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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Adventureland (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Adventureland (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Adventureland (2009).
About the movie:
A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent high school grad who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Adventureland (2009)?
a.
A sequel, entitled "The Phantom of New York", was planned but never shot.
b.
Supposedly,
Jerry Goldsmith
was originally approached to score the film, but was unavailable.
c.
The date on the camcorder time index (when Styles arrested Blake) reveals the year to be 1983. Which means by the end of the film (1991) - the incarceration, escape, and Styles children growing older; 7 and a half years roughly passed.
d.
Adventureland was filmed in Pittsburgh, PA. The amusement park in the movie is known as Kennywood Park. The rides shown in the movie are actual rides, although the names of the games have been changed.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Adventureland (2009)?
a.
Long after most photography on this film was done, an important NYC rainy street scene was shot on Ludlow Street between Grand and Hester, just a few doors down from where
Lou Reed
and
John Cale
lived and worked as part of
The Velvet Underground
.
b.
The film was shot in 17 days, during a heat wave where temps in New York hit 115 degrees.
c.
Richard Grieco
s feature film debut.
d.
Director
David Silverman
had
Julie Kavner
do over 100 takes of a monologue in which Marge makes an impassioned plea to Homer.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Adventureland (2009)?
a.
The character Em nervously touches/fixes her hair 55 times throughout the course of the movie.
b.
There was a "Dominic Yu" in Lafittes band of pirates, but modern research suggests "Yu" was actually an alias for Alexandre Lafitte, Jeans older brother, from whom he learned the buccaneers trade.
c.
The scenic elevator in the Hyatt Regency Hotel is the same elevator used in
The Towering Inferno
and
High Anxiety
.
d.
The French play was written in 1935.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Adventureland (2009)?
a.
The movies line "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." was voted as the #58 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
b.
Prior to being cast as Lois,
Amy Adams
had two previous Superman connections. Adams played Jodi Melville in
Smallville
; and her co-star from
Enchanted
,
James Marsden
played Richard White in
Superman Returns
.
c.
The real Adventureland park is located in Farmingdale, New York on Long Island.
d.
In the DVD commentary director Billy Ray says that when Stephen Glass is talking to the class, the text on the blackboard says: "Thought for the day: Experience is the toughest teacher, because she gives the test first and the lesson after".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Adventureland (2009)?
a.
The game "Hats Off to Larry" is named for a 1961 hit song by
Del Shannon
.
b.
To achieve the smoothness of the opening shots, cameraman
Greg MacGillivray
secured a wide angle Arriflex camera to the front of a helicopter, then balanced the blades to remove any vibrations. Even the shot where the camera comes down behind the car, passes it out, and goes over the edge is done via the helicopter.
c.
Dr. A. Heller, when met for the second time, is making bizarre noises with objects, for eerie effect.
Tom Waits
, (Heller), has used the same noises in his music and poetry.
d.
According to the screenplay, 2-Es real name is Emily Eustace, hence the nickname "2-E."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Adventureland (2009)?
a.
Apparently, Universal is releasing this movie on DVD exclusively through Amazon.com.
b.
Walt Disney
originally considered making this film as an animated feature; the detailed pre-production sketches by artist
Harper Goff
, as well as Goffs enthusiastic suggestion that it be done as live action feature, convinced him otherwise.
c.
The movie was originally set to debut the same day the real Adventureland park reopened for business in 2009: 27 March.
d.
Spider Rico was the name of the boxer that Rocky beat in
Rocky
before he got the offer to fight Apollo Creed.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Adventureland (2009)?
a.
In the original cut of the film shown to test audiences, there was a 40-foot jump from one cliff to another that
Sylvester Stallone
s character performs. This scene appears in the theatrical trailers to the film. It was cut because test audiences laughed out loud when they saw it and thought it was totally impossible. The clip of the jump was redone and used for a shorter jump off a cliff near the end of the film using computer graphics and special effects.
b.
In the Walrus and the Carpenter sequence, the R in the word "March" on the mother oysters calendar flashes. This alludes to the old adage about only eating oysters in a month with an R in its name. That is because those months without an R (May, June, July, August) are the summer months in England, when oysters would not keep due to the heat, in the days before refrigeration.
c.
Director
Greg Mottola
originally planned to shoot the movie in the real Adventureland park, but later decided against it since the park had been so drastically remodeled since he had worked there.
d.
Taking from something from Cenas wrestling career, anytime a cast member messed up they had to do push-ups for whichever person they wronged, and say "I am (name of the person wronged)s bitch!" after each one.
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