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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Life Less Ordinary (1997) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Life Less Ordinary (1997) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Life Less Ordinary (1997).
About the movie:
Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss' daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Life Less Ordinary (1997)?
a.
Although the film was shown at the Venice Film Festival and had an official release in the UK in 2006, the movie was not released in the US for years. This was mainly due to the fact that MGM was bought by a consortium headed by Sony in 2005, which led to a legal mess of whom, either MGM or Sony has the rights to the movie. In August 2007 director
John Turturro
decided to distribute the movie with his own money.
b.
Actor
Sidney Poitier
gave up his usual salary and agreed to do the film for a smaller amount and a percentage of the profits. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his efforts.
c.
When Longstreet is being killed, Vulnavia plays "Close Your Eyes".
d.
Both
Holly Hunter
and
Ewan McGregor
play the French horn.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Life Less Ordinary (1997)?
a.
Film debut (as uncredited infant) of
Bruce Lee
.
b.
The author of the romantic novel read by Celine and OReilly is Jennifer Hodge. This is the name of the wife of writer
John Hodge
.
c.
Real air-traffic controllers were used in the opening sequence. The synthesizer technician/performer was the actual engineer sent by ARP Instruments to install the synthesizer equipment (ARP 2500) on the set.
Steven Spielberg
watched his expert playing of the equipment and immediately cast him for the role. The name of the ARP engineer is
Philip Dodds
and he is actually mentioned in the credits.
d.
The sterns of the larger ships in the harbor at the beginning of the film are first rate ships of the line that are similar to the HMS Victory. The producers tried to make these scenes as accurate as possible and it shows.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Life Less Ordinary (1997)?
a.
The film contains the largest number of costume changes by one performer (50) in any silent film. Coincidentally, the largest number of costume changes by a single performer in any film was
Elizabeth Taylor
s 65 in
Cleopatra
.
b.
Many devotees of the Broadway show were annoyed that
Zero Mostel
(who originated the role so famously on the Broadway stage) was not cast as Tevye in this film. The filmmakers decided that the film needed to be more authentic so a more "believeable" actor was hired.
c.
Ian Holm
and
Maury Chaykin
also co-starred in
The Sweet Hereafter
, in both movies they had only one scene together.
d.
The studio lot shown in Bolt is a recreation of the Riverside Dr entrance to the Disney Studio lot in Burbank, California.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Life Less Ordinary (1997)?
a.
The screwball comedy nature of this movie evokes
Alfred Hitchcock
s earlier picture
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
.
b.
William Baldwin
works in this film with director
Phillip Noyce
. The previous year, Noyce had directed
Patriot Games
, in which
Harrison Ford
played the lead role because Williams brother,
Alec Baldwin
declined to return to his role from
The Hunt for Red October
.
c.
Early on, the plot was based on a group of activists who liberate the animals from their cages.
d.
The gas station attendant is whistling the techno song that played over the previous scene (when Robert confronts Neville and kidnaps Celine).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Life Less Ordinary (1997)?
a.
In some areas, release prints were delivered to theaters with fake titles: "Flower" and "Jocks".
b.
The entire set consisted of two apartments.
c.
The filmmakers hired a California-based DVD distributor to produce a limited run of promotional screeners. The firm immediately backed out upon seeing the film, citing their refusal to produce DVDs depicting actual crimes as their reason. This misunderstanding was later resolved.
d.
The scene where Robert almost hits OReilly who is laying in the road, was shot backwards and then reversed in post production.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Life Less Ordinary (1997)?
a.
Seven musicals won the Pulitzer Prize in drama during the twentieth century--one per decade from the 1930s to the 1990s. They are as follows: "Of Thee I Sing" from the 1930s, "South Pacific" from the 1940s, "Fiorello" from the 1950s, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" from the 1960s, "A Chorus Line" from the 1970s, "Sunday in the Park with George" from the 1980s, and "Rent" from the 1990s. "Next to Normal" (2010) was the first musical to win a Pulitzer in the twenty-first century.
b.
In
Harry Bates
short story Farewell to the Master, upon which the movie is based, the last line revealed a dramatically different angle. It reads: "You misunderstand, the mighty robot had said. I am the master."
c.
Chapter Titles: 1.The Mysterious Trunk. 2.The Inner Circle. 3.The Tower of Danger. 4.Between Two Fires. 5.Double Crossed. 6.The Eagles Nest. 7.Troubled Waters. 8.Danger Trails. 9.The Perilous Path. 10.Outlawed. 11.The Fatal Diamond. 12.the Secret Order. 13.The Surprise Attack. 14.The Secret of Regina Island. 15.The Hidden Treasure.
d.
The overhead shot when Robert is pulling the bag of money along the road with rope is computer generated.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Life Less Ordinary (1997)?
a.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 10 seconds
b.
The filmmakers placed flyers around Cannes for the film festival that were "Missing" posters, stating that the cast was missing. All the flyers were taken down by the next day. It turns out that a television executive had been kidnapped just prior, and they were taken down out of respect. The executive was since recovered safely.
c.
Ida Lupino
hired
Sam Peckinpah
to work on her series
Mr. Adams and Eve
after she found him living in a shack behind her property. He paid her back by casting her in this film some years later.
d.
Starting with issue 1063 publishing date 7-oct-1997, the UK comic 2000AD printed an eight-part, 48-page, drawn strip adaptation of the movie. Scripted by David Bishop and drawn by Steve Yeowell, it met with a mixed reception from readers. First cover is posted under miscellaneous URLs.
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