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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Avatar (2009) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Avatar (2009) - 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: Avatar (2009).
About the movie:
A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
Though he is not credited in the film, several locations look very similar to paintings by English surrealist
Roger Dean
, most notably his works "Floating Islands" and "Arches".
b.
Martin Scorsese
said that he made this film to honor crime genre directors such as
Robert Aldrich
,
Samuel Fuller
and
Don Siegel
.
c.
Alfonso Cuarón
had an idea for there to be tiny people inhabiting Hogwarts, and jumping on piano keys in one scene.
J.K. Rowling
firmly vetoed it, saying tiny people were completely foreign to the world of her books.
d.
The interior sets all have ceilings, an unusual practice at the time for studio filming. This was to create a claustrophobic effect in complete counterpoint to the wide open expanse of Monument Valley.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
The film contains references to
To Kill a Mockingbird
: Boo Radley: Babe improvises a story of falling off a tree when she was younger, which happened to Boo Radley; and when Babe goes into a building, she says hello to Mrs. Finch and her pet Atticus, a reference to Atticus Finch.
b.
The TAG Heuer Swiss watch McQueen insisted on wearing throughout this shoot, was reissued in 2009 in commemoration of its 40th anniversary. The latest (4th) update is a replica of the 1969 original Monaco model, complete with automatic self-winding movement and red chronograph hands. RRP: £3,500.
c.
In much of the movie,
Sigourney Weaver
s avatar wears a Stanford tank top. Weaver attended Stanford in the early 1970s.
d.
David Letterman
auditioned for the role of the "11 o Clock News" anchor.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
In the original script, when Jason makes it to the dock, a dog starts barking at him and he kicked it.
Kane Hodder
, who was playing Jason, felt that kicking the dog was going too far and so the scene was dropped.
b.
Shots of mining-car roller-coaster ride were done with models and a 35mm camera modified to hold extra film.
c.
Deaundre Bonds
was initially given a role in the film. On the night that he learned he was awarded the role, he attended a family celebration and was involved in an altercation with his aunts boyfriend. The altercation ended with Bonds stabbing the man to death. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
d.
The year is never stated, but the video log shows that the year is 2154. The final battle takes place during August 2154, 200 years from the date of
James Cameron
s birth.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
The cookies from the box that that Fleas circus travels in contain 92 grams of protein per serving!
b.
Rachel was originally supposed to be stabbed in the throat with scissors but the actress,
Ellie Cornell
, felt it was too gruesome an end for her character, so it was changed.
c.
The original Broadway non-musical play was previously filmed twice: first as the silent film
Chicago
and later as
Roxie Hart
starring
Ginger Rogers
.
d.
The spiral-shaped, retracting creatures Jake encounters early in the film are giant versions of Christmas Tree Worms, a marine invertebrate commonly kept in reef aquariums.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
Filming in Toronto was delayed again when
David Vadim
was arrested and charged with committing a sexual assault on the set.
b.
"Ive Gotta Have You" (music by
Harry Warren
, lyrics by
Mack Gordon
), sung by
June Havoc
, was deleted from the movie. Miss Havocs prerecording was released 1976 on the Out Take Records LP (which later would be reissued by DRG), "Cut! Out Takes From Hollywoods Greatest Musicals, Volume One."
c.
You can see
Richard Gere
moving his tongue around inside his mouth as he is at the door of the penthouse yelling at Stuckey during the scene where he fires him and throws him out of the penthouse after catching him molesting Vivian. This is because Gere actually knocked a crown off of a molar during the scene, according to the directors commentary by
Garry Marshall
on the DVD.
d.
Sam Worthington
appeared in
Terminator Salvation
, the fourth Terminator movie. His appearance in this non-Terminator movie is notable as
James Cameron
directed
The Terminator
,
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
,
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time
as well has having being a writer (creator of characters) on other Terminator franchise video-games and TV episodes.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
Much of the films crew were friends and students of director
Jimmy Huston
.
b.
The Punjabi wedding song and dance number took six days to shoot.
c.
The Navi language was created entirely from scratch by linguist
Paul R. Frommer
.
James Cameron
hired him to construct a language that the actors could pronounce easily, but did not resemble any single human language. Frommer created about 1000 words.
d.
In their childhood, the boys deal with hoods named Bugsy and Al Capuano. These names are probable homages to real-life gangsters Bugs Moran and
Al Capone
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
The second
James Cameron
film not to feature
Michael Biehn
,
Bill Paxton
,
Jenette Goldstein
or
Arnold Schwarzenegger
. The other is
Piranha Part Two: The Spawning
.
b.
The home movies at the end which show Andrew as a child are real life videos of
Tom Hanks
in his childhood.
c.
The dwarf that gets shot in the face with the hand-gun by Reggie was played by a very young Wendy Coscarelli,
Don Coscarelli
s daughter.
d.
Walter ODim who held the alias of Randall Flagg, was also the antagonist in the novel "The Eyes Of The Dragon" by Steven King.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
70mm blow-up version released in Spain under the title "El Gran Jack".
b.
The first time
Sigourney Weaver
has appeared in a
James Cameron
film since
Aliens
.
c.
The director liked
Frankie Faison
s performance as "Det. Brandt" but in editing didnt feel his voice worked, so it was dubbed by that of African American actor
Albert Hall
.
d.
According to
Cloris Leachman
the cause of her dysfunctional marriage was that her husband was gay. She claims a scene between her coach husband and the teams quarterback would have revealed that implicitly, but because of budgetary reasons was never shot.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
In the Thai version, Jake Sully is a "Navi" who becomes a "Navi". The Thai word for Marine is "Na-vig-ga-yo-tin", but the translator shortened it to make the voice-over sync.
b.
Third of five movie pairings of
Clark Gable
and
Jean Harlow
.
c.
Kristen Stewart
turned down
Mila Kunis
role due to scheduling conflicts with
New Moon
.
d.
The Horsemans horse is named Daredevil, the same name of Brom Bones (Brom Van Brunts) horse in Irvings original short story; the horse was purchased in Seville, Spain.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
Thackers bookshop is actually an antiques shop in real life, next to a butcher. One or two doors down from the butchers is an office for
Richard Curtis
production company.
b.
Through both parts of the movie, Elle Driver (
Daryl Hannah
) and Budd (
Michael Madsen
) are the only fellow assassins that Beatrix Kiddo does not cite as having "unfinished business" with her. She kills neither.
c.
When producer
Irving Thalberg
saw the initial print of the film, he berated director
Viktor Tourjansky
for making what he called a western satire instead of the straight western it was supposed to be. Tourjansky replied that the original script was "idiotic" and told Thalberg that he had originally told Tourjansky it should be a comedy anyway, so he (Tourjansky) turned it into a spoof of Hollywod westerns. The two got into a heated argument, Tourjansky got angry and walked off the picture. Thalberg brought in director
W.S. Van Dyke
to replace him. Van Dyke wound up reshooting almost all of the film.
d.
Avatars have eyebrows and five digits per hand or foot while the Navi only have four and no eyebrows. The Avatars are also broader in the chest and arms, appearing more muscular.
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