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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Almost Famous (2000) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Almost Famous (2000) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000).
About the movie:
A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on their concert tour.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
Don Rickles
was originally cast as Fenderbaum before the part went to
Sammy Davis Jr.
.
b.
Boris Karloff
offered to remove his partial bridgework as part of the monster make-up process to create the sunken cheek look.
c.
Shari Wacks designed the jewelry for the film.
d.
The shot of the crowd at the start of the first Stillwater concert (with the roses on the stage and fan flashing a peace sign) is based on the cover of
Neil Young
s "Time Fades Away".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
Producers
Richard D. Zanuck
and
David Brown
avoided casting big-name stars because they thought they might distract audiences from the storys tension.
b.
Alfred Hitchcock
disliked filming on location, so he filmed as much as possible in the studio on-set.
c.
The film is director
Cameron Crowe
s semi-autobiographical account of life as a young Rolling Stone reporter. The actual group that Crowe first toured with was
The Allman Brothers Band
. (
Gregg Allman
was the one who distrusted him and kept asking if he was a narc.) Crowes real-life near-fatal plane crash happened while traveling with
The Who
. The character of Russell Hammond is based on
Glenn Frey
of
Eagles
.
d.
The sex scenes between
Kevin Costner
and
Madeleine Stowe
were not rehearsed or choreographed in any way before shooting.
Tony Scott
simply set up three cameras and allowed the actors to find their way into the scenes. Everything seen during the sex scenes was improvised by the actors themselves. When Costner viewed Scotts directors cut of the movie in 2007 he said of these scenes, Boy, we really got into it didnt we?
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
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.
b.
During the UK clampdown on video nasties in the 80s the film was briefly seized by Manchester Police who believed it to be a sex film.
c.
Christopher Lloyd
s film debut.
d.
The school shown for a few seconds at the beginning of the film is the University of San Diego High School (USDHS),
Cameron Crowe
s alma mater. Crowe also cast his former journalism teacher from USDHS,
Daniel Wilson
, for a cameo during the high school graduation scene. The concert scenes that open the film were filmed down the road from USDHS at the San Diego Sports Arena.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
Fairuza Balk
s exclamation, "Does anybody remember laughter?" is a reference to an additional lyric
Robert Plant
(of
Led Zeppelin
) would often insert in live performances of "Stairway to Heaven".
b.
Seneca Haynes met Jack Bennett when they were cast in a play together, and during rewrites Bennett started to imagine Haynes in the role of Clay. Haynes read the script without knowing what part he was being considered for, and when Bennett told him, he fell to the ground laughing.
c.
Owen Wilson
, who plays Hansel, wore a wig for the entire movie. He was filming
Behind Enemy Lines
at the same time, and had to keep his hair short for the role.
d.
Toyota Motor Corporation provided seven Toyota Tundra trucks to be destroyed in the movie. Toyota will also be selling a limited edition of Toyota Tundra T3 trucks.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
The was the last completed film for producer
George Pal
.
b.
In real life, the "Herbies" after the Norway game did not end with
Mike Eruzione
saying he played for the United States of America. They instead ended with
Mark Johnson
s frustration of having to do the Herbies, he smashed his stick against the glass.
c.
At the party, when he is on acid, Russell Hammond cries out, "I am a golden god!" This is a reference to
Robert Plant
of the band
Led Zeppelin
, who is purported to have said the same thing (sober) while looking over Sunset Strip from a hotel balcony.
d.
Premiered at Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
Unusually,
Billy Crudup
actually was on the other end of the telephone line in the scene where
Frances McDormand
s character reprimands him.
b.
Ogden High School was later used in
Drive Me Crazy
.
c.
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.
d.
In the script, Jack tells Bill that Brenda is the niece of Randy Flagg. Randall Flagg is the bad guy in several
Stephen King
novels including
The Stand
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
This movie is based on real events in the life of a real USA-Mexico Border Patrolman.
b.
In the scene where the tour plane hits turbulence, Russell starts to sing "Peggy Sue". This is in reference to
Buddy Holly
, who died in a plane crash while on tour. Russell then continues "Whoa baby!", referencing
The Big Bopper
, who died in the same plane crash.
c.
Gladys Knight
s title song is the longest of all the Bond songs. In the UK, it peaked at the No. #6 position on the UK Charts. As a Christian soul singer, Knight apparently objected to having to sing a song with the word "kill" in it, but eventually she conceded. The song is apparently based on the "horn line" from the
Goldfinger
title song and consequently royalty payments were allegedly made to relevant personnel. The music video of this song was directed by
Daniel Kleinman
, who succeeded
Maurice Binder
as title designer on
GoldenEye
.
d.
450 snakes were used including one 22-foot-long Burmese python.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
References to
The Allman Brothers Band
: In the opening scene, we briefly see a ticket stub from an Allman Brothers concert Later, we see a black-and-white photo of the fictional band Stillwater that echoes the Allman Brothers famous "Live at the Fillmore East" album cover The character Red Dog is named after one of the Allman Brothers famous roadies, and played by himself We also hear the Allman Brothers music on the tour bus
b.
Debut movie of
Richard Jaeckel
who was seventeen years of age at the time. Apparently, Jaeckel had been a messenger boy for the 20th Century-Fox studio when he was cast in the film.
c.
The only characters to appear in every film in the series are Lewis, Mr. Skolnick, Lamar, and Booger.
d.
First feature to use the new Kodak Vision2 500T 5218 film stock - the successor of the previous Vision 500T 5279. However, it was released later than
Seabiscuit
which uses the same film stock but at a later date.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
Eileen Agosta and Damon Martens were both working the graveyard shift during the films production. The film was shot on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, which meant they would often get off work early Wednesday morning and stay up all day preparing for the long weekend of shooting. Saturday night they would return to work on little to no sleep. This lasted for approximately three months straight during the summer.
b.
Shane Black
, a veteran scriptwriter of action films thought very highly of
Hot Fuzz
.
c.
When Penny Lane is driving William to the hotel to meet Stillwater, there is a reflection on the windshield that resembles the cover of
Pink Floyd
s album "Dark Side of the Moon".
d.
Writer
Ronald Bass
s pitch to Fountainbridge Films consisted of only seven lines.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Famous (2000)?
a.
In the video game, Lara Croft is a 36DD.
Angelina Jolie
is naturally a 36C, and was padded to a 36D for the movie, as it was felt that padding to the original character size would be too unrealistic.
b.
At the age of 18, director
Cameron Crowe
wrote the liner notes to the "Frampton Comes Alive!" album by rocker
Peter Frampton
. Frampton returns the favor here by acting as a music consultant for the film.
c.
Jetfire asks Optimus Prime to take his parts, saying he will have "a power youve never known," and upon doing so, Optimus has the ability to fly. In
Transformers
, most of the Autobots did not have the ability of flight (and in this film, Optimus becomes the first movie Autobot to do so).
d.
Shirley Temple
developed throat problems after she accidentally swallowed fake snow during a winter scene, and the crew had to shoot around her for two days.
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