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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blow (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blow (2001) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001).
About the movie:
The story of George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970s.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
Sherman Hemsley
was originally in talks to play Deacon Hathaway.
b.
Lothar Mendes, although credited as co-director, was in charge of producing the silent version, which was shot simultaneously.
c.
A lot of
Johnny Depp
s dialogue was improvised, including the scene where they are trying to find a place to put all their money from selling coke and his line "Were gonna need a bigger boat" (a quote from
Jaws
).
d.
Van Johnson
first received top billing in 1944 with
Two Girls and a Sailor
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
Anthony Daniels
: a human customer in the bar when Anakin and Obi-Wan hunt Senator Amidalas would-be assassin - visible just after Obi-Wan draws his lightsaber
b.
The street bum begging Will for change is actually the owner of the bar, Deans, where the party was filmed.
c.
When George is sharing a cell in prison with Diego, George is seen reading a paperback while reclining on his top bunk. The book is "Hells Angels" written by
Hunter S. Thompson
, the author whom Depp previously portrayed in the movie
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
.
d.
Claire Bloom
was attached to this project at one point.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
The actors snorted milk powder in the cocaine scenes.
b.
The title font (seen on posters/cover art/etc.) is that used famously by Rolling Stone Magazine. The magazine is credited on the small print as the copyright holder.
c.
This was cinematographer
Joseph H. August
s last film. He died in late 1947 before the long and tumultuous production was completed, and was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award for Best Black & White Cinematography in 1949.
Lee Garmes
finished shooting the film, uncredited.
d.
One of
Charles Chaplin
s friends, the famous illustrator
Ralph Barton
, was on set one day during the filming of the scene where Charlie and the blind girl meet. These home movies, which appear in
Unknown Chaplin
, and is the only known behind the scenes footage of Chaplin at work in costume as the tramp.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
This came about because
David O. Selznick
wanted to make a film that showed his support for the war effort. He deliberately did not want to make a traditional war movie.
b.
John Leguizamo
was offered a role in this film but turned it down because he was already working on
Moulin Rouge!
.
c.
The name of Trumans sailboat is the Santa Maria, the same name as one of Christopher Columbuss ships.
d.
There are only five real B-17 flying in the movie. Two were flown in from the US, two came from France, and one was already based in England. One of the French airplanes crashed during filming. Although everyone onboard survived, the aircraft was a total loss in the post crash fire. Only one of the airplanes was a genuine F-model, like the real Memphis Belle, accurate to the time the story is set. All others were G-models, that came later in the war. Two different airplanes played "Memphis Belle" during the movie, one of which is in real life named Sally B.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
One of the buses used in the background is the actual bus #2857 that Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving to the back of.
b.
The only screen appearance of composer
Max Steiner
who appears briefly as a Bandleader.
c.
Rachel Griffiths
plays Ermine Jung (Georges mother). The actress is five years younger than
Johnny Depp
(George).
d.
The following scenes were cut in the early scripting phase: -Ike watching Ms. Bliss shower. Ike gets caught. - 2 minutes. -Ike with Ms. Bliss, smoking a joint - 3 minutes. -Ike and Miss Bliss first foiled rendezvous. In this scene, Ike goes to the wrong room - 2 minutes -Ike and Miss Bliss second foiled rendezvous. In this scene, Ike and Bliss plan to meet in Bliss room. Ike is caught just inches from Bliss room: 1 minute -Ike and Miss Bliss third foiled rendezvous. Ike and Bliss kiss passionately during the dance. Ike looks at his watch and realizes he must meet the guys. He runs away - 1 minute 15 seconds. -Ike and Miss Bliss forth foiled rendezvous. Ike meets Bliss in her room. She undresses. Just as Ike is about to touch breasts, he is interrupted. - 3 minutes. -Ike and Miss Bliss sex scene. Ike and Miss Bliss finally consummate their affair - 4 minutes 15 seconds.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
According to the book The Casablanca Man: The Cinema of Michael Curtiz by James C. Robertson, this movie was one of the Warner Brothers studios biggest box-office hits of 1941 and the film made a profit of more than $(US) 1 million.
b.
Stephen King
s original novel also featured a return appearance by Ace Merrill, the bully played by
Kiefer Sutherland
in
Stand by Me
.
c.
The real-life Womens Institute members (
Angela Baker
,
Beryl Bamforth
,
Christine Clancy
,
Ros Fawcett
,
Lynda Logan
and
Tricia Stewart
) on which Calendar Girls is based all appear as members of Rylstone and District W.I.
d.
The scene where
Ray Liotta
asks
Johnny Depp
where he got the money to pay for
Franka Potente
s wedding ring,
Johnny Depp
says, "Construction." This is a reference to
Goodfellas
where
Lorraine Bracco
asks
Ray Liotta
how he can afford to pay everyone with twenty-dollar bills and why he knows everyone so well,
Ray Liotta
then replies, "Construction."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
In the original IMAX release, this film incorporated a multi-channel and multi-layer stereo system for the soundtrack. This was put into amusing use during the introduction of "Pomp and Circumstance", when Mickey Mouse went in search of Donald Duck. The sound was processed to give the illusion that Mickey was running about the theatre, behind the audiences seats.
b.
Film debut of
Burt Reynolds
.
c.
The apartment scenes were shot in Adam Plotch real life apartment.
d.
When George is in the courtroom the first right before he finds out that Barbaras sick, the words that he is reciting to convince the judge that he is innocent are lines from
Bob Dylan
s song "It Aint Me Babe" and
Woody Guthrie
s song "Pretty Boy Floyd".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
Director
Sydney Pollack
is also the voice of Les, Hallie Martins boss, on the phone when she calls from the coffee shop to say that shes interviewed Sonny Steele.
b.
Georges last line, "There are no more white horses or pretty ladies at my door" is a reference to the
Emerson Lake and Palmer
song "Lucky Man".
c.
The phrase "second to the right and straight on till morning" was changed into "second star to the right..." for the Disney version. Also, since the stage musical version with
Mary Martin
opened on Broadway in 1954, non-Disney versions have used the term "Never Never Land" as opposed to "Neverland."
d.
August plays a Gibson J200, also used by
Elvis Presley
throughout his career. During their encounter in the park, he and
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
character switch guitars. Rhys Meyers played Elvis in
Elvis
two years before this movie was released.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
Director
Ted Demme
died less than a year later, while playing basketball. A postmortem toxicology test showed cocaine in his system.
b.
Brooke Shields was nearly cast as Gale Weathers after Janeane Garofalo turned the role down.
c.
Costume Designer
Eiko Ishioka
was from Japan, and because the costumes had a Kabuki theater-like appearance,
Gary Oldman
s wig maker and hair designer
Stuart Artingstall
studied traditional Kabuki and Geisha hair styles and incorporated them into her unique and elaborate designs. Each wig was "built" and took many hours of painstaking work to thread each hair in a base individually, as is done in traditional opera companies.
d.
Ratners, the restaurant Seth and his family eat dinner in, is the same restaurant that
Gene Hackman
and
Roy Scheider
stake out in
The French Connection
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blow (2001)?
a.
The cloak Jigsaw wears in the film is actually turned inside out.
b.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
c.
Ray Liotta
who plays Georges (
Johnny Depp
) father is only eight years older than Depp.
d.
The picture was phenomenally successful. Producer
Kroger Babb
said that each investor got back $63,000 for each $1000 he invested in the film.
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