		This film is a remake of Thunderball, with some differences. Claudine Auger played "Domino" in the original movie, while Kim Basinger plays the character, now renamed "Domino Petachi". Adolfo Celi, played "Emilio Largo" in the original, while Klaus Maria Brandauer played the character in this film, now renamed "Maximillian Largo".

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004)?
a.		Local residents in Lakeview Terrace held a protest outside the Medical Center when it was dressed to be the Pescadero State Hospital for the Criminally Disordered. They quickly realized it was in fact only a film set.
b.		In the movie, the fictional Texas State University plays a football game against Southwest Texas State University, a real university located in San Marcos, TX. In 2003, Southwest Texas State University changed its name to Texas State University at San Marcos.
c.		Suzanne Shepherd first read the script while on a train to Baltimore. After discovering the films content, she became quite upset and did not want to do the film. It was only after meeting John Waters that she agreed to play Big Ethel.
d.		Lucille Ball, who appears in a bit part as a gawky American teenage tourist in Paris, eventually owned the RKO studio lot with husband Desi Arnaz, as their Desilu Productions facility.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004)?
a.		Despite its popularity, this film was unavailable in any form from 1973 until 2000 due to legal tangling between Irving Berlin (and later his estate) and MGM (later Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros). It was finally re-released in 2000 after the 1998 Broadway revival of the stage show with Bernadette Peters renewed interest in seeing this film again.
b.		The Harmonia Gardens sequence (where the song "Hello Dolly" is performed) took an entire month to shoot.
c.		When the MPAA were asked what would needed to be cut to obtain an R rating, they replied that if everything the MPAA objected to were to be removed, the movie would only be 10 minutes long.
d.		Steven Spielberg asked Tobe Hooper to direct E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial but he turned it down because he was busy on this movie. However Hooper and Spielberg would work together on Poltergeist.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004)?
a.		Only four sets needed to be built: Antonio Salieris hospital room, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts apartment, a staircase, and the vaudeville theater. All other locations were found locally.
b.		The scene where Sylvia changes her clothes in the back of the cab is based on a true story. John Waters once had to change clothes in the back of a cab on his way from an airport straight to a book signing.
c.		Due to a mistake in production and emulsion ordering, there were flashing glitches randomly throughout parts of the film. They were "hidden" by simply including sound effects, so the glitches became part of the computer worlds natural world!
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1954 with Gene Tierney reprising her film role.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004)?
a.		Most of the extras who were dressed as prisoners quit after the first day of filming. They were kept in a gated area next to an open sewer and had to ask guards to use the bathroom. Guards are used to ignoring prisoners, so they mostly ignored extras dressed as prisoners. They werent given enough water and lunch wasnt served until late in the day. Conditions slightly improved on the second day, but on the third and final day of filming at Folsom Prison there were about 25 of the 200 that showed up on the first day.
b.		According to John Waters, when he asked the MPAA what would need to be removed in order for the film to obtain an R rating, he was told "after a while, we just stopped taking notes."
c.		All of the photos in the house of Willards father, Martin Stiles, are of actor Bruce Davison, who played the part of Willard in the original movie (Willard).
d.		The medals presented to Rhodey and Stark at the end of the film are actual military medals: Rhodey is awarded a Meritorious Service Medal, and Stark is awarded the Armys Distinguished Service Medal.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Dirty Shame (2004)?
a.		This film was the subject of inquiry by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in October 1947. Testimony as to the distortions of Soviet life presented in the film was provided by Ayn Rand, screenwriter and author of "The Fountainhead" and Atlas Shrugged". Rand was born in Russia, but left in 1926.
b.		This is a lost film.
c.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 30, 1946 with Peggy Ann Garner, Allyn Joslyn and Barbara Whiting reprising their film roles.
d.		Paul Giamatti was originally meant to play Vaughn Stickles, but dropped out to play in Sideways.

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