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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Knight's Tale (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Knight's Tale (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 Knight's Tale (2001).
About the movie:
After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
Glenn Mitchell
s commentary on the Warner Home Video DVD states that the band backing
Ivie Anderson
s rendition of "All Gods Chillun Got Rhythm" was drawn from the
Duke Ellington Orchestra
, for whom Anderson was a vocalist at the time.
b.
John Sayles
wrote a semi-sequel to
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
called Night Skies, about a group of hostile aliens that come to Earth and lay siege to an isolated farmhouse where a terrified family has barricaded itself inside. Spielberg decided not to go ahead with the rather dark project, but a subplot about the relationship between the lone good alien and an autistic boy inspired him to redevelop the concept as E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial".
c.
Stellan Skarsgård
was originally cast in the role of Jeff, Selmas would-be boyfriend, but was unable to play a part as large as that due to a scheduling conflict (with
Aberdeen
). The part of Jeff went instead to
Peter Stormare
, and Skarsgård ended up playing the substantially smaller (only two scenes) role of Selmas eye doctor.
d.
The video version of the film, released prior to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, was recalled because it contained a
Spider-Man
preview that included a shot of the World Trade Center.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
Morgan Fairchild
and
Sissy Spacek
were both considered for the role of Jacy Farrow.
b.
The film was written on the set of
The One
with
Doug Hutchison
in mind for the title role.
c.
The film ends with "The Koo-koos" played in an ominous minor key. This is appropriate, since Stan and Ollie will share a cell with killer Nick Grainger.
d.
Paul Bettany
(Geoffrey Chaucer) developed laryngitis because of all the yelling he had to do as Williams herald.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
Robert Fuest
rewrote most of the original screenplay. Trout consulting the rabbi was one of the few sequences left from the original script.
b.
Two of the characters in the film, Peter The Pardoner and Simon The Summoner, are characters from
Geoffrey Chaucer
s work, "The Canterbury Tales".
c.
At 1:32 into the film,
Theresa Russell
is standing in front of a bookcase with a political sticker on it, "ONeill for Congress". Thomas "Tip" ONeill represented Massachusetts 8th and 11th districts for 34 years, retiring two years before the film premiered. (He was Speaker of the House from 77-87.) About 1 minute later, Burt Reynolds passes a campaign poster, "Flynn for Mayor." Raymond Flynn was Bostons mayor from 1984-93.
d.
One 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.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
The last foreign language film to date to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture (Japanese).
b.
last film of
Dame May Whitty
.
c.
Olivia Williams
made a brief appearance as Chaucers wife, but her scenes were deleted. They can be seen on the special edition DVD.
d.
All the actors sang live on set, with no lip syncing or dubbing.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
A medieval version of The London Eye (a large Ferris wheel) can be seen in the aerial shot of London. The shot is not computer generated but is of a model which cost $500,000.
b.
To create the sounds of the spectators during the pod race scene, sound designer
Ben Burtt
took a recorder to a San Francisco 49ers game and recorded the crowds reactions.
c.
Wisconsin is mentioned three times in the film. Executive Producer
Michael Wimer
(
Roland Emmerich
s friend and business partner) is from Neenah, Wisconsin.
d.
Ranked #10 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
Ironically two of this films stars,
Alan Ladd
and
Marie McDonald
are interred just feet from one another in the same alcove called the Sanctuary of Heritage of the Freedom Mausoleum at Forest Park Memorial Gardens in Glendlae, California.
b.
The alien costume would later be featured again in the film
Teenage Cave Man
.
Ross Sturlin
portrayed the monster in both films.
c.
The novel and its movie adaptation are loosely based on novelist
Jacqueline Susann
s experience as an actress from the late 1930s to the late 1950s.
d.
The actor playing the younger version of William has different colored eyes but
Brian Helgeland
didnt feel it would be fair to make the young actor wear contact lenses.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
The black leopard was named Dynamite. It was the same cat that
Val Lewton
used for
Cat People
.
b.
Billy Blanks
replaced
Olivier Gruner
as the star of the movie on short notice.
c.
Kevin Beattie stood in as an action double for
Michael Caine
during the football scenes whilst Paul Cooper did the same for
Sylvester Stallone
.
d.
Heath Ledger
knocked out one of director
Brian Helgeland
s front teeth with a broomstick when the two were demonstrating a jousting move. It was several months before Helgelands mouth had healed enough to repair the damage. He says it was the only jousting injury during filming.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
All of the dialogue for actor
Mike Henry
("Sgt. Kulozik") was dubbed. The actors slight Southern drawl did not fit in with the New York cop character he was playing.
b.
Plenty of effort was expended creating lances that would splinter convincingly without taking out the stunt riders as well. The body of each lance was scored so it would break easily, and the tips were made of balsa wood. Each was also hollowed out, and the hole filled with balsa chips and (obviously uncooked) linguini to make convincing splinters.
c.
Richard Crenna
s first movie.
d.
At one point, Crow quips, "Oh, PLEASE, let us get the Sci-Fi Channel, oh please, oh please, oh please!" At the time, the production company Best Brains was negotiating a deal to air on the Sci-Fi Channel.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
Debra Winger
was offered the role of Peggy Sue.
b.
"The
Hedda Hopper
Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1947 with
James Baskett
reprising his film role.
c.
Albert Finney
shaved his head to play Daddy Warbucks.
d.
Newsweek revealed in June 2001 that print ads for at least four movies released by Columbia Pictures, including this film and
The Animal
, contained glowing comments from a film reviewer who did not actually exist. The fake critic, "David Manning," was created by a Columbia employee who worked in the advertising department. "Manning" was misrepresented as a reviewer for a newspaper in a small Connecticut town.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Knight's Tale (2001)?
a.
The man eating spaghetti during one of the riot/fight scenes is also played by
John Belushi
.
b.
According to actor
Stacy Keach
, the studio initially opposed having his white character falling in love with a black woman, preferring a Hispanic or mulatto woman instead.
c.
When Chaucer first introduces "Sir Ulrich" in his speech, the crowd does not react at first because the Czech extras could not understand the speech.
Mark Addy
s loud prompt was what tipped them off to start cheering. This awkward moment was left in because it made the scene funnier.
d.
Donald Sutherland
was hit by a Volkswagen beetle while filming a shot of Matthew and Elizabeth running. He fell onto the windshield and was able to see the driver saying "Oh, my God! Not you!"
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