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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Changeling (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Changeling (2008) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008).
About the movie:
A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
Alfonso Cuarón
had never read the Harry Potter books or seen the first two movies when he was offered the job of director.
b.
To create the rain effects, a combination of a simple hose with a spray nozzle and rain wave sprinkler were used. In addition, rain was added digitally to most of the windows in the house as well as to the view from the dining room window.
c.
There is a roadside café named "Bummys" which appears early on in the film. This is possibly in memory of
Clint Eastwood
s long time collaboration with Production Designer
Henry Bumstead
, who passed away in 2006. His nickname was "Bummy".
d.
Chucks command module orbiting the planet is called Odyssey. This is the same name of the command module used in the Apollo 13 mission.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
The budget for the film was $750,000.
b.
The project was concurrently developed with
Ridley Scott
s
1492: Conquest of Paradise
to be released on time for the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America.
c.
According to
Wil Wheaton
, in the scenes that he was in with
Robin Williams
, they would film a take the way it was supposed to be filmed. After that take, Williams would often want to improvise scenes differently than the script, just for fun. Those scenes were not added to the actual film, but there were enough scenes to make an entirely different movie.
d.
Some scenes were filmed at a train station in San Bernardino, CA during the 2007 California brush fires. The whole set was thick with fire smoke.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
Based on the true story of the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, also known as the Wineville Chicken Murders.
b.
The gun Bruce Wayne tosses in the river is a Brazilian six-shot Taurus.
c.
The "castle" in Matts fish tank is a simplified model of
Frank Lloyd Wright
s famous design for a house called "Fallingwater".
d.
"Phineas T. Pinkham" is, in fact, a nickname
Don Elkins
used in life, rather than an attempt to take his name off the picture.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
Shooting took 18 days.
b.
Mickey Rourke
was director
Antoine Fuqua
s first choice for the part of Roger. The studio turned Fuquas request down.
c.
French visa # 121 685.
d.
The director allowed the actors, particularly
Dane Cook
, to improvise extensively, often diverging completely from the script. He would sometimes run 20 or more takes, letting the performers do something different every time, before settling on a few of those ideas in order to get pick-ups or close-ups. This made life particularly interesting for the principal and background actors in the scene with Dane, as well as for the prop and sound personnel.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
Nigel Stock (I), who plays Waxfatter, had previously played the role of Dr Watson in a 1960s television version of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
b.
This is Omnimons first appearance (segment 2).
c.
Jessamy Finet
(Theresa) is an actual, die-hard Red Sox fan who appeared in
Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie
, a documentary about the Red Soxs heartbreaking 2003 season. Jimmy Fallon saw the film and convinced producers to cast her for the role of Theresa.
d.
The New York premiere of the movie was
Angelina Jolie
s first public appearance after she gave birth to her twins Vivienne and Knox.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
When Frank lights a cigarette outside the pharmacy after his wife and child leave, an advertisement for Pabst Beer is visible behind him, only the P and the T have clearly been covered with white-out.
b.
Joel Schumacher
had asked
Bono
of U2 to reprise his role of Macphisto that he played during the bands ZOOTV tour, but
Bono
denied, saying that when ZOOTV ended so did Macphisto, so instead U2 contributed the song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" to the soundtrack.
c.
Both
Hilary Swank
and
Reese Witherspoon
lobbied for the role of Christine Collins.
Clint Eastwood
cast
Angelina Jolie
at the suggestion of Executive Producer
Ron Howard
, who noted that Jolies "look" would fit best with the time period.
d.
The studio would not allow
John McTiernan
to shoot this film in anamorphic widescreen due to the complexities of the optical effects. As a sly sort of retaliation, the director added an anamorphic version of the films opening 20th Century Fox logo, which looks noticeably stretched on screen.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
Matthew McConaughey
was one of the male stars considered once
Keanu Reeves
bailed.
b.
Linda Blair
was "shocked" when she discovered that Warner Bros. had used her image/voice in the promotional campaign(s), unauthorized.
c.
Ron Howard
planned to direct the film himself, until scheduling conflicts dictated otherwise. He then decided to serve as a producer.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
Clint Eastwood
agreed to direct the same afternoon he read the script.
b.
Prior to release, the movie was viewed by DreamWorks lawyers, since there were concerns that Disney would sue over the movies not-so-subtle satirical references to the companys films and theme parks.
c.
Though she did say all the lines, the actress that plays young River was dubbed over by
Summer Glau
to make the connection easier.
d.
Johnny Mercer
had written lyrics for
Fred Astaire
to expound on the "History of the Beat," but in the release print, Fred sings only the verse, not the chorus, before going into his dance routine in his office.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
The name Hoops McCann was taken from a character in the 1980 Steely Dan song "Glamour Profession."
b.
Only 3 rooms had additions outside of the natural setting for atmosphere, the kitchen had meat hooks hung, the tunnel had plastic surgical gloves hung up, and the hydrotherapy room had a metal tub added. Almost everything else related to the asylum setting was found on site as the crew scoured the building for set dressing to keep things authentic.
c.
J. Michael Straczynski
first learned of the story of Christine Collins from an unnamed source at Los Angeles City Hall. The source had stumbled across case files regarding the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders among other discarded documents scheduled for destruction. Straczynski took the files himself and became obsessed with the case, doing extensive research over the course of a year. Virtually every event depicted in the film appears as cited in legal documents, with dialog often taken verbatim from court transcripts. Straczynski wrote his first draft of the screenplay in only eleven days.
d.
Joseph Liberty Dwor is the real life store owner in "The Variety Store" Scene.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Changeling (2008)?
a.
Elena Anaya
(Aleera) was originally featured in the masquerade ball but her scenes were deleted.
b.
Several people are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names):
Russell Hicks
(President),
Ruth Warren
(Mother),
Forbes Murray
(Otis),
Harry Hayden
(Spokesman) and
Clem Bevans
(Judkins). A modern source states that
John Barrymore
s wife,
Elaine Barrie
was to be in the film, but her scenes were cut.
c.
Henry Niles limp was not part of the script.
David Warner
had broken his leg before production but was able to walk with a cane by the time principal photography started. Because he had broken his foot before shooting (hence the limp), he was considered uninsurable and thus is uncredited.
d.
Shipped to some theaters under the name "Nomad". (In the Star Trek original series episode
The Changeling
, from 1967, the name of the space probe was Nomad.)
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