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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Scanner Darkly (2006) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Scanner Darkly (2006) - 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 Scanner Darkly (2006).
About the movie:
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
Jack Black
s film debut.
b.
The filmmakers looked at 60 houses before settling on the one used for Arctors home.
c.
Jonny Lee Miller
and
Angelina Jolie
were married shortly after the making of the film, and then were divorced four years later.
d.
Charles Bronson
s street-fighter Chaney character is said to punch like the way a mule kicks.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
After the movie was shot, it was then edited and picture was locked before it arrived to the animators. Animators were in post-production for roughly a year and a half.
b.
The "Dixie Boy" truck stop was a set constructed 10 miles outside of Wilmington, North Carolina. It was convincing enough that several truckers tried to stop in, and eventually the producers had to put announcements in local papers saying that the "Dixie Boy" was just a movie set.
c.
After the premiere in El Paso, a middle-aged woman attacked
Harold P. Warren
with her purse. She was upset that the little girl, Debbie, becomes one of the masters wives at the end.
d.
The film was shot on a tight one month intensive schedule.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
When Arctor and Connie are about to have sex, there is a brief view of the clock/radio next to the bed. The clock shows the time as 4:20, a classic drug reference, fitting in with the theme of the film.
b.
Mosko Alkalai
filmed scenes as Avners (
Eric Bana
) father.
c.
According to director Herk Harvey one reel of footage for the film was unfortunately ruined during processing. Harvey said it was a long series of shots that was suppose to take place just before Mary sees the souls dancing in the ballroom. In the shots the ghouls were suppose to slowly appear from behind the rotting dock pylons out on the salt flats and slowly walk across the prairie to the ballroom, where they would begin to dance. Sadly the footage was overexposed during the processing and was lost from the film.
d.
Arthur C. Clarke
: sitting on a park bench in front of the White House, feeding the pigeons.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
At the end when Simon Templar is driving and listening to the radio news announcer state that $3 billion was donated to the American Red Cross and other charities, the reflection of sunlight in the windshield creates a halo around Simons head.
b.
The Red Pills known as Substance Death, a drug that alters a users reality, bear a striking resemblance to the Red Pills given to the character Douglas Quaid in the film
Total Recall
that, in this instance, are used to bring Quaid out of the Rekall Memory Implant-induced reality.
c.
Jackie Chan
was considered for the role of Wah Sing Su, but turned it down, because he chooses never to play the villain in a movie.
d.
The actual bar used for location in the film is called the "Horseshoe" and is on East Market and Pine Ave. in downtown Warren, Ohio.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
Jennifer Aniston
was never in Seattle during shooting of the film. Her face is never seen during the scenes depicting Seattle landmarks, a body double (who always faced away from the camera) was used instead.
b.
Lehi (named for a prophet described in the Book of Mormon) is the town where the Lehi Rollermills resides. The Lehi Rollermills is actually an old time grain house as depicted in the film and its still (2010) operating in Utah. The film is often considered Lehis claim to fame.
c.
Both the lodge number and Arctors house address are "709". This is a reference to the famed Austin satirical rock band "Uranium Savages", who use 709 as a "secret" number. All Uranium Savages fans are familiar with this and the director likely inserted the number as homage to the band.
d.
Fred Williamson
, who here plays Captain Dobey, has a shared screen history with
Bernie Hamilton
, the original Capt. Dobey in the
Starsky and Hutch
TV series. Both Williamson and Hamilton co-starred in the 1970s action features
Hammer
and
Bucktown
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
Originally the cast was to be a reunited
Richard Burton
,
Roger Moore
and Richard Harris (I) formerly of
The Wild Geese
, also by
Euan Lloyd
and
Andrew V. McLaglen
, with Burton playing the role of Lewis Pugh, which eventually went to
Gregory Peck
and Harris playing Bill Grice, which David Niven played. However, it was felt Harris was too young and Burton eventually refused (something he later allegedly regretted) Harris was still an option however, but was eventually vetoed by Peck, who wanted old
The Guns of Navarone
co-star David Niven on board.
b.
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.
c.
Director
Sam Mendes
storyboarded extensively, based on his plan to use three visual styles - a very formal style for the bulk of the film, augmented by a more graceful style for the fantasy scenes and a handheld look for the video footage.
d.
Philip K. Dick
s daughters gave director
Richard Linklater
their fathers personal copy of the novel "A Scanner Darkly" when he completed this movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
New rating in Finland: -11 (2001)/ Visa # 96718.
b.
The brand on the earphone of the woman in the surveillance room reads »Phil D.«.
c.
According to one biography,
Robin Williams
decided to test out the believability of his Mrs. Doubtfire character during filming by going, as Mrs. Doubtfire, into an adult bookstore and making a purchase. He was able to do so without being recognized.
d.
The cast of the movie includes U.S. representative
Bernie Sanders
of Vermont, Americas only independent congressman; also members of the band
Phish
, like
Jon Fishman
, who plays Ginger the "transvestite" drummer.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
When Jack offers the monkey to Tia Dalma, she opens the cage, setting the monkey free. The monkey then runs off and starts playing with a pair of boots that are attached to a leg (presumably Captain Barbossas).
b.
Around six different endings were created during filming.
c.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
d.
The brand on James wrist calculator reads »Philip«.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
The first draft of the script was 168 pages.
b.
A poster for the movie
Hackers
can be seen on the wall of one of the programmers Phil surveys in the day-care center.
c.
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.
d.
Alex Jones is a real life conspiracy theorist, who performed a cameo role in this movie as the "Street Prophet".
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Scanner Darkly (2006)?
a.
One scene takes place in from of a theatre where posters for
The Vampire Bat
are on display. "The Vampire Bat" was one of Majestics biggest hits, and remains the most widely seen of its existing films. It had gone into release about three months before the release of this film.
b.
According to director
Richard Linklater
, filming was completed in 23 days; the animation process took 18 months.
c.
This was Rankin-Bass first theatrical stop-motion "Animagic" feature film.
d.
At one point
Seth Green
was considered to play "Jay" in the movie-within-a-movie which Jay and Bob are trying to stop. This is an inside joke. Gramercy Pictures didnt want Jason Mewes to reprise his role as Jay in
Mallrats
, and, up until the first day of shooting, tried to replace him with Green.
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