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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in 80 Days (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in 80 Days (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004).
About the movie:
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief, and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
The Broadway musical version opened at the Palace Theater on May 29, 1981, ran for 770 performances starring
Lauren Bacall
and
Harry Guardino
and was nominated for the 1981 Tony Awards for the Best Musical, Book and Score.
b.
The talk show phone number, (800) 555-0199, is common to many films and television shows because this is the only number that has been reserved by the phone company as an allowable "fake" 800 number for media usage.
c.
Marks the first time
Luke Wilson
and
Owen Wilson
have played brothers on screen.
d.
George Lucas
shot the opening sequence of the Storm Troopers bursting through the blockade runner door, and the ensuing battle against rebel troops, in two takes. While the action on set was over very quickly, Lucas used six cameras to capture it, thereby extending the length of the scene on screen. Since some cameras were in very tight and others wide, it is difficult to tell the various actions that were duplicated.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
Robert Altman
gathered together some of the greatest living jazz musicians, put them on a set representing the Hey Hey Club and asked them to play period material in the style of the Kansas City jazz giants like
Count Basie
,
Coleman Hawkins
and
Lester Young
. He filmed this separately after he had done the fictional plotline, and then intercut it with the narrative.
b.
With a box office loss of around $80 million, this film is considered the biggest independently released flop in film history (it was made by an independent group under Disney).
c.
Unlike most actors in
Woody Allen
s movies,
Gena Rowlands
was allowed to read the entire script before taking the part.
d.
MGM tried to persuade
Alfred Hitchcock
to use their Ultra-Panavision system which utilized a 65mm negative with a slight anamorphic squeeze. When projected, the image would be free of grain and quite wide. Hitchcock reportedly balked at using this large format, and instead insisted on going with Vistavision which was the format used in several of his Paramount productions. Going with Ultra-Panavision would have meant
Bernard Herrmann
s score would have been heard in magnetic stereo. The Vistavision prints utilized optical mono sound. Ironic that the version shown now has an entirely new soundtrack mixed in stereo.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
The role of David was originally intended for
Val Kilmer
.
b.
Will Forte
s feature film debut.
c.
Was the #1 movie in the country the week it was released.
d.
Jackie Chan
voices Shang in the Chinese release.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
In Disneylands 50th fireworks show, "Remember, Dreams Come True," a portion of the music can be heard. It plays before the Frontierland sequence.
b.
In 1999,
John Ritter
married
Amy Yasbeck
in real life.
c.
The Boy Scouts of America provided a technical adviser to Paramount Pictures during filming, credited as E.B. DeGroot. As a result, those familiar with Scouting will find the movie highly accurate in its depiction of Scouting details.
d.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
s last film before being elected governor of California.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
When Fogg is stuck in San Francisco as a beggar, you can see on the wall behind him a poster advertising the mineral water "Hunyadi Janos". Named after a 15th century Hungarian general, this water had been discovered in 1862 and introduced to the US around the 1880s, whereafter the Hunyadi water became a widely used laxative for the next couple of decades. In fact, you can also note the word "laxative" on the poster.
b.
June 2008 Ranked #5 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Epic".
c.
Harrys revolver is a nickel-plated Colt Detective Special.
d.
The opening credits list the novels author as "Mrs. Percy B. Shelley" rather than "Mary Shelley" as she is now credited.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
In the bookstore, Viktor is reading "Oh, the Places Youll Go" by
Dr. Seuss
.
b.
Natalie Wood
received top star name above the title billing for her role as Lois Brennan in this movie yet her role is only supporting one and is only a minor part.
c.
Frank Coraci
: as the angry man that Fogg confronts in San Francisco while asking for money.
d.
At the first "cast meeting" called by
Francis Ford Coppola
, he got all the principal actors to read the entire
Bram Stoker
novel out loud to get a feel for the story. According to
Anthony Hopkins
, it took two whole days to complete.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
The film was going to be financed by the American Playhouse company but then it went out of business. The former head of Playhouse,
Lindsay Law
, became head of Fox Searchlight and was able to set this project up there.
b.
The last film that Yoram Globus produced with Chuck and Aaron Norris.
c.
Johnny Knoxville
was originally cast as the San Francisco Hobo, but had to bow out due to conflicting schedules.
d.
There was a deleted scene when Dirk Diggler crashes his Corvette into a telephone booth. The scene had to be deleted because of time, but the car still remains wrecked when Dirk visits Rahad Jacksons house, drives away, and drives back to Jacks house. When Dirk and Reed are conspiring to rob Rahads house, Dirk also says, "Thatll be enough to get the Vette fixed."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
When Joe talks to his mom in the kitchen, it reads Eieren (Eggs in Dutch) and Thee (Tea in Dutch) on some labels in the kitchen.
b.
The French balloon man who calls the main characters insane as they jump into the basket is a cameo appearance by Sir
Richard Branson
. As well as being the boss of Virgin, he is also famed for his sometimes life-threatening ballooning record attempts.
c.
The Great Turkey Escape scenes were filmed in an under-construction housing development in the Northwest quadrant of Crenshaw Boulevard and 190th Street, Torrance, California. The turkeys required persuasion to leave their enclosure on the back of a truck. Encouragement was applied by men with poles, out of camera view. The scene required at least two takes, with the birds rounded up from their pen (also out of view) and returned to the truck. Red Skelton came out of a background house during one of the roundups, saw the 12-year-old lad who had ridden up on his bike, smiled and waved.
d.
Debbie Reynolds
remarked many years later that making this movie and surviving childbirth were the two hardest things shes ever had to do.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in 80 Days (2004)?
a.
About 1 hour and 44 minutes into the movie, we see Lord Kelvin in his office playing with the metal spring which we know as the Slinky. As hes playing with it hes humming the song "Its Slinky!" from the old Slinky television commercial.
b.
The first film Andy gets Edie to appear in with Gerard Malanga and the all male cast is
Andy Warhol
s interpretation of the novel A Clockwork Orange.
c.
The films use of interviews with the characters in between scenes is similar to the film
Lenny
which, according to the book,
Howard Stern
saw on his first date with future wife
Alison Stern
.
d.
Jim Carrey
said that when he first saw
Ron Howard
in full Grinch outfit, he was angered, mistaking the director for a stunt double who looked nothing like him.
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