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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
About the movie:
A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
This is the only "Beverly Hills Cop" movie to not feature a song performed by
The Pointer Sisters
.
Beverly Hills Cop
had their song "Neutron Dance", and
Beverly Hills Cop II
had their song "Be There."
b.
John Saxon
was offered a cameo but was unable to fit it in his schedule.
c.
Excerpts from the film survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
d.
Sharon Stone
also auditioned for the role of
Vicki LaMotta
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
The computer that Scotty uses to show transparent aluminum was originally going to be an Amiga, but Commodore would only provide a computer if they bought it. Apple was willing to loan them the Mac.
b.
Most of the other kids names listed on the back of the preschool photo are of the films crew members: costumers
Sukari McGill
and
Lizzie Cook
, researcher
Nancy Lumb
, set production assistant
Carrie Bush
, art director
Craig Jackson
and graphic artist
Bret August Tanzer
.
c.
Darren Aronofsky
: [following] The camera follows Nina from behind when she leaves the subway and goes to the ballet studio.
d.
The film was shot at Azusa Pacific, Chapman University, UC Irvine, Orange Coast College, therefore Hamilton University is actually made up of several Southern California colleges.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
Jackie Earle Haley
scratched his corneas with the contact lenses he wore delaying production for a short time. He also had the whites of his eyes turn blood red for two weeks because of this.
b.
Burns tries to describe Bruce Baldwin, played by
Ralph Bellamy
. He ends up saying that he "looks like that film actor, Ralph Bellamy". See also
Arsenic and Old Lace
.
c.
Tim Curry
auditioned for the role of Judge Doom, but he gave a performance that
Robert Zemeckis
,
Steven Spielberg
,
Jeffrey Katzenberg
and
Michael Eisner
all found quite terrifying.
d.
Harry Gregson-Williams
was offered the job of scoring the film, but he had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
Johnny Depp
accompanied his friend
Jackie Earle Haley
to auditions for
A Nightmare on Elm Street
. Instead of Haley being chosen for a role, it was Depp who was spotted by director
Wes Craven
, who asked him if he would like to read for a part. Depp got a part in that film, Haley didnt, but Haley would go on to play Freddy in this remake 26 years later.
b.
Body count: 26
c.
Kevin Smith
s character Martan Ingram is a play on
Malcolm Ingram
, who directed
Drawing Flies
, which Smith produced.
d.
Terry Gilliam
, who was
J.K. Rowling
s personal choice to direct
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
, was approached to direct this film. However, Gilliam said, "Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
D.W. Griffith
invented false eyelashes for this film in 1916 because he wanted
Seena Owen
(who plays Attarea, the Princess Beloved, in the films Babylonian segment) with lashes luxurious enough to brush her cheeks when she blinked. In collaboration with a wigmaker, who did the actual fabricating, the solution Griffith is credited with involved weaving human hair through a fine strip of gauze, creating false eyelashes.
b.
It was while working on this film that
Alec Guinness
received the script for
Star Wars
. He read it between scenes in his dressing room.
c.
John Gielgud
previously played the role of Prospero in
Peter Greenaway
s film
Prosperos Books
. That makes this film actually the first of two in which
Helen Mirren
has succeeded Gielgud. They very next year, she appeared in Gielguds role in the remake
Arthur
.
d.
To provoke a response from the actors in the scene in "Freddys Cave", the photographs they found were Polaroids of little girls mixed with real Polaroids taken from medical surgeries.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
Dory Lane and Marlin Drive are intersecting streets in the Bay Area suburb of Redwood City, just across the bay from Pixars home.
b.
Adam Brody
auditioned for a role.
c.
Wes Craven
was reportedly not approached about this remake. He has however publicly spoken against it.
d.
Burt Reynolds
s Phil Potter character walks into a shower in this movie wearing his clothes, a scene evocative of the earlier movie,
Charade
. That movie was directed by
Stanley Donen
, who Reynolds worked with a few years prior to this picture, when he starred in
Lucky Lady
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
Antony Hoffman
s feature film debut.
b.
In the scene in which Susan writes from America, a picture of the Pevensies rests on the table before her. This is actually a candid behind the scenes shot of the four actors from
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
.
c.
The Freddy gloves were the most protected props on the set. Previous films had issues with the gloves being stolen. Most notorious was a glove was stolen from one of the films and appeared in
Evil Dead II
(see trivia for that film) hanging in a shed.
d.
Joaquin Phoenix
was rumored to play Clyde Tolson, but the rumors were denied.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
The casting of
Jackie Earle Haley
as Freddy originally started as a rumor. During multiple interviews, Jackie acknowledged the rumors, stating that he would enjoy playing the character. He was eventually cast as Freddy.
b.
While circling a passage in the notes,
Bruce Willis
does so with his right hand. Willis is actually left-handed; he learned how to write right-handed so that viewers wouldnt notice that his wedding band was no longer on his hand. Willis also draws the circle clockwise (like a left-handed person would), while most right-handed people would draw it counter-clockwise.
c.
Walter Mirisch
recalls that
John Huston
insisted on filming aboard an actual ship at sea. Stormy conditions caused the cast and crew to become sick, delaying production and running over budget at 4.5 million dollars. The film to this day has not repaid what it cost to produce.
d.
Betty Hutton
was fired and replaced by
Joan Caulfield
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
In the films second segment, "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", the film playing on Jordys television in the background is
A Star Is Born
, according to director George Romeros commentary on the UK special edition DVD.
b.
Kyle Gallner
suffered a cut to his abdomen when the glove
Jackie Earle Haley
had been wearing failed to bend back down, leaving one of the knives still extended.
c.
Robert Duvall
,
Frederic Forrest
, and
James Keane
all appeared in
Apocalypse Now
.
d.
The film only depicts sixteen of the novels thirty-four chapters and is set in 19th century instead of 1771-1801.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)?
a.
Dedicated to
Elliott Marks
, the Still Photographer, who died on the last day of principal photography.
b.
Nick Nolte
and
Jeff Bridges
were both approached to play ""Snake" Plissken", but were uninterested.
Kris Kristofferson
was considered as a possible candidate for the lead also, but was not approached due to the failure of
Heavens Gate
.
c.
Promotional material for this movie was shipped with under the title "Back Scratch".
d.
On the Bonus Features DVD,
John Rhys-Davies
talks about how when he auditioned for the role of Sallah, he was concerned since the script originally described Sallah as a "5-foot-2, skinny, Egyptian digger".
Steven Spielberg
mentioned that when he first heard Rhys-Davies speak, he reminded him of the Shakespearean character Falstaff. Spielberg then told Rhys-Davies that for his performance as Sallah, to combine his earlier role as "Vasco Rodrigues" from the miniseries
Shogun
with the character of Falstaff.
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