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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Across the Universe (2007) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Across the Universe (2007) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007).
About the movie:
The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
The movie poster for this film is a take on a famous "Rolling Stone" magazine cover of
Yoko Ono
and
John Lennon
in which John was completely naked.
b.
The drug Takashi ingests during the tricycle race is fictitious. So is Lamars drill silencer.
c.
Judes life progression is similar to John Lennons. As John Lennon did, Jude first lived in Liverpool then soon after that moved to New York City to work as an artist like Lennon. Jude then encounters trouble with the law and is deported (Lennon was arrested as well, but an attempt to deport him failed).
d.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title Human Beast.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
Most of the film was shot sequentially.
b.
Director
Julie Taymor
created the part of Sadie for
Dana Fuchs
.
c.
Filmed before any of the other films about the Black Dahlia, including Brian De Palma and Ulli Lommels films about the subject.
d.
Angelina Jolie
plays
Colin Farrell
s mother even though she is less than a year older than he is.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
Filmed in 1999.
b.
Director
Julie Taymor
watched the premier of Across The Universe sitting next to
Paul McCartney
. She was nervous about what he would think so when the movie was over she asked if there was anything he didnt like about it and McCartney responded "Whats not to like?" McCartney also sang along with "All My Loving" under his breath, a very moving moment for Taymor.
c.
The title of the first episode was "The Spite Fence". Each episode was two reels (about 20 minutes) in length.
d.
In the movie,
Esai Morales
plays Bob, the older brother of Ritchie Valens, played by
Lou Diamond Phillips
. In reality, Phillips is older than Morales.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
At 5 minutes and 58 seconds into the film,
Armistead Maupin
s real-life husband,
Christopher Turner
, appears playing Jesss (
Bobby Cannavale
) friend that Gabriel (
Robin Williams
) refers to facetiously as "Lucifer" (Jess corrects him and says, "Lucien. Hes just a friend").
b.
Jake Gyllenhaal
was considered for the role of Jude.
c.
The spinning newspapers were simply newspapers placed on a spinning cheese rack.
d.
The unique look of the film was produced in post-production by using an effect nicknamed "the crush". As producer
Jeffrey Silver
explains on the films official website - "you crush the black content of the image and enhance the color saturation to change the contrast ratio of the film."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
Because Tinkerbell was often in the air,
Julia Roberts
had an assistant whose sole responsibility was cleaning her feet.
b.
In an interview,
Evan Rachel Wood
and
Jim Sturgess
said that they were at dinner one day and heard that
Ringo Starr
would be attending a screening in town. They promptly booked it to the theater and watched their movie with one of the original Beatles. Sturgess then asked Starr what he thought of it. He said he enjoyed it very much.
c.
It was the basis for "Green Acres".
d.
Florence Henderson
, who played Carol in the original
The Brady Bunch
, appears as Grandma.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
In the DVD commentary, director
Harold Ramis
mentions that for the scene in which the Family Truckster jumps into the air, several of the crew members had made bets against 2nd unit director
Dick Ziker
that he couldnt jump the car more than 50 feet (even drawing lines in the sand to measure the distance). Ziker ended up winning that bet, as he jumped the car more than 50 feet.
b.
Joe Anderson
was originally being looked at to play the role of Jude, but at the audition, he told
Julie Taymor
that he was the character of Max and would rather audition for that role instead.
c.
The first film to be launched in a wide release in the modern fashion, debuting simultaneously at over 1,000 theaters, and booked by the filmmakers on a four-wall basis, renting the theaters and controlling the box-office receipts. Major distributors did not attempt wide-release debuts until 1975, beginning with Columbia for the film
Breakout
.
d.
A print of this film plus excerpts survive in the Library of Congress.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
The Army officers who tell Daniels mother that he is dead wear the name tag "Poe" in reference to Lennons "I am the Walrus".
b.
Dr. Cory, under the control of the brain, makes out a list showing several false identities under which Donovan has hidden money around the country. The first four names on the list (H.B. Chapman, Boris Leven, Jack R. Byrne, and Edward Boyle) are borrowed from the films production supervisor, production designer, assistant director, and set director. The fifth name (Fred Russell) is that of a popular sports writer of the early 1950s.
c.
Believed to be lost. Please check your attic.
d.
According to
Robert De Niro
in
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
, he suggested the idea of Vito wrapping his gun with a towel before he shoots Fanucci.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
During the performance of Strawberry Fields, the main characters watch TV. In the counter shot we see the same image projected on their faces. This is a reference to the promotional video that the Beatles made to accompany the song when it was released.
b.
Star
Bette Davis
brought suit claiming the production company censored her dialogue and destroyed the film. The lawsuit was later dropped.
c.
All principals actors were contracted to a three picture option, but as the film failed to recoup its budget in North America, plans for a new franchise were scrapped.
d.
The part of Anthony, Michael and Kays opera-singing son, went to Franc dAmbrosio after a worldwide search of over 200 actors/ tenors.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
Director
Darnell Martin
had a major falling out with her film studio Columbia as she objected to the title change, the fact that they marketed her film as a romantic comedy in the vein of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and that they referred to her in their publicity as an Afro-American female director. Although Martin technically fits that description, she took exception to the fact that the studio was using her ethnicity as a tool to sell tickets.
b.
Film debut of
Monte Hale
.
c.
Richard Boone
, who plays the father of
Kirk Douglas
character in the film, was actually six months younger than Douglas in real life.
d.
Max in a veterans hospital having his next drug shot from a nurse (Hayek) is singing "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" while the hospital floor is spinning like a roulette, alluding to men being casualties of war like in a "Russian Roulette."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Across the Universe (2007)?
a.
The teal blue goddess gown
Juliet Stevenson
(Mrs. Elton) wears to dinner at Hartfield is the same costume
Pauline McLynn
(Mademoiselle Clairwill) wears to see the play in
Quills
.
b.
Bono
wears a hat with the word YES written across it in reference to John Lennon and Yoko Onos first meeting in her art studio, where he found a ladder propped against a white wall. After climbing the ladder at the top he found the word "yes". When he asked Yoko why she smiled and said "would you rather it tell you no?"
c.
The cast met with FBI personnel and underwent military weapons training for their roles.
d.
The different type of psychics in the film are Movers (who can move objects with their mind), Pushers (who can control other peoples thoughts), Watchers (who can see the future), Bleeders (who emit high-pitched screams that can burst blood vessels), Sniffs (who can track people), Shifters (who can temporarily change what an object looks like to others), Wipers (who can wipe memory), Shadows (who can cloak themselves and others around them from detection) and Stitchers (who can heal or unheal people).
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