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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Black Swan (2010) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Black Swan (2010) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010).
About the movie:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
During the dodgeball scene, Alvin says to himself, "Cmon Alvin, remember your five Ds. Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge." This is a reference to the "Five Ds of Dodgeball" in
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
.
Justin Long
, who voices Alvin, starred in that film.
b.
The building used as the toy company office is now a Home Depot hardware store.
c.
The
Walt Whitman
poem that
Bette Davis
reads (just before leaving Cascades) is "The Untold Want" from Songs of Parting (just 2 lines): "The untold want, by life and land neer granted,/ Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find."
d.
Natalie Portman
lost 20 pounds to look more like a ballerina.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
The character of the Hollywood judge Thomas Alva Mantke is actually a composite character of many judges, the screenwriters chose to name him after one of their friends.
b.
Mila Kunis
was brought into the project after co-star
Natalie Portman
suggested her to director
Darren Aronofsky
. Kunis had a video chat with Aronofsky via Skype and got the role without officially auditioning.
c.
Larry Hama
: Hama, the creator of
G.I. Joe
, was hired as a creative consultant on the film. He also got a cameo, as a NATO general during the nanomite presentation. The role was cut during editing, and he can only be seen in wide shots of the NATO assembly.
d.
This film and its companion piece,
The Giant Gila Monster
, marked the directorial debut of veteran special effects man
Ray Kellogg
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
The film began as a screenplay called "The Understudy" and took place in the world of New York theater.
Darren Aronofsky
liked the script, but suggested it be changed to ballet.
b.
Despite its G-rating, there are five on-screen murders: a man-ape, Frank Poole, and the three hibernating astronauts killed by HAL. The dialogue also includes the words "hell" three times and "damn" twice.
c.
Early development of a film version was leaning towards a fully-animated film.
d.
Undercover Brothers license plate is "SOLID" - and when the rear license plate lowers to reveal gun turrets, the area reads "SUCKA".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
Danish composer
Jacob Gade
s internationally famous piece "Tango Jalousi" was composed for the Danish gala premiere of this film, which took place 14 September 1925 in Palads Teatret, Copenhagen.
b.
Bruce Boxleitner
read for the part of Buster but lost out to
Jan-Michael Vincent
c.
The "German Businessman" and his associates that
John Cusack
s character kills in the beginning of the movie speak a mixture of gibberish and Bulgarian. The kids he encounters in Fallaf also speak Bulgarian.
d.
Blake Lively
auditioned for the role of Lily.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
The production considered setting the film in France and filming in Budapest but the idea was dropped for creative and budgetary reasons.
b.
The scene where Noodles takes Deborah to dinner was filmed in Venice, while the fateful ride home was filmed an ocean away at the New Jersey Shore.
c.
In reality,
Craig T. Nelson
and
JoBeth Williams
are only 14 and 11 years older than
Dominique Dunne
, who plays their teen-aged daughter.
d.
This movies MacGuffin are some stolen papers, documents, plans and ledgers which are owned by Abner Procane played by
John Houseman
. Interestingly, a few years before this movie was made, Houseman appeared in the
The Paper Chase
in which he won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award Oscar.
Charles Bronson
s mission in this picture is to recover these papers, his charge being a kind of "paper chase" in a sense.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
Thomas Jane
wears a blond wig in the opening sequence. Ironically, Jane is blond in real life but he had already dyed his hair black for the part of Frank Castle.
b.
Star
Johnny Depp
adopted Goldeneye, the horse that played Gunpowder, Ichabod Cranes horse in the film, when he heard it was going to be put down.
c.
The attendant at Hamilton Johnsons party that Fletch gives the keys to his car to is wearing the colors of a Zouave soldier. Zouaves were French colonel Algerian troops known for their exotic uniforms, which included baggy red trousers, and flashy drill routines.
d.
Vincent Cassel
has compared his character to
George Balanchine
, who co-founded New York City Ballet. The actor said Balanchine was "a control freak, a true artist using sexuality to direct his dancers".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
Based on an actual phone booth that accepted incoming calls, isolated in the Mojave Desert, which gained an online following. Callers from many countries dialed (619) 733-9969, later (760) 733-9969, to see who would answer (often people who hiked to the spot). The phone was removed at the request of the Mojave National Preserve in 2000, and per SBC policy, the phone booth numbers were retired for good.
b.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
was considered for the role of Hawk. He was also considered for the role of Jam.
c.
Billy Martin
of the band
Good Charlotte
and co/owner of "Level 27 Clothing" designed the cast and crew T-shirts for the film.
d.
The script took around ten years to make it to the screen.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
Some of the products, organizations, and locations in the film no longer exist at the time of the films events. For example, as of the events of
2001: A Space Odyssey
(let alone
2010
) Pan Am Airlines had gone out of business. The Soviet Union, and along with it, the Soviet Air Force, of which Kirbuk was a member, and the Communist version of Pravda magazine had all ceased to exist by 1991. Also, by 2008, The Houston Astrodome and the original Yankee Stadium, both referenced for their stadium hot dogs, no longer hosted sporting events.
b.
Ninas name in the original screenplay was Alexandria.
c.
Olivia Olson
(Joanna - Sams crush), does all her own singing in "All I Want for Christmas is You" at the Christmas concert. She had such an amazing voice that the director had it edited so it sounded more like a child singing.
d.
Production was nicknamed "The Perils of Paulette" on the Paramount lot.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
Agnes Moorehead
s film debut.
b.
Most of the "actresses" playing prostitutes in the film are real-life prostitutes.
c.
Both
Rachel Weisz
and
Jennifer Connelly
were rumored to star in the lead roles when the film was first discussed.
d.
McCluskeys death was achieved by building a fake forehead onto actor
Sterling Hayden
s head. A gap was cut in the center and filled with fake blood, then capped off with a plug of prosthetic flesh. When the scene was being filmed, the plug was quickly yanked out using monofilament fishing line which doesnt show up on film. The effect was to make it look like a bloody hole suddenly appeared on Haydens head.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Swan (2010)?
a.
The drunken Armstrong is a loaded script element: hes supposed to be annoying. At the time this film was released, Prohibition was still in effect, but the law was widely ignored. Producer
Merian C. Cooper
was strongly critical of alcohol use and of the glamorization of drunkenness in movies. There is a similar scene in both
Mighty Joe Young
(where inebriated nightclub patrons precipitate the creatures escape and rampage) and
The Son of Kong
(where drunkenness proves disastrous for the heroines father). Zaroffs reveling in his hunting exploits was also deliberate beyond the needs of the story, downplaying its glamorization in other movies of the period.
b.
Originally, The Punisher was supposed to have a sidekick, David Lieberman, alias Microchip, the Intel man. He was written out as director
Jonathan Hensleigh
had an intense dislike of the character.
c.
Based on the actual 1978 cover-up of the shooting deaths of Carlos Soto Arrivi and Arnaldo Dario Rosado at Cerro Maravilla mountain in Puerto Rico.
d.
Meryl Streep
was considered to play Erica, Ninas mother.
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