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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Mighty Wind (2003) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Mighty Wind (2003) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003).
About the movie:
Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
When Paris is helping the citizens of Troy escape, he hands Priams sword to a young man named Aeneas and tells him that as long as the sword is in the hands of a son of Troy, the Trojans will survive. This is an obvious reference to Virgil aka
Publius Vergilius Maro
s epic poem, The Aeneid, which tells the story of a prince of Troy named Aeneas leading the survivors of Troy through a series of hardships before finally settling in Italy where his descendants where to found Rome 5 centuries later. However, Aeneas was the second greatest warrior the Trojans fielded during the war according to The Iliad, and was the son of Venus. These facts were also neglected in the movie and instead Aeneas was relegated to the role of a young boy. That boy should have been instead his son Julus, founder of the family of
Gaius Julius Caesar
.
b.
The climactic attack scenes were shot at the same Mexican studios used in the filming of
Titanic
.
c.
There is a character in the film named Damien Baylock. In The Omen, the satanic child is called Damien, while his evil nanny is called Mrs. Baylock.
d.
The moaning woman heard through Mitchs (
Eugene Levy
s) hotel-room wall was voiced by
Christopher Guest
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
In September 2003, much of the cast did a brief tour. They appeared in character, recreating the "reunion concert" as seen at the end of the film.
b.
Debut of
James Finlayson
.
c.
The clocks on the wall behind the reception counter at the hotel are all deliberately set to Eastern Standard Time for the cities of Boston, New York, Baltimore, Miami, and Philadelphia.
d.
James Gunn
: as another teacher at Starlas school
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
Real-life folk musician
Robyn Rosenkrantz
(of the popular duo
Bright Blue Gorilla
) appears as an uncredited extra.
b.
The computers used in the development of the film were four times faster than the ones used on
The Incredibles
and 1,000 times faster than the ones used on
Toy Story
.
c.
The original director was going to be
Norman Jewison
but he had to withdraw from the project due to outside pressure demanding that the subject be made by a black film-maker.
d.
Otto Brower
and
Osa Johnson
followed Stanleys path through Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda with their crew and returned with 100,000 feet of film for use in the safari sequences.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
The climactic football game takes up 47 minutes of running time.
b.
The entire "Dont call me, Babe" leitmotif of Barb Wire comes from the original advertising for the Barb Wire Dark Horse comic book, in which she said those words to differentiate herself from a buxom, slightly airy comic book heroine named Babe by
John Byrne
.
c.
The Folksmen was originally a sketch performed on
Saturday Night Live
during the 1984-85 season, when
Christopher Guest
and
Harry Shearer
were cast members and
Michael McKean
was the host.
d.
During the filming of the cemetery sequence, shot on two separate days, an unexpected accident caused a fast change of script. The car driven by Barbara and Johnny into the cemetery was actually owned by the mother of
Russell Streiner
. Unfortunately, sometime between the two filming sequences, someone ran into the car and put a dent in it that would easily be visible on camera.
George A. Romero
rewrote the scene so the car would come to a stop by crashing into a tree.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
In an early-90s, and again in late 90s/ early 2000s, Spinal Tap tour,
Michael McKean
,
Harry Shearer
and
Christopher Guest
opened for themselves as The Folksmen and were booed during the first act, as people did not know or cared that the two bands had the same musicians.
b.
When Jesse quotes
W.H. Auden
s poem "As I Walked out One Evening," he skips over one stanza about time watching from the shadows and coughing when one would kiss.
c.
The films prints are coming from a digital intermediate. This digital master has been digitally grain reduced from start to finish. As a result many moving textures (especially human skin) look smeared and very unnatural, like bad quality video watched on a slow LCD monitor.
d.
Sandra Endo
: real-life news reporter for New York 1.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
In addition to the four film cameras used to film the concert, a few TV cameras were used. They filmed the entire concert as it would have appeared on television.
b.
The entire movie was filmed in
Oren Peli
s own home.
c.
Terrence Malick
shot for 100 days in Australia, 24 in the Solomon Islands and three in the United States.
d.
After learning about the remake,
Andrew Bryniarski
(Leatherface) went up to producer
Michael Bay
at a Christmas party and personally asked him for the role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
According to an interview on NPR, a number of real folksingers from the 60s, including
Arlo Guthrie
, wanted to be in the movie, but the producers thought that would detract from the satire value and declined.
b.
The wedding scene was shot over a two day period, which required
Brittany Murphy
to cry the entire time. The first take was the one used in the film.
c.
Chicagos Northwest Armory, at 1551 North Kedzie Avenue, doubled as both New Yorks Audubon Ballroom backstage and Houstons induction center. The wall to the left as Malcolm X walks down the hallway moments before his death is the opposite side of the wall on the viewers right when seeing Ali on the drill floor refusing induction. The wall at the end of the hallway and the door through which X walks were constructed for the film, as was the trim around the supply room doors along the side. Unusual for films, the travel through the induction sequence accurately depicts the same buildings exterior and interior; the cars pull up in front of the armory on the Kedzie side, the actors walk through the Kedzie foyer, and onto the drill floor, consistent with the buildings actual layout. The drill floor was also featured in the video for
R. Kelly
s I Believe I Can Fly.
d.
The final scene is a tribute to the opening title sequence of
Star Trek
, and symbolizes the Enterprise crew finally coming together to carry out their destiny.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "The Shrike" by
Joseph A. Kramm
opened on January 15, 1952 at the Cort Theater, ran for 161 performances and won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1952.
b.
Mickeys new husband is a model train enthusiast with only one train. This is because when the filmmakers went to the home which supposedly contained an impressive train setup, all of the trains themselves were broken or otherwise unusable. The engine seen moving in the movie is being pulled by dental floss through "Crabbe Town".
c.
Night Fliers main character, Jesse was named after the character Jess in Bridge to Terabithia, which was
Sara St. Martin Lynne
s favorite childhood book.
d.
Editing was finished two weeks after filming.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
The story is based on true events. The real George Tweed died in 1989.
b.
The language spoken by the native characters, and by Juanita (
Dorothy Burgess
) when she addresses them directly, is Kreyol (also spelled Creole), the African-influenced dialect of French that is the common language of Haiti.
c.
All of the songs were written by
Eugene Levy
,
Christopher Guest
and other actors in the cast who also played all their own instruments.
d.
Finnish certificate # 71202 delivered on 12-2-1965.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Mighty Wind (2003)?
a.
This movie features a brief appearance by Demora Sulu, the only child of an original cast member depicted in any of the movies except for Kirks son David, who appeared in "Star Trek II" and "Star Trek III." Her presence on the bridge even prompts Kirk to comment, "When did Sulu find time for a family?"
b.
The first day of shooting was delayed due to the power company not supplying the apartment used for Marcus and Tashas (Kyle Lutz and Shan) residence.
c.
The New York stage version of "Mary Poppins" opened at the New Amsterdam Theater on November 16, 2006, has run for 1500 performances as of June 2010 and was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Musical.
d.
The cover of Mitch and Mickeys record "Meet Mitch and Mickey" is a reference to the cover of "Meet
The Beatles
".
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