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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Any Given Sunday (1999) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Any Given Sunday (1999) - 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: Any Given Sunday (1999).
About the movie:
"Any Given Sunday" is a behind the scenes look at the life and death struggles of modern day gladiators and those who lead them.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
The actors did their own make-up and hair, forsaking dressing rooms and trailers.
b.
Comedian
Chris Tucker
turned down
Jamie Foxx
s role in the film.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
said "Many times, people have told me how much they enjoyed
Witness for the Prosecution
. They thought it was my film instead of
Billy Wilder
s. And Wilder told me people asked him about
The Paradine Case
, thinking he had done it."
d.
Montgomery Clift
didnt manage to move like a boxer despite extensive boxing lessons, so he had to be doubled by a real boxer for the long shots in the boxing match. The fight had to be carefully edited so the close-ups and other shots matched satisfactorily. Nonetheless, the use of the double is obvious if you pay attention to the details.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
When Tony DAmato (
Al Pacino
) is in the bar, the pictures on the wall are all of people in the movie. On the bottom row are "Cap" Rooney (
Dennis Quaid
) and
Jim Brown
. Featured in the top row are
Oliver Stone
,
Al Pacino
, and
Cameron Diaz
.
b.
Shot in four weeks entirely on location.
c.
Robins license plate as the parking lot cop approaches Robin, includes the letters BWS. Those letters stand for
Bruce W. Smith
, the director of this movie.
d.
As seen on the most recent DVD release of the film, originally the role of Kiani was played by another actress. However when she didnt work out they brought in
Nia Peeples
to re-shoot all her scenes. The films original ending can be seen in the special features of the DVD.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
Colm MacConiomaire, violinist with
Glen Hansard
s band The Frames, makes a cameo appearance during the auditions as a young violin player.
b.
According to
Cuba Gooding Jr.
, he met with
Oliver Stone
about playing the role of Willie Beamen but Stone turned Gooding down because he had already played a football player in
Jerry Maguire
.
c.
The Coen brothers,
Peter Hewitt
and
Richard Stanley
all reputedly turned down the chance to direct.
d.
The bare-breasted prostitutes were not put in the film to make it more risqué, but rather to add a note of historical authenticity. Venetian law at the time required all prostitutes to bare their breasts because the Christian authorities were concerned about rampant homosexuality in their city.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
The animation for the film was done by the Japanese studio Topcraft, who also animated
Kaze no tani no Naushika
.
b.
A Warner Bros. favorite,
Clint Eastwood
was sought after for
Al Pacino
s role early on. However, he also wanted to direct the picture, but the studio declined.
c.
A mockumentary was made about the saga of finishing the film and aired on HBO.
d.
At the end of the movie Paul Douglas has a cameo appearance with the line: "A litter from three wives.." In reference to the movie
A Letter to Three Wives
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
Though not noted on screen,
Marilyn Lovell
s "premonition" of an accident on her husbands flight was triggered by her seeing the movie
Marooned
b.
Vitaphone production reels #2871-2882
c.
Dawn Davenports stage performance is based upon an act performed by
Divine
at San Franciscos Palace Theatre. Divine would wheel a shopping cart full of mackerel on stage and hurl them into the audience while claiming responsibility for various high-profile crimes.
d.
Robert De Niro
also turned down the role of Tony DAmato.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
Tom Mankewicz, who is the creative consultant on the film, did an uncredited re-write on the film.
b.
Pirellis real name is changed from the stage version. In the play, he is an Irishman named Daniel OHiggins, while on screen he is British and called Davy Collins.
c.
Ving Rhames
and
David Duchovny
both turned down roles in this film.
d.
During filming,
Ashton Kutcher
accidentally knocked out a stunt man with his fist.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
b.
The last line of
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(the one before "Returns") is Superman saying to Luthor, "See you in twenty." That scene was filmed in 1986. Coincidentally, twenty years later, in 2006, the next Superman movie was released.
c.
The home of the California Crusaders in the movie is Pro Player Stadium, which is where real-life team the Miami Dolphins play.
d.
The twins in this version are named after the daughters of director
Nancy Meyers
and producer
Charles Shyer
,
Annie Meyers-Shyer
and
Hallie Meyers-Shyer
, both of whom have small parts in the movie. Hallie plays a girl at camp at the beginning who asks where the Navajo bunk is, and Annie plays the towel girl at the hotel who brings Elizabeth the first aid kit. The character whom
Hallie Meyers-Shyer
plays, conversely, is named Lindsay, after
Lindsay Lohan
, the actress who plays Hallie and Annie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
Nicolas Cage
has said that during the filming of this movie, he ignored all of his acting instincts and played the part of
Charlie Kaufman
exactly as director
Spike Jonze
asked him to. He then received an Academy Award nomination for it.
b.
The medical condition experienced by Leonard in this film is a real condition called Anterograde Amnesia - the inability to form new memories after damage to the hippocampus. During the 1950s, doctors treated some forms of epilepsy by removing parts of the temporal lobe, resulting in the same memory problems.
c.
David O. Selznick
traveled to Bermuda in September 1938 to finalize the script. He reportedly brought four suitcases full of drafts with him.
d.
Jamie Foxx
actually played high school football.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
Sean P. Diddy Combs
was cast as Willie Beaman, but dropped out because of scheduling conflicts with his recording career.
b.
The film, initially a box-office flop, became a cult classic after airing on cable. The featured single, "On The Dark Side," was Top 10 hit in 1984.
c.
This film was the inspiration for the naming of the alternative rock group "They Might Be Giants".
d.
Before appearing in this film,
Nicole Kidman
appeared in
My Life
opposite previous Batman
Michael Keaton
. She has since worked with all the subsequent live-action Batmans:
George Clooney
in
The Peacemaker
, and
Christian Bale
in
The Portrait of a Lady
. In
Rabbit Hole
she works with subsequent Two-Face actor
Aaron Eckhart
, and in
Bewitched
she works with
Michael Caine
, who also played Alfred the same year in
Batman Begins
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Any Given Sunday (1999)?
a.
Director
Oliver Stone
s first two choices to play Tony DAmato were
Al Pacino
and
Robert De Niro
. Although De Niro declined the role, Pacino had already accepted.
b.
In his autobiography "Timebends",
Arthur Miller
speculates that his unconscious mind picked the name "Loman" for Willy Loman, the protagonist of "Death of a Salesman", based on his conscious experience of being thrilled by from _Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Das (1933)_, which featured a character named "Inspector Lohmann".
c.
Most of the bit parts and extras in the film were crew members.
d.
A scripted, traditionally filmed sequel is being written, reuniting most of the original cast. Production is expected to begin in the Summer of 2011.
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