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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blur (2007) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blur (2007) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007).
About the movie:
Artist Adrian Jonas toils in preparation for the biggest gallery opening of his career. The creative process takes Adrian deep into the depths of his mind...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
The Desert Song opened at the Casino Theatre on November 30, 1926 and ran for 471 performances.
b.
The movies development was part of
Matt Damon
and
Ben Affleck
s
Project Greenlight 3
program.
c.
The role of Penelope was originally written as a man, but the producers decided to adapt the part after seeing Joanne Baron read for the part.
d.
Fifth of eight films in which
Marjorie Main
and
Percy Kilbride
portrayed Ma and Pa Kettle.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
Because of the films poster art, which depicts a human hand hanging out of a huge frogs mouth, it is often misconstrued that the film is about giant man-eating frogs rather than about swamp wildlife on the rampage.
b.
When the employee is pushing the buttons on the photocopier that later transforms into Laserbeak, the distinct tones of the copier form the title theme song of
Transformers
.
c.
While in her office, Iliana receives a page over the intercom that she has a call from "Mr. Forsberg on line two," a tribute to Philadelphia Flyer Peter Forsberg. Dating back to early short films, director Nick Briscoe has paid tribute to his favorite hometown sports heroes with character names in his projects. The voice heard on the intercom is that of 1st AD Claudio Kuhn who delivered the line on set. Originally, the production planned to replace Kuhns voice with that of an actor in a looping session, but Briscoe chose to keep the line as an inside joke for the cast and crew.
d.
Originally written as a short story by
Arthur Miller
while awaiting his own divorce in Reno prior to marrying
Marilyn Monroe
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
The war scenes included 300 members of the California National Guard.
b.
Jeffrey Jones
monologue at the beginning of the film is a play on
Criswell
s monologue from
Plan 9 from Outer Space
.
c.
The primary location for the film is a home designed and built by Karen and Tony Beam, close personal friends of producers Charlie Pasquale and Nick Briscoe. Pasquales home, which is next door, served as James and Michelles home in the film. Briscoe and Pasquale met on what would become the films set through their mutual friends Karen and Tony Beam.
d.
According to writer
Brian Garfield
,
Sidney Lumet
was set to direct the film with
Jack Lemmon
playing Paul Kersey (presumably to be more in line with the "everyman" character in the book) and
Henry Fonda
as the police chief. After Lumet chose to direct
Serpico
instead, both Lemmon and Fonda dropped out. At one point the movie was also set to be shot in black-and-white.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
The Islamic cultural setting of the film is directly referenced to several times throughout the film. Such examples include when The Sultan yells "Praise Allah" when he realizes that Jasmine wants to marry Prince Ali/Aladdin, when The Sultan says "Allah forbid you have any daughters!" when he is frustrated with Jasmine, and when the thief in the beginning says "By Allah" when he sees The Cave of Wonders.
b.
Jim Broadbent
took two-and-a-half hours every day to be fitted into his fat suit.
c.
Director Nick Briscoe was scheduled to make a cameo in the film, playing a delivery driver, but decided not to shoot his scene in order to make up time when the production fell behind schedule.
d.
The movie is based on an idea by
Mariah Carey
that kept bouncing back from studio to studio starting in 1997, and the singer began writing songs for the soundtrack album prior to the movie even getting a green light. Carey admits that when the project was approved for production (2000), she found songs for the movie that she had written and forgotten about. She was only supposed to do six songs, however many collaborations with current and 1980s producers, writers, and artists including
Jimmy Jam
&
Terry Lewis
, and the late
Rick James
led to growth for her track listing, which became the entire soundtrack. A song by her and
Prince
was also in development, but it did not make the deadline in time for soundtrack reproduction, packaging, and distribution.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
In an earlier draft of the script, intern Eagan planted the skeleton in a baby carriage, not Loras bed. The startled Laura dropped the baby she was holding, with tragic results. Eagan admitted to his guilt and was fired from the hospital. However, the sequence was changed to the one which is now appears in the film.
b.
