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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Angels & Demons (2009) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Angels & Demons (2009) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009).
About the movie:
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
The scene where soldiers from the 14th Brooklyn (the red-legged infantrymen) gather over the corpse of Gen. Reynolds came about mostly thanks to director of photography
Kees Van Oostrum
. Having grown weary of shooting so much "blue and gray", he was attracted to the unit of soldiers decked out in richer colors.
b.
The film was originally released in February of 2000 to almost universal praise (especially for the performance of Michael Douglas) but with very little fanfare. Paramount, the films distributor, decided to re-release the film that November with a different marketing campaign that highlighted its strong supporting cast, and hopes that it would garner some Oscar nominations, despite Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Friedmans acknowledgment that no studio had ever successfully re-released a picture that initially flopped.
c.
As part of the marketing campaign in North America and the United Kingdom, posters were put up in major cities on bus stops, the sides of buildings, etc. designating areas that were restricted for humans only, with a number to call (866.666.6001 in the US, 0207 148 7468 in the UK) in order to report non-humans. The title of the film was generally not included, although the URL address for the films official website was.
d.
As with the other two films in the trilogy, author
Dan Brown
named main character Robert Langdon after
John Langdon
, a close friend and typography master who worked with Brown on ambigram designs for his book, "Angels And Demons", as well as the films.
John Langdon
also designed an ambigram that was used in the movie
Monkeyshine
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey is said to be the "League RBI Champion" when he comes up to bat against Mel Clark. In reality, Carney Lansford (a real 15 season MLB Veteran who played Kesey) never drove in more than 80 runs in any season and averaged just 76 RBIs in a standard 162 game season.
b.
Remo Vinzens
was in negotiations to play Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca.
c.
During his scene,
Michael Winslow
did all the sound effects. In the commentary for the movie
Mel Brooks
jokes that they saved around a $1000 by letting him do this.
d.
Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
Matthew Broderick actually urinated against the tree in the scene outside Lindas house.
b.
Edward LeSaint in the role as "Magistrate" is in studio records/casting call lists as a cast member, but he did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie. The role of "Magistrate" was credited onscreen to
Lew Kelly
, but he also did not appear. And neither did
Fred Santley
, credited onscreen as "Hank."
c.
The Mental Institution scenes were filmed at the Northampton State Hospital, an actual asylum in Northampton, Massachussets, which was abandoned at the time.
d.
Akiva Goldsman
was paid a record writing fee of $3.8 million for this movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
A 1979 post-production ad for Variety magazine stated some of the cast as including
Daria Nicolodi
,
Susan Tyrrell
and
Jason Miller
opposite
Joe Spinell
. Nicolodi was offered the lead role but was unavailable, and no information has yet surfaced to reveal which roles were to be played by Tyrrell and Miller.
b.
Lord Crawley and his identical twin brother (who dont get along) tersely acknowledge each other by their first names, Jerry and Dean. This is a reference to
Dean Martin
and
Jerry Lewis
, who were the most successful comedy team of the 1950s, yet were known to have had several heated arguments late in their joint career. They finally split up amidst a great deal of bitterness in 1956 and didnt speak to each other for twenty years.
c.
The papal helicopter is a Bell 222, the type formerly of
Airwolf
fame.
d.
Won the Golden Ten Award in Mumbai India at the International Sport Movies Film festival.This win qualifies The Goal to go to Milan Italy for the 24th annual Sport movie Film festival.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
This was originally intended as a project for
Peter OToole
. He left the movie to make
The Lion in Winter
instead and the film was temporarily abandoned.
b.
Many of the sets were a combination of physical set pieces and green screens with the backgrounds to be digitally added later. This technique was used for scenes that the crew was unable to film at either due to the volume of tourists, or because the Church denied them permission.
c.
Veteran character actor,
Basil Hoffman
, was also in the original version of this story when "Button, Button" aired on
Profile in Silver/Button, Button
.
d.
The railroad viaduct where part of the chase scene took place is a former Houston Belt and Terminal rail line located west of Ardmore Street in the Riverside subdivision; this particular location was decommissioned (and demolished) in the early 1980s when State Highway 288 was under construction.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
Marlon Brando
so angered
Francis Ford Coppola
that the director turned over the filming of Brandos scenes to
Jerry Ziesmer
, the assistant director.
b.
The many movie marquees seen in Shafts many exterior shots walking around NYC include advertisements for:
Patton
,
Get Carter
,
Love Story
and
The Owl and the Pussycat
.
c.
The scene where the main character played by Paul Dusatko, stands naked on the rocks. This is an actual re-enactment. Police officer, Kevin Velinsky was the arresting officer. The individual being arrested was the brother of the director, David Sauers.
d.
The final piece before the end credits is Dr.
Morten Lauridsen
s "Lux Aeterna" - Dr. Lauridsen has never before allowed this piece to be used in a movie before due to the context being inappropriate to his meaning behind the piece.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
Christina Applegate
and
Nicole Eggert
both auditioned for the role of Sarah.
b.
After
François Truffaut
s departure from the project, the producers approached
Jean-Luc Godard
. Some sources claim Godard didnt trust Hollywood and refused; other allege he planned to change Bonnie and Clyde to teenagers and relocate the story to Japan, prompting the films investors to force him off the project.
c.
As of February 2009,
Chris Tucker
s last three acting roles have only been the Rush Hour trilogy.
d.
The set for St. Peters Square was re-dressed to serve as the Piazza Navona, home of the Fountain of the Four Rivers.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
In the bar,
Bruce Willis
talks about "reindeer-goat cheese pizza", which he also mentions in
The Last Boy Scout
.
b.
At the very beginning where the Colombia Girl is standing holding aloft the torch, it flickers like the anti-matter.
c.
Helga Ungurait
, the script supervisor, referred to
Texas Battle
as "the king of adding the word fuck", for ad-libbing the word so much.
d.
Most of the movie was shot in a cabin in the Pocono Mountains in PA.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
Is inspired by events in the life of
Elisabeth Shue
while growing up (in the same town where the movie was filmed), who played soccer with the boys for as long as she could before turning her focus to gymnastics.
b.
Ewan McGregor
suggested to
Ron Howard
that he could do the sequence where the Carlamengo tells the cardinals about the Illuminati entirely without breaking it into several segments as felt that he could pull it off having known all of his lines there. Howard agreed to his suggestion and proceeded to film it. The take was very good, much to the applause of everyone that it was the only one shot and used in the final film.
c.
The character Hugh Dancy talks about the Buffy contingent at the sci-fi convention.
Marc Blucas
played Riley Finn on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
for 2 seasons.
d.
Oliver Stone
: on the phone during the montage of deals being made.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Angels & Demons (2009)?
a.
Kevin Spacey
was considered for the role of Michael Bartell.
b.
When Langdon is in his office speaking with the Vatican employee, you can see a "Phillips Exeter Academy" flag on the wall. Phillips Exeter is the school where Angels & Demons author
Dan Brown
taught and once attended, located in New Hampshire, and where Langdon is written to have attended in the novels.
c.
With
Hugh Jackman
s brief cameo as Logan/Wolverine in this film, he is now the first actor to ever play the same comic book superhero in five different movies.
d.
In the original version, the film opened with the benefit party by PETA on the hotel roof. Parts of the scene were kept from the original shooting but in the final cut, that scene is at about 50 minutes from the beginning.
Mya
replaced
Mandy Moore
in this scene.
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