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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Away We Go (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Away We Go (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Away We Go (2009).
About the movie:
A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Away We Go (2009)?
a.
Eliot Feld
(Baby John) collapsed and ended up hospitalized with pneumonia during the demanding filming of "Cool".
b.
There was supposed to be a shot of a big spider in a tree bursting into flames. To achieve this, the director covered a large prop spider with gunpowder and had two crew members sitting above it in the tree who would drop a match on the spider. The director got the camera up to a very fast fps to achieve a slow motion look, and had them drop the first match. Nothing happened, so they dropped a second. Still nothing happened, so they lit the entire book of matches and dropped it on the spider. With nothing happening, the director turned off the camera - and immediately afterwords a huge explosion and fireball shot up, burning the hair off of the crew members and starting several small brush fires. The director was furious that he wasnt able to get the shot on film.
c.
Melanie Lynskey
, who plays Munch in the film, made her screen debut in _Heavenly Creatures (1994)_ with
Kate Winslet
. Winslet was later married to the films director,
Sam Mendes
from 2003 to 2010.
d.
The actors period clothing was obtained from a thrift store.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Away We Go (2009)?
a.
Indian flute music is performed by Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach, a Kalapuya Native from the Grand Ronde Tribe of central Oregon. Jan also appears with his flute in a scene with Suzanne Marie Doyon and Floyd Red Crow Westerman. When producer Richard Doyon first heard Jans music he was moved and was overjoyed when Jan offered his music for the movie. Hearing that Jans uncle had recently passed on and that Jan had been very close to his uncle, Richard asked if Floyd Red Crow Westermans character, originally called Great Elk, could be renamed in honor of Jans uncle. Jan said he was honored, as was the tribe, and so the characters name was changed to Standing Elk.
b.
According to Culture Vulture, this movie was "the earliest in the cycle of hick flicks that
Burt Reynolds
rode to superstardom" on.
c.
Rosanna Arquette
,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Kim Basinger
,
Kathleen Turner
and
Jodie Foster
all turned down the role of Elvira Hancock.
Brooke Shields
was also offered the role, but her mother
Teri Shields
made her turn the offer down.
d.
Jim Gaffigan
who plays Lowell in the film is a stand up comedian who often tells a joke about the fact that the male seahorses give birth, saying that a stubborn scientist incorrectly identified the male so he when questioned he said that the males have the babies. In the film Roderick mentions that he loves seahorses because the males have the babies and wishes he could give birth to LNs babies.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Away We Go (2009)?
a.
The film is the first studio production to adopt green filmmaking initiatives aimed to reduce CO2 emission. Garbage was reduced by half, thanks to the various bins for recyclable material. Caterers used ceramic and washed dishes as opposed to throwaway products. Vehicles on the set used biodiesel fuel.
b.
Mark Amin
, a producer, appears as a service station customer in the car while Dan is holding the pose.
c.
The school shown for a few seconds at the beginning of the film is the University of San Diego High School (USDHS),
Cameron Crowe
s alma mater. Crowe also cast his former journalism teacher from USDHS,
Daniel Wilson
, for a cameo during the high school graduation scene. The concert scenes that open the film were filmed down the road from USDHS at the San Diego Sports Arena.
d.
Filmed in 1924, not released until 1925.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Away We Go (2009)?
a.
During the scene in the pool, the girls that can be seen synchronized swimming in the background are the members of the Wheaton College Synchronized Swim Team (in Massachusetts) from the 2002-2003 season.
b.
For the "waltzing commuter" scene in Grand Central station, the main hall of the terminal was shut down for the shoot from 8pm until the first commuter trains arrived at 5:30 am the next morning. Lighting effects outside of the large terminal windows made it seem to be 5:00 in the evening the entire night, and over 400 extras waltzed around the mirror-ball topped Information Booth again and again throughout the night. Now, on New Years, an orchestra plays there and people waltz for real.
c.
Cliff Robertson
s first film.
d.
For the brief oral sex scene,
Maya Rudolph
wore four pairs of biking shorts under the gown.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Away We Go (2009)?
a.
Toni Collette
dropped out due scheduling conflicts.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
took over her role.
b.
At the time of its release
Jeepers Creepers
was the highest grossing film to ever be released during Labor Day weekend. The record would subsequently be broken by its own sequel,
Jeepers Creepers II
.
c.
Cinematographer
Burnett Guffey
was dismissed during this production due to artistic clashes with director
Arthur Penn
(Guffey wanted more light - Penn wanted a more subdued tone). In the meantime, veteran cinematographer
Ellsworth Fredericks
replaced Guffey, but only for a brief period. Penn, realizing that hed misjudged Guffey, ultimately reinstated him and Guffey went on to win a second Oscar for Best Cinematography for his efforts.
d.
The cast and crew shot the entire film in a building that they also used as a yearly haunted house for Halloween.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Away We Go (2009)?
a.
The location shots in China were filmed by director
George W. Hill
for a movie that was later abandoned. Hill had died by the time this film went into production.
b.
This is first
Sam Mendes
film where
Thomas Newman
did not compose the original score. Newman has scored every Mendes film since
American Beauty
.
c.
Over 170 hours of footage were shot.
d.
Last film of director
William Girdler
. Shortly before the films release he was killed in a helicopter crash in the Philippines while scouting locations for an upcoming film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Away We Go (2009)?
a.
At 5 4"
Jason Marsden
("Shay Jennings") was much shorter than the rest of the cast, so many of the scenes he appears in he either sitting down, or situated within the group so that his height is disguised
b.
In the first scene where Michael Dorsey is waking up to dress as Dorothy, there is a picture of
Dustin Hoffman
s mother next to the alarm clock.
c.
The quote by
Simone De Beauvoir
LN recites, but cannot remember which book it is from ("One is not born, but rather becomes a woman") is from "The Second Sex".
d.
John Belushi
was originally cast in the role of Vic and
Dan Aykroyd
in the role of Earl. The two decided to switch roles just prior to filming the movie.
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