The film was shot in just 15 days.
c.
One of the lowest grossing wide releases of all time.
Delgo
was released on 2000 screens and grossed a total of just $690,000 against a budget of $40 million.
d.
The sound of the pounding heart in the transformation scene was
Rouben Mamoulian
s own, recorded after he ran up and down the stairs for two minutes.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
This was the first feature to be shot at the MGM-Disney Studios in Orlando, Florida.
b.
The director wrote the script for Limbo when he was 22 and made the film at 23. It was inspired by Dantes Inferno, Kants Groundwork For The Metaphysics Of Morals and Sartres Being & Nothingness.
c.
In the scene where Chelios runs into a mob of porn stars, the "extras" in the movie are real porn stars. One of the stars most recognizable is
Jenna Haze
, but
Peter North
,
Lexington Steele
, and
Ron Jeremy
make an appearance as well.
d.
There is a three minute Steadicam shot in the film which tracks with Adrian across the exterior of the property, into the house, throughout the entire interior, up the stairs and turns into a dialogue scene in an upstairs bedroom. The shot required Director of Photography Paul Van Haute to simultaneously light nearly the entire location, while hiding all light sources from the moving camera. Steadicam operator David Taicher required only eight takes to pull off the extremely challenging shot.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
Artist Ana Vizcarra provided all of Adrians paintings seen in the film and created two pieces specifically for the film. The "screaming face" painting which is seen on the films teaser poster was partly inspired by a sketch by Leonardo DaVinci.
b.
The Narada ships interior was made of six pieces that could be rearranged to create a different room.
c.
All of the scenes of Helen Benson and Klaatu in the taxi also feature footage from the second unit of Washington, DC as we see background vehicles in the rear and side windows of the taxi.
d.
The tyrannosaur paddock set was constructed both on location and as a studio set. The former was for the daytime scene in which the creature fails to appear, and the latter for its nighttime escape, in order to accommodate
Stan Winston
s robotic t-rex. This set required a soundstage much bigger than Universal had to offer, so it was filmed at Warner Bros.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
This movies closing credits state the "End titles feature pictures of the burning of Ehrentels, Drachenfels and Braunfels (March 10, 1943)."
b.
After V sends out Guy Fawkes masks to everyone and the riots start, the TV announcer mentioned that the first riots started in Brixton. This is a reference to the Brixton riots of 1981 in London.
c.
The majority of the film takes place over 24 hours in one location. Director Nick Briscoe chose October 21st as the date on which the film is set for personal reasons unrelated to the story. October 21st is the birthday of Briscoes younger brother, and 21 is the jersey number worn by Philadelphia hockey superstar Peter Forsberg.
d.
When filming began, they only had one 1964 Chevy Malibu. It was stolen a couple of days into filming, forcing the film crew to scramble to find a replacement. Shortly after finding a replacement, the original was recovered by the police undamaged. This was fortunate timing because about a day later Fox Harris severely damaged one of the Malibus by accidentally plowing it into a gasoline pump! In the carwash scene, one of the gas pumps is clearly severely dented up and damaged. This is the pump Fox plowed into in a previous take.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blur (2007)?
a.
Ashley Bell
did all the bends and contortions of her body on her own. No special effects were used - she has hypermobility.
b.
Producer/actor Michael Sorvino and co-producer/actor Ivan Sanchez met while attending the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where they were frequent collaborators. Years later, Sanchez approached Sorvino about Blur.
c.
Sammy Davis Jr.
appeared in the original version of this film.
Don Cheadle
, who appears in this version, played Davis in
The Rat Pack
.
d.
During the interrogation, both Red and Wolf are offering different versions of the same story. Both insist they are innocent of wrongdoing, and both are wearing hoods (Wolf is wearing an athletic hoodie). Both their hoods are primary colors. In every way, they are in competition with each other.
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