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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Single Woman (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Single Woman (2008) Quiz
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About the movie:
A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Woman (2008)?
a.
The brown Fedora worn by
Henry Fonda
belonged to
Spencer Tracy
and was given to
Henry Fonda
by
Katharine Hepburn
on the first day on the set.
Henry Fonda
, overwhelmed with the gesture, painted a still life watercolor of the three hats he wore in the film and gave the original to
Katharine Hepburn
as a gift. He had 200 lithographs made of the painting and sent one to every person who worked on the film. Each copy was numbered and personally signed by Fonda thanking each person by name. In her autobiography, Hepburn wrote that she gave the painting to screenwriter
Ernest Thompson
. After Fondas death, she found the painting to be a sad reminder of him and
Spencer Tracy
.
b.
Diane Keaton
s real name is Diane Hall and her nickname is Annie.
c.
The rare record that Barry refuses to sell the nerdy collector is stated to be a French LP pressing of Captain Beefheart/
Don Van Vliet
s Safe as Milk. This Buddha-label edition is considered rare for its high quality mix and is easily identified by a promotional cover featuring the band playing live on a beach. However, the cover shown is clearly the original, more familiar sleeve with the fisheye portrait.
d.
The film had its New York premiere at the National Arts Club.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Woman (2008)?
a.
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.
b.
A Single Womans first public screening was for members and staff of the United States Congress in the Capitol Building in Washington DC.
c.
Three deleted musical numbers survive in pristine condition: "Some Sunny Day" sung by
Don Ameche
, "In My Harem" sung by
Jack Haley
, with
Wally Vernon
and
Chick Chandler
and "Marching Along With Time" sung by
Ethel Merman
; all three numbers are included as special features in the DVD release.
d.
This films plot is similar to
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
, in which 15-year-old
Betty Grable
showed up briefly as a hatcheck girl, and also to
Moon Over Miami
, one of Miss Grables most popular Technicolor vehicles.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Woman (2008)?
a.
When Vince is getting directions to meet the general, the streets include "United Fruit Boulevard," a reference to the U.S. Company that historically dominated much of Central America and gave rise to the expression "a banana republic."
b.
This was
Steven Seagal
s last film to be given a theatrical release until the upcoming
Machete
. All of his other films in between were released directly to video.
c.
The United Nations held a screening for their Office of Disarmament Affairs.
d.
At the beginning of the movie we hear a female voice say "Unit 2-11 officer needs assistance..." over a police radio. Near the end of the film we can hear that same sentence said over another police radio but in a different voice.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Woman (2008)?
a.
Film debut of
Diahann Carroll
,
b.
"Summertime" was an adaptation of the Broadway play "The Time of the Cuckoo" by
Arthur Laurents
. The stage production starred
Shirley Booth
and opened on Oct. 15, 1952 at the Empire Theatre in New York and ran for 263 performances.
c.
Winner of the 2009 Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Womens Political Caucus.
d.
Maguires crime scene photography work is based on
Arthur Weegee Fellig
, a famous crime-scene photographer in the 1920s and 1930s who was licensed to possess a "scanner" radio that allowed him to listen to frequencies used by the police and fire departments. This enabled him to arrive (by car) at crime and fire scenes, sometimes before the authorities did, as if informed by telepathic powers, to which his nickname, a corruption of "Ouija", alludes. He sold his photos to the tabloid newspapers. The photos in Maguires apartment are real 1930s crime scene photos, some of which were taken by Weegee himself.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Woman (2008)?
a.
Sandra Bullock
revealed in an Entertainment Weekly interview that the title house had running water but no toilets.
b.
During the scene where
Michael Ironside
s character falls into the hole and gets his legs bitten off,
Dina Meyer
hit her head, was knocked unconscious, and suffered a concussion.
c.
A Single Woman was an official selection of the inaugural The Womens International Film and TV Showcase 2008.
d.
The movies line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." was voted as the #12 movie quote by the American Film Institute, and as the #45 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Single Woman (2008)?
a.
Yaphet Kotto
was offered the role of Lando Calrissian, but turned it down because he believed he would be killed off and it would be difficult for him to find work after that.
b.
The Smithsonian Institution screened the film as part of their major Exhibition "Women of Our Time" at the National Portrait Gallery.
c.
James Cameron
: [vents] Chase scene through the vents.
d.
"Feeding the birds" at Saint Pauls Cathedral, seen as a charitable act of kindness in the film, became forbidden by law in the 21st century, having resulted in excessive defecation from the expanding avian population.
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