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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Absolute Power (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Absolute Power (1997)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997).

About the movie: A career thief witnesses a horrific crime involving the U.S. President.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		Cast members Alan Bates and Derek Jacobi share two roles with each other: Hamlet, and his uncle, Claudius.
b.		After judging The Carpenters on a talent show, John Wayne had Karen Carpenter read for the part of Mattie. The producers went with Kim Darby, who had acting experience; however, Wayne did not like working with her, because he felt she was unprofessional on the set.
c.		The team that scores a touchdown in the game that Clint Eastwood watches is James Madison University.
d.		PCA director Joseph Breen objected to the robbery scene details which were against the production code. Specifically, he listed "no flash of a mans face contorted with agony, no showing of a woman lying on the sidewalk, no hurling of bombs, no cop lying on the street, his face contorted with pain, no truck crushing out the life of a cop, no terrible screaming, no shots of bodies lying around, no figure of a little girl huddled in death, no shrieks." The print received by the PCA ran 100 minutes, and it is clear from the released print that some of these items and other scenes were cut, and the PCA finally gave it an approved certificate.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		American film debut of Greta Garbo.
b.		Scenes featuring Michael Berryman as the Skull Cowboy were cut.
c.		Gene Hackman plays the President of the United States and E.G. Marshall co-stars. In Superman II, Marshall played the President and Hackman co-starred.
d.		Rigby Reardon tells Lana Turner he left her sitting at a counter at Schwabs. Turner is rumored to have been discovered sitting at the counter in a Schwabs drugstore.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		The house in the beginning of the film is actually a real castle in Brooklandville, Maryland. It belongs to Maryvale Preparatory school. Classes are held inside, as well as some administration and offices. The carpet and the painting seen hanging were left in the Castle after filming was finished.
b.		Ten percent of the movies opening weekend gross was donated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
c.		After the huge success of Down Argentine Way, a part was quickly written into this movie for Betty Grable.
d.		WILHELM SCREAM: The film revived and re-popularized the "Wilhelm Scream" sound effect, first used in Distant Drums.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		When Meatwad turns into the office building, Billywitchdoctor.com can be seen at the entrance to the Steel Python.
b.		Prints of this film survive in the Library of congress.
c.		The scene where the salesman (Ray Atherton has the TV smashed over his head was filmed in reverse with Michael Rooker pulling the prop TV away from Athertons head.
d.		This adaptation of David Baldaccis novel omits the novels hero: Jack Graham, a lawyer and good friend of both Luther and Kate Whitney. In the novel, he outlives Luther and carries on the battle to clear Luthers name of the murder charge.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		The director Greg Kaplan shot the entire film in his Manhattan apartment, and was rushed to finish because his lease was ending. The film continued to shoot until the final minutes before the lease ended at midnight.
b.		In Transformers, Soundwaves distinctive voice was created by Frank Welker using his deep ominous Dr Claw voice from Inspector Gadget, and then filtering the voice through a vocoder. In this film, Welkers voice was not treated with a vocoder, but it was in the video game Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
c.		The hospital scenes were filmed using the set for ER.
d.		Paddy Chayefsky: The character of Leo, who appears in the back of the car when Marty is approached by his friends to make up the pair for the "odd squirrel" they have with them. According to Delbert Mann, Chayefsky (who was once a moderately renowned stage actor) was recruited for the very visually obscured part solely to save the time and money of hiring an extra. According to Chayefsky, for his three lines he was required to rejoin the actors union, which required dues of $140. He recalled the role as paying about $67.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		As in the first film, Lee cant find a proper body that he likes and transforms into numerous throughout the movie.
b.		The Japanese symbols on the background of the poster spell "kirubiru" which is the Japanese spelling for "Kill Bill".
c.		Luther remarks to Det. Frank, "Tomorrow is promised to no one." This is a quote from Walter Payton, the Chicago Bears halfback (1954-1999)
d.		Filmed between December 3, 1943 and late January 1944, the movie premiered on February 27, 1946 at the Paramount Theatre in Manhattan.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		Entertainment Weekly reported that Meryl Streep watched political talk shows to prepare for her role: "anything with Peggy Noonan, Karen Hughes... its hard to get more hyperbolic than that." She didnt watch the original film until after filming wrapped.
b.		The second Disney animated feature to use their proprietary CAPS (Computer Animation Production System) system entirely, a digital ink, paint, animation and camera process. The Rescuers Down Under was the first Disney film to use the system.
c.		The original Auryn for this film now hangs in an enclosed glass display in Steven Spielbergs office.
d.		Luther at one point says "I love True Crime.". Clint Eastwoods next film was True Crime.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		At the Cafe Alonzo, when policeman Seth Frank (Ed Harris) and Secret Service agent Bill Burton (Scott Glenn) are standing inside a building foyer, a plaque on the door of the foyer reads "This Week Only: Carol Glenn Watercolor Exhibition". Carol Glenn is an artist and Scott Glenns wife of many years. Some of her watercolors can just be glimpsed.
b.		After the frogs start to fall, Jim Kurring and Donnie Smith take cover under a Mobil gas station. The original name of Mobil was Magnolia Petroleum.
c.		Woody Allen recorded his part as "Z" in only five days.
d.		Legendary stage actress Laurette Taylor (Amanda Wingfield in the original 1945 Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie) made a screen test for David O. Selznick for the role of Miss Fortune, eventually played in the film by Minnie Dupree. The screen test can be seen in the documentary "Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)".

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		Clint Eastwoods extremely organized methods of directing led to filming being completed over three weeks ahead of schedule and $2-4 million under budget.
b.		Out of circulation for years after Warner Bros. sued American International claiming it was a ripoff of its film The Exorcist. Although the film was very profitable (its budget was approx. $200,000 and it earned $4 million in its first month of release), director/producer William Girdler never saw a penny of it because of the lawsuit, which was settled shortly before he died in 1978.
c.		The fraternity house is actually the home of the Haverford College president. Haverford, where the college scenes were shot, has no fraternities or sororities.
d.		Around the time of the movies release, director Marc Webb shot a short video for the Internet, which featured Zooey Deschanel as Sid Vicious and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Nancy Spungen, in reference to a conversation in this movie.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Absolute Power (1997)?
a.		The Ruby lingerie store is actually the doctored store front of Lambda Rising, a well-known gay bookstore on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, DC.
b.		E.G. Marshalls final appearance in a theatrical film.
c.		Humphrey Bogart has absolutely no resemblance to the character of Sam Spade as described in the book. There, he is over 6 feet tall, has a hooked nose and blond hair.
d.		While the film is primarily based on Greco-Roman mythology, aspects of it are drawn from other cultures. The Kraken comes from Norse mythology, and the Djinn originated in the Arabian/Oriental regions, while Cepheuss snipe about Perseus being a missionary might hint at the coming Christianity (Christians often served as missionaries).