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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Single Man (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Single Man (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009).
About the movie:
A story that centers on an English professor who, one year after the sudden death of his partner, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960's Los Angeles.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
Final film of
John Doucette
.
b.
Ranked ninth on Premiere Magazines "20 Most Overrated Movies of All Time".
c.
Original title: "Ivy" and "Our House".
d.
In the original novel, George is only known by his first name. The original screenplay gives him a full name: George Carlyle Falconer. "Carlyle" is also director Tom Fords middle name while "Falconer" is both the surname of Fords first lover - illustrator Ian Falconer - and the name of a brand of sunglasses Fords company makes.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
Initially, the Indiana Student Foundation promised director
Peter Yates
20,000 student extras for the final race scenes. Unfortunately, only 3,000 showed up, causing Yates to change his camera angles.
b.
The man driving the jeep that Marty hangs on to at the beginning of the movie is stunt coordinator
Walter Scott
.
c.
The film was shot in just 21 days.
d.
In an interview with the Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
Zachary Quinto
mentioned that he had heard of the reboot of Star Trek and was extremely keen to play the part of Spock. The article was widely circulated and came to the attention of
J.J. Abrams
who was very interested in talking to the actor. For his audition, Quinto wore a blue shirt and flattened down his hair.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #4032,
Billie Dove
speaks to the audience about the picture.
b.
Tom Ford
revealed in an interview that the role of Kenny was originally given to a more famous actor (an article with E! Online states the original casting choice was
Jamie Bell
) who then didnt show up to the costume fitting five days prior to shooting. Ford then remembered an audition tape by
Nicholas Hoult
.
c.
There is only one woman who has a speaking role in the movie: the child protection agent played by
Lorna Raver
. Her role is shorter than 4 minutes.
Elizabeth Rivera
has a non-speaking role.
d.
Hugh Jackman
recommended
Gavin Hood
as director, noting parallels between Logan and the hero of Hoods previous film,
Tsotsi
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
First film of Robert Ames.
b.
United Artists was reluctant to give first-time director Rob Cohen the privilege of directing this film because he was mostly known for producing. Rob Cohen pressed the already hard-pressed studio, the studio heads deliberated for six weeks and Rob Cohen was ultimately given the job. There was one condition: Cohen needed a back-up director in the event that he would be fired from directing. Arthur Hiller agreed to step up in the event that this happened. Luckily for Cohen, it never did happen.
c.
Joan Crawford
took sick and was hospitalized as filming began so scenes were shot around her, but when it became evident that she would have to be replaced, her role was offered to
Katharine Hepburn
and
Vivien Leigh
. Hepburn didnt return the studios call, while Leigh declined, saying, "No, thank you. I can just about stand looking at
Joan Crawford
s face at six oclock in the morning, but not
Bette Davis
."
d.
Colin Firth
was originally not available for the role and someone else was cast. Then there was a shift in the movie schedule and Firth was eventually able to take the part.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
Additional patrons of Musso & Frank restaurant were:
Rudolph Valentino
,
Edward G. Robinson
,
Jean Harlow
,
Claudette Colbert
,
F. Scott Fitzgerald
,
Lana Turner
,
Joan Fontaine
,
Greta Garbo
,
John Huston
,and the Rolling Stones. Known for having the best martini.
b.
The last-minute screenplay change from Pearl Harbor to the Panama Canal was not implausible. Until the mid 1930s US military exercises concentrated on defending the Panama Canal from air, amphibious & small craft attack and were extensively covered by the press.
c.
This film was presumed lost but now exists in a major American archive.
d.
Tom Ford
financed the film himself.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
Victoria Silvstedt
auditioned for a role.
b.
According to producer James Nicholson, Roger Cormans contract called for four films at a budget of $100,000 each. By the time it came to "The Beast with a Million Eyes," the forth film in the series, there was only $29,000 to $30,000 left, so Nicholson signed off on shooting the picture non-union in Palm Springs.
c.
The sprawling $350,000 Rue Casanova set took three months to build and included 48 buildings and three converging streets.
d.
The film they watch at DMXs house is
Gummo
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
The original Broadway show starred Roger Pryor as Alvin Roberts. In the film version, Isabel Jewell (in her film debut as Dorothy Lane), Allen Jenkins (as Frankie Wells) and Milton Wallace (as Joe Moskowitz) all recreated the roles they created on the stage.
b.
Entire story had been filmed as a silent, minus a soundtrack, by
Howard Hughes
in 1928.
Greta Nissen
had the role played later by
Jean Harlow
. When sound equipment became available Hughes decided to re-shoot the whole film as a talkie.
c.
Stanley Tucci
was cast to play the Biblical character Noah. After
Evan Almighty
failed at the box-office, Noah was cut from the film.
d.
Tom Ford
explained in a Fresh Air interview that he created a back story for Georges suit based on the George character. He decided that George would have had his suit custom made on Saville Row on a trip home to England, which informed its cut and color. He also decided that, since old-school British people of wealth tend to be thrifty with clothing, that his suit was a few years old. Ford even went as far as putting a label on the inside of the suit with his name and the date that it was made for him (1957).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
Don Bachardy
, the long-time partner of Christopher Isherwood (on whose novel this film is based) makes a cameo appearance. According to Tom Ford, in a December 14 2009 interview with
Terry Gross
, Bachardy was a huge help all through the writing of the film and, in the scene, is wearing a pair of lucky red socks that belonged to Isherwood.
b.
The film has a stage play version by the same name! In it the leading role is shared between two sisters, Mary and Josephine.
c.
When Mae and Jerry are in the movies, Mae tells him "this is where we came in" and they walk out. It was common in the 1950s for viewers to walk in during a picture, watch it till the end and then wait for the picture to play again and leave when it gets to the part they came into the theater.
d.
Some of
Jon Brion
s score is composed on a giant Wurlitzer organ. One of Brions friends has one so the composer would visit him at his home for the recording sessions.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
Bruce Robinson
wrote the script for the sole purpose of actually getting a formula commercial film made so he might have the leverage to make other projects. The films box office failure prevented that.
b.
Despite having produced many movies, this is the first time
Chris Weitz
has worked as a producer on a feature film, without his brother
Paul Weitz
s involvement.
c.
All the scenes which take place on the apartments balcony were actually shot on the Penthouse unit above the actual apartment where the rest of the movie was shot.
d.
When Forrest gets up to talk at the Vietnam rally in Washington, the microphone plug is pulled and you cannot hear him. According to
Tom Hanks
, he says, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they dont go home at all. Thats a bad thing. Thats all I have to say about that."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Man (2009)?
a.
Tom Ford
s directorial debut.
b.
The log cabins built for this film were moved to Rustic Canyon in Pacific Palisades, CA. At this writing (January 2001), the largest--once owned by
Daryl Hannah
--is the center of some controversy over whether it should be demolished, as it has seriously deteriorated. The other two are still being used as residences.
c.
The estate of Louis (
Brad Pitt
) in the beginning of the film was the historic Oak Alley Plantation located on the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana, which is near New Orleans. The plantations "guest book" is on display and was signed by Pitt and
Tom Cruise
.
d.
In the movie, Mr. Deeds couldnt find a word to rhyme with "Budington". This is the writers middle name (Writers:
Clarence Budington Kelland
(story)).
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