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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Braveheart (1995) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Braveheart (1995) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995).
About the movie:
William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
In her autobiography, Bossypants,
Tina Fey
says that she named the character Damian after "TV Guide" writer Damian Holbrook, who has been her friend since they met as teens in a summer theater workshop in their Pennsylvania hometown.
b.
Ardath Bey (the name Imhotep assumes after his exhumation) is an anagram of Death by Ra (Ra is the Egyptian sun-god).
c.
Film debut of
James McEachin
.
d.
When asked by a local why the Battle of Stirling Bridge was filmed on an open plain, Gibson answered that "the bridge got in the way". "Aye," the local answered. "Thats what the English found."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
Tom Cruise
and
Nicole Kidman
were both considering roles in this movie, yet Cruise was unaware of Kidmans involvement. Cruise backed out but Kidman immediately signed up.
b.
The films soundtrack was actually recorded in four-track stereo, although it had not been filmed in widescreen, but the movie was eventually released in mono. If it had been released in four-track stereo, this film, and not
The Robe
, which was made both in Cinemascope (a screen ratio of 2.55:1) and standard "Academy ratio" (1:37:1), would have been the first motion picture released using that method of recording. "Julius Caesar" was eventually released in stereo on laserdisc and DVD.
c.
Real life Wallaces are extras in the movie.
Mel Gibson
also stayed with them during the course of the film to learn history.
d.
The howling wolf sound on the ride to the castle was made by director
Mel Brooks
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
On June 2, 2008 a massive fire broke out in the back-lot destroying two archive video vaults and the New York set used for
Spider-Man 3
, which is right across from the Hill Valley Clock tower, which was minorly scorched by the time the fire was out.
b.
The only film in which
Buster Crabbe
sings.
c.
The fourth of five Planet of the Apes movies.
d.
Several of the major battle scenes had to be re-shot, as extras were seen wearing sunglasses and wristwatches.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
Set designer
Roger Christian
claims he added the pair of dice hanging in the Millennium Falcon cockpit (briefly seen when Chewbacca bumps his head on them as he first enters) because there were dice hanging in
Harrison Ford
s car in
American Graffiti
. However, Fords character had a skull hanging from his rear-view mirror.
Ron Howard
had the fluffy dice.
b.
The battle of Stirling took six weeks to film; roughly half a million feet of film (90+ hours) were shot for the sequence.
c.
The director, Cartney Wearn, went to great pains to convince the actors in pre-production that the severed hands their characters would discover inside the abandoned Royal Crescent Hotel would be real cadaver hands. He made them follow strict protocol when handling the "real" corpse hands on set, and even had the props department take great pains to maintain the illusion. And they did not in fact see the hands until they shot their first take. So the reactions you see in the film are real, even if the hands arent.
d.
George Cukor
recommended that star
Aldo Ray
go to ballet school because he walked too much like a football player.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
Anatole Litvak
s last work.
b.
The nice blue glow that lights the final confrontation between
Wesley Snipes
character and his ex-partner was achieved by shining a light into a pool of water that had a mirror at the bottom.
c.
The castle (King Johns castle, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland) where a lot of the scenes were shot, was also used to film scenes for
The Big Red One
.
d.
Colonel
Harland Sanders
is the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Dark Helmet says "Whats the matter, Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?"
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
After initial test audiences reported that the film was overwhelming, director
Adrian Lyne
cut out twenty minutes of material, almost all of which came from the last third of the film. Four major sequences were removed after Jacob (
Tim Robbins
) first meets Michael (
Matt Craven
); a scene where Michael gives him an antidote for the Ladder, a scene where Jacob thinks he is cured but turns out not to be; a scene where he goes to Michaels apartment and finds Michael decapitated; and a scene just prior to his final meeting with Gabe (
Macaulay Culkin
), where he meets Jezzie (
Elizabeth Peña
), who shows her true form.
b.
James Horner
s score was also used in several of the trailers for
Cast Away
; some parts of his score appear in both
Apollo 13
as well as in
Braveheart
which were released only a month apart.
c.
The shopping center where Caine pursues a stolen Houston Police squad car commandeered by the villain is the former Park Shops Shopping Mall originally built in 1985 in the east end of Downtown Houston. The Park Shops was renamed Houston Center in late 2003 right after the Toyota Center and Hilton Americas Hotel was completed, along with the expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center.
d.
Kevin Pollak
is repeating the ongoing joke, which is about guessing wrong in jeopardy all the time. He originally did this in
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
The only Disney animated feature film that has a title character who doesnt speak.
b.
The production was troubled almost from the beginning. It ran into financial troubles, there were conflicts among the cast, and director
Nicholas Ray
argued so violently with producer
Samuel Bronston
that he eventually walked off the set and quit the picture, and soon afterward suffered a severe heart attack.
Andrew Marton
and
Guy Green
finished directing the picture, uncredited.
c.
In Sept. 1958, this film was distributed in the USA on a double bill with
The Mating Urge
.
d.
Director/producer
Mel Gibson
was investigated by the RSPCA, who were convinced that the fake horses used were real. Only when one of his assistants provided some videotaped footage of the location shooting were they convinced otherwise.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
This film was shot in the Dogme 95 style, which dictates no lighting, no professional actors and no script.
b.
Extensive re-shoots on this film forced
Kevin Kline
to withdraw from
Hook
. He was replaced by
Robin Williams
.
c.
The extras used for the battle scenes were mostly members of the F.C.A., the Irish version of the territorial army. As they were drawn from many different army companies, and the members of these are usually drawn from the same locality, local rivalry between such companies is common. Apparently, some of the battle scenes seen in the movie are far more realistic than you might imagine, with rival companies actually using the occasion to try the beat the lard out of each other.
d.
First African-American biopic to be nominated for (6) Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Picture.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
At the first Battle of the Bands and when fighting the first evil ex Scott is seen wearing a "Plumtree" t-shirt. Plumtree is an all-girl indie rock band that released the song "Scott Pilgrim" on their 1998 album, Predicts the Future. The song became the inspiration for Bryan Lee OMalley to create the graphic novels title character.
b.
Wallaces real wife was named Marian, but it was changed to Murron to avoid confusion with the Robin Hood character of the same name.
c.
Average Shot Length: 10.7 seconds. Median Shot Length: 10.3 seconds.
d.
Dick Warlock
wore lifts in order to appear taller.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Braveheart (1995)?
a.
Credited with launching the career of
Christina Aguilera
whose first song to be released in the US was the films song Reflection. The song went down so well that it landed her a recording contract with RCA Records.
b.
A sizable number of scenes were shot in director
Gorman Bechard
s apartment.
c.
Mel Gibson
was supposed to star in
Terry Gilliam
s (never made) film "A Tale of Two Cities" but turned it down to star in this movie which he then offered to Gilliam to direct, but Gilliam declined.
d.
Robert Lansing
s final film.
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