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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Big Fish (2003) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Big Fish (2003) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003).
About the movie:
A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
b.
The Bodyworks exhibition in Miami was actually shot on a very cold night in Prague.
c.
Ray Harryhausen
has related the story of watching a cut of the film with composer
Bernard Herrmann
. In a sequence involving a giant bird, Herrmann told Harryhausen that he was going to score it with "Turkey in the Straw" (he was only kidding).
d.
The scenes at Auburn were originally supposed to be shot on location on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, but the school officials asked for script approval and the production didnt have time to wait so they filmed the scenes at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama instead.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
An HBO premier.
b.
Daniel Franzese
has a small speaking role in the film but he also appears in the end in a rat costume describing the murder to
Seth Green
.
c.
The original Broadway stage production of "The Jazz Singer" opened at the Fulton Theater on September 14, 1925 and ran for 303 performances. The play starred
George Jessel
.
d.
When Ed Bloom is being given the key to the city, the marching band is playing "The Victors", fight song of The University of Michigan and Bloomington High School North, Indiana.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
Dancer/choreographer
Roberto Campanella
not only played as creatures Pyramid Head, the tortured Janitor, and Colin (the janitor from 30 years ago), he was also movement coordinator for all of the creatures and oversaw how they performed the movements for their respective characters (i.e. Grey Child, Dark Nurses and Armless Man).
b.
Young Edward becomes a traveling salesman for a company that sells hands with metal tools as fingers, all held together by a plastic base. The crew were aware that people would draw connections between it and
Edward Scissorhands
, and therefore purposely did not include scissors in the design.
c.
The prop hammer used to hit the alien in the finale of the movie disintegrated after only a single impact and had to be rebuild on the spot.
d.
Star/Director
Kenneth Branagh
first encountered the full length version of the play while performing in the 1992 BBC Radio production of the play with co-stars
Derek Jacobi
and
Richard Briers
(who would reprise their roles as Claudius and Polonius respectively in the film). This radio performance anticipated the winter 1992 full text production of Hamlet by the Royal Shakespeare company - the one that would finally crystallize Branaghs interpretation of the character and lead to the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
While Spectre is a fictional town, the ZIP Code shown on the deed to Jennys house is real. 36104 is one of the ZIP Codes for Montgomery, Alabama.
b.
Many of the creatures in the film were played by dancers so they could be flexible enough to create the required disturbing movements.
c.
Mel Gibson
was set to star as James West and
Richard Donner
was set to direct back when Warner Bros announced the plans to make the movie in 1992, however they both dropped out and Donner and Gibson went on to do
Maverick
.
d.
Due to
Jeffrey Hunter
s youthful, teen-idol appeal, the film was jokingly referred to within the industry as "I Was a Teenage Jesus" - in imitation of the low-budget teen-audience successes
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
and
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
The "And twins!" sequence is a parody of a 2003 ad campaign by Coors Light beer.
Diane Klimaszewski
and
Elaine Klimaszewski
reprise their roles as the Coors Light Twins from the ads.
b.
Kay Siu Lim (Prince Chowfa) is in real life married to Swee Lin Neo who plays Lady Jao Jom Manda Ung.
c.
One of the 50 films in the 4-disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film was preserved by the George Eastman House. This version has an uncredited piano music score and runs 63 minutes. Marguarite Clark starred in the play "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by Jessie Braham White; it opened in New York on 7 November 1912 and ran for 72 performances. This movies writer, Winthrop Ames, produced that play and no doubt was greatly influenced by it. Sketches of the sets and costumes from the play were used for this film.
d.
The television commercial shown while the older Ed Bloom is eating pancakes is, in fact, an actual commercial for Larry Puckett Chevrolet in Prattville, Alabama.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
Day 1 of principle photography was August 29, 2005, the day hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. A different film crew that was filming in New Orleans was forced to relocate to downtown LA and ended up filming downstairs below the loft where the filming of Daydreamer was taking place in the Aaron Pauls characters loft. Some of the other film crews audio can be heard at certain sections of the film. Several "action" and "cut" shouts were mistaken by each film crew as being there own, when in fact they were the others.
b.
In the middle of the lettered board in the bank that Norther Winslow robs reads "ROMANS 12:1-2." This refers to the passages in the Bible that says, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will."
c.
Originally
Sam Raimi
s character in the film was suppose to be gutted by a meat hook. It was changed though when Sams brother
Ted Raimi
(who plays Joe in the film) thought of the gag where Sam is hung like a piece of meat.
d.
Filmed May 25-mid June 1942, released September 18.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
The last aerial shot of the bus and the train was filmed by
Haskell Wexler
, who was - at that time -
James Wong Howe
s assistant.
b.
The PCA tried to dissuade
Walter Wanger
from making the film, because the subject was recently explored in the movie
The Lost Weekend
and excessive drinking violated the production code. Wanger convinced them that it is permitted for furthering the plot and characterization, and he was given PCA approval.
c.
Ewan McGregor
was cast as Young Ed Bloom when producers noticed the striking similarity between him and pictures of a young
Albert Finney
, who plays Senior Ed Bloom.
d.
Prince Edward (later King Edward II) was indeed the first English prince to carry the title Prince of Wales, although he did not marry Princess Isabella until 1308, after both Wallace (1305) and Edward I (1307) had died.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
was attached to this project and wanted
Jack Nicholson
to star, but dropped out due to his full schedule, soon after which
Tim Burton
signed on.
b.
The ending mirrors the ending of the
C.S. Lewis
book "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", #4 of the Narnia series (#3 in publication order), with a ship sailing to the end of the "known" world and encountering a sky-blue wall, with a doorway leading to "another" world.
c.
Ug only makes one shape-shifting transformation: Johnny Steele. Lee makes three transformations: Deputy Jeff Barnes, Reverend Miller and Charlie McFadden.
d.
As of 2009, this is
Kevin Smith
s highest grossing film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
According to
Elmore Leonard
, movie star Martin Weir (
Danny DeVito
), is based on Leonards own dealings with
Dustin Hoffman
.
b.
J. Edgar Hoover
protested this film being made and demanded that changes be made to the script to depict the FBI in a better light (see below). Shortly before his death he recorded a disclaimer to the film; it can be heard (spoken by an imitation voice) after the closing credits. The film depicts
John Dillinger
being shot outside the Biograph after he pulls his gun; in fact, Dillinger never pulled a gun that night. The FBI decided they were going to kill Dillinger rather than attempt to take him alive; they announced their presence, he turned to run, and was shot six times in the back.
c.
James Earl Jones
,
Timothy Busfield
and
Lee Garlington
all appeared in director
Phil Alden Robinson
s previous movie,
Field of Dreams
d.
When Edward Bloom arrives home from the Korean War in his dress uniform the patch on his shoulder shows that he was assigned to the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, known as the Rakkasans.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big Fish (2003)?
a.
Even though Young Edward lands in Korea, the ventriloquist and his puppet speak in Tagalog (language of the Philippines) while the Siamese twins and Edward speak in Cantonese (a Chinese dialect). The soldiers who pull the ventriloquist off the stage speak Mandarin Chinese (language of mainland China and Taiwan) while the other soldiers speak in Korean.
b.
Written, shot and edited in one year.
c.
The name "Nomi Malone" came from
Joe Eszterhas
s wifes nickname, Nomi (her real name is Naomi). He chose "Malone" because he thought of Nomi as being "alone" in the world.
d.
Shot in 6 days.
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