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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : American History X (1998) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : American History X (1998) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998).
About the movie:
A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
Edward Norton
was said to have re-edited the film to lengthen his screen time. Director
Tony Kaye
then attempted to get his name removed but violated a Directors Guild of America rule that states that directors that use pseudonyms (such as "
Alan Smithee
") must not talk about why they had their name removed - which
Tony Kaye
had done in ads in Variety. Kaye sued the DGA and New Line Cinema for $200 million stating that the DGA rule violated his first amendment rights.
b.
Paul Schneider
, who had worked with
David Gordon Green
on his two previous films, was originally supposed to be part of this project, but his scene was cut for budgeting reasons.
c.
Comedian Matt Walsh was considered for the role of Principal Edwards.
d.
Carrie Fisher
did some uncredited rewriting on the final draft of the screenplay.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
The diner that Danny and Derek get breakfast before Danny goes to school in the morning is the same diner that is used in
The Big Lebowski
, during the infamous "toe" scene.
b.
This movie was actually shot at the Plaza in a Central Park Suite. The phone number given for the plaza in the movie (was) an actual working number.
c.
Patches OHoulihan says, "Its like watching a bunch of retards trying to hump a doorknob." - a reference to "Its like watching a monkey trying to hump a football.", something 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Coach
Herb Brooks
said to his team when they were preparing for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY, which was also said by Tim Daland (
Randy Quaid
s character) in
Days of Thunder
.
d.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #28 Greatest Movie of All Time.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
Before Danny proposes, Wheeler tells him that they have to be at Blue Valley Middle School. Blue Valley is the name of the actual middle school that
Paul Rudd
attended in Overland Park, Kansas.
b.
Director
Tony Kaye
wanted his credit to read "Humpty Dumpty" according to Entertainment Weekly.
c.
Mae Clarke
s film debut.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
wanted to cast
Laurence Olivier
or
Ronald Colman
as Anthony Keane,
Greta Garbo
as Mrs. Paradine and
Robert Newton
as André Latour.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
David O. Russell
grew up in an atheist household which gave him a spiritual curiosity that traveled with him through his adult life. When he went to Columbia University, he studied religion under metaphysical philosopher
Robert Thurman
, father of
Uma Thurman
. His theories of the essential and indissoluble oneness of everything in the universe can be read into the exchanges between Jaffe and Jaffe, the existential detectives in the film, played by
Dustin Hoffman
and
Lily Tomlin
.
b.
Seth wears a shirt during the basketball game featuring the number 88. This is a naziskin code for HH, or "Heil Hitler," H being the 8th letter of the alphabet. It also refers to a set of 88 precepts written by the neo-nazi leader David Lane. The 88 precepts are rules and concepts that all White Supremacists lived by.
c.
The character name Calvin Cooley is a reference to President
Calvin Coolidge
who was known as a man of few words.
d.
The unusual little car Connies friends drive is a Fiat Topolino convertible. Topolino means little mouse in Italian.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
Edward Norton
gained 30 pounds of muscle for his role.
b.
In different versions, the end credits are either shown over retakes of Chance saying a line that was not in the movie, (the message from Raphael, restored to the home video version) or shown over TV white noise.
Peter Sellers
was at the films screening at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival and was furious with director
Hal Ashby
and the producers for including the outtakes version of the end credits at this performance as well as the audiences reaction to them. This incident may have finally made the producers change their minds. When the film opened soon after in Australia in late May 1980, the entire end credits were removed from all prints (leading to a deafening thud on the soundtrack after the films final line). These prints were all replaced with versions including the white noise end credits, including the films main theme by composer
Johnny Mandel
.
c.
Tim Curry
was given a Muppet made in the likeness of him as Long John Silver after shooting was completed.
d.
Dominick Dunne
: The true crime writer is seen briefly in a non-speaking part of a jurist in the trial scenes.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
Max von Sydow
s Ming costume weighed over 70 pounds and he could only stand in it for a few minutes at a time.
b.
This film was based on
John Klempner
s novel, "A Letter to Five Wives." Two wives were lost in the transition to the screen.
c.
The quotation that concludes Dannys paper is from the closing words of
Abraham Lincoln
s first Inaugural Address in 1861.
d.
The film contains 272 uses of the word "fuck".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
According to the book Cinematic Century,
Tony Kaye
s lawsuit against the studio over the use of his name in the credits was for $275 million.
b.
The working title for this movie was Norway in Revolt.
c.
This was the fifth and last movie that
Humphrey Bogart
would make with
Peter Lorre
. The other four were,
The Maltese Falcon
,
Casablanca
,
All Through the Night
, and
Passage to Marseille
.
d.
Patrick McGoohan
turned down the role of Gandalf due to poor health.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
While
Buster Keaton
often used a stunt double due to his illness, he improvised running into a tree branch and falling backwards onto the ground - much to the horror of the director and crew.
b.
The café that
Edward Norton
and his brother eat at is on Wilshire and Fairfax in Los Angeles. The café is actually Johnnys, which is only open for filming.
c.
William Powell has framed 8x10 photos of RKO actresses Irene Dunne and Ann Harding prominently displayed in his bedroom suite.
d.
While shooting on location in Boston, Massachusetts,
Martin Scorsese
viewed the films dailies at Emerson College.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
This film uses the word "fuck" 205 times.
b.
Kevin Smith
: [comic book] Emmas line to Dante, "Face it tiger. You just hit the jackpot", is a Spider-Man reference. This is the first line spoken by Mary Jane in #42 (November 1966) of the original comic book. This line was also re-used when Mary Jane was introduced in the popular
Spider-Man
cartoon show. One of the movies many taglines (With no power comes no responsibility), is a play on Spider-Mans mantra with great power comes great responsibility.
c.
The original production opened at the Guild Theater (New York) on October 2, 1933 and played for 289 performances. The original cast included actor/song writer/playwright
George M. Cohan
. The play has been revived on Broadway four times since the original production.
d.
Only days away from the beginning of principal photography, production company Filmways Inc., who had promised to provide $15 million for the production, withdrew from the project, investing the money in
Brian De Palma
s
Blow Out
instead. In only a matter of days, producer
Michael Deeley
was able to broker a $22 million three-way deal with Tandem Pictures, the Ladd Company (through Warner Bros.) and Hong Kong producer Sir Run Run Shaw (20th Century Fox, United Artists and Universal all turned the project down). The Ladd Company provided $7½ million and took domestic distribution rights. Sir Run Run Shaw also provided $7½ million and took international distribution rights. Tandem Pictures provided $7 million and took ancillary distribution rights (TV, home video etc). Tandem also provided the completion guarantee on the proviso that if the film went over its $22 million budget by 10% or more, they would pay for it but they could assume complete artistic control of the project. Ultimately, the film cost $28 million, and executive producers
Jerry Perenchio
and
Bud Yorkin
did indeed take over the project.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American History X (1998)?
a.
Last movie for
Hazel Court
.
b.
Rondo Hatton
, who played the monstrous Creeper in this film and in
House of Horrors
, was actually handsome as a young man, but later in life became disfigured by acromegaly, a form of gigantism brought about by unnaturally high levels of human growth hormone produced by a disease of the pituitary gland.
c.
Max Cady was first offered to
Ernest Borgnine
.
d.
The punk band Anti-Heroes sued New Line Cinema over a characters tattoo featuring the band. The band did not want to be associated with Nazis, even fictional ones, in any way. The band went on to record a song called "NLC" that debases the film studio.
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