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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Avatar (2009) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Avatar (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: 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.
The song "Dance 10, Looks 3" was originally called "Tits and Ass", but it was changed so that the audience would not see that title listed in their programs. The logic was that if it were a surprise during the show, it would get a better audience reaction.
b.
Joseph Minion
s script was his thesis for Columbia Film School. He got an "A" from his teacher, Yugoslavian director
Dusan Makavejev
.
c.
James Cameron
s first directorial feature film since
Titanic
.
d.
13th James Bond movie in the Eon Productions series and the sixth to star
Roger Moore
as James Bond. With this movie, Moore equaled the number of James Bond movies that original James Bond
Sean Connery
had made in the official series.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
This film was the opening film of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
b.
Justin Davidson
, who portrays Ned (The Fish), is actually a certified scuba instructor.
c.
When Jake Sully is ready to choose a woman, Neytiri tells him about the women in the tribe, starting with "Ninat is a great singer". One of Israels leading pop singers (
Ninette Tayeb
) is called Ninet.
d.
The screenplay was changed from the original novel to fit budget and locations. Price wrote herself in as the main character and added a new character, "Ian", as well as the "Mom" and "Nick" characters. The Gabriel and Camael characters were used from the original novel.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
Before his death,
C.S. Lewis
sold the adaptation rights to the entire "Narnia" series. At that time, he absolutely despised television adaptations of his books, believing they were non-realistic, since actors had to wear suits to play non-human characters. It was only after seeing a demo reel of creatures created with computer graphics and the advancement of that technology that Lewiss stepson/co-producer
Douglas Gresham
gave the approval for a film adaptation.
b.
This was the second movie produced by New Line Cinema. The first was
Alone in the Dark
, directed by
Jack Sholder
and starring
Jack Palance
. However the film was given a very limited theatrical release, and when it performed poorly and received bad reviews, it was released straight to video. As such,
A Nightmare on Elm Street
was New Lines first genuine mainstream cinematic venture.
c.
Producer
Neil Canton
offered the role of Doc Brown to
Christopher Lloyd
after having worked together on
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
. Lloyd originally turned it down, but changed his mind after his wife convinced him to take the role. He improvised some of his lines.
d.
Colonel Quaritch mentions that being on Pandora made him feel "like a shave-tail Looie." "Shave tail" was a term originally used in the 19th century among U.S. cavalry regiments. Newly assigned cavalry troopers were given horses with a shaved tail, to let other troopers know that the rider was dangerously inexperienced, and should be given extra room to maneuver during training. "Looie" is a nickname for lieutenant, the lowest ranking, and least experienced, rank among U.S. Marine Corps officers.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
Timothy Hutton
and
Sean Penn
are exactly 1 day apart in birthdays. Hutton was born Aug. 16, 1960. Penn was born Aug. 17, 1960.
b.
In Korean, "Navi" is spelled like "nabi", the Korean word for "butterfly".
c.
The Troll design artist was fired seven days before production began, threatening the shoot until the morning of the first day.
d.
The baseball hat that Josh (
Paul Rudd
) wears is a KU hat for Kansas University. Paul Rudd is from Kansas and graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
Lux Radio Theatre version starring
Merle Oberon
,
Herbert Marshall
, and
Rod La Rocque
aired June 22, 1936. In the radio version, Marshall played the role of Alan Trent instead of his film role of Gerald Shannon.
b.
Jamie Lee Curtis
was listed as "Jamie Lee Schwartz" on all the call sheets, because
John Cleese
found it amusing that her father
Tony Curtis
s real name was Bernard Schwartz.
c.
The actors playing the Navi had cameras attached to their head so that they filmed close-ups of their faces. Dots painted on their faces allowed motion-capture software to record their facial expressions, providing a framework from which the CG artists worked.
d.
Hubert de Givenchy
originally thought he would be providing wardrobe for
Katharine Hepburn
, as he had never heard of
Audrey Hepburn
before they were introduced.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
WETA and ILM have previously worked together on
Contact
,
Van Helsing
, and
Eragon
, making Avatar their fourth collaboration.
b.
In an early script outline, Corky and Steve Stark end up living together in New York.
c.
This is the last film special effects expert
Stan Winston
completed before his death.
d.
It was while shooting
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
in Kansas City that actor
Remak Ramsay
, who was reading "The Remains of the Day" while playing a part in the film, gave the book to
James Ivory
to read thinking that its subject and setting might intrigue Ivory.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
Matt Damon
and
Jake Gyllenhaal
were the studios first choice to play Jake Sully, but
James Cameron
decided to cast an unknown
Sam Worthington
in the lead role.
b.
Since the cast and crew was working with a budget of only $250,000, most of the scenes were filmed in the houses of the crew and their family members who lived within three blocks of each other.
c.
Mel Gibson
also passed on the chance to play
Jim Garrison
.
d.
Donald Sutherland
became seriously ill during filming on location in Yugoslavia. His wife received a telegram telling her to come immediately but warning her that he would probably be dead before she arrived.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
b.
The first Bowery Boys movie not to feature Bobby Jordan.
c.
"Unobtainium" is a humorous term used mainly in the aerospace industry. It describes a material that is perfect for an application, but does not exist, is extremely expensive, or violates the laws of physics. Its chemical symbol is Uo. "Unobtainium" is also a general concept term used by sci-fi enthusiasts for any fictional substance that is needed to build a certain device that is crucial to the plot of a sci-fi story. "Unobtainium" is featured in the movie
The Core
, where the earth-boring vessel called the "Virgil" has a hull made from unobtainium to help it withstand the massive pressures inside the Earths core. "Unobtainium" is also an anti-gravity element in the online multi-player video game "Skyrates."
d.
Stanley Kubrick
was not given control of the script, which he felt was full of stupid moralizing. After
Spartacus
, Kubrick always kept full control over all aspects of his films.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
The fanfare which plays over the opening credits is in fact a recited version of a Latin translation of the dialogue from the play, as Titus is being welcomed back to Rome by Marcus. Composer
Elliot Goldenthal
had the text translated and then wrote it as an opera. It is sung by an all male choir of over 80 tenors, baritones and basses.
b.
Paul Haggis
wrote the part of Sanders with
Charlize Theron
in mind.
c.
When Sully reassures Moat (the shaman) that he is "empty", it refers to his life being empty. The term "jarhead" is applied to Marines referring to their traditional high and tight haircut, and is used by Dr. Augustine when Sully is entering the Avatar link for the first time.
d.
Columbia Pictures was determined to hire
Humphrey Bogart
for the top role of Capt. Queeg, and Bogart was enthusiastic about playing it, but the Columbia brass did not want to pay him his top salary. Bogart was rather miffed at this, complaining to wife
Lauren Bacall
, "This never happens to
Gary Cooper
, or
Cary Grant
or
Clark Gable
, but always to me." Bogart correctly figured that
Harry Cohn
and company knew that Bogart wanted to play the part so fervently that he would agree to take less money rather than surrender the part to someone else.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avatar (2009)?
a.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #4129,
Alice White
speaks to the audience about the picture.
b.
The cast underwent military weapons training for their roles.
c.
The filmmakers cast 6 female roles based on the auditions for the "Nikki" character.
d.
The first (and only, as of 2010) science fiction feature film by
James Cameron
that does not involve or mention nuclear weapons.
